Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni

The one about ageism in marketing, Adobe pluses and minuses and “An Officer and a Gentleman” - TG116 
00:00:00 Introduction  
Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   
00:03:28 In the News  
A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:18:21 Content Spotlights  
ROGER: How to Structure a Speech or Presentation by Nick Morgan, Public Words: https://publicwords.com/2024/03/29/how-to-structure-a-speech-or-presentation/ 
PASCAL: I was an old agency dog, but I learned new tricks by Jon Ashwell, Creative Director at George P. Johnson for The Drum: https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2024/04/02/i-was-old-agency-dog-i-learned-new-tricks 
 
00:33:16 This Week in History  
Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

00:41:11 Marketing Tech and Apps 
ROGER: It’s all about quitting Adobe Creative Cloud: 
Replace PhotoShop - Photopea: https://www.photopea.com/ 
Replace Audition - Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/ 
Premiere Pro and After Effects - Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve 
PASCAL: It’s all about new and free products from Adobe:
Adobe free social media scheduler https://new.express.adobe.com/schedule  
Adobe free podcast recording and editing solution https://podcast.adobe.com/studio 
 
00:53:50 Film Marketing  
AN OFFICE AND A GENTLEMAN (1982) 
Director: Taylor Hackford 
Writer(s): Douglas Day Stewart 
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Lisa Blount , Louis Gossett Jr 
Tagline: It will lift you up where you belong. His struggle...Her love...The fight for their future. Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love. 
We look back at the marketing of one of the most successful movies of the early 80s, despite fierce competition from many fictional films released that year. Were audiences ready for a truly uplifting non-fiction story? And what about that ending?

About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    
Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  
Roger is a marketing speaker and consultant who’s spent his whole career helping his customers keep their marketing simple but effective. He’s the author of Cats, Mats and Marketing Plans and the creator of the RogVLOG video series.   
Pascal is a digital marketing veteran, he is a...

The one about naked audiences, YouTube changes and the film ‘Hidden Figures’ - TG115
00:00:00 IntroductionHere are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.

00:02:32 In the NewsA selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention.

00:14:17 Content SpotlightsROGER: Confidence-building Peachaus spot puts audience in their undies by Amy Houston in The Drum: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/03/06/ad-the-day-confidence-building-peachaus-spot-puts-audience-their-undies
PASCAL: YouTube CEO Announces The Biggest YouTube Changes by Judah Lee for TubeBuddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyGCilKAW6U

00:29:18 This Week in HistoryOur selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture.

00:36:07 Marketing Tech and AppsROGER: It’s all about apps I’d forgotten about: Click To Tweet: https://clicktotweet.com/ Find out what people think of your brand: https://brand24.com/
PASCAL: It’s all about new(ish) video editing apps: LightCut: https://www.dji.com/uk/downloads/djiapp/lightcut the perfect video editing app for very busy content creators and marketers Invideo: https://invideo.io/ to start experimenting and improving your skills with AI-powered video editing platforms

00:44:46 Film MarketingHIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell.
Music by: Hans Zimmer + tracks by Pharel Williams
Tagline: Meet The Women You Don’t Know, Behind the Story You Do.
We talk about the marketing of Hidden Figures and why so few people outside the USA have heard of the film, including Roger himself!

About Two Geeks and A Marketing PodcastHosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.
Roger is a marketing speaker and consultant who’s spent his whole career helping his customers keep their marketing simple but effective. He’s the author of Cats, Mats and Marketing Plans and the creator of the RogVLOG video series.
Pascal is a digital marketing veteran, he is a speaker, trainer and advisor with nearly three decades of experience who enjoys revealing visual storytelling techniques to help you build better online campaigns faster.
Every week we'll bring you the following segments.
· In the News.
· Content Spotlight
· This Week in History
· Marketing Tech and Apps
· Film Marketing
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The one about landing speaking engagements, AI Workshops and the film ‘Southern Comfort’ - TG114 
00:00:00 Introduction  
Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   
 00:03:38 In the News  
A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:15:58 Content Spotlights  
ROGER: 5 Steps to Landing Public Speaking Engagements by Ashely Stahl in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2024/02/06/5-steps-to-landing-public-speaking-engagements/?sh=392cc25a5a02 
PASCAL: My First ‘AI and Digital Marketing’ Masterclass by Pascal Fintoni 
A recap and reflections on designing and delivering a practical masterclass on how marketers can use AI strategically. 
 
00:38:35 This Week in History  
Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

 00:48:02 Marketing Tech and Apps 
ROGER: It’s all about giving a speech. 
Don’t go too fast or too slow: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/metronome-tap-tempo-rhythm/id559798172 
Stick to time: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toastmaster-timer/id837916943 
PASCAL: It’s all about creating content with more depth and authority. 
Research the current findings and observations from research papers: https://consensus.app/search/ 
Google Trends Supercharged! Get in early on trends that show strong signs of long-term growth: https://meetglimpse.com 
 
00:56:02 Film Marketing  
Southern Comfort (1981) 
Director: Walter Hill 
Writers: Michael Kane, Walter Hill, David Giler 
Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward and supporting cast 
Music by: Ry Cooder 
Tagline: It’s the land of hospitality... unless you don’t belong there. 
Is it a war film? Is it an allegory of Vietnam? Is it a horror movie? We look at the marketing for Southern Comfort and ask whether it could have been more successful in a year dominated by many blockbusters. 

About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    
Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  
Roger is a marketing speaker and consultant who’s spent his whole career helping his customers keep their marketing simple but effective. He’s the author of Cats, Mats and Marketing Plans and the creator of the RogVLOG video series.   
Pascal is a digital marketing veteran, he is a speaker, trainer and advisor with nearly three decades of experience who enjoys revealing visual storytelling techniques to help you build better online campaigns faster.  
Every week we'll bring you the following segments.  
In the News.  Content...

The one about Apple Vision Pro, Perfect Podcast Scripts and the film ‘Thelma & Louise’ - TG113 
 
00:00:00 Introduction  
Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   
00:02:37 In the News  
A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:12:10 Content Spotlights  
ROGER: Apple Vision Pro Review: Tomorrow's Ideas... Today's Tech – YouTube video by Marques Brownlee https://youtu.be/86Gy035z_KA?si=g6i-HzqWlHKLppF0 
PASCAL: How to Write the Perfect Podcast Script (plus Examples & Templates) by Ben Dodd for Captivate.fm: https://www.captivate.fm/learn-podcasting/record/write-perfect-podcast-script-plus-examples-templates 

00:29:47 This Week in History  
Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

00:37:30 Marketing Tech and Apps 
ROGER: It’s all about Dictation Software and I’m not allowed to choose Apple  
Windows Speech Recognition: https://zapier.com/blog/best-text-dictation-software/#windowsspeech 
Dragon by Nuance: https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html 
PASCAL: It’s all about recent updated from Google/Alphabet 
YouTube: livestreaming using your phone in portrait mode will be featured in YouTube Shorts tabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEldXEcAbE0 
Bard: the AI-powered virtual assistant is now ‘Gemini’ with better and new features 
https://blog.google/products/gemini/bard-gemini-advanced-app/ 
 
00:45:46 Film Marketing  
THELMA & LOUISE (1991) 
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Callie Khouri  
Stars: Susan Sarandon (Louise), Geena Davis (Thelma), Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, supporting cast includes Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, and Stephen Tobolowsky :-) 
Music by: Hans Zimmer  
Tagline: Somebody said get a life... so they did! 
We look at the movie that redefined “The Road Trip”. A difficult movie to promote but the producers created a unique real life road trio featuring the movie car driving across the USA. 

About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    
Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  
Roger is a marketing speaker and consultant who’s spent his whole career helping his customers keep their marketing simple but effective. He’s the author of Cats, Mats and Marketing Plans and the creator of the RogVLOG...

The one about Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Screenwriting Maxims and Where Eagles Dare - TG112 
00:00:00 Introduction  
Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   

00:04:07 In the News  
A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:13:00 Content Spotlights  
ROGER: An Exhaustive List of Screenwriting Maxims and Their Definitions by Jason Hellerman in No Film School: https://nofilmschool.com/screenwriting-maxims 
PASCAL: Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV drama series. The power of storytelling and how to connect with your audience: https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a0469/10a0469a0001  

00:29:51 This Week in History  
Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

00:39:11 Marketing Tech and Apps 
ROGER: It’s all about animated drawing video makers: 
Doodly: https://www.voomly.com/doodly 
Video Scribe: https://www.videoscribe.co/en/ 
PASCAL: It’s all about creating content briefs 
Content Outline Generator https://www.seoreviewtools.com/content-outline-generator/ generate new ideas by breaking down the content for your subject into subtopics and headings 
AI Image Generator https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img generate images for your next storyboard, from video case studies to blog page layout 

00:51:18 Film Marketing  
Where Eagles Dare (1968) 
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Writer: Alistair MacLean
Stars: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Robert Beattie, Ingrid Pitt, Anton Diffring
Music by: Ron Goodwin 
They dare to climb a terrifying new peak in suspense... all the way up to hell! 
Regarded as one of the best war films of all time, Where Eagles Dare is an action adventure, men on a mission, and espionage thriller with multiple plot twists, agents and double-agents. We look at the marketing and the legacy.  
 
About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    
Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  
Roger is a marketing speaker and consultant who’s spent his whole career helping his customers keep their marketing simple but effective. He’s the author of Cats, Mats and Marketing Plans and the creator of the RogVLOG video series.   
Pascal is a digital marketing veteran, he is a speaker, trainer and advisor with nearly three decades of experience who enjoys revealing visual storytelling techniques to help you build better online campaigns faster.  
Every week we'll bring you the following segments.  
In the...

The One where we review the Best Bits Of 2023 – Christmas Special - TG111 
 
00:00:00 Introduction  
Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.  This week we pick our top 3 from each segment of the show from 2023 and then pick our winners. 
That’s over 140 marketing news items, over 35 content spotlights, more than 70 marketing tech and apps, 70+ historical events and anniversaries, an additional 17 film marketing campaigns reviewed, and let’s not forget one of the highlights of the year episode 100 with talent manager Kate Edwards   
00:06:11 In the News  
3 news items each. Which will be the winning news? 

00:16:56 Content Spotlights  

ROGER’S TOP 3 CONTENT SPOTLIGHTS OF 2023  
Revolutionizing Flight! The Amazing Potential of the CFM RISE Engine – Mentour Pilot on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ojVNOj-q3SQ 
Why Learning to Write Well Is Still Important in the Age of AI by Jessica Stillman, Inc.com: https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-learning-to-write-well-is-still-important-in-age-of-ai.html 

Retracking of the Nemesis Rollercoaster at Alton Towers: 
https://youtu.be/boNPBJDAV-g and https://youtu.be/boNPBJDAV-g and https://youtu.be/wV7qOqYnVuY and finally: https://youtu.be/EjSzQhcq9Hw 
 

PASCAL’S TOP 3 CONTENT SPOTLIGHTS OF 2023 
The One-Page Report You Should Always Have On Hand by David Finkel for Inc.com: https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/the-one-page-report-you-should-always-have-on-hand.html 
The Art of the Opening Scene – How to Start a Movie 6 Different Ways by Studio Binder, Robert Kiraz, Simona Clapan and team: https://youtu.be/Jw_ysaoVlt4 
How as Marketing Changed over the Past Half-Century? An interview with Philip Kotler and Alexander Chernev co-authors of the 16th edition of the book ‘Marketing Management’: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/how-has-marketing-changed-over-the-past-half-century 
 
00:29:37 This Week in History  
We share our top 3 historical events and then choose the winners. 

00:37:04 Marketing Tech and Apps 
ROGER’S TOP 3 MARKETING TECH & APPS OF 2023  
BeatEdit detects the beats in your music and generates markers for them in your Premiere Pro timeline: https://aescripts.com/beatedit-for-premiere-pro/  DJI Osmo Pocket 3: a href="https://store.dji.com/uk" rel="noopener noreferrer"...