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The Push

Hosted by Jack Ferguson · business · EN-AU

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About this Podcast:

The Push is a podcast for senior marketers eager to hear honest perspectives from peers who tell it like it is. We speak directly to your day-to-day reality and don't bother with superfluous tactics you don't need. We understand that senior marketing is uniquely frustrating. You have to sell the 'why' more than any other department. You're held accountable for results beyond your control. You're forever dealing with non-marketers who 'know better than you'. Stakeholder politics, opinions, and “gut feelings” constantly get in the way. You're so busy dealing with stakeholders, there's little time left to conceptualise new strategies and hone your craft. We bring together senior marketers to candidly share stories, analogies, strategies, and mental models they've used. You can use these conversations to: <p

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33%

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Selective

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What is The Push about?

The Push is a podcast for senior marketers eager to hear honest perspectives from peers who tell it like it is. We speak directly to your day-to-day reality and don't bother with superfluous tactics you don't need. We understand that senior marketing is uniquely frustrating. You have to sell the 'why' more than any other department.

Who hosts The Push?

The Push is hosted by Jack Ferguson. The show has published 128 episodes to date.

What has The Push covered recently?

Recent episodes include "S3 E74: Crocs, JCPenney, and MoviePass's Discount Vulnerabilities: Cannibalisation, Dependence, and Profit Erosion" (12 September 2026, 24 minutes), "S3 E73: Where Marketers Thrive: The Four Growth Stages and the Marketer Suited to Each" (21 July 2026, 15 minutes), and "S3 E72: What Marketers Wish They Could Say" (23 June 2026, 16 minutes).

How often does The Push publish?

The Push publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 128 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Push?

Booking probability for The Push is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Push requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Push's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch The Push?

The strongest fits for The Push are Marketing, Advertising & PR. The Push has a business audience.

About the host

Jack Ferguson hosts The Push, a business podcast with 128 episodes published.

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  • Episode #74

    S3 E74: Crocs, JCPenney, and MoviePass's Discount Vulnerabilities: Cannibalisation, Dependence, and Profit Erosion

    Sep 12, 202624 minS3

    Discounting is a common tactic in sales and marketing. It is also an easy way to weaken pricing discipline and damage margin. This episode explores why brands discount, how the economics are worse than many think, and...

  • Episode #73

    S3 E73: Where Marketers Thrive: The Four Growth Stages and the Marketer Suited to Each

    Jul 21, 202615 minS3

    One of the most important career decisions a marketer can make is choosing the right company to work for. Even a talented marketer can still struggle when their skills, temperament, and ambitions do not match the...

  • Episode #72

    S3 E72: What Marketers Wish They Could Say

    Jun 23, 202616 minS3

    Everyone thinks they’re a marketer. The CEO has an idea. The finance manager has an idea. Someone's teenage daughter discovered Instagram over the weekend. Suddenly everyone has a revolutionary marketing strategy that...

  • Episode #71

    S3 E71: Brand Strategy Reddit: Five Companies in a Trench Coat, Brand Drift, and Positioning Problems

    Jun 2, 202628 minS3

    Brand strategy is easily derailed. All of a sudden, the whole company invites itself into the room, sales invents three new offer names, the CEO wants the brand to feel “premium”, and nobody can accurately explain what...

  • Episode #70

    S3 E70: When Great Marketing Execution Still Fails: Understanding Buyers, Markets, and Risk

    May 19, 202652 minS3

    <p>Most companies blame execution when growth plateaus.</p><p>So they start doing more outbound, making better ad creative, creating new landing pages, building sharper sales scripts, and tightening the alignment...

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  • Episode #69

    S3 E69: The Ontology of Brand (Pt 3): Building Distinctive Assets and Smashing Your Brand

    May 5, 202633 minS3

    <p>In Part 3 of this series, the rubber hits the road.</p><p>After breaking down brand diagnostics and strategy in the previous two episodes, this episode moves into what gets built: brand assets, how to prioritise...

  • Episode #68

    S3 E68: The Ontology of Brand (Pt 2): Strategy Outputs, Decision Infrastructure, and Scenario Modeling

    Apr 7, 202630 minS3

    <p>A Brand Strategy is often dismissed as ‘fluff’ because it’s poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and confused with tactics, communications, advertising, or visual identity.</p><p>In Part 2 of this series, we move...

  • Episode #67

    S3 E67: The Ontology of Brand (Pt 1): How It’s Measured, First Principles, and Why Buyers Buy

    Mar 24, 202634 minS3

    <p>Most definitions of ‘brand’ focus on what a company produces, like logos, names, and design systems, but fail to explain what brand is, how it drives commercial outcomes, and how it is measured.</p><p> In Part 1 of...

  • Episode #66

    S3 E66: Where Marketers Contribute the Most Value: Identifying Demand and Innovation

    Mar 10, 202625 minS3

    <p>Most revenue growth actually comes from rising demand, and brands that recognise early can move to service it.</p><p>In this episode, Jack Ferguson breaks down where marketers create the most value inside a business...

  • Episode #65

    S3 E65: Why Costco Engineers Against Impulse Purchases, How Honey Collapsed in One Video, and the Quantum Shift Marketing Needs

    Feb 24, 202648 minS3

    <p>Buyers don’t experience brands as funnels. They encounter them mid-scroll, mid-conversation, mid-doubt, mid-purchase, to name a few examples. So why does marketing still plan as if people move predictably from...

  • Episode #64

    S3 E64: Using AI to create Audio Brand Assets, Magnum ASMR, and Sonic Spillage

    Feb 10, 202628 minS3

    <p>In this episode, Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson discusses sonic branding and the new opportunities that are emerging for marketers with AI.</p><p>Jack recently created a song for his own brand using AI which sparked...

  • Episode #63

    S3 E63: How 150 Brands Achieved Disproportionate Growth, Making Bluetooth a Household Name, and The Category Fallacy

    Jan 27, 20261h 5mS3

    <p>In this episode, Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson hosts Strategic Growth Architect Mats Georgson, former Global Brand Director at Sony Ericsson, to discuss how brands achieve large, sustained growth and how most...

  • Episode #62

    S3 E62: Play-Doh’s former VP of Marketing, Leigh Anne Capello, on the brand’s distinctive scent, future thinking, and sensory branding

    Jan 13, 202636 minS3

    <p>In this episode, Jack Ferguson hosts Leigh Anne Cappello, former VP of Marketing for Play-Doh and one of the leaders during its 50th anniversary period, to discuss how scent, memory, and brand DNA combined to create...

  • Episode #61

    S3 E61: Evolved Brand Building: The Case for Immersion as the Multiplier

    Dec 30, 202524 minS3

    <p>This episode explores disproportionate leverage and how it shows up when immersion is treated as critical brand building work, not a nice-to-have. <br/><br/>Rather than chasing deliverables or premature answers, your...

  • Episode #60

    S3 E60: Christmas’ Brand Heritage: Ritualistic Architecture and How Brands Culturally Embed

    Dec 23, 202533 minS3

    <p>Christmas is often thought of as a seasonal moment.</p><p>In reality, it’s one of the strongest examples of brand heritage and cultural embedding ever built.</p><p>This episode analyses Christmas as a brand system...

  • Episode #59

    S3 E59: Positive Wastage: The Brand Growth You Didn’t Intentionally Create

    Dec 16, 202525 minS3

    <p>Most brands try to eliminate waste.</p><p>This episode explains how this approach is limiting.</p><p>We break down Positive Wastage, how it shows up in practice, and why it repeatedly drives brand growth, marketing...

  • Episode #58

    S3 E58: Building Your Personal Brand as a Marketer: Job Proofing Yourself and Navigating a Tactic-Obsessed Marketplace

    Dec 9, 202515 minS3

    <p>Building your own personal brand as a marketer matters more than ever. It helps you stay respected, protect your career options, and operate with more authority in workplaces that often default to tactics over...

  • Episode #57

    S3 E57: One Brand, 28 Retail Stores Launched: Marketing Tactics Are Overrated; What Really Drives Growth

    Dec 2, 202510 minS3

    <p>In this episode, host Jack Ferguson breaks down the real drivers of revenue growth by going back to first principles. No tactics worship, just the underlying forces that move product.</p><p><b>He talks...

  • Episode #56

    S3 E56: How Marketers Are Made: The Origin Story of Two Professionals Who Didn’t Plan This

    Nov 25, 202534 minS3

    <p>Two marketers who never planned to be marketers break down exactly how they fell into the industry. One came through science. One came through life coaching. Both arrived here by accident.<br/><br/>Jack Ferguson and...

  • Episode #55

    S3 E55: Career Doubt in Marketing: Setback Stories, and How to Persevere (with Chanel Clark)

    Nov 11, 202528 minS3

    <p>Every marketer has questioned whether this career’s really for them; especially after getting blamed, burning out, or being abandoned when times get tough.</p><p>Chanel Clark joins Jack Ferguson and shares stories of...

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