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Hosted by Dave Wakeman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 264 episodes
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When you work in entertainment, you are in the business of fun. This podcast will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with helping your customers create memories and special moments. We will talk about sports, theatre, performing arts, and other forms of entertainment, highlighting the best ideas in marketing live experiences, creating long-term customers, and growing revenues.
Dave Wakeman hosts Dave Wakeman's The Business of Fun Podcast, a business show with 264 episodes published.
Hi! My guest today is Tyler Simmons. We talk about Bucket Golf. What a cool product. Today we discuss: Creating a product from scratch Building innovation into the DNA of your business The importance of community to the
I had a data conversation that I was excited to share with you because Brian Vinson comes at data in a way that made me excited to rethink my take on data. If you've listened for long, you know that I think people put to
My guest today is John Breyault. John is with the National Consumers League. His work is on consumer protection. Which made a conversation about the Live Nation trial timely. We cover a lot of ground about Live Nation an
My guest today is Mark Roberge! He's from Red 13 Creative. www.Red13Creative.com Great talk about audience development. Mark is a touring musician and he brings that point of view to his work with artists. In today's epi
My guest today is Kris Rudeegraap. He's with Sendoso. We had a great time talking about gifting. Kris shared: Using gifts to open conversations Touch point marketing Creativity Making gifts special ...and much more. We a
My guest today is Rick Elmore. Rick's company www.SimplyNoted.com is really interesting. We talked about a bunch of stuff: Being human in the sales process Using handwritten notes Using notes at scale Touchpoints The bea
My guest today is Victor Varnado. Victor recently launched the Tic Tac Toe Championship. What an idea?! We got into a bunch of stuff around: Digital accessibility Creativity ADHD Social Anxiety And, a lot more. Check out
My guest today is Lynn Harris. Lynn has started a comedy school called GOLD Comedy, but Lynn is a comedian, a producer, and a lot more. So we got into it about using humor to be better at your job and at life. In today's
My guest today is Bruce Bryan. Bruce has written a book called Turning Tables: Everything I Needed to Know About Business I Learned as a Server. A great premise for a conversation since I credit so much of my marketing s
What a banger! This one is going to be homework the next time I teach a brand management class. My guest today is Micaela Piccolo. Micaela runs an agency called Pony Social and is a fractional CMO with Dano's Dangerous T
My guest today is Vance Morris. This is a banging episode focused on customer service and giving your customers a "wow." In this conversation, I talk with Vance about: His experience with Disney, NASA, and the Smithsonia
My guest today is Nathaniel Marro. Nathaniel is the Executive Director of NITO. We hit on so many big topics in tickets that I can't even begin to touch on everything. A few of the highlights: Unfair & Predatory Ticketin
This was so much fun. Until I went back through my notes, I had forgotten how many great nuggets of value James shared with me. We hit on the idea of stories, but in a way that makes storytelling accessible to anyone. In
Brando Rich stops by today and we talk about Phish! Cash or Trade started as a passion project founded on a desire to re-create the community of picking up a ticket to a show you don't have a ticket for. At the heart of
My guest today is Katy Raines. Katy is the Founder & CEO of Indigo. This was a great conversation focused on having an audience centered strategy when it comes to building an audince. We got into a lot of stuff today: Ka
Great conversation with Attila Gazdag today! Attila is with Dynamo Pricing. You can find them at https://dynamopricing.com We discuss a bunch of things about dynamic pricing including: How do use historical data to set b
Matt Zarracina is back! We discuss some new innovations at True Tickets as Matt and the team prepare for INTIX in Las Vegas. Give them a look and tell them that Dave sent you. In this episode, I talk with Matt about a bu
My guest today is Brian Bauer from Bauer Entertainment Marketing. We had a great marketing conversation that I think you are going to learn a ton from. In today's conversation, we talk about: 1 to 1 marketing Attribution
My first, or second, sixth timer on the podcast...Martin Gammeltoft. My dude is back to talk about a few new things he is working and some really cool stuff he is doing with Culture Suite. https://www.culturesuite.co I t
Eric Rubio checks in from DC! We could have have, should have, done this in person... Eric is in non-profit theatre finance and wanted to come on to talk about some of the misconceptions folks have with the idea of being
Mark Roberge
founding CRO · Stage 2 Capital
1 appearance on this show
Kris Rudeegraap
Co-Founder and Co-CEO · Sendoso
1 appearance on this show
Rick Elmore
founder and CEO · Simply Noted
1 appearance on this show
Victor Varnado
CEO · Supreme Robot
1 appearance on this show
Lynn Harris
writer, comedian, activist, founder · Gold Comedy
1 appearance on this show
Vance Morris
Chief Experience Officer - Deliver Service Now Institute · Deliver Service Now institute
1 appearance on this show
James Warren
Emeritus Professor of History · Share More Stories
1 appearance on this show
Matt Ford
BBC Studios VP commercial, digital · Designability
1 appearance on this show
Randy Nichols
President and Founder · The Nichols Partnership, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Scott Friedman
Chief Credit Officer · Pulse Ratings
1 appearance on this show
Bill Cates
Exponential Growth Coach, Hall of Fame speaker, author of The Hidden Heist · Referral Coach International
1 appearance on this show
Jacob Hicks
CEO, author, speaker, entrepreneur, leadership coach, mindset expert
1 appearance on this show
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