Episodes

  • 109: The Venture Capital Firm that Hired a TikTok Creator to...Make fun of VCs?
    Sep 2 2022

    Play It Back is game tape for your favorite creative campaigns. In this week's episode, Kevin Shively walks through the VC firm Redpoint, and why they hired a TikTok content creator to make fun of their industry.

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    10 mins
  • 108: Brand Storytelling Lessons from Spuds Mackenzie
    Sep 2 2022

    Play It Back is game tape for your favorite creative campaigns. In this week's episode, Kevin Shively walks through how Bud Light set the standard for creating a brand hero that your customer aspires to be. He also talks too much about 80s cartoons and action flicks.

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    13 mins
  • 107: Community or Audience? Hubspot gives a masterclass in both
    Sep 2 2022

    Play It Back is game tape for your favorite creative campaigns. In this week's episode, Kevin Shively walks through how Hubspot built a community, bought an audience, and took a play from Jon Favreau...yes, that Jon Favreau

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    15 mins
  • 105: The Time Coinbase Dumbed it Down for Us
    Jul 4 2022

    Coinbase and Accenture Song just took home the Direct Grand Prix from Cannes Lions. What was it that made the ad so successful? We play it back on this week's episode.

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    12 mins
  • 104: The Time Miller Lite DIDN’T Create the Lite Beer Category
    Jun 8 2022

    Play It Back is game tape for your favorite creative campaigns. In this week's episode, Kevin will walk back through the invention of Lite Beer, a few failed attempts to capitalize, and how Miller Lite saw a $338 Billion opportunity.

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    11 mins
  • 102: The Time Salesforce...Staged a Protest?
    Jun 1 2022

    Play It Back is game tape for your favorite creative campaigns. In this week's episode, we walk back through Salesforce.com's guerrilla launch in 2000.

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    15 mins
  • 101: That time Levi Strauss and Dockers invented ”business casual”
    May 27 2022

    Kevin walks back through the time Levi Strauss invented business casual and went after the coveted...HR department?

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    11 mins