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Chris Aarons is a digital marketing expert running his own consultancy — Chris Aarons Strategy + Marketing. He’s a lecturer at UT Austin and St. Edward’s University, has an MBA from Pepperdine Business School, and above all is an incredible guy. Uncannily knowledgable on topics ranging from sports, fashion, music, food, cocktails, and almost anything else, Chris is not only a friend of the show but perhaps the most easy-going and cool professor of all time. Connect with Chris:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caarons/Website: https://www.chrisaarons.com Timestamps real:0:00 Intro0:55 Chris’s expertise in Digital Marketing, why he pivoted out of Public Relations and finds Marketing a lot better4:39 How Chris leveraged influencer marketing in its infancy in the 2000s7:40 The Evolution of Social Media, “Social Dilemma”, the Kardashians commanding millions of $ per post, is this all good or bad?9:57 What makes good digital marketing?“The Right brand, doing the right things at the right time, worthy of evangelism”12:11 What makes a brand worthy of evangelism?Brand loyalty and brand persona implications17:30 iPhone v android, Apple’s investment into psychology and optimization of the Apple experience18:40 The most powerful brands that don’t even market their product19:11 How humans being “narcissistic bastards” plays into marketing?We love ourselves; it’s hard to buy things that don’t resonate with with usSocial proof that resonates serves as a mental shortcut to purchase26:53 Russell Westbrook trying to get a triple-double in a charity game30:59 Chris meeting Colin KaepernickWhy he started kneeling36:08 “The simple answer is rarely the best answer”38:32 Chris’s favorite vodka, admiration for the hard seltzer category’s emergence and marketing in recent years40:10 NBA 2021 Champion Prediction42:23 Chris’s advice for those trying to break into digital marketing Podcast info:Podcast website: https://smartalecshow.comRSS feed: feed:https://feeds.simplecast.com/ngBH2BfMSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/634MOIW582k2STgC06Rvl9?si=Zr4Fmx2nR6mqaeWNpFCfQQ&dl_branch=1Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-alec-show/id1577614268Amazon Music & Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/96993c84-1664-4a67-921d-9b731fbdca99 Connect with Alec on Social:- Linktree to all platforms: https://linktr.ee/smartalec Recorded in December 2020
