Digital Marketing Musings

Episode 56: Maximizing Email Deliverability

February 24th, 2023  |  27 mins 48 secs

ads, call to action, click through rates, cta, cx, deliverability, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, email, email data, email deliverability, marketing, open rates

This episode dives into the dos and don’ts of email deliverability. Gaia and Andreah are joined by Merkle’s Tracy Davis, Director of Engineering for Marketing Campaign Platforms, and Philip Nawrocki, Manager of Non-Profit Digital Technology.

Episode 55: Direct Mail Goes Digital

February 17th, 2023  |  27 mins 9 secs

ads, cx, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, direct mail, flyers, magazines, mail, marketing, print, print ads, printing, qr codes

In this episode, Gaia and Andreah chat with Matt Bond, Senior VP of Print Production & Global Studio at Merkle about the future of direct mail.

Episode 54: Trends to Watch in 2023

January 27th, 2023  |  36 mins 58 secs

ads, cx, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, economy, marketing, privacy, social commerce, trends, video

Welcome to Season 3 of Digital Marketing Musings! Gaia and Andreah are joined by Merkle guest Gary Kagawa, VP Media Strategy. This first episode of the season discusses what trends are following us into 2023, and where digital marketing is headed this year.

Season 3 of Digital Marketing Musings – Coming Soon!

January 13th, 2023  |  52 secs

advertising, creative, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, digital media, eretail, marketing, marketing strategy, media, paid social, programmatic, sem, seo

Welcome to another exciting season of Digital Marketing Musings with Gaia and Andreah. Stay tuned to dive into the latest trends and topics with us and our expert guests.

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Episode 53: Attribution Best Practices in 2023, Part 2

December 22nd, 2022  |  43 mins 30 secs

aggregate modeling, attribution, conversion, cookieless, cx, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, lead generation, measurement, privacy marketing, touch points

This is Part 2 of our two attribution episodes and the final installment of season 2! Gaia and Andreah continue to chat with Merkle’s Ilon Weeldreyer, Director, Performance Media, Steve Pomeroy, VP, Analytics, and Jason Meek, Marketing Analytics Professional about all things attribution.

Episode 52: Attribution Best Practices in 2023, Part 1

December 9th, 2022  |  36 mins 23 secs

aggregate modeling, attribution, conversion, cookieless, cx, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, lead generation, measurement, privacy marketing, touch points

In Part 1 of our two Attribution episodes, Gaia and Andreah are joined by Merkle experts Ilon Weeldreyer, Director, Performance Media, Steve Pomeroy, VP, Analytics, and Jason Meek, Marketing Analytics Professional. The guests discuss the age-old problem of attribution and what it looks like today.

Episode 51: Understanding Today’s Market: Healthcare

November 25th, 2022  |  24 mins 52 secs

customer, cx, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, doctor, health, healthcare, insurance, marketing, patient, pharmaceuticals

Gaia and Andreah are joined by Trevor Hadick, Director, Performance Media at Merkle, to discuss how the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry plays into current market challenges and trends.

Episode 50: Understand User Intent with Merkle Matrix

November 11th, 2022  |  27 mins 3 secs

brands, cookie deprecation, cx, data, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, first-party data, google, marketing, merkle matrix, microsoft, organic search, paid search, user intent

This episode explores user intent and digs into what matters most in moments of search. Gaia and Andreah are joined by Merkle experts Kacie Gaudiose, SEO Content Strategy Lead and Matt Mierzejewski, SVP Search Capability Lead.

Episode 49: Critical Media Trends for Q4 2022

October 28th, 2022  |  23 mins

brands, cookie deprecation, cx, data, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, first-party data, marketing, paid search, performance media, pmr

Gaia and Andreah are joined by Merkle’s Melissa Reilly, Associate Director, Marketing Communications, and Jane Yeo, Media Strategy Manger. The guests discuss insights and trends from the Q4 2022 Performance Media Report which surveyed 250 marketing decision-makers.

Episode 48: Retail Media Networks: Growing to a $60 billion industry by 2024

October 17th, 2022  |  31 mins 50 secs

brands, cx, data, digital experience, digital marketing, digital marketing musings, first-party data, marketing, privacy, privacy regulations, retail, retail media, retail media networks, retailers, rmns

This episode features guests Megan Cameron, VP, Monetization Strategy, and Jeff Sevaldson, Director, New Stream Media. Listen to hear these experts chat with Gaia and Andreah about the selling side of retail media networks, growing to a $60 billion industry by 2024.