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Brad Marxkors (Smith)

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Former SVP Product @ SiriusXM. Founded Simplecast (acq. SXM), Wayward Wild, & Virb (acq. GoDaddy)📍Recovering New Yorker repotting in the Midwest 🌱

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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
3 years
I’d like to thank iTunes version 4.9 for this opportunity to stand before you today...
@ashleyrcarman
Ashley Carman
3 years
some podcast news: @brad has been named head of podcast products for siriusxm, effective immediately. he and the team will oversee sirius' podcast product strategy across all its platforms — sirius, pandora, and stitcher.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
Earlier today we landed a probe on a comet 300 million miles away. Back on planet earth, I just googled “where can I buy postage stamps".
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
My thoughts on Hemingway, time travel, and—after 7 great years—bidding farewell to @Virb as Founder & CEO. — http://t.co/M6Ga3nKtrO
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@brad
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6 years
Oh, hello from #WWDC18 ! 👋
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
4 years
Current status: a river of joy alongside a mountain of warm feels, but those million-or-so words are for another day soon. For now, I'll just leave this right here… 🛰
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
4 years
One year ago we launched an all-new @Simplecast on a stalwart mission to change podcast analytics for the better. So when it came to ad insertion (DAI) and dynamic audio, why wouldn't we be just as stubborn? It's my pleasure to introduce you to Mae. 👋
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@brad
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8 years
On this day, a website was born. 🖥 🐎 Giddy up! 👉
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
So very excited to finally share! “On Burnout, Funshine Bear, & My New Adventure” on @Medium — <3
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
October 21, 2001, Neubix Studios opens for business. October 21, 2006, Virb launches in private beta. October 21, 2014… a new chapter begins
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Flight attendant: "Please turn all devices to airplane mode. If you have a Samsung Galaxy 7, DO NOT turn it on in flight." Best iPhone 7 ad.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Last week at @PodcastMovement in Philadelphia we were excited to offer a first ever look at the all-new @Simplecast . Today we're giving that same peek to you. It's been a long time coming, and we're on the homestretch! 🏁 👉👉👉
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6 years
What if Podcasts and Retweets had a baby? They did! We named it Recast. 🐣
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
👏👏👏 👉Dear Internet, Stop Telling Me To Quit My Job, by @BiancaBass
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
In search of a Lead Designer to join our growing team @WaywardWild in NYC. Spread the word! Say hello! 👉 work [at]
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
That time you're ashamed to be a white male in the US of A.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Friend tells me his wife wants to launch a brand of granola. I exclaim, "A cereal entrepreneur!" ...and only blank stares. Need new friends.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
Attention scrappy startups: when you're fresh out of WeWork conference room credits and don't want to pay for more, the standard issue WeWork HOT-BOX-CALL-BOOTH will hold, not one, not two, but THREE full grown humans (surprised us too (also ugh I look tired)).
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
4 years
My work here - it is done.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
My secret little project is finally official: #TGDMag is now available at over 600 Barnes & Noble stores!! *faints* http://t.co/SaArAF9D8R
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Behold! The field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
It's 🍕Friday at @WaywardWild HQ... AND the reveal of our branding by the amazin' Dans of @Dan_Cassaro ! So happy.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
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Here at @Simplecast , we've done a bit of doubling o'er the past 12 months (revenue, customers, team size). Seeking partner in crime to help us squash that record in the coming 12. 📈 I'm hiring a Head of Growth - tell yer smarty-pants friends!
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
PSA: @WaywardWild is closed this morning, because the next four years are more important than a few meetings. Go vote, ER'BODY!
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
Bed sheets are covered in glitter and blood. Any other morning this would be reason for alarm.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
I'm 5K miles away and my little sister gets the donor call for heart+lung transplant !!! Send her good energy, sweet internetters! <3 <3
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
T-minus 45 min to @Simplecast and @YouTubeSpaceNY collab magic ✨
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
Never have I been more excited for the future of @Virb . Big day, even bigger news. http://t.co/B1hsN5lWCS
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
All that talk of those new career opportunities at @Simplecast today (👉 ) and our hottt new branding got a little buried in the commotion. Therefore [shameless promotion attached] ! 💛
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
I spy @iSmashFizzle & @anildash hanging in the green room prior to tonight's TGD Live at @wythehotel #tgdlive 👋
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
[emerges from cave, shields eyes from sun, clears throat] Excited to FINALLY share what we've been up to ✨
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
In less than 5 hours, we sent a spacecraft 4K MILES into space AND back, all before lunchtime. Back here on Earth, I finally put on pants.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Podcasts? Podcasts! PODCASTS. Come say 👋 to Team @Simplecast at #PM18 and go home with this shirt - a surefire hit in grocery checkout lines and airplane boarding zones everywhere!
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
14 years
"The police won't allow me to leave my apartment" may be the best meeting cancelation excuse I've ever had. #fb
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
I use public transportation so I can fall in love at least twice a day.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
@jmj Over here at @simplecast we're rolling out a large partnership with @Staples ' new Pro Services, providing stores with podcast booths, high quality equipment, and educational materials. Flagship store debuted earlier this week!
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
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Wayward Wild (n.) 1. Hands down, the best team & most lucrative biz I've crafted yet (or the one that kills me trying). 🙇🏻❤️ Launch is nigh!
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
Heya fellow podcasters! 🎙 Team @Simplecast is sending one lucky podcaster on an expenses paid trip to @PodcastMovement in July. Won't you join us!? Give us a follow to find out when applications open. 🤳
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
12 years
Flu-ish looking man on train coughs in hand, puts hand on pole, detrains. New passenger grabs same pole, rubs nose, kisses girl. #germporn
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Since giving up 95% of my alcohol intake in Dec, I’ve run the distance of 12 marathons, lost 15 lbs, & may now be the most boring man alive.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
HERE 👏 WE 👏 GO 👋
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Tmrw is the very first day in the very first @waywardwild offices! I have my backpack packed. First day of middle school-esque excitement. 🤗
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Hereby declaring ‘selfie stick’ the new ‘douche bag’. Example: “OMG, did you hear Jack cheated on Jill? He’s such a selfie stick.”
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Are you creating important content in the digital, audio, or print space? O rly? We’d love to hear more! Say hello 👋
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
In search of a freelance designer to work w/ me on new @WaywardWild brands. Ongoing relationship preferred. Interested? 👉 DM me your linkz!
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
Oh hey, @Virb meets @dribbble and custom HTML & CSS. Virb for Designers is here! http://t.co/IBdP9OMVcQ (read more @ http://t.co/ZsLBaEYe8S)
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
To the dude at the coffee shop on his phone speaking loudly on how he makes $6K/day most days: No one cares. You are a selfie stick.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
My nerd-out moment for Fri, Dec 11: My apartment, as seen in the opening credits of Netflix’s @JessicaJones !! 😮😳🤗🕵
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Getting the band back together!
@mattrubin
Matt Rubin
6 years
Week two at @Simplecast ! 🙌🏻 Excited to be here with old friends @brad and @teevio plus the rest of the amazing team.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Siri, you exhaust me. Or should I say, cirrus tube accost me. 🙉
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Excited to announce my year-long mentorship with @SaraDietschy for @Adobe ’s 2016-17 Creative Residency. Let’s make @YouTube magic, Sara! 🎥
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Oh hey. @IronandWine  has a new album out today, and only @greatdiscontent has Sam’s story on creating it. Mic drop. — http://t.co/2Aa9BYH4zC
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
Can't wait to finally show off what we've been dreaming up over the past six months. I can barely contain myself. 🎉🎙
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Just realized Safari shows my most frequently visited site is Google Sheets. If you need me, I’ll be at the bar.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Man on my left is Googling spider bites. Men on my right are discussing their favorite handguns. I've died and gone to hell. Airports™
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
While true that @Simplecast continues to rapidly innovate podcast analytics, it may also be true that this header image really icks me out. Take an early look our forthcoming stickiness metrics! 🐙📈🐙
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
Well, golly, I sure hope not. http://t.co/9xcyUng7AP
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
I'm drowning over here. Sr. Product Manager hiring level unlocked. Join me!
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Upgrading my current biz motto from ‘always be closing’ to ‘it’s okay to weep in public if it closes the deal’
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
I'm in search of a stellar Developer 🖥 and Product Designer 🎨 for team @Simplecast ! A big ❤️ for podcasts is a plus.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
Utterly over-the-moon to have @Simplecast as a presenting sponsor of such a wonderful event full of equally wonderful humans. New York, this weekend please come say hi at @onairfest inside @WytheHotel . Find me in the Simplecast Lounge. 🥰
@dudleyjoshua
Joshua hosts a movie review podcast and writes
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I had a wonderful conversation with Scott Newman founder of @onairfest for @Forbes about big ideas in #podcasts and previewed the 4 day festival happening this weekend in Brooklyn at the @WytheHotel
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Smart people crowded around my dining table 6-7 days a week, 16 users in Slack. One might begin think we're about to launch a new company. 😍
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Proud to be powering the all-new podcast from the wonderful humans at @kickstarter ! (Speaking of all-new, peek that @Simplecast Site theme too.) 😍👇
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
Another day, another data point from @Simplecast ! Go inside the download with our new web player analytics. 📈 Available today!
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Wholeheartedly believe we can measure decency & worth of most humans simply by how they treat and speak of their employees, asst's, interns.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Dear designers of the internet– Do you love making beautiful things? Do you love using design to craft a memorable user experience? Do you want to come work on @simplecast with me in NYC? Finding yourself nodding in agreement? Then click the link 👇!
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
4 years
Any successful startup has its chameleons - those key teammates who can quickly (AND successfully) adapt and change when and where the business winds blow. @danecardiel you’ve been one hell of a chameleon, sir! I'm excited to kick off this next chapter with you. Thank you!! ✨
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Dig Podcasts, huh? Believe audio ecosystems should remain open, not closed? Come work alongside Team @Simplecast and help us mold the future for audio creators the world over. NBD.
@StephenWilson
Steve Wilson 🐻
6 years
Yo @Simplecast is hiring.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
See you at @onairfest this weekend??! I'm here at @wythehotel today kicking off with @nwquah 's Hot Pod Summit! And I just miiiight have some new, pretty things from @Simplecast to show you. 👋🎙✨
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
In case you are wondering, yes, you can pay a NYC taxi to drive you around while you sleep in the back seat. http://t.co/zWPXM1fC0c
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Currently @WaywardWild : Meditation class in the kitchen and Harry Potter on the conf room TV. Greasy lunch delivery en route. #stagesofgrief
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
On the subway with a backpack full of twelve toasted everything bagels. Refusing to explain myself. Or my odor.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
5 years
Hey @JamesCridland , as part of several new listener habits metrics we're developing, we can absolutely, 100% lend you the data to answer this question... if you're interested in getting nerdy with us. 🤓 cc @Teevio
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
Our name might be @Simplecast , but delivering billions of minutes of podcast audio every year is anything but simple. The best is about to get much better, and it all begins with our infrastructure. 🛠
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
Measure twice, drill once, curse thrice
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
10 years
When the apartment walls become the 2015 business model... http://t.co/1K6tlWLRyD
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
4/8/15 16:23:42 — Happy #LOSTDay !! I’ve only waited just about a decade or so to tweet this. #wehavetogoback /cc @carltoncuse @bad_robot
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Hereby only referring to my impending midlife crisis as my mid-season finale.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
*cough* Powered by @simplecast ! *cough* 💕
@ArmchairExpPod
Armchair Expert Podcast
6 years
Starting Valentines Day off right with a few audible love letters. The first three episodes are up now! It’s only fitting that my first guest is my #1 . Happy Valentines Day, @IMKristenBell . Love, your armchair expert.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
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All kidding aside, I’m light years beyond humbled to be trusted with a responsibility of this size. I’m excited to roll up my sleeves and do the good, important work alongside those colleagues who have supported me over the past year and then trusted me with this opportunity...
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Need a creative co-work space that doesn't feel like a wework cult? @WaywardWild may come into a larger space, and we'd love to share it! 👬
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
Tis only Day 4 of #The100DayProject o’er here at @greatdiscontent and already 30,000+ shares on @instagram alone. 💃 #ourcupsrunnethover
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
OS + Device specific podcast subscribe buttons on the all-new Simplecast Sites. Because 2019.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
After 8 yr together @ Virb, I'm over the moon to welcome @Teevio to @WaywardWild as Head of Technology. Big plans, great to have you back! 🍾
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We've only just begun... 🎶
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
4 years
This will be a fun one. Delighted to be a part of the team bringing it to the world's ears. Related: failing to recall the Arrested Development "tape recorder" quote which feels somewhat fitting here Thanks for the opportunity, @LLMGT
@batemanjason
Jason Bateman
4 years
I'm kinda smartless, but I think you need these for the pod thing...
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
A post wherein I ramble about social networking overload; while also writing for the first time since The Big Noob — http://t.co/gmgxikr1rn
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
Two things are infinite: the universe and Uber Surge Pricing; and I'm not sure about the universe.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Hey Los Angeles! It's the first in a series of @Simplecast collaborations with YouTube, so do that RSVP thing and join us next week at YouTube LA HQ. Because #podcasts 4-ever and ever! 🚀
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
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@Simplecast While we're at it, let's go ahead and add some icing to this cake. All @Simplecast Audience Analytics are officially IAB CERTIFIED! 🥳
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
8 years
Um, but you do. Might want to scroll to the bottom of where it says "A @mediatemple Product"
@mediatemplehelp
(mt) Help
8 years
@brad We unfortunately don't provide support for Virb. A support request will need to be submitted through the Virb account in question.
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
Touching. Poignant. A glimmer of hope in the darkness.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
11 years
Today on Twitter I used '<3' approx 237 times and ':)' at least twice that. Not one would I take back. You people... you are the bestest. <3
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
There is so much 💯 happening here 👇 IMO, audio ad injection is 2005 banner ads for podcasts – let's stop. What we're creating at Audios Inc and @Simplecast will allow creator:listener monetization, zero integrity lost. / by @wilw_writes ht @daveambrose
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
6 years
Thanks for joining the live stream today, Cody! Was a blast to finally unveil. 🎉📈
@CodyBeckSTL
Cody Beck
6 years
The new @Simplecast 2.0 platform is going to be game-changing. Data nerds, rejoice.
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@brad
Brad Marxkors (Smith)
7 years
Out of office
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Brad Marxkors (Smith)
9 years
The most important woman in my life (currently the kind lady who runs my corner sandwich shop) told me I need a haircut. So there's that.
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