The Local Marketing Trends Podcast

By Gordon Borrell

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Episodes: 143

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Hear two of the nation's brightest and sought-after advertising analysts -- Corey Elliott and Gordon Borrell -- identify the latest trends and make their predictions. This fast-paced podcast runs about 20 minutes and focuses on trends in local media, advertising, and marketing. The show typically touches on three or four topics, occasionally features a guest, and is always seasoned with critical analysis and wit.

Episode Date
Jeff Warshaw's 'Alpha' Vision For Radio: Stop Cutting, Start Hiring
May 12, 2025
TV's Been Promising ATSC 3.0, But Where Is It?
Apr 28, 2025
Patch Latches onto AI to Supercharge its Local Expansion
Mar 25, 2025
Fatigued by Ads and Opinions, More Consumers Pony Up for Online Subscription 'Experience'
Mar 03, 2025
Mythbusters Tackle Media's 'Heavy' Investments, Digital Unprofitability, and Reliance on 'Local' Audiences
Feb 17, 2025
How KSL.com Became a Local Media 'Phoenix'
Feb 03, 2025
Whither Local TV? Checking in With Gray Media's Pat LaPlatney
Jan 20, 2025
The Dirty Little Secret to Exponential Growth in Sales
Jan 06, 2025
What 1,000 Local Advertisers Just Told Us (Good, Bad, AND Ugly)
Dec 09, 2024
Mastering Today's Media: Stop Gabbing, Cut the Fluff, Add 'Proof'
Nov 25, 2024
Madhive's Jim Wilson Talks About Small Fish in the CTV Stream, and His New Role with Audacy
Nov 11, 2024
Why Dozens of Buyers Have Been Snapping Up Newspapers
Oct 28, 2024
Local Content Goldmine Starts to Deliver (Even for Radio!)
Oct 14, 2024
Hyperlocal Site's 100-Year Plan: Help Local Businesses
Sep 30, 2024
Riegsecker Sees Local Media at an Inflection Point
Sep 09, 2024
Finally, Local Podcasting Might Be Catching On
Aug 26, 2024
Are Digital Marketing Services Worth Selling?
Aug 12, 2024
This Iconoclast Doesn't Mince Words on Today's Mass Media
Jul 29, 2024
Local Media's Near-Term Fate: Hobby Shop or Rising Phoenix
Jul 15, 2024
The Forgotten Goldmine in Email
Jun 24, 2024
Radio's New Leader Brings An Attitude To the Job
Jun 10, 2024
Beasley Skips the Committee Approach on GenAI, Brings in a Big Gun
May 28, 2024
TEGNA Finds a Set of AI Geniuses
May 13, 2024
How Young Adults Search Online for 'Local' Information Might Surprise You
Apr 29, 2024
It's the Email, Stupid
Apr 16, 2024
First Step Chronicles, Part 1: How One Radio Group is Tackling GenAI
Apr 01, 2024
Cox is Scripting the Future of Local Television With Ambitious 'Neighborhood TV'
Mar 18, 2024
Pearls of Wisdom from a Remarkable Woman Who Might Be the World's Oldest Living Sales Rep
Feb 20, 2024
Deloitte Exec: Generative AI Will Have 'Enormous' (Good) Impact on Local Media
Feb 12, 2024
Where Ad Industry Is With Generative AI, and How Frequence Is Cracking the Code
Feb 05, 2024
Could Radio Be Overthrowing Newspapers & TV as the King of 'Local'?
Jan 22, 2024
Picking on Prognosticators: 2024 Predictions Worth Dissin'
Jan 08, 2024
We Come Bearing Gifts: Another Windfall for Local Media on the Horizon
Dec 26, 2023
News Industry Executive: Google Payments to U.S. Local Media 'Will be Transformative'
Dec 11, 2023
What 2,000 Local Businesses Told Us About Their 2024 Ad Budgets
Nov 27, 2023
As Ad Buyers Warm up to SaaS Marketing Tools, Will They Ditch the Sales Rep?
Nov 13, 2023
Wondering About the Profitability of Digital Sales
Oct 30, 2023
Still Reeling from Meta's Punch, News Sites Brace for 'Devastating' Wallop from Google
Oct 23, 2023
Why 2024 is Likely to Be a Windfall Year for OTT Sales
Oct 02, 2023
Is Traditional Media Really Poised for a 'Comeback' in 2024?
Sep 18, 2023
Uh-Oh. The Deer Have the Guns
Sep 04, 2023
Final Analysis on A.I.: A Little Hype, a Lot to Learn, a Chance to Lead
Aug 21, 2023
Could A.I. Be 'More Profound Than Fire'? A.I.'s Master of Marketing Weighs In
Aug 07, 2023
Looking Back on 99 Episodes, Looking Forward to Clones Taking Over
Jul 24, 2023
Scripps CEO Squelches Distractions, Looks for Ad Rebound, Focuses on a 'North Star'
Jul 10, 2023
Robots at Fast-Food Restaurants, at Airport Gates . . . And Now Writing Ad Copy
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 97: Getting Smart Fast: What A.I. Means for Media & Advertising
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 96: Why 'All the Right Moves' Didn't Guarantee Knight Ridder's Digital Success
May 08, 2023
Episode 95: The Biggest Content Opportunity of All
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 94: 'Antenna Man' Plays David to Goliaths of Broadcasting
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 93: Saga Suddenly Gets Serious About Digital
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 92: GenZ News Consumers Have Some Advice: Cut to the Chase
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 91: Time to Rethink Re-Selling Commoditized SEM, Banners, & OTT?
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 90: Publishers Could Find a Fortune in Losing Cookies
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 89: Wither TV Ad Budgets? Dave Morgan Utters Fearful F-Word
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 88: We Didn't Attend CES-a-palooza, But We Found Two Smart Guys Who Did
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 87: Who's Gonna Help SMBs Feed the Content Monsters They Created?
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 86: Jeff Warshaw Weighs In On Audacy, iHeart, & Another Run at Cumulus
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 85: The Gears That Will Drive Local Advertisers to Buy in 2023
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 84: How Local Advertising Will Change in 2023, and a New Opportunity in OTT
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 83: Local Media Made 'Every Mistake' Over 2 Decades, But Here's a Chance to Gain it All Back
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 82: Defying Gravity, Local Business Publishers Enjoy One Rich Niche
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 81: Washington Post Exec: Rise of Remote Workers Benefits Local Media
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 80: CEO Has a Vision of How Gannett Will Emerge as a Survivor in 10 Years
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 79: iHeart Bob Pittman Offers His Vision for Radio in 2032
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 78: Envisioning the Future, Clear Channel CEO Sees Brilliant Lights
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 77: Hearst's Jordan Wertlieb Weighs In On What 2032 Holds for TV
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 76: Now Here's a Challenge: What Does a Newspaper Company Look Like in 2032?
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 75: NAB's LeGeyt Takes the 10-year Challenge: How Will AM/FM Stations & Local TV Make it to 2032?
Jul 04, 2022
Episode 74: 10-Year Challenge, Part II: Another CEO Weighs in With His Vision for 2032
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 73: CEO Perry Sook Weighs in on Nexstar's Path to 2032
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 72: The Secret to Radio's Immortality
May 16, 2022
Episode 71: Newspapers' Digital Stumble ... Could Podcasting Be A Cure?
May 02, 2022
Episode 70: What's In YOUR Market? (It Could Be A Lot More Than You're Thinking)
Apr 18, 2022
Episode 69: How Smart Are You About Advertising?
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 68: Unlikely TikTokkers: How A Christian Radio Group is Mastering Influence Marketing
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 67: Influencers In Every Market (Some With Bigger Audiences Than Your Local TV Station)
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 66: The Other Side of 'The Great Resignation'
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 65: Graham's Incoming CEO Weighs in on Becoming a 'Digital First' TV Group
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 64: 2022 May Be a Do-Or-Die Year for Old-Style Agencies & Media Cos.
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 63: Servant Selling Breeds Success
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 62: 'Tis the Season to Make Predictions
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 61: Underdog DuJuan McCoy May Be Building the TV Station of the Future
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 60: Beware! Here Come Those 20-Something Marketers
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 59: Auto Advertising Gets Wonky
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 58: Why It's Suddenly So Hard to Recruit Sales Reps
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 57: With Half of Local Ad Buyers Now Using DIY, Will Sales Reps Become Obsolete?
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 56: Patch Maintains Growth and Profitability, & May Be Poised for Expansion
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 55: The Most Profitable Digital Services (And How to Price Them)
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 54: Newspapers Step Up Their Transformation Game
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 53: Radio's Digital Mojo
Aug 09, 2021
Episode 52: Ad Buyers Have Spoken: It's the Email, Stupid!
Jul 26, 2021
Episode 51: Are Digital Agencies Doomed to be Boutiques, or Can They Be Scaled for Growth?
Jul 12, 2021
Episode 50: Digital Agencies, Part III: Are Agencies the End Game for Media Companies?
Jun 21, 2021
EPISODE 49: Digital Agencies, Part II: How Three Successful Agencies Made It Work
Jun 07, 2021
Episode 48: Digital Agencies, Part I: Were Media-Borne Agencies a Bad Idea?
May 24, 2021
Episode 47: Dealing in Distractions: Strangling Time Bandits, Staying Focused, & Finding Value in Clarity
May 10, 2021
Episode 46: Hitting REORG on Digital: A Big Shift for the Nation's Largest Local TV Company
Apr 26, 2021
EPISODE 45: Are Digital Services Worth the Trouble?
Apr 12, 2021
Episode 44: Yoga in Alabama, MLB on YouTube, Squishmallows, and, oh yeah, Record Retail Sales
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 43: Brace Yourself: 2021's Latest Local Ad Forecast Has Some Twists
Mar 15, 2021
Episode 42: Why Streaming Video Is So Hot for Local Businesses
Mar 01, 2021
EPISODE 41: Can 'Radio' Survive the Future? We Worry, But RAB's Erica Farber Sees Metamorphosis
Feb 15, 2021
EPISODE 40: Prepping for the 2021 Advertising Springboard, and the Future of Events, According to Peter Newton
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 39: Local Media's Big Pivot
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 38: Whither Local TV?
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 37: Good Riddance 2020! Reflections on Our Bizarre Year
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 36: What Would Bezos Do? Don Graham Reflects on Lessons from Selling The Washington Post
Dec 07, 2020
Episode 35: Stunning News, Staggering Facts, and Bombshells from a New Poll of Local Ad Buyers
Nov 23, 2020
Episode 34: Jim Doyle Looks Back: Getting Thrown Out of His First Sales Call, Losing $1 million, and Lessons from Kodak
Nov 09, 2020
Episode 33: Feeding the Monster: How Content Marketing Fuels Growing 'Owned' Media Demand
Oct 26, 2020
Episode 32: Ad Agencies' COVID Remix: Big Love for OTT & Social Media
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 31: She's Baaaack... 'Smartypants' Weighs In On Media's Outrageous Claims
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 30: The Rise of Content Marketing, & Breathing New Life Into Obituaries
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 29: Taylor Swift, Eminem, & SMBs: Vevo's Plan to Partner With Local Media
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 28: How Out-of-Home Is Morphing Into a Powerful 'Broadcast' Medium
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 27: Why SMBs Ain't Buyin' Big-Brands' Facebook Boycott, and a Promising 'Local' Ecommerce Strategy in Pittsburgh
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 26: With Circulars at a Tipping Point, How Will Newspapers Support Local Journalism?
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 25: As Ad Market Recovers, OTT and Political Hold the Most Hope for 2020
Jul 06, 2020
Episode 24: 51 Webinars, 12,000 Ad Buyers, 2 Big Ahas
Jun 23, 2020
EPISODE 23: Corey's Crystal Ball on 2020 Advertising, & Why SMBs Are Rushing to 'Shopify' Themselves
Jun 08, 2020
Episode 22: Media's 'Survival of the Fittest' Scenario Comes True -- And Why TV Is Immune
May 26, 2020
Sappy Messaging and Warning Signs: COVID-19's Effect on Marketing
May 11, 2020
Episode 20: A Grand Reopening or Bland Reopening for Local Businesses?
Apr 27, 2020
EPISODE 19: There's No Hand-Wringing Among the Masters of Local Marketing
Apr 13, 2020
EPISODE 18: CRISIS MARKETING: WHY 'IDEAS' ARE THE NEW CURRENCY
Mar 30, 2020
Episode 17: Biggest WOWs from #BorrellMiami2020 Conference
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 16 - OTT & Targeted TV: A Massive 'Green Field' of Opportunity
Mar 02, 2020
EPISODE 15 - Amazon's Inevitable Entry into Local Marketing
Feb 17, 2020
Episode 14: Brace Yourself -- 'The Golden Age of Video' Is Arriving, Says New Comscore CEO
Feb 03, 2020
Episode 13: Tough Lessons on Transformation from a Guy in the Hotseat - Thryv CEO Joe Walsh
Jan 20, 2020
Episode 12: Those Whippersnapper Millennials Are Making Content the New Advertising
Jan 06, 2020
EPISODE 11: 'The Most Quoted Man In Advertising' Tips His Hand on Media's Future
Dec 09, 2019
EPISODE 10: Giving Thanks for Goofy Things the Media Industry Does (Makes Great Podcast Fodder)
Nov 25, 2019
Episode 9: Fat Thanksgiving Newspapers, the Amazon Boogeyman, and Why You Should Be Thinking About Weed
Nov 11, 2019
Episode 8: TV Takes On Digital: 'Our Impressions Are Better Than Yours'
Oct 28, 2019
EPISODE 7: Disruption Expert Clark Gilbert Gets Frank About The Fate of Print & Broadcast Media
Oct 14, 2019
Episode 6: Is the Future of Local Broadcast TV Troubling or Exciting? Plus, What CEO Perry Sook Says Nexstar Will Look Like in 2025
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 5: Why the Oldest Ad Medium On Earth Continues to Grow
Sep 16, 2019
Episode 4: A Smarty Pants Ad-Buyer Weighs In On What Doesn't Work Anymore
Sep 03, 2019
Episode 3: Radio's "On Fire" Digital Sales, Why "Addressable Digital Advertising" is Declining
Aug 19, 2019
Episode 2: The State of Email Marketing
Aug 05, 2019
Episode 1: The Fate of Newspapers, the Future of Podcasting, & Other Marketing Grist
Jul 16, 2019