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The Marketing Playbook with Mark Friedman

The Marketing Playbook with Mark Friedman

Hosted by Mark Friedman

Episodes

152

Latest episode

Oct 2026

Language

EN

About the show

Mark Friedman knows direct-to-consumer marketing. The 30+ year industry veteran has served as the President of eCommerce at Steve Madden, Chief Marketing Officer of Brooks Brothers, mentor to dozens of startups, and even youth sports coach. You’ll take away 3 fundamental tips every episode to help your team knock it out of the park, and draw up strategies for digital marketing, eCommerce, customer monetization, and pivoting with the brightest all-stars in business. Do you have your playbook? Presented by Details Interactive. Theme Song: Jazzy Man Funk Rock – Auditone Music Library - provided by Jamendo

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October 15, 202637 min

Ovadia Sutton - Co-Founder of Daat Lab

Ovadia Sutton, the Co-Founder of Daat Lab, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to point AI at growth, how to test AI the way data scientists do, why your people are the strategy, who will be the winner of the LLMs, and where AI is most useful in an organization. Connect with Ovadia at DaatLab.com and on LinkedIn

October 1, 202641 min

Bill Hanifin - CEO of Wise Marketer Group (WMG)

Bill Hanifin, the Chief Executive Officer of Wise Marketer Group (WMG), adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how a loyalty program’s real job is to change behavior & grow revenue, why a real loyalty program needs a financial model, how to define the objective before you talk tactics, what drew Bill to customer loyalty, and a look back at Y2K. Connect with Bill at TheWiseMarketer.com , on LinkedIn , and on Instagram @BillHanifin

September 16, 202641 min

Liz White - Chief Commercial Officer of OOFOS

Liz White, the Chief Commercial Officer of OOFOS, adds her page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear why context changes everything, how to let the data pick the channel, why brand & purpose aren’t competing priorities, what Liz learned in the magazine industry, and what’s driven the explosive growth of OOFOS. Connect with Liz at OOFOS.com and on LinkedIn

September 2, 202643 min

Vicki Cantrell - Co-Founder & CEO of Vendors in Partnership (VIP)

Vicki Cantrell, the Co-Founder & CEO of Vendors in Partnership (VIP), adds her page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear why saying no is a strategy, how sometimes the safer bet isn’t the obvious one, why community closes the gaps technology can’t, what she learned from working closely with Tory Burch, and her upbringing as the 5th of 6 children. Connect with Vicki at VendorsInPartnership.com , on the Vendors in Partnership LinkedIn , and on her LinkedIn

August 20, 202640 min

Maxx Blank - Co-Founder & COO of Triple Whale

Maxx Blank, the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Triple Whale, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear why AI adoption depends on organizational readiness, how grit gets built through failure, why you should build with operators, the metrics brands should be looking at, and what he learned from multiple family businesses. Connect with Maxx at TripleWhale.com , on LinkedIn , and on X @aryehMaxx

July 29, 202639 min

Josh Resnick - Co-Founder & General Partner of OpenSky Ventures

Josh Resnick, the Co-Founder & General Partner of OpenSky Ventures, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to build a company culture that attracts & keeps great people, how to determine if you’re after fast growth or healthy growth, how to evolve with technology, what Josh learned from the video game & candy industries, and his various entrepreneurial food ventures as a kid. Connect with Josh at OpenSky.VC and on LinkedIn

July 16, 202641 min

Garth Weber - SVP of Brand & Marketing at Duluth Trading Company

Garth Weber, the Senior Vice President of Brand & Marketing at Duluth Trading Company, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear why your unconventional background is your edge, why performance marketing without brand discipline is just noise, how to protect the new thing until it can stand on its own, how Garth worked with Nike & Adidas as clients at the same time, and how storytelling & curiosity have been the thread throughout his life. Connect with Garth at DuluthTrading.com and on LinkedIn

July 1, 202644 min

Josh Payne - Founder of OpenSky Ventures, CEO of Onward

Josh Payne, the Founder of OpenSky Ventures and CEO of Onward, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear why you should bet on the founder, how to integrate work into your life, why you need to watch the cohort data, what Josh learned from his salesman father, and how he’s enjoying life in Mallorca. Connect with Josh at OpenSky.VC , UseOnward.com , on social media @JNPayne , and on LinkedIn

June 17, 202641 min

Angela Clark - Founder of Eclipse Advisory Group

Angela Clark, the Founder of Eclipse Advisory Group, adds her page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to invite yourself to meetings and keep showing up, how to find out what the customer isn’t tired of hearing you say, how to get your team to actually use that new technology you paid for, what Angela learned going to an all-girls high school, and why storytelling is so crucial in the eCommerce world. Connect with Angela at EclipseMedia365.com and on LinkedIn

May 27, 202640 min

Jeremy Horowitz - Managing Partner of Because Ventures, CEO of CoCo AI

Jeremy Horowitz, the Managing Partner of Because Ventures and CEO of CoCo AI, adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to differentiate your brand, how to use AI as an efficiency tool, why business owners make the best business buyers, what to look for when investing in a business, and Jeremy’s passions for sports & entrepreneurship. Connect with Jeremy at Because.Ventures , My-CoCo.AI , on LinkedIn , and his Let’s Buy a Biz! newsletter

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