Marketing Today With Alan Hart

Milestones are a big deal — wedding anniversaries, graduations, retirements, promotions…and 100 podcast episodes. That's right, this week marks a major milestone for “Marketing Today” — we're hitting the century mark with our 100th episode. We appreciate all the support and interest we've received for “Marketing Today,” and we look forward to many more episodes to come.This week on “Marketing Today,” Alan talked with Colin McConnell, senior vice president and chief brand officer for Prudential Financial. McConnell has enjoyed an extraordinary 27-year career there, rising from college recruiter to speech writer to being a member of the team that started the company's in-house advertising agency, and then on to his present role leading that agency, which is one of the largest in the financial services category.During the course of his conversation with Alan, McConnell touched on what he feels is a key focus for an effective in-house agency. “I don't t