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Best Story Wins

Booking Overview

This is a marketing and branding interview show for B2B and SaaS professionals, featuring agency founders, creative leaders, brand executives, and thought-leadership practitioners with hands-on experience building brands and content systems. PR agencies could credibly pitch senior marketers, brand strategists, creative directors, agency founders, and experts on AI-enabled marketing operations; booking difficulty is medium because the show seeks specialized practitioners with substantive opinions rather than celebrity recognition.

Metrics

Episodes: 140

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 13.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@columnfivemedia.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior experience in B2B marketing, branding, content strategy, creative direction, agency leadership, or artificial intelligence-enabled marketing operations; demonstrated responsibility for building or managing brands and content programs.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a creative, branding, or marketing agency, Held senior brand, marketing, or creative responsibility at a technology company, Developed practical systems or strategies for thought leadership, content production, or brand management

Recent Guest Discussions

Wesley Bancroft - B2b Branding, Brand Touchpoints, Creative Agency Operations, And The Effect Of Artificial Intelligence On Brand Production

Ben Hasskamp - Thought Leadership, Executive Content, Artificial Intelligence-assisted Content Development, And Credibility In Marketing

Nick Sickleton - Creative Direction, Brand Distinctiveness, Design Trends, Artificial Intelligence, And Creative Judgment

Ross Crooks - Content Systems, Brand Governance, Artificial Intelligence-enabled Content Production, And Preventing Brand Drift

Maria Irie - Small-team Brand Leadership, Artificial Intelligence In Marketing Workflows, Creative Operations, And Preserving High-touch Brand Experiences

Recent Topics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Momentum Beats a Big Launch, Every Single Time with Nick Farrar of Shaped By

September 24, 2026

A CEO shows up ten minutes late to his own rebrand kickoff, announces he doesn't have time for it, and hands the whole thing to a marketing manager. Nick Farrar has watched that exact meeting kill more good creative work than any recession ever could. Nick runs Shaped By, the Bristol-based agency that spent fifteen years operating under a name its own founder couldn't stand before he torched it and rebuilt from scratch. He's since built a specialty in B2B tech brands and learned, the hard way...

B2B Branding Was Never Supposed to Be Boring with Wesley Bancroft of Lunour

September 03, 2026

Your logo hasn't changed in three years and your brand still feels broken. That's not a design problem, it's everywhere else you stopped paying attention.Wesley Bancroft co-founded Lunour, a small B2B creative agency, and he's watched AI compress a year of brand production into a season without compressing anyone's hours, he's busier now, not less. His argument cuts against how most companies actually treat brand: not a guidelines deck someone polices, but every touchpoint the company has. A ...

Publishing More Is Making You Less Credible with Ben Hasskamp

August 20, 2026

You've published four posts a week for a year, and your buyers still can't tell anyone what your company believes. Somewhere in all that output there should be one sentence you could be wrong about. There isn't.Ben Hasskamp spent years running thought leadership inside a company where the executive bench included some of the sharpest people in security and watched most of what shipped turn into product brochures wearing a byline. His argument: thought leadership is a point of view you could b...

Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with Best Story Wins?

Its publicly listed email is podcast@columnfivemedia.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Best Story Wins?

The publicly listed email for Best Story Wins: podcast@columnfivemedia.com.

How many listeners does Best Story Wins have?

Podseeker estimates Best Story Wins reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Best Story Wins?

Best Story Wins typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Senior experience in B2B marketing, branding, content strategy, creative direction, agency leadership, or artificial intelligence-enabled marketing operations; demonstrated responsibility for building or managing brands and content programs. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a creative, branding, or marketing agency; Held senior brand, marketing, or creative responsibility at a technology company; Developed practical systems or strategies for thought leadership, content production, or brand management. Recent guests include Wesley Bancroft, Ben Hasskamp, and Nick Sickleton.

How hard is it to get booked on Best Story Wins?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Best Story Wins cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Marketing, Branding, Content Marketing, and Artificial Intelligence. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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