The Influence Podcast
The Influence Podcast
The Influence Podcast hosts some of the marketing and tech industry’s most entertaining, honest, and all-around interesting human beings. Check in with us every Tuesday as host and The Influence Agency partner, Tom Yawney, chats with marketing professionals, influencers, managers, and digital personalities. The Influence Podcast is the must-listen podcast for marketing professionals everywhere.Follow the podcast:
Toronto's Tech Scene, Post-Pandemic with Mayor John Tory
In the final episode of The Influence Podcast, Collision Edition, Tom and Keith are excited to welcome Toronto Mayor, John Tory. With Collision Conference right around the corner, Tom and Keith sit down with the Mayor of North America's 4th largest city and discuss why Toronto was the perfect cand…
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The Digital Aspects of War, Part 2
On today's episode of The Influence Podcast, Collision Edition, Tom & Keith continue part 2 of The Digital Aspects of War with Chess Grandmaster and Political Activist Garry Kasparov. The three discuss the pros and cons of cryptocurrency in today's digital-first society, and how it has become a ne…
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The Digital Aspects of War, Part 1
What is the difference between disinformation and misinformation? How is social media controlled in Russia? What happens in a cyber war? Today’s very special guest answers these and more in The Influence Podcast, Collision Edition’s first-ever two part episode: The Digital Aspects of War. Tom & Kei…
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Influencer vs Content Creator Marketing with Anna Andersen
What does Influencer Marketing look like in 2022? Once a novelty in the world of social media marketing, Influencers and Influencer Marketing has evolved into a lucrative business model that is now ubiquitous across so many brands across many industries. So what’s the difference between Influencer…
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Web 3.0 with Holly Zheng, CEO of Blue Focus
Welcome back to episode 3 of The Influence Podcast, Collision Edition! We're counting down the weeks until Collision Conference takes over Toronto for the fastest growing Tech conference in North America's fastest growing tech hubs! Keith once read somewhere that "if Web 1.0 was "read" and Web 2.…
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Sustainability and Digital Transformation w/ Peter Koerte
What does sustainability look like for the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe? When you’re Peter Koerte, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer for Siemens you recognize it’s about innovation, which is achieved when you combine invention with commercialization. Today i…
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Fundraising and Canada’s Start-up Ecosystem w/ Michele Romanow
Welcome back, Michele Romanow! The Co-Founder and CEO of Clearco, is back on The Influence Podcast before she takes the main stage at Collision on June 22nd talking about “Why Canada is ready to take on the Tech world”. Today, Tom, Keith and Michele discuss how her company, Clearco, has become the…
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The Evolution Of A Media Personality w/ Rick Campanelli
Rick Campanelli - a man who likely doesn’t need a single introduction when you hear his name or see him walk into a room, especially if you’re a Canadian millennial. Rick - once known as "Rick the Temp" during his Much Music days, is a Canadian media personality who’s career has certainly evolved …
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Explaining The Metaverse w/ Sean Evans
What is the Metaverse and what does it mean for Marketers? Today's guest on The Influence Podcast discusses VR, its business applications, and so much more. Sean Evans is a Founder, Producer and Executive Producer in the VR space and today we dive into all things Metaverse, and how AI and VR will …
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The State of News, Media & Mis-Information w/ Kelly Linehan
Here's a question for you... If you followed your dreams, worked for years, and eventually landed your dream job - could you walk away if you started to feel it was dis-empowering you? That’s what Kelly Linehan did, in what seemed an abrupt departure for millions of fans that tuned into Toronto’s …
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