The one about AI Slop, B2B Content Marketing Strategies and the film, Crimson Tide - TG123

The one about AI Slop, B2B Content Marketing Strategies and the film, Crimson Tide - TG123 

 

00:00:00 Introduction  

Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   

00:02:39 In the News  

A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:16:05 Content Spotlights  

ROGER: AI slop is taking over the internet and I've had enough of it by Becca Caddy, TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/ai-slop-is-taking-over-the-internet-and-ive-had-enough-of-it 

PASCAL: B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Outlook for 2025 by Stephanie Stahl managing director of Informa Connect’s martech group for Content Marketing Institute: https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/articles/b2b-content-marketing-trends-research/ 

 

00:31.20 This Week in History  

Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

00:39:03 Marketing Tech and Apps 

ROGER: It’s all about alternatives to PowerPoint particularly for online presentations: 

• Put a Word Cloud in your presentation with Mintimeter: https://www.mentimeter.com/en-US/work/stage-presentations 
• Another interactive alternative: https://slidone.com/ 

PASCAL: It’s all about practising visual storytelling this year 

• Find stunning royalty-free footage and motion graphics: https://www.freepik.com/videos 
• Find the best royalty free videos and footage for your design: https://www.vecteezy.com/free-videos  
• Microsoft have (re)launched their own video editor: https://clipchamp.com/en/  

 

00:46.22 Film Marketing  

CRIMSON TIDE (1995)  

Directed by: Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.  

Written by: Michael Schiffer, Richard P. Henrick  

Cast: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini, Matt Craven  

Music by: Hans Zimmer (using a blend of orchestra, choir, and synthesizer sounds)  

Tagline: One man was trained to follow orders... and another had the courage to question them. 

We look at the film marketing challenges for Crimson Tide – including fending off comparisons to Crimson Tide and Das Boot and from being labelled Top Gun Underwater. 

 

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 Spotlight  
• This Week in History 
• Marketing Tech and Apps 
• Film Marketing  

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Watch the show on video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChv7HnP_ZqGoFQbzqkeaKA?  

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