Each week, our generous guests share the resources they rely on most to stay current, inspired, and entertained. We’ve compiled them here for those days when you need a laugh, a tutorial, or a fire lit under your a$$. Dig in!
Podcasts
- The Accidental Creative (a Laura and Kate fave!)
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- Radiolab
- Obsessed With Design (with host Josh Miles – a CQ guest!)
- HBR Ideacast
- Content Inc. with Joe Pulizzi
- This Old Marketing Podcast
- Once Upon A Podcast (for you Once Upon A Time fans)
- Anna Faris is Unqualified (hilariously inappropriate)
- TED Radio Hour
- The Moth Radio Hour
- A Cast of Kings (for our Game of Thrones fans…AKA everyone but Kate)
- Stuff You Should Know (great for road trips)
Books
- CRUSH IT! Why NOW Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk
- Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, Gary Vaynerchuk
- Content Inc. by Joe Pulizzi
- Water the Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals by Greg Bell
- A/E/C Marketing Fundamentals: Your Keys to Success by Ronald Worth, Holly Bolton and Julie Huval
- Marketing Handbook for the Design and Construction Professional
- Manager 3.0: A Millennial’s Guide to Rewriting the Rules of Management by Brad Karsh and Courtney Templin
- Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, Brian Tracy
- Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands, Marty Neumeier
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
- Positioning by Al Ries
- Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Publications + Blogs
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- FastCompany
- Harvard Business Review
- Co.Design
- Content Marketing Institute
- Seth Godin
- Mashable
- Huffington Post
- Wall Street Journal
- circleSstudio
- MilesHerndon
Research
- Marketers are Operationally Proficient but Strategically Stalled, 2013 Joint Study by Forrester, ITSMA and Vision Edge Marketing
- The State of Marketing Analytics: Insights in the Age of the Customer, 2015 Study by VentureBeat
- B2B Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America, Content Marketing Institute
- Management Survey, CareerBuilder
Articles
- “Being Human Is How Your Branding Strategy Will Succeed,” Melanie Smith, Entrepreneur, April 8, 2015
- New Report on Millennials Shows Link Between Engagement and Cause Work, Forbes
- What my 3-year old taught me about good storytelling, Alice Phillips
- Forbes Best Places to Work
Tools
- TrackMaven
- Emma
- Hootsuite
- Deltek
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Cosential
- Salesforce
- Craft CMS
- WordPress
- Denison Organizational Culture Model
Organizations
- Society for Marketing Professional Services
- American Marketing Association (AMA)
- Content Marketing Institute
Conferences + Events