PNR 121: Machines Are Coming to Replace Your Marketing Job

In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss research on how millions of marketing jobs will slowly be replaced by machine intelligence (woo hoo!). In other news, Viacom launches a new branded content agency and Facebook's Canvas could be the next branded content hit. Rants and raves include Chick-Fil-A and LinkedIn groups.  This week's TOM example: Miller Electric. This week's story links: Half of all marketing jobs will be replaced by machine intelligencehttp://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/study-half-of-marketing-jobs-will-be-replaced-by-machine-intelligence/ Viacom Launches Branded Content Agencyhttp://digiday.com/publishers/go-beyond-standard-commercial-viacom-launches-branded-content-agency/#ptlink.fid=14475&isc=1&did=3419a05eb54a38ef746e22b6db09a3d52be74dd8&ctp=articleIntroducing Facebook Canvashttps://www.facebook.com/business/news/introducing-canvasElastic News on Atomized Contenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2015-09-elastic-news-on-a-mobileThis week's sponsor: GoToWebinar and "5 Steps to Attract Your Target Audience to Your Next Webinar" http://bit.ly/gotowebinar-attract-audience Rants and Raveshttp://www.simplemost.com/a-chick-fil-a-is-doing-something-amazing-encouraging-people-to-put-away-phones-while-eating/ #ThisOldMarketingMiller Electric and https://www.millerwelds.com/