Marketing in the Age of Trolls with Cass Cooper

Marketing in the Age of Trolls with Cass Cooper

From Making a Marketer by Megan C. Powers

October 13, 2025 · 33 min · Season 9 · Episode 179

About this episode

Cass Cooper discusses the complexities of marketing in a landscape filled with misinformation and the importance of inclusivity in strategy.

*RE-RELEASE TIME* Episode 179 brings us back to 129 with Cass Cooper . Our guest on this one is a repeater - her episode was the 4th most downloaded all-time at the time of publishing this ( episode 88 - on personal branding )! She knows her stuff and is an absolute delight. There is nuance in how we approach opposing views online. How we approach it with our marketing is even more nuanced. "I think the biggest thing right now is we're in a really crazy space that we've never been in before, with everyone having access to so much information, so much misinformation, so much disinformation, that it is really, really hard for marketers to accurately and effectively not just target the group they want to speak to, but reach and break through." We get pretty deep about how marketers should look at inclusive strategy & language, authenticity, and awareness. Cass' Book Reco:  Inclusion on Purpose  by Ruchika Tulshyan Our guest: Cass Cooper is laser focused on bringing equity and inclusion to the IT Channel and Tech by building inclusive cultures and removing bias from institutional processes. As the DEI Community Leader at The Channel Company , Cooper assists…

People in this episode

Host: Megan C. Powers

Guest: Cass Cooper

Topics covered

  • marketing
  • inclusion
  • authenticity
  • opposing views
  • DEI
  • personal branding

Keywords

  • marketing
  • trolls
  • inclusion
  • authenticity
  • DEI
  • personal branding
  • misinformation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Inclusion on Purpose

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