Making Media
Episode 50 A Lesson in Paid Growth
Making Media

Episode 50: A Lesson in Paid Growth

Making Media

Episode 50

A Lesson in Paid Growth

Jonathan Becker is the Founder of Thrive Digital. We cover how performance marketing is similar to value investing, Jonathan's philosophy on marketing and how Thrive manages their campaigns.

(00:01:50) - (First question) - Examining the link between advertising and investing

(00:05:14) - Identifying underserved segments in the market

(00:07:07) - Exploring unconventional routes to success

(00:10:32) - Determining the effectiveness of marketing strategies

(00:16:44) - Shifting strategies to business to business (B2B) marketing

(00:21:23) - Tailoring advertising budgets for smaller businesses

(00:22:46) - Evaluating the benefits of advertising on Spotify

(00:27:02) - Demonstrating advertising metrics to clients

(00:34:38) - Discussing the advantages of advertising in podcasts

(00:40:39) - Analyzing the fundamentals of creating effective advertisements

(00:43:26) - Investigating common failure points in marketing campaigns

(00:48:25) - Debrief

 

A Lesson in Paid Growth

Introduction

Matt
Welcome back to Making Media. Our guest today is Jonathan Becker, Founder of Thrive Digital. Now paid growth is a complex topic. It's something that we reference quite a bit on the show, but we've never really dug in. Jonathan and his team at Thrive have deployed over $3.5 billion in paid acquisition budgets on behalf of the client base at Thrive. And naturally, that makes him an ideal guest to dig deeper.

So in the conversation, we draw on parallels to investing, how Jon and Thrive approach campaigns and what metrics that they're looking at, what the rules of thumb really are, and Jonathan's general philosophy on marketing as a whole. Without further ado, please enjoy our conversation with Jonathan Becker.

Performance Marketing and Investing

Matt
All right, Jonathan. We are excited to have you with us on Making Media for a variety of different reasons. We really want to get into the meat of what you do. We've listened to you on other podcasts. We followed what you've done. And we were kicking around where to start. And before we were hitting record, we were talking about the similarities between a marketing budget and thinking about advertising and how that compares to investing, value investing, any type of investing.

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