Check out the new Bathroom Break podcast with Jay Schwedelson and Daniel Murray on Apple and Spotify. ㅤ Follow Daniel on LinkedIn and check out The Marketing Millennials podcast for sharp, no-fluff marketing insights. Subscribe to Ari Murray’s newsletter at gotomillions.co for sharp, actionable marketing insights. ㅤ LinkedIn posts that look almost identical are getting 8,000 impressions one day and 80,000 the next. Instagram has dropped its years of resistance to long-form video. And more inboxes now let AI decide what people actually read. Jay Schwedelson and Daniel Murray work out which of these shifts should change how you market, and they settle once and for all whether bottle service makes you a tool. ㅤ Best Moments: (02:58) Jay stopped liking his own posts from company pages, and reach went up (06:09) Why Instagram may be a much easier growth play than YouTube (06:49) How brands can tease a launch and keep viewers on Instagram for the full reveal (07:49) The first 200 characters of live text are email’s new North Star (08:50) Image-heavy emails are invisible to AI summaries (09:32) Why AI agents could make email matter more than ever

B2B social isn’t broken…most brands are just playing it wrong. Daniel sits down with Chris Cunningham, founding member of ClickUp and the brain behind one of the most recognizable B2B social strategies today. Chris breaks down how ClickUp went from a scrappy pivot to a content powerhouse by betting early on creators, comedy, and consistency, even when everyone said B2B social wouldn’t work. From building an internal creator team to launching multiple niche media pages, Chris shares the exact operating system ClickUp uses to generate millions of organic impressions every month. You’ll also learn: Why B2B brands should copy B2C trends before they’re “acceptable” How ClickUp runs its weekly content machine from ideation to publishing Why creator-led pages and employee-generated content are the future of B2B marketing If you’re trying to build a brand people actually talk about (not just ads people scroll past), this episode is for you. Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/ Follow Chris: LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisclickup/⁠ Follow Daniel: LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing/⁠ Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter: ⁠https://themarketingmillennials.com/⁠ Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: ⁠https://workweek.com/

Why does every brand suddenly look the same? Anthony Reeves, author of Eat the Donkey and former brand and creative leader at Amazon, Kohler, LVMH, and WPP, has a theory, and it starts with "optimization." If using the same AI tools and the same data as your competitors leads to the same results, how do you stand out? Anthony breaks down why friction might be the key. Plus, the one data point that makes or breaks a creative brief, how to tell productive friction from plain old bureaucracy, and the McLaren rebrand that has Daniel fired up. If you’re a Marketer who wants to build a brand that stands out instead of blending in, this episode is for YOU. Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/ Enjoying the show? Hit follow and leave us a rating. It helps more Marketers find the pod. Follow Anthony:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyreeves/Website: https://www.anthonyreeves.co Follow Daniel:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featuredTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

Is your multicultural Marketing just a diverse cast and a translated script?Briana Méndez, Associate Director of Audience Insights and Strategy at SiriusXM Media, helps brands get past that.She’s a Puerto Rican kid from the Florida suburbs who got her start at Remezcla, and now she helps brands understand 250 million listeners without flattening them into 1 demographic box. Because if you talk to everyone, you talk to no one.She shares what happened when SiriusXM Media and the agency Alma tested in-culture audio creative (who it worked on might surprise you), and what Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show proved about going all in on cultural specificity.Plus, why Gen Z men are swapping music for podcasts, and the “Feel Core” trend that could change where your ads should run.If you’re a Marketer who wants to reach multicultural audiences without shoving people in a box, this episode is for YOU.Enjoyed this one? Hit follow and leave us a rating. It helps more people find the show.Own every listening moment with SiriusXM Media. As the access point to the most valuable audiences, we make it easy for advertisers to reach people across premium audio, creators, video, and live experiences—all through one connected ecosystem that’s built for scale, quality, and measurable results. Learn more about the largest addressable audio ecosystem at https://www.siriusxmmedia.com/daniel ⁠Culture Trends Report⁠ ⁠Insights⁠ Follow Briana:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianamendez/ Follow Daniel:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featuredTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter: www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

Budgets are tight heading into the holidays, so a plain “20% off” feels weaker than it might another year. Jay Schwedelson shares the offer framing that wins when people are watching every dollar, and Daniel Murray makes the case for pitching your product as a must-have 2027 budget line. They also call out the AEO “experts” selling snake oil and explain why your year-old posts still deserve a pinned comment. Plus a Halloween costume brainstorm and a Harry Potter quiz that doesn't go well for Jay.Best Moments: (03:29) Why “costs less than 2 lattes” beats a discount when budgets are tight(04:26) Turning holiday wishlists into a B2B “add this to your budget” pitch(06:23) The commenter you should always pin, and why you shouldn’t set it and forget it(08:28) Why paying someone to “get you into AI” is a red flag(10:37) The incognito test to run before you trust any AI visibility results(12:31) A Masked Singer pitch for Marketingland, with Jay as judge

Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at SparkToro and the Marketer who coined "zero-click content," is back for round 2 to talk about taste.Everyone says great Marketing takes taste, or that taste is the moat against AI. Nobody explains where it comes from. Amanda and Daniel dig into how you build it, and how you prove a post is working when there's no click to track (and the platforms are burying your links anyway). Plus, why you should reverse engineer the comment you want before you hit post, and the hidden cost of publishing just to hit a quota. If you're a Marketer who wants to make content people love to share, this episode is for YOU. Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/ Enjoyed this one? Hit follow and leave a rating. It helps more Marketers find the show, and it makes my day. Follow Amanda:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandanatSparkToro: https://sparktoro.com Follow Daniel:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featuredTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

Blake Erickson, Co-Founder of Scaling.com and co-author of The Science of Scaling, says 10x growth is easier than 2x. Daniel wanted to know why. Blake went from missionary work in Peru, to building a 400-rep door-to-door sales company, to helping founders scale. He breaks down what an "impossible goal "looks like for a Marketing team, and how to tell if you're the one slowing everything down. Plus, where AI moves the needle (and where it's just building cool stuff nobody needs), and his answer to the one A player vs. twenty B players debate. If you're a Marketer who wants to scale your channel without just throwing more budget at it, this episode is for YOU. Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/ Enjoyed this one? Hit follow and leave a rating. It helps more Marketers find the show, and it makes my day. Follow Blake: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-erickson-756b54168/ Website: https://scaling.com Follow Daniel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featured Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

By kickoff, sports fans already know what they’re buying. If you only show up during the game, you missed your window. Adam Marks, Sports Sales Director at SiriusXM Media, helps brands reach fans in high-attention moments AROUND the game: sports talk, podcasts, streaming, and live events. He’s a 14-year Pandora and SiriusXM vet, a proud (and lonely) Ravens fan, and once launched SiriusXM’s Masters program from his bedroom with a 103 fever.He explains why the best time to reach fans is Monday morning in the car, not Sunday on the couch. He also shares how brands without $50M for a league deal can still own an NFL season, and a story about a no-laptops brainstorm that turned one QSR into one of SiriusXM’s biggest advertisers. If you’re a Marketer who wants in on big sports moments without a Super Bowl-sized budget, this episode is for YOU. If you liked this one, hit follow and leave a quick rating. It helps more Marketers find the show.Own every listening moment with SiriusXM Media. As the access point to the most valuable audiences, we make it easy for advertisers to reach people across premium audio, creators, video, and live experiences—all through one connected ecosystem that’s built for scale, quality, and measurable results. Learn more about the largest addressable audio ecosystem at https://www.siriusxmmedia.com/danielFollow Adam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammarks2/ Follow Daniel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featured Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter: www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

Pumping out AI-written filler content could be quietly tanking your site. Daniel explains Google’s new spam update, which flags websites full of low-quality AI content, and why a few strong pieces with real stats beat 200 keyword articles. Jay shares Ahrefs data showing that pages not updated in a year are two times less likely to be cited by AI, and that adding schema made no difference across 1,900 pages. He also explains why listicles are the format AI pulls from most. AI search is acting like the 1995 internet right now: lazy, hungry for fresh content, and drawn to simple formats. If you’re a Marketer who wants to show up in AI answers without getting penalized by Google, this is the episode for YOU. Follow Jay: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/ Podcast: Do This, Not That Follow Daniel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featured Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

Wait a minute - are you still sending ad traffic to your homepage? Val Riley, VP of Marketing at Unbounce, says Google's noticed, and your landing page might be the reason your ads stop showing up. Val got into Marketing because her writing set her apart, and she was an Unbounce customer at her last 3 companies before she ever worked there. She and Daniel get into what Google's ad quality updates mean for your landing pages, and why changing even a single word per channel can pay off more than a full rebuild would. Plus, the hill Val is willing to die on for every Marketing team (and why most companies won't pay for it). If you're a Marketer who wants landing pages that convert, this episode is for YOU. Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/ This episode originally aired October 29, 2025. If this one saves you from running one more bad homepage ad, hit follow and leave a rating. It helps more Marketers find the show. Follow Val:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-riley-marketer/ Follow Daniel:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featuredTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit:www.workweek.com