On today's episode, we talked with Andy Pearson, VP of Creative for Liquid Death. We talk about everything from how Andy won a future Cannes Lion before knowing what it was, to what creativity looks like through the eyes of one of the most interesting brands in the world. No matter if you're a fan of Liquid Death, Andy, or marketing in general, the…

On today's episode, we dive into the scary world of social media conspiracy theories. The big question that we heard over and over again was whether the platforms listening to everything we do or not. Are they reading our email? Tracking our location? Just how deep down the rabbit hole do they go to get what they need? We'll be adding a few special…

In this episode of the Social Media Sucks Podcast, we're talking about artificial intelligence and social media! Many of the guests on this episode think that AI is a tool, but a few are scared about what's to come. Where do you sit on the fence? Our next episode is going to be centered on social media conspiracy theories. Is your phone listening t…

In this episode, we respond to comments, videos, audio, emails, and more from 22 submissions! TWENTY-TWO! All about what stresses our community about social media, what they're worried about, what problems there are, and where we're headed. As a sneak peek, our next episode will be all about artificial intelligence! Looking forward to hearing every…

We have an exciting guest today, someone who's not just mastered the advertising game, but has reshaped it. He is a challenge-seeker and an unforgettable creative force. Meet Kevin Lynch. Kevin Lynch is a former Oatly creative director. He recently founded The Wrong Agency, a creative consultancy that probably no one will ever hire. His richness of…

In this episode of the "Social Media Sucks" podcast by Kubbco, we dive deep into the world of content creation with Lukas Kaiser, the Senior Vice President of Content at Westbrook Media. With a rich background spanning from SNL to Comedy Central, Lukas shares his insights on staying current in the ever-evolving social media landscape, crafting enga…

Rasmus Frølund Thomsen, a skilled professional with extensive experience in e-commerce strategy, marketing tech, and online marketing, including SEO, SEM, and Affiliate marketing, joins us on the pod as we talk E-Commerce and Customer Data. In this episode, find out: Why customer data is important and how to control it better Why some brands are fa…

Patricia Winkel-Pedersen, Marketing Director at LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW brings her unique experience working with one of Denmark's most beloved brands, to the Social Media Sucks studio. We talk about the challenges facing marketing a niche product that has hardcore fans that have strong opinions about the brand. And how to get the product to break into th…

In this episode, we sat down with Dennis Korsbæk Præst, Global Brand Manager for Starbucks at Arla Foods. Arla Foods and Starbucks are in a partnership with a licensing deal for retail products in Denmark. Starbucks is a global coffee distribution, roastery, and cafe company currently present in over 80 countries, while Arla Foods is a Danish-Swedi…

We sat down with Anders Holvøe, Head of Marketing & Digital at Telenor, Denmark. Anders has an immense portfolio of business, marketing, and management experience which he accumulated over the past 15 years, working with creative agencies and in-house marketing teams. He joined the Telenor team in Denmark two and a half years ago. Telenor is one of…

In this episode, we sit down with marketing expert Charlotte Høgh Damgaard from the Carlsberg Group and take a deep dive into the complicated world of marketing alcoholic beverages. Charlotte is the Head of Marketing at Carlsberg’s Alcohol-Free Beer, Cider & Cocktails Department in Denmark. She is a marketing specialist with over 8 years of experie…

On today's episode we sat down with Sebastian Lillelund, Marketing Manager at POWER, and Joakim Sigvardt, E-commerce Manager at POWER, and unpacked a crucial topic - How to get all elements of your marketing aligned and working towards the same goals. They shared their experience building the POWER brand from the ground up and where they focus thei…

Brands are flubbing Liveshopping BIG time! Our podcast episode will show you how to nix your Liveshopping issues and take it to a whole new level in 2023. Yu Zhao and Chris Kubbernus enjoyed an eye-opening hour with Tim Frank Andersen, co-founder and Chairman of Liveshopper. We delved deep into how retail brands can finally stop giving away their c…

L'Oréal, the world’s leading beauty brand was awarded in 2019 for the 10th time as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. They’ve positioned themselves as an inclusive beauty brand focusing on diversity, transparency, and authenticity in a social landscape where being canceled is one negative comment away. How do they do it? What does it look l…

We had the honor of having Jacob Weinreich on the Social Media Sucks Podcast Jacob Weinreich was awarded the CMO of the year in 2021. And in this episode, we talk about the TV transformation and how viewers' behavior changed over time. People moved from traditional media to social media. Considering that transformation, how can TV2 still make timel…

Mila Hvilshøj, Domino’s Pizza Danmark’s Chief Marketing Officer sat down with us to talk about the unconventional campaign Domino’s launched to tackle a rather difficult problem they have been facing for years. Domino’s Pizza is an American brand with over 18000 stores worldwide. They deliver pizza since the 1960s, and they do so while thriving for…

Do you remember the Virtual Reality craze of the early 2010s? Well, technology is getting better by the day, and if you are like most businesses, you probably have no idea how to leverage it to your advantage. Katrine Konyher, Business Developer and Marketing Specialist of Khora, a Virtual Reality Production company, tells us how businesses of all …

Do you know your audience? Better yet, do you even know yourself? Businesses should be able to answer these questions to survive and position themselves for long-term success. Kathrine Weicker, the latest guest of the Social Media Sucks Podcast, is a Business Consultant with over 20 years of experience in three different countries. She tells us abo…

What happens if your mission, as a company, is to help reduce traffic congestion and have a positive climate impact… and people use your cars to get to their transatlantic flight nice and early? In this video, Steffen Frølund, GreenMobility’s Chief Marketing Officer, discusses their social media strategy and how they tailor content to different aud…

If you win, you get likes. If you lose, your audience ignores you. How do you market a sports brand on social media when next week’s content is determined by the outcome of 90 minutes on the field? On the other foot, you have a loyal fanbase as followers who (almost) no matter what, stand in your corner. The club works as a media platform, casts pl…

Do tires fuel your creativity machine? Nah, most consumers find it a little tiring... Trying to market a low-interest product like tires to consumers with zero interest can be a challenge. Yet, Continental tells stories from the road like no other that consumers relate to and engage with. The company takes consumer behavior and observations into th…

Wholesale B2B. Wholesale B2C. From push to pull and then back again. NOS. Live-stream shopping. Physical retail. Multi-brand online retail. The in-store experience. Social media. Personal shopping. Offline multi-brand retailing. Department stores. Brand building. Omni-channel. Companies have a buffé of sales and marketing decisions to make. Which o…

What’s in style this season for fashion brands on social media? Beyond the Y2K style that is. Together with Henrik Eppers, owner of multiple fashion brands and lecturer at Copenhagen School of Design and Technology we’ll dive into the role of social media in the fashion industry. We uncover the interplay of social media and the fashion industry, ho…

In this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast, we’re discussing the benefits and different approaches to SOCIAL SELLING. A not-so-new but still untapped marketing strategy where employees' expertise is the "ad" and their personal network the audience. Our guest, Laura Erdem, Account Executive from the B2B revenue attribution platform Dreamdata,…

What is great social media content? How do you generate thumb-stopping social media content ideas? And what do you need to build an amazing social media content strategy – one that’s sure to achieve the right kind of response from exactly the people who most need to engage with your content and brand? There may be no better person to put those ques…

How does a heritage brand live on social media? In this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast, we have Maja Fabech, Head of Social Media and Influencers at Matas with us. And if you don’t live in Denmark, you’re probably wondering what Matas is? Matas is an institution when it comes to beauty and health products. The audience is as versatile as…

Malthe Cederborg, CMO at Miinto, guested this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast to talk about social media commerce, luxury fashion retail, paid social media and why you need a strong social media strategy to run a modern retail e-business. This episode is for anyone with an interest in content creation and marketing strategies for social m…

Should all brands join TikTok? What is the most successful TikTok marketing strategy? And how to go viral on TikTok as a brand? For a business, it might seem like a big step to join the platform known for its dancing teenage girls, but TikTok has become a global force. Leading to viral trends that influence the news, sold-out product shelves in sto…

For the past couple of years, Meta has been in good company when it comes to user base, creators and platform innovation. There's no doubt that TikTok has been revolutionizing the social media industry. In our latest episode of Social Media Sucks, Chris, Yu and Hawra try to predict future scenarios: will they stop copying each other's features? Is …

How do you run a fast-growing and profitable esports organisation in an age of constant SoMe diversification and evolution? More precisely, what do the potentials of social-first SoMe content mean for community building among the 3,2 billion global fans of gaming and esports? Astralis, a Danish esports company best known for their Fortnite, Counter…

There can be no doubt that the Metaverse is a game changer for social interaction. But how precisely is it changing the way we meet, communicate, present ourselves, understand ourselves and live our lives…? And will Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual microcosm also rewrite the rules of marketing, impact the economy, reshuffle social status cues and give sca…

What’s happening with podcast advertising? Are podcasts THE untapped area – or low-hanging fruit – for marketers? Is there a risk of losing consumers’ or listeners’ trust by mismatching podcast and ad? How to make sense of Spotify’s model and Spotify as a company? And when does podcast marketing slide into influencer marketing territory? On this ep…

Who's your favourite virtual influencer? On this episode the minds of Kubbco explore what brands can gain from developing a virtual influencer – aka a CGI-based, fictional avatar whose uncanny resemblance to a real person enables the brand to tap into storytelling and a bunch of other cool ideas. But are virtual influencers really as novel as the n…

What are NFTs, what is their purpose, and how will they revolutionise the internet? On this episode, we're featuring a polarised but friendly discussion about a central element of Web 3.0 – an arguably exciting, but also arguably retrograde, trend whose impact we are only beginning to see. But do non-fungible tokens run counter to the altruistic ph…

Twitter is unique, for reasons good and bad. But one thing's for sure: It's here to stay, at least in some form. That said, is it a platform in need of a rethink and a makeover? Is the endless stream of text-heavy tweets disorientating and exhausting? Is more original video content from users going to make it a more interesting platform? Was oustin…

So much depends on locating, recognizing, attracting, nourishing, and retaining talent – for businesses and companies across the board. At the same time, it is one of the hardest things to do – and almost impossible to do well. To make us all a whole lot smarter about the complex dynamics and role of talent in corporate life, we invited the Founder…

Co-founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the company. But what is the significance of such a move – for Twitter, and for tech platforms generally? Is a company somehow halted or impeded by a founder unwilling or unable to let go and pass the reins of power to the next generation of leaders? Should Mark Zuckerberg take a leaf out…

It’s hard to imagine a world without LinkedIn. But is the social network letting itself down by allowing certain functions to be unnecessarily complicated and user-unfriendly? In this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast we discuss the role of LinkedIn in the social media space. We compare “connect” versus “follow” mode, assess the newsletter …

Billboards, wallscapes, place-based media, and posters seen while on the go… All are examples of out-of-home advertising. In this episode we zero in on this unique type of advertising while also exploring the shifting significance of simply being outside in the age of the coronavirus. How have nationwide lockdowns affected our relationship with ads…

In this week’s episode of Social Media Sucks, Chris and Yu are guested by Taylor Ryan, a 6-time start-up founder, growth-hacking expert and the CEO of digital agency Klint Marketing. Episode topics include: What is growth-hacking – and why does it matter? How to optimise social media content across channels What will bring best results – an in-hous…

TV has been around for a LONG time… But is the medium obsolete? And why isn’t at least flow TV going away when we’ve got so many cool new social media platforms to throw our eyeballs at? Is TV in fact so powerful that it’s going to keep attracting SoMe platforms – like TikTok most recently or YouTube a while ago? That’s on the agenda for this episo…

Use this sound! "Sound first" social-media platforms are taking over. But are brands and marketeers ready to sing along? Up until very recently, we expected people to scroll with the sound off. But the script has flipped and now sound has become the key to audience's attention. In this week's episode, we dive into how platforms like TikTok have cha…

What’s next for GenZ? And what platform will this hugely social media-positive generation favour next? If TikTok is the user group’s platform of choice right now, how will it be able to keep up-and-coming rivals (Metaverse?) in second place? This and more is on the programme in this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast where we also talk Super…

What can social media users, communities, marketers and customers expect from their fav platforms in 2022? Will 2022 be a big year for niche communities, or community management, or brands joining the tribe in an authentic way? And what about Supergreat and other newcomers to the social-media landscape? One thing for sure (if you ask Chris) – socia…

What does it mean to be a consumer or a marketer in the age of cookies, algorithms, transparency policies and GDPR? That’s what we’re here to discuss today. That takes us through a bunch of interesting questions such as: How has leveraging data for marketing purposes become harder? Why would anyone ever allow having their data sold – or object to i…

Social media is a global mass phenomenon, but that doesn’t mean it’s the same around the world. In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at all the fascinating ways in which Chinese social media and SoMe platforms differ from their Western counterparts. Specifically, we’re asking: What should Western marketers do before embarking on SoMe marketi…

What does Christmas mean for brands? Is it something every brand ought to jump on – or could it backfire? And is it actually more about consumerism than caring and heart-warming sentiments? Those are some of the things we consider on this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast. We also ask: Are GenZ finally about to go Christmas shopping? Is San…

How will AR and VR change branding, e-commerce, social media, influencer marketing – and who are the true pioneers of the technology? Get the answers on this week's episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast where we also learn about the darker side of AR technology and how engagement trends are changing on social. Episode topics include: The tech l…

To the extent Black Friday is a celebration of consumerism, should we go along with it – or support Green Week instead? And can you love the natural world while also dreaming about that marked-down flat-screen TV? Those are some of the questions in this episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast where we also ask: What makes 2021 special? What does …

The Metaverse could be one hell of a game-changer. But will its rewriting of the rules be for good or for ill? This week’s episode of the Social Media Sucks podcast is dedicated to understanding the Metaverse – what it is, what it isn’t, what it could be, what it should be, etc. Join Chris, Yu and Andy for an important discussion about a phenomenon…