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Dusty Weis
Jan 5, 202125 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 15 - Going Rogue, Battling Bears, Government Shutdowns and National Parks
With Julie Wright, Diane Lebow and Laura Kiniry In public relations, "going rogue" is a notion that sets teeth on edge for most PR...
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Dusty Weis
Dec 14, 202021 min read
Podcamp Hires Larry Kilgore III As Production Services Manager
A Milwaukee-area native with deep media production experience in audio and video, Larry Kilgore III has joined the team at Podcamp Media,...
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Dusty Weis
Oct 26, 20204 min read
Adweek Honors Lead Balloon as its “Marketing Podcast of the Year”
“This is a huge win for a little Midwestern startup like mine.” -Dusty Weis MILWAUKEE—Adweek, the globally-renowned source of news and...
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Dusty Weis
Oct 13, 20202 min read
Introducing the SWIB Podcast
MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2020 For more information, contact: Dusty Weis, President of Podcamp Media...
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Dusty Weis
Sep 23, 202031 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 13 - The Squatty Potty Saga and the Science of Going Viral
With Harmon Brothers CEO Benton Crane: Promoting anti-poo-stink spray and constipation remedies may not be glamorous, but it is highly...
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Dusty Weis
Sep 2, 202030 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 12 - A Creative in the Corporate World
With David Allen Moss: For outsiders transitioning into the world of marketing, it can be easy to feel like a square peg in a round hole....
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Dusty Weis
Aug 3, 202032 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 11 - The Emotional Unsubscribe, and other Marketing Automation Pitfalls to Avoid
With Misty Dykema and Abby Bell from Simantel Group: The difference between "campaign" and "crater" is a razor's edge in the world of...
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Dusty Weis
Jul 1, 202048 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 10 - Getting Uncomfortable About Race in America
Professional communicators must be ready to have uncomfortable conversations to address issues of race and police brutality in America....
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Dusty Weis
Jun 1, 202021 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 9 - The Ritz-Carlton Hail Mary, with Trusted Media Brands CCO Beth Tomkiw
With a flagship custom publishing account on the line, former Playboy editor Beth Tomkiw goes for broke. The Hail Mary: a last-chance,...
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Dusty Weis
May 21, 20204 min read
Advice I Wish I'd Heeded When I Was Starting My Career in Media
I was going to title this, "Advice I Wish I'd Gotten When I Was Starting My Career in Media." But then I realized I probably did get this...
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Dusty Weis
May 1, 202034 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 8 - The COVID Pivot, with Content Marketing Institute Founder Joe Pulizzi
Joe Pulizzi explains how he built his content marketing empire during the Great Recession, and how those lessons apply during the...
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Dusty Weis
Apr 6, 202052 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 7 - COVID-19: Critiquing the Federal Response with former HHS Spokesman Bill Pierce
Plus, Busting Coronavirus Myths with Epidemiologist Dr. Maria Sundaram Communicating with the public during a crisis is as critical as it...
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Dusty Weis
Mar 26, 20202 min read
COVID-19: Keep Grinding, Keep Your Distance
Wow. What a time this is to be a startup small business owner. What a time this is to be anyone, I suppose. The COVID-19 Coronavirus...
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Dusty Weis
Mar 24, 202030 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 6 - HBO's McMillion$: The PR Crises Behind the Hit Docu-Series
With Directors James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, as well as PR Agency Owner John Boyanoski Everybody remembers the McDonald's...
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Dusty Weis
Mar 2, 202026 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 5 - The Seinfeld Press Conference, with Tim O'Brien
It might be tough to imagine these days, but public relations work still got done in the era before cell phones and broadband. Somehow....
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Dusty Weis
Feb 5, 202023 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 4 - We Don't Do Ribbon Cuttings, with Patrick McSweeney and Katrine Strickland
Patrick McSweeney is a cliché warrior. If it's a hackneyed, over-worn marketing and PR trope, he’s gone to battle against it. But when...
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Dusty Weis
Jan 1, 202027 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 3 - Bud Light's Corn Syrup-Fueled Ad War, with Neil Caskey and Paul Gatza
During Super Bowl LIII in 2019, Bud Light launched a new advertising strategy that was... unconventional, even for them. HEADS UP: We...
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Dusty Weis
Jan 1, 202028 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 2 - City Hall Self Destruct, with Jim Bohl, Bill Arnold and Jim Owczarski
At the end of his first week working in public relations, Dusty Weis did something so dumb, he could have been fired on the spot. During...
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Dusty Weis
Jan 1, 202024 min read
Lead Balloon Ep. 1 - Grumpy Cat's Grumpy Manager Vs. the Wax Museum, with Jesse Russell
It was supposed to be a historic day at Madame Tussauds wax museum in San Francisco. The storied attraction was launching, not only the...
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Dusty Weis
Nov 15, 20192 min read
Nobody Does It Alone: The Value of Mentorship In a Competitive Industry
When I was 17 years old, I walked into Scott Thompson’s office wearing the only suit I owned (from prom!), handed him my resume and asked...
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