Dum dum da dum. This week, we explore the lucrative world of Wedding Marketing. Weddings are big, big business. And as a result, the wedding industry is a big, big marketing category. From invitations and flowers to dresses and cakes, today's weddings are an $80 billion industry. And planning the perfect day is a lot of pressure.

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S9E11 - For Better or For Worse: Wedding Marketing

This week, we explore how airports are now becoming brands. You may not know it, but airports compete against each other for business. That intense rivalry has led to the complete transformation of airports - they now have movie theatres, skating rinks, rooftop pools and top retail stores. These days, airports are destinations unto themselves.

S9E10 - Come Fly With Me: Airports Are Now Brands

This week, we explore the surprising ideas companies use to attract new customers. Like “Finger Lickin’ Good” nail polish from KFC. Or NASCAR’s partnership with Harlequin romance novels. The search for new customers is endless. And the resulting marketing is endlessly fascinating.

S9E09 - Search Parties: The Relentless Hunt For New Customers

This week, we explore why companies change valuable brand names when expanding to other countries. Sometimes the reason is a language issue. But other times, the reasons are far more interesting. For example, Mr. Clean is called Meister Proper in Germany and Maestro Lindo in Italy. And the reason it’s hard to find a Burger King in Australia is the most curious story of all.

S9E08 - The Name Game: Brand Names In Different Countries

This week, we look at the phenomenon of Set Jetting. That’s when tourists flock to a city to see the sets and locations where their favourite TV shows and movies are filmed. Some towns have embraced set jetting as new-found tourism marketing. Other towns absolutely resent it. It’s a fascinating love/hate relationship.

S9E06 - Set Jetting: Film Locations As Tourism Marketing

From the Digital Box Set: This week marks the final episode of Season 7. And as we do every year, we're turning this show over to you, our listeners. We'll be answering all the marketing and advertising questions you've sent us through social media. From the inspiration behind our theme song, to why some commercials overstay their welcome, to whether lawn signs really affect elections, this year's questions were fun and insightful. This is an archived episode that aired originally on June 21, 2018.

S7E25 (Archive) - Ask Terry 2018

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at how self-driving cars affect the world of marketing. While it may seem like a bit of a novelty these days, the era of the autonomous car is fast approaching. And the implications for business, marketing and everyday life are astounding. Fasten your seatbelts. This is an archived episode that aired originally on June 14, 2018.

S7E24 (Archive) - Fasten Your Seatbelts: How Self-Driving Cars and Marketing Collide

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at how tourism survives a tragedy. When a city experiences a massive crisis, it must find a way to restore its tourism. All cities rely on tourism - it is often one of the top revenue-generating industries and employs one of the biggest workforces. From Toronto's SARS outbreak to Hurricane Katrina, it all comes down to a crisis plan, speed and smart marketing. This is an archived episode that aired originally on June 7, 2018.

S7E23 (Archive) - How Tourism Survives A Tragedy

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at the ad industry’s place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The aim of all advertising is to create selling ideas that are impossible to ignore. From the world’s largest coupon, to the most expensive commercial ever made, to the first ad visible from outer space, breaking a record can be a great marketing strategy. This is an archived episode that aired originally on May 31, 2018.

S7E22 (Archive) - Guinness Book of World Ad Records

This week, it’s Part Two of our Album Covers As Marketing episode. In the 1980s, album covers shrunk down for the first time to accommodate CDs. And in the 2000s, the advent of iPods shrunk them again to the size of a postage stamp, forcing album artwork to become highly creative.

S9E05 - Sound + Vision: Album Covers As Marketing, Part Two

This week on Under the Influence, we analyze Album Covers As Marketing. We’ll look at a world famous record cover that was almost ruined by a zipper, why flights at Heathrow Airport had to be grounded for one band’s cover art and which album jacket is considered to be the worst of all time.

S9E04 - Sound + Vision: Album Covers As Marketing

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at Products Invented by the Military. The military has influenced more technology than any government, agency, business or organization in history. From the appliances in your kitchen, to the big screen in your living room, to the car you drive, you’d be surprised how much of your world is military-inspired. This is an archived episode that aired originally on May 24, 2018.

S7E21 (Archive) - Marching Orders: Household Products Invented by the Military

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we explore the art of door-to-door sales. From encyclopedias to makeup to vacuum cleaners, many corporations were built on the shoe leather of direct sales. It was a tough way to make a living. But the best salespeople never met a door they couldn't open. We’ll even look at the famous names in Hollywood that started out as door-to-door salespeople. The list may surprise you. This is an archived episode that aired originally on May 17, 2018.

S7E20 (Archive) - Avon Calling: Door-To-Door Marketing

From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at brands that aren’t afraid to celebrate their weaknesses. As a rule, no company ever wants to point a neon sign at its flaws. But there are a few brave advertisers out there who know there can be incredible power in a negative. Like a brand that advertises the fact that its product tastes awful, or another that boasts being second best. This is an archived episode that aired originally on May 3, 2018.

S7E18 (Archive) - Lemonade: Marketing A Negative

From the Digital Box Set: This week, it's our annual episode dedicated to great stories from our Under the Influence research that didn't make the regular season. We’ll tell the story of why Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard would shut off all water fountains during games, which books are the most-stolen from North American libraries and the day Gordon Lightfoot died…then came back to life. This is an archived episode that originally aired on April 26, 2018.

S7E17 (Archive) - Bookmarks 2018

Under The Influence gives you a rare backstage pass into the hallways, boardrooms and recording studios of the ad industry. Join host and adman Terry O’Reilly for fascinating stories that connect the dots between pop culture, marketing and human nature.

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