Former American Idol CMO On Building Billion Dollar Brands
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Chris Gannett, former Chief Marketing Officer of American Idol, shares his playbook for building billion-dollar entertainment and consumer brands. We discuss the balance between data-driven marketing and creative instinct, what separates successful brand-building campaigns from failures, and how to scale brand awareness at a national level.
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