Episode 58: Best Practices Are Always the Best Process…Or Are They?

Best practices have a tendency to our rule our life, even if you don’t always notice them. There’s the best way to load the dishwasher. There’s the best way to compose an email. There’s the best way to approach an advertising campaign…

But what is what we consider to be best practices are actually hindering us? Utilizing a “one size fits all” approach puts a limit on critical thinking and creativity and when it comes to advertising and creator content, what’s good for the goose definitely isn’t always good for the gander.

In this episode of On the Mic, host Lindsay Smith is joined by Creative Director, Tony Carnevale, and Associate Account Director, Andrea Schwarzbach to discuss best practices, when they’re appropriate, and when we should toss them out the window.

Episode 57: Behavioral Economics and Advertising

We all have systems and research data that we can rely on to craft compelling advertising campaigns, but have you ever seen an approach and wondered, “How did that idea work?!”

In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, Lindsay and Nate are joined by Senior Copywriter, Ari Diozon, to break down human behavior and the subtle ways that advertisers can tap into human psychology to build more creative and impactful ads.

Episode 56: Podcasting Insights: Where Are We Going? An Interview with Heather Osgood

In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, Lindsay and Nate sit down with True Native Media founder Heather Osgood to discuss her hot takes on programmatic buying, dynamically inserted ad reads, her newest project The Podcast Broker, and of course, the lime green elephant in the room: Spotify.

Episode 55: How Did We Get Here? The Winding Paths to a Career in AdLand

Whether you take the main roads of higher education and internships or one of the many scenic routes that wind across the sprawling career landscape, there's no right or wrong way to arrive at a given field—least of all one as dependent on diverse perspectives as advertising. In today's episode, Lindsay and Nate are joined by Ari Diozon, Evan Brown, and Kelsie Utz to discuss the various trajectories that led them to the ad industry, the lessons they've brought with them, and how working in advertising has shaped their careers.

Episode 54: By Any Other Name: Creators and Influencers with FleishmanHillard

What separates the content creators from the influencers? The answer might not be as simple as you think. On today's episode, Lindsay and Nate are joined by Liz Hawks, Stephanie Moore, and Allie Wimes of FleishmanHillard—a global PR and marketing agency—to discuss the differences and overlap between these two familiar styles of digital media-makers, and the different approaches brands should take when partnering with each.

Episode 53: Beyond the Movement - A Conversation with Bryan Barletta and Andrea Schwarzbach

As podcasting continues to grow, the industry events are getting bigger and better. On today's episode, Lindsay and Nate are joined by Bryan Barletta of Sounds Profitable and ARM's own Andrea Schwarzbach to discuss their takeaways from Podcast Movement, as well as how they hope the event—and the podcast industry as a whole—continues to evolve in the years to come.

Episode 52 - When Cookies Crumble, Part 2: An Interview with Dave Coulter Of Daily Driven Exotics

Dave Coulter joins us to talk about how Daily Driven Exotics got started, the impact of brand partnerships, what he thinks about the changes coming to third-party data, and the wisdom of letting creators do the driving (literally).

Episode 51 - When Cookies Crumble, Part 1: How Creator Marketing Can Help Brands Wean Off Third-Party Data

Today, we’re joined by Gretchen Smith, Vice President of Media at ARM, to talk about how creator marketing can make brands resilient to the dawning of this brave new cookieless world.

Episode 50 - After These Messages: A Research Overview with Sounds Profitable

In this special edition of On the Mic, Tom Webster joins Lindsay and Nate to discuss what their latest study means for your podcast advertising strategy.

Episode 49 - Self Made Millennial: An Interview with Madeline Mann

YouTuber host Madeline Mann of Self Made Millennial joins us to talk about how she got started, the importance of authenticity, what she looks for in brand partnerships, and her takeaways from VidCon 2022.

Episode 48 - The Sports Podcast: A Powerful Player in Your Marketing Game Plan

In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, Lindsay Smith and Nate Spell are joined by ARM's Senior Copywriter, avid sports fan, and friend of the pod, Evan Brown, as he takes us on a deep dive into the history of the sports genre and the powerhouse player it can be in any brands marketing campaign.

Episode 46 - The First Half of 2022 Has Come and Gone. What’s Next? With Bryan Barletta

In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, hosts Nathan Spell and Lindsay Smith sit down with Bryan Barletta of Sounds Profitable to chat through the changes and upcoming predictions of adtech.

Episode 45 - Creative and Endorsing

In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, hosts Lindsay Smith and Nathan Spell welcome Creative Operations Specialist, Brit Garcia, onto the show to discuss the variations of an ad read and the creative that goes into pulling them all together.

Episode 44 - Going Viral

In this first episode in our Going Viral series, Lindsay Smith and Nathan Spell welcome Ari Diozon onto the show to talk about, and react to, recent viral ads.

Episode 43 - Viral Ads

In this first episode in our Going Viral series, Lindsay Smith and Nathan Spell welcome Ari Diozon onto the show to talk about, and react to, recent viral ads.

Episode 42 - Creativity in the Workplace

Have you ever considered that your outside hobbies or activities could actually influence the way you work? In this episode of On the Mic with Ad Results Media, Nate Spell and Lindsay Smith are joined by ARM team members Tony Carnevale, Brit Garcia, and Ari Diozon to chat through their out-of-work hobbies and how they bring creativity into the workplace.

Episode 41 - Music in Podcasting Part 3

The day is finally here! In this episode of On the Mic, Senior Copywriter, Evan Brown, unveils the final musical selections for OTM. Will Nathan and Lindsay be impressed with his final pieces? Tune in to hear the future of On the Mic in this Music in Podcasting finale.

Episode 40 - Music in Podcasting Part 2

Lindsay and Nate are back again with Evan Brown as we discuss what the new theme song for On the Mic could look like. Will Evan be the Danny Elfman to Lindsay and Nate's Tim Burton? Will the trombone and theremin make an appearance in the new episode? Pull up a seat and take a listen to Part 2 of On the Mic's Music in Podcasting series.