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On the 399th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Sam Novak, Shahab Zargari and Frances Rose Padunan to talk about Speak No Evil! This remake of the Danish horror film portrays the horrors of what can happen when you're too damn polite. Puzzle pieces include Eden Lake, Pearl, Honeydew and Sexy Beast.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Speak No Evil and the movies we discuss!Written by James WatkinsDirected by James WatkinsStarring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West LefierBlumhousehttps://www.speaknoevilmovie.com/Shahab Zargari is an award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker and administrative faculty member of the UNLV College of Fine Arts.Check out Shahab's work at https://www.shahabzargari.net/And Follow Shahab on Instagram @shahabzargariSam Novak is the Deputy Editor of VEGAS 411, an online source for Sin City tourists and locals. He's a fitness fan, a pet adoption advocate, and is mad about the movies. A former movie theater manager, he successfully operated 36 screens for both AMC and an independent movie house in South Florida. Check out VEGAS 411 at https://vegas411.comAnd follow Sam on Instagram @sammasseurFrances Rose Padunan is a producer with a passion for storytelling. She is currently producing the 48 Hour Film Project – Las Vegas!Find out more about the 48 Hour Film Project at https://48hourfilm.com/LASVEGASAnd follow Fran on Instagram @franvuittonMy sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAoThe song at the end of the episode is a preview of a song called "The Mask" from my next full length album.Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPodAnd Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenYou can also...

On the 377th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Sam Novak, Toni Gonzales and Shahab Zargari to talk about Furiosa! The latest in George Miller's long-running Mad Max series is a spin-off with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the character first introduced by Charlize Theron in the amazing Mad Max Fury Road. Puzzle pieces include 3000 Years Of Longing, Speed, Army of Darkness and Conan The Barbarian.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Furiosa and the movies we discuss!Written by George Miller and Nico LathourisDirected by George MillerStarring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, Lachy HulmeWarner Broshttps://www.furiosaamadmaxsaga.com/Shahab Zargari is an award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker and administrative faculty member of the UNLV College of Fine Arts.Check out Shahab's work at https://www.shahabzargari.net/And Follow Shahab on Instagram @shahabzargariSam Novak is the Deputy Editor of VEGAS 411, an online source for Sin City tourists and locals. He's a fitness fan, a pet adoption advocate, and is mad about the movies. A former movie theater manager, he successfully operated 36 screens for both AMC and an independent movie house in South Florida. Check out VEGAS 411 at https://vegas411.comAnd follow Sam on Instagram @sammasseurToni Gonzales is an entertainment journalist and producer.Toni also works with Retriever Rescue.Check out Retriever Rescue at https://www.retrieverrescuelv.com/And follow Toni on Instagram @tvproducergirlMy sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAoSONG INFOMake sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPodAnd Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at

On the 374th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me to talk about Poolman. Chris Pine's directorial debut about a pool guy turned detective was shunned by critics and audiences alike... But we kinda loved it. Puzzle pieces include Inherent Vice, The Big Lebowski, Cisco Pike and The Beach Bum.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Poolman and the movies we discuss!Written by Chris PineDirected by Chris PineStarring Chris Pine, Danny DeVito, Annette Benning, Jennifer Jason Leigh, DeWanda Wise, John OrtizVertical Entertainmenthttps://www.poolmanmovie.com/Joe Black is a filmmaker. Check out his work at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAoThe song at the end of the episode is from my comedy album The Pup Pups - "Who Wants Din-Din?" and is a song called "Wet Dog."Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPodAnd Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenYou can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogetherShare the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!And of course, don't forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser! And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!Mentioned in this episode:Furiosa AdCheck https://www.piecingpod.com for more details on how to win tickets or buy tickets to our LIVE podcast coming up on Thursday, May 23rd at 6pm at Maya Cinemas on FURIOSA with guests Sam Novak, Shahab Zargari and Toni Gonzales!

On the 357th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests Lizette Hunter, Shahab Zargari and Faith Nault to talk about Drive-Away Dolls! The first directorial effort from Ethan Coen without his brother (but this time with his wife Tricia Cooke) is a lesbians on the run comedy that was a little more explicit than I think any of us were expecting. Puzzle pieces include But I'm A Cheerleader, Spies Like Us, Everything Everywhere All At Once and a whole bunch of Coen Brothes movies.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Drive-Away Dolls and the movies we discuss!Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia CookeDirected by Ethan CoenStarring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Colman Domingo, Matt Damon, Pedro PascalFocus Featureshttps://www.focusfeatures.com/drive-away-dolls/Faith Nault is an award winning short film director, writer, and sound designer. She recently graduated magma cum laude from UNLV with a film degree and continues to work freelance in film/television. Check out Faith's work at https://linktr.ee/faithnaultFollow Faith on Instagram @strongfaith1Lizette Hunter, is an Actress and filmmaker from Las Vegas, NV. She helped co-write and executive produced her latest short film Hermanita, which has won multiple awards including Best Actress for her role.Follow her on Instagram @lizette__hunterShahab Zargari is an award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker and administrative faculty member of the UNLV College of Fine Arts.Check out Shahab's work at https://www.shahabzargari.net/And Follow Shahab on Instagram @shahabzargariMy sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAoThe song at the end of the episode is "Rewind" which is a future installment of my 24 for 2024 series of singles.Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPodAnd Join the Conversation in our...

Hi there, We're trying something different today: Today I'm thrilled to bring you an Arts Calling Q&A! Friend of the show Shahab Zargari stops by to help me process the first 100 episodes of the podcast and some lessons along the way. Hope you enjoy!! About our Guest: Shahab Zargari is an award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker and administrative faculty member of the UNLV College of Fine Arts. After years of creating original short-form streaming content, Shahab made his directorial debut with the Philip K. Dick adaptation, THE CRYSTAL CRYPT (2013), an official selection at the San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. He continued to hone his craft, creating original films, music videos, and a multitude of commissioned works. Shahab's short films MY NAME IS ART (2018) and OH, THE GUILT (2021) garnered a dozen awards from a variety of prestigious festivals, including official selection to Amazon's inaugural All Voices Film Festival, a digital festival celebrating underrepresented communities. Currently, the Docu-Dance short ‘The UNLV Shoah Project‘ is making rounds in the film festival circuit. You can view all of his creative output on his Vimeo and Youtube accounts. THE CRYSTAL CRYPT 10 year anniversary art book is now available here! https://www.blurb.com/b/11639745-the-crystal-crypt-film-art-book Thanks for making this happen, Shahab! All the best! Mentioned in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredtowrite -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). Like the show? Tell your creative friends, leave a review, or send me an email here. Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent. Much love, j artscalling.com

On the 331st episode of Piecing It Together, Shahab Zargari joins me to talk about Dumb Money. The ridiculous true story of Roaring Kitty and the rise of the GameStop stocks gave us an interesting setup to get into lots of different kinds of movies. Puzzle pieces include The Big Short, The Social Network, Office Space and The YouTube Effect.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Dumb Money and the movies we discuss!Written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca AngeloDirected by Craig GillespieStarring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Anthony RamosSony Pictureshttps://www.dumbmoney.movie/Shahab Zargari is a filmmaker and works with the University of Nevada Las Vegas.Check out his website at https://www.shahabzargari.net/Also check out his other work at https://thinkspeak.org/Follow Shahab on Instagram @shahabzargariMy sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Ascending" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fypZ3Z8qeT8The song at the end of the episode isMake sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPodAnd Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenShare the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!And of course, don't forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!Check out Awesome Movie Year at https://www.awesomemovieyear.comAnd most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!Mentioned in this episode:Our live podcast on The Exorcist: Believer is coming up on Thursday, October 5th at Art Houz Theater!

Hi there, Today I am excited to be arts calling Shahab Zargari (bio.site/shahab) and Mo Milan (linktr.ee/momilan) to discuss Shahab's album, AI, and the collaborative process! New Oddities now available here: https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/new-oddities About the New Oddities Album: Shahab Zargari has been sampling and remixing music since the start of his band Kill the Scientist in 1989 when he was still pretty young. The album New Oddities, technically his debut solo album as all past releases were done with band names and monikers, builds upon his years of experience with digital and analog technology. Utilizing artificial intelligence-created music stems, this album looks to the future of the world and humanity and music production, but it also simultaneously looks to the past by utilizing human touches, poems from the 1800s, punk song lyrics from the 80s, 90s choirs newscast samples, and even sonification sounds from the Black Hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster (sounds are from billions of years ago)! The song styles vary from electronic to R&B to digital pop and punk rock, but the futuristic world-building makes it all fit together somehow. “The album uses artificial intelligence as a backing band or studio band. They came in. I tell them what I want, they “jam” and we go back and forth until the foundation of a song materializes,” says Shahab of New Oddities, “we use those on the spot jams as the bare-bones start of a song and then regular old humans put layers upon layers of vocals, samples, instrumentation on top to create a sci-fi trip through the cosmos. Think KLF's Chill Out, but in outer space instead of the American Southwest. About our Guests: Shahab Zargari is an award-winning filmmaker, music lover, author and entrepreneur. Mo Milan is a synthpop artist, composes, and producer from Las Vegas, NV/Dallas, TX. Thank you both so much for taking the time to discuss New Oddities! All the best!! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love, j https://artscalling.com/welcome/

Hi there, Thursdays are for arts calling! And today I am psyched to be arts calling Shahab Zargari! About our guest: Shahab Zargari is an award-winning filmmaker, music lover, author and entrepreneur. He graduated in 2000 from the University of California at Irvine with a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology with a minor in Education. After years of creating original YouTube and Vimeo content, Shahab jumped into serious filmmaking with his year-long science fiction film project, THE CRYSTAL CRYPT (2013), starring husband and wife acting team Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt. He proceeded to work on honing his craft through short films, music videos, and commissioned work. After the success of his film, MY NAME IS ART (2018), in the film festival circuit and inclusion in Amazon Prime's first film festival he began work on what would be his most recent film. This film, entitled OH, THE GUILT (2021) (a nod to a Nirvana song of the same name), is now making its way through the film festival circuit. Currently he creates all of the video output for the UNLV Performing Arts Center, UNLV School of Music, UNLV School of Architecture, UNLV Departments of Film, Dance, Theatre, Art, on top of any freelance directing or editing gig he can get his hands on.   You can view all of his creative output on his Vimeo and Youtube accounts. Here's a link to the Shoah Survivors Project mentioned in the episode: https://sites.google.com/view/shoah-survivors-project-unlv/ Thanks for taking the time to join me on the podcast, Shahab! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out the new website artscalling.com for the latest episodes! Go make a dent: much love, j

In this episode, Shahab Zargari of Geykido Comet Records talks about the Las Vegas scene and the impact of large sports franchises, running and maintaining a label for 22 years, the positives of the early days of file sharing, and working at UNLV. Plus, day job pros and cons, making videos and films, meeting your heroes, and the Kevin Smith connection. You can check out Shahab's projects here: https://www.gcrecords.com/ https://www.facebook.com/gcrecords/ https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gcrecordslv/?hl=en https://www.shahabzargari.net/ https://www.instagram.com/shahabzargari/?hl=en Paul works a day job and puts out vinyl and puts on shows via Katzulhu Productions https://www.facebook.com/paul.neil.12 https://www.facebook.com/katzulhu https://www.facebook.com/Dont-Quit-Your-Day-Job-podcast-107924851339602

Hi everyone. I hope you are doing well wherever you are. As I mentioned previously, I am currently part of the Rogers Art Loft residency in Las Vegas and they have been putting me in touch with the local community and helping me meet people for the podcast. I have been speaking with quite a number of wonderful artists and cultural workers and these conversations will be released throughout the summer and upcoming fall season. For today, I am excited to share with you the first one of these talks as I speak with Shahab Zargari, an Iranian-American filmmaker, record label owner, and musician. Shahab takes me through his journey from working in advertising to making his own independent films and what drives him to tell the stories that he tells. We also talk about the pronunciation of names, Iranian films, Mad Men, and how he got a shoutout from Kevin Smith. Shahab also talks about his latest short film, Oh, the Guilt, which is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s featuring a Persian-American as the main character. The plot tackles death, loss, and survivor's guilt, elements of the human condition that transcend age, race, and creed. Check it out if you have the chance. Again, this episode was made possible through the Rogers Art Loft residency and I want to thank them for this opportunity. I hope you all enjoy this. Links Mentioned:Shahab's WebsiteThink Speak FilmsVladimir Tretchikoff's Chinese GirlInside Iranian CinemaChildren of HeavenA Girl Walks Home Alone at NightFollow Seeing Color:Seeing Color WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsFacebookTwitterInstagram

This month we're joined by filmmaker Shahab Zargari to discuss Netflix's new supernatural series "Paranormal," a supernatural drama set in Egypt, with a story actually told by Egyptians! We're excited to dive into this overall excellent show. We also interview Shahab on his filmmaking career and what drives his art, discuss the roller coaster of recent Arrowverse news and what it says about DCTV moving forward, and give our recommendations. Also, we have a very special announcement!   We are a proud member of the Hard NOC podcast family.   Follow Shahab on Twitter @ShahabZargari   Follow us on Twitter: @TheMiddleGeeks, @MaeAbdu, @spiderswarz   Subscribe to The Middle Geeks on Hard NOC Media   Please support us on our brand new Patreon!

Creative Courage is my journey to demystify the idea of the individual and group creative process and discuss creativity as a necessary problem-solving skill. I believe that people need to realize that the creative process is not mutually exclusive and is readily available to anyone willing to use it. My hope is that these chats might give people permission to realize and harness their creative capacity. As we get older, we tend to become discouraged from reaching our full potential because we are afraid to fail or be seen as talentless. Creative Courage fights these demotivating factors and encourages people to harness the creativity they once had as children and use it in their business and personal lives. This video is about Creative Courage Chat with Shahab Zargari Learn more about Shahab at www.ShahabZargari.net #UNLVArtsWorldWide #UNLVSculptureADay --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativecourage/support

In this episode we discuss the nuts & bolts of the local arts scene with Anna Allred from the Las Vegas Clark County Library District (as well as being local performing arts teacher/director/writer) and Shahab Zargari from the UNLV College of Fine Arts (as well as co-founder of GC Records, and being a filmmaker).Anna and Shahab share their experiences with the arts community in Las Vegas, their thoughts on how the barriers to art can be broken down and what the Library District and UNLV are doing to be more welcoming accessible to the community.We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.Make sure to subscribe to Wild and Free: A Battle Born Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/WildFreeABattleBornPodcast and to give us a rating wherever you happen to listen to the podcast.Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

Is there a college near you? Did you ever consider how you could market your business to thousands in one place that are in your community every day? On today’s live stream, we are going to give you some invaluable tips & ideas on how you could be marketing to your local college attendees. This is going to open up a totally unique way to market that I know you never really thought of!

Cariela Santana, Shahab Zargari, Jacob Gallegos, and Stormie Andrews get together to talk about Advertising and Marketing trends, mishaps and tricks of the trade, straight from the Yokel Local headquarters in Las Vegas!

Shahab Zargari, Jeremy Kadoich, and Stormie Andrewsdiscuss current event status in marketing and local events.

Shahab Zargari and guest Jacob Gallegos talk about current events in marketing including drama with the Russians, Adidas, and much much more!

On this episode is a GC Records themed show featuring guest, label head, Shahab Zargari. GC Records is a label currently based in Las Vegas, NV (www.gcrecords.com) We talk about his label, some history on it, bands he's worked with and various records he has released. And other stuff too. Music on this episode by: 1. The Dirty Little Betty's - Lounge Singer (Backyard Carnival) [19:03] 2. Intro5pect - Education (Intro5pect 7") [28:14] 3. No Erasers Allowed - Hitler in the Toy Store (You Call this Music? Vol.1) [45:23] 4. Enemy You - Video to Radio (Video to Radio EP) [52:53] 5. East Arcadia - Looking Back/Looking Forward We Only See From Where We Stand [58:44] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast

Brands take on the idea of becoming connected with the digital world as a response from the on-going pressure of consumers becoming connected individuals on mobile and what this means for brands and marketers.Peggy Anne Salz introduces co-founder Paul Berney of mCordis, a mobile marketing company. Paul has served as Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director of the Mobile Marketing Association and shares his insights from his over 27 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business development. Shahab Zargari also concludes with his hotspot series on influencer marketing - the importance of a smart campaign with actionable goals and proving the ROI.

In this episode, Peggy Anne Salz welcomes back Paul Berney, co-founder of mCordis, to talk about the organization's recent efforts and successes in its mission to educate the industry around the rise of the connected individual and the imperative to become The Connected Marketer. Paul takes us through a crash course in understanding the role of mobile in a larger strategy to link up physical, digital and sensorial experiences in order to create stronger emotional connections between our brands and our customers – on their terms. Shahab Zargari also concludes with his hotspot series on influencer marketing - the importance of a smart campaign with actionable goals and proving the ROI.

App experiences aren’t limited to smartphones; combined with bots and AI they are bridging the digital and physical worlds, creating new opportunities for smart marketers to reach, engage and convert consumers on the daily journey. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Paul Jarrett - managing director and founder of Sonin, a leading UK app development agency creating bespoke apps for enterprises and consumer use – to discuss this shift and how cutting-edge brands, including Walmart and Shell, are re-imagining the app experience to offer consumers value on mobile and in the real world. This week’s Hot Spot segment with Shahab Zargari lifts the lid on the real story behind influencer numbers.

Peggy Anne Salz speaks with Winnie Wen - a mobile hero who is going to draw from her personal experience as Senior Manager, User Acquisition for WB Games, where manages overall budget, strategy, and direction of paid user acquisition for many games in the Warner Bros. portfolio including DC Legends, Mortal Kombat X, and Injustice: Gods Among Us. Plus, Shahab Zargari shares best practices for getting the influencer that really loves your brand. 

David Yi, a UA expert who has managed mobile ad campaigns for top name games companies including Storm8, concludes our series focusing on app marketing experts and Mobile Heroes. David talks with our host Peggy Anne Salz about the pivotal role of data in performance and shares how an organized approach to tracking and testing can deliver a whopping 300x increase in performance. Award-winning filmmaker Shahab Zargari explains what influencer marketing is and how you can get started.

Peggy Anne Salz welcomes Haydon Young a mobile app entrepreneur that originally started out in real estate who is today in charge of multi-million dollar mobile app advertising budgets for Crowdstar, a maker of mobile and social gaming apps. Plus, Shahab Zargari concludes his three-part series on Mobile Video Marketing.

Customer Retention and What Ads Alienate Customers The Most as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari welcome Richard Kosinski, the President & Global CRO at MediaBrix. He tells us about how they commissioned a must-read report about in-app mobile video advertising and you found that people are pretty negative about some ads - and actually positive about others.

Learning Startup Patterns and Startup Lessons for busy founders as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with Hicham Amine, the product and growth lead at Hidden Founders and one of the makers of Startup Patterns. We learn about a new app called Hidden Founders which offers bite-sized startup lessons for busy founders. In other words, it’s a collection of curated and practical lessons from the best books, blogs and talks.

Game App Design and Development discussed as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with Markus Råmark, CEO of GameRefinery, a leading provider of feature level analytics, market insights and benchmarks for the global mobile games industry.

Learn how TrendPie and how their Influencer Marketing firms helps to Grow Mobile Apps as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with the Founder of TrendPie, Victor Ricci.  Good ideas, good connections, loads of video experience? Find out what it take to make a great influencer marketing firm. 

Phil Barrett, Senior VP  and GM at Purch, joins our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- to discuss how mobile publishers can make buying decisions easy and actionable for 'mobile-first' consumers. From the importance of visitor stitching across platforms and devices, to the critical need for metrics that focus on lifetime value over page views, Phil shares best practices and reveals what Purch -- a digital content and services company specialized in helping millions of people make smarter purchases -- is planning next.

Emojis -- the fun pictographs and smileys that are now the "norm" for social media and email communications -- are also part of a new, visual language brands are using to drive impressive results. Our hosts, Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari, catch up with Marissa Aydlett -- VP at Appboy, a company making its mark with an intelligent customer relationship suite for mobile-first marketers -- to discuss the company's new research and insights around the emoji phenomenon. In addition to quantifying the use and response to emojis in marketing messages, Marissa shares best practices and the results of a consumer survey that details people's perception of emojis in personal communications.

Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with Greg Gilderman, Senior Executive Producer of Digital Video at The Weather Channel. Greg shares with listeners new opportunities enabled by mobile video , challenges he has had to cope with and conquer in order to deliver compelling video content and advice for content creators seeking to create compelling content for their audience.

The Weather Company has just wrapped up its best quarter ever with 1.1 billion video views across all platforms. To learn more about the massive trend to mobile video and the content that really resonates with mobile-first viewers our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- welcome Greg Gilderman, Senior Executive Producer at The Weather Company. Greg offers valuable insights around audience preferences, the role of social in mobile and approaches companies can follow to produce killer video content to engage their audiences and build their brand.ators seeking to create compelling content for their audience.

Our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- discuss Avakin Life, an app that allows users to meet and mingle in a 3-D virtual world with Halli Bjornsson CEO and founder of Lockwood Publishing. Lockwood Publishing is a leading cross platform developer producing entertainment software for the mobile and tablet market. The company was founded in 2009 by Halli Bjornsson and Joel Kemp to focus on content production for the Sony PlayStation Home virtual environment on PlayStation3. The company is now fully focused on the Free to Play business model on the mobile and tablet platforms with Avakin Life.

Chris and Mike welcome Shahab Zargari onto the show for a special interview before the Comic Con screening of his short film - Philip K. Dick's, "The Crystal Crypt". 

App download numbers continue to impress, but consumer surveys tell a different story, revealing that most consumers really only use a handful of apps on a regular basis. So what’s the opportunity and value for brands in having an app? Ray Pun, head of product marketing for mobile across the Adobe Marketing Cloud, joins our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- to discuss ways marketers can cure app fatigue by offering consumers more convenience and paying more attention to mobile analytics. Web or mobile apps? Ray tells us it's a choice that depends on your industry vertical and goals, and backs it up with some hard data from Adobe's recent Mobile Consumer Report. Finally, Ray offers valuable tips for brands creating new mobile experiences or looking to revamp existing ones.

Our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- catch up with Theresa Cramer, author of Inside Content Marketing, a must-read book packed with tips and advice around marketers can tap journalists and writers to build successful content marketing teams. Theresa, who is also the editor of EContent magazine, shares her experience based on over a decade of working in the publishing industry. She also walks us through examples of how brands are leveraging content to connect with customers, and shares an essential checklist you can follow when you search for talent to support your campaigns.

Mobile game maker Amir Rajan (Noble Circle, A Dark Room) speaks to Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari about his successes with top-selling mobile apps. A Dark Room went on to be critically and commercially successful with 2.26 million downloads in under two years. It stayed at the top premium app spot for 18 days straight in the US. Without Apple's cut that means that it made $697,270 or $191,810 net for Amir in two years. Its prequel, The Ensign, has been downloaded 132,780 times in a little more than a year and made $29,765 for Amir. Finally, Amir's latest and experimental game A Noble Circle was downloaded 23,118 times in seven months and netted $3,064 for Amir.

A/B Testing Value and Benefits as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with Sarah Woodward, Director of Business Development at  stable/kernel and Jeremy Tregunna, senior iOS developer at stable/kernel. stable/kernel specializes in end-to-end development services to craft and design that software that brands and marketers can use to connect directly to their users – across tablets, smartphones, desktops, wearables and the Internet of Things.  

Today on Mobile Presence Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari are joined by Paul Berney Co-Founder of mCordis a company educating and advising brands and marketers about the how and why of putting mobile at the heart of marketing. Paul served as Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director of the Mobile Marketing Association in EMEA . He has over 27 years’ experience in a wide variety of sales, marketing, business development and commercial roles spanning several different industries and market sectors including automotive, printing, internet development and management.

Our hosts, Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari, catch up with Bruce Jackson -- the Chief Technology Officer of Myriad Group and the brains behind Versy, a new kind of interest-based social networking platform. We discuss where and how can marketers and events organizers get involved, and use the platform to address their audience in an environment where they can contribute to the natural flow of "conversation," not crash the party. We also explore Versy's key learnings and observations about Millennials, and learn Bruce's top tips for engaging with "Tribes" in a meaningful way.

Josh Todd, CMO of Localytics, draws from case studies and hard data to show marketers how they can harness personalization and optimization to solve the impending "Engament Crisis" and win back consumer interest and trust. Josh tells our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- why (and how)  push notifications -- which have been shown to increase app engagement by 88%  -- should be top of mind with marketers and brands.

Adobe Experience Manager  and the challenges of mobile: Improving the Customer Experience as Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari speak with Bridget Roman, senior marketing manager at Adobe.We also learn the broad benefits of being mobile-first and what your customers are doing and achieving out there in the real world.

Aron Ezra, Chief Executive Officer of OfferCraft, joins our hosts -- Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari -- to discuss how brands and marketers can influence and incentivize their customers to like and use offers more. Most incentives fail, which is why  OfferCraft has developed an extraordinary new incentive platform that creates more business and higher customer satisfaction. At a higher level, OfferCraft can generate repeat visits, prompt additional spending and unlock key insights through customer analytics.

Mobile Marketing: From Wearables to QR Codes as Shahab Zargari speaks with Wayne Alexander, theOwner Gentleman of atmoMedia andCOO at The HUNT Las Vegas.Wayne spentover 10 years in the Food Beverage/Hospitality world. By managing such operations as the Grand Lux Cafe inside The Venetian Resort Casino, the beverage floor at New York-New York and Rok Vegas all while VP'ing over at Finesse Enterprises (his first partnership in Digital Content Management), and the self-service gourmet dining room at The Wynn Las Vegas.

Today on Mobile Presense Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari are joined by Steve P. Young is an app marketing wizard, ASO expert and founder of appmasters. Peggy and Shahab are covering the basics of ASO and look forward to sharing some tricks.  ASO isn’t just about picking kick-ass keywords to get your app discovered – […]

Today on Mobile Presense Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari are joined by Steve P. Young is an app marketing wizard, ASO expert and founder of appmasters. Peggy and Shahab are covering the basics of ASO and look forward to sharing some tricks.  ASO isn’t just about picking kick-ass keywords to get your app discovered – […]

David Skerrett, Managing Partner at Nimbletank, a full-service, award-winning mobile marketing agency headquartered in the U.K., shares how his agency helped clients including Nike rethink mobile and wearables to deliver consumers amazing and immersive experiences, as well as effective marketing.Together with hosts Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari, David also recounts the new tech and surprises he experienced first-hand at Mobile World Congress, the mobile trade show in Barcelona that drew a record 96,000 attendees.

Our hosts Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari discuss why App Store Optimization (ASO) — which used to be about the steps you needed to take to make sure people discovered your app through app store — is sure to be this year's hot topic. They are joined by guests Dave Bell and Ahn Nguyen, founders of Gummicube, a leading company providing Big Data Analytics and ASO, who talk about why keywords for your app must be relevant and real, and share how you can turn ASO into a powerful sales tool.

Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari kick off 2016 with a CES 2016 review of the hottest trends and topics from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with Michael Becker and Paul Berney from mCordis, a leading mobile education and advisory firm. We cut through the hype to discuss how marketers can and must start thinking about connected devices and connected experiences in order to connect with their customers in ways that are both emotive and effective.

Use Your Mobile App Soft Launch To Succeed Without Burning Cash. Peggy Anne Salz and Shahab Zargari walk through what app developers and companies need to do — and achieve — in the soft launch stage of their app with Oliver Kern, Chief Mobilizer at mobilize, a marketing agency for mobile games. Oliver Kern, a noted growth-hacker who has helped app companies ranging from indies to market giants like Rovio and Wargaming to launch and scale their mobile businesses, explains why the soft launch is critical and how smart app companies use this phase to determine if their app has hit potential. Oliver also reveals the details of a new Sample Size Calculator app developers can use to determine how many users they *really* have to acquire to prove or disprove what they want to know or test about their app.