THE NON-OBVIOUS SHOW · EPISODE 16
with Tom Fishburne
Can humor help you find better ideas? "Marketoonist" Tom Fishburne is an international keynote speaker and marketer specializing in cartoons, digital transformation, and the future of work. His book, Your Ad Ignored Here, depicts the modern marketing life, capturing 15 years of marketing, business, and doodling, while giving voice to the challenges and opportunities faced by people working in business everywhere. In this episode, Tom Fishburne explores what role humor should play in your marketing, the revolutionary potential of cartoons, and finding the humor in deep topics to strengthen impact.
Founder and CEO, Marketoonist; cartoonist
Tom Fishburne is founder and CEO of Marketoonist, a cartoon-based content marketing studio, and draws the weekly Marketoonist cartoon read by around half a million people. He spent over 20 years in marketing, including CMO of HotelTonight and brand roles at Nestle and General Mills.
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