Breaking news as Salesforce announced the launch of Salesforce+ (of course) in quest to become the Netflix for business content.

Rants and raves include Joe raving about the BABA Summit in Chicago and the power of communities, and Robert rants about headlines that really mean nothing at all.

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The boys kick off the show announcing NFT marketplace OpenSea's big revenue move in the last few weeks. Is Robert coming around the idea? Joe thinks so.

The Gap's Athleta launches AthletaWell, a content marketing loyalty play in the leisureware space. A good move, but an even better move to capture first-party data.

Facebook will show its first movie, while Amazon pools its resources to become one of the biggest media distribution companies in the world.

And digital media adoption overtakes traditional media for the first time, but there is a huge missed opportunity that no one is seeing.

In rants and raves, both Joe and Robert rant about the coverage of the Olympics, while Joe recommends the Olympic coverage from Snoop Dogg.

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Joe and Robert digest the breaking research from The Tilt on the state of the content entrepreneur. What makes them successful? How long does it take to build an audience? How do they make money?

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all release amazing earnings totally almost $100 billion for the quarter. What's next for these most profitable tech companies?

After finally taking suggestions from Joe and Robert, Netflix launches into physical retail. It's about time.

And Spotify moves to dominate the podcast space. Will it work?

Rants and raves include a shout out to Marketing Dive, YouTuber Miles Beckler, and Dax Shepard breaking down crypto.

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Clubhouse is back. Maybe.

The social audio app is now open to the world, and has gained 10 million new downloads in the past two months. Joe thinks there is a chance. Robert thinks that Clubhouse as a feature only will fail.

Zoom launches On Zoom. Frankly, this could be big, and positions Zoom as a clear leader in the video creation and event space.

Substack is getting into the podcast game...big time. Is this a good move or just clutter?

Everyone is after the 50 million estimated content creators.

In rants and raves, Joe raves about this Patreon interview and is concerned about the WSJ report on TikTok's algo. Robert comments once again on Ad Tech.

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In this episode, Joe and Robert break down the future of NFTs in marketing, lead by Gary Vaynerchuk's partnership with Budweiser.

TikTok's parent ByteDance goes full Amazon B2B by launching BytePlus, the product version of their AI algorithm. Joe and Robert both believe this is going to be the next greatest thing in marketing tech.

Printed books soar, but is the new opportunity really in print magazines?

And finally, the advertising market is booming, but not by the normal players.

In rants and raves, Joe raves about the GQ feature of Jason Sudeikis and rants about Loki. Robert rants about mainstream marketing media talking about marketing spend going down, when they have absolutely no idea they are using the wrong metrics.

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In breaking news, MEL magazine is sold by Dollar Shave Club and will begin again in a few months. Joe and Robert discuss why content entrepreneurs should work on exit planning and marketing directors need to focus on M&A.

Is every company a fintech company? Probably not...but the options for content creators to monetize have never been greater. Joe and Robert discuss all the options.

And here comes TikTok! The Chinese social media platform launched a Cameo competitor, hosted one of the largest live streams ever, and now Instagram is shaking a bit.

In rants and raves, Joe comments on the NIL movement that is just starting, and Robert complains about the fear being caused over the "quitting crisis."

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The boys launch the show discussing the NCAA's new ruling that college players can be compensated for their image and likeness.

While we don't know exactly what will happen, we do know that athletes from every sport will be developing out their audience-building strategies as of yesterday.

In other news, experiential events are on the rise (of course), but are brands throwing out the digital bathwater and missing a huge opportunity?

And Buzzfeed finally gets to go public through a SPAC. What's next? About 1,000 M&A deals.

Roberts rants about Google's play with cookies, and raves about Budweiser's new commercial. Joe raves about the Amazon/Wondery purchase of the Smartless podcast.

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The Information estimates that last year's creator economy take is about $2 billion dollars. Does it have room to run?

CNBC and The Drum cover content marketing like it's a brand new thing, while American Express ditches their Departures print magazine for the web's greener pastures.

And podcasts continue to go big, now accounting for over $1 billion in advertising revenues.

Rants and raves include Drew Barrymore's new print magazine and Cristiano Ronaldo's spat with Coca-Cola.

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After more than 50 years, American Airlines decided to shutter its print magazine American Way. Good decision? Not a chance. Based on data? Probably not.

Americans have hit fatigue status when it comes to Video on Demand (VOD). Is this a short-term blip or will things continue to heat up?

Spotify launched its Clubhouse-competitor Greenroom this week. The boys discuss who will win the social audio wars.

And finally, Netflix launched a merchandise home on the web. The problem is it doesn't really sell anything.

Rants and raves include Link-in-Bio startups, which really isn't a thing and how big tech is taking over the creator economy.

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Apple unveiled their new privacy policy this week. Among the features is an ability not to track open rates in email newsletters. The boys think this is bad for ecommerce and advertising and good for long-form email newsletters.

Facebook announced their Substack killer, called Bulletin, in their fight to slowly manipulate more content creators to the platform.

And of all the new products Twitter has announced, the first one to launch is Twitter Blue, a program that will do not one bit of good for anyone (not that we're opinionated or anything).

Rants and raves include a rant from Joe on Facebook's new watch. Robert raves on Bo Burnham's new Netflix show, called Inside. 

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