’Hello $FirstName’ - marketing experts discussing the topic of personalization

’Hello $FirstName’ - marketing experts discussing the topic of personalization

Rasmus Houlind

Episodes 65
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Active
Since Aug 2023
Latest Episode May 2026

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Weekly
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About This Podcast

Ready to learn about personalization in marketing? Where first season was based on the book ’Hello $FirstName - Profiting from Personalization’ - Season 2 takes it further to explore the Content Crisis of Personalization - and the roles that the Content Layer (hint: a parallel to the Data Layer but with... well Content) and GenAI play in truly making personalization scale. The book is available in print and kindle and can be bought here: https://amzn.eu/d/7con9Ex (or your local .com, .co.uk, .se amazon...) A written abstract of the book can be downloaded here: https://agillic.com/free-ebook-hello-firstname/ All models and illustrations from the book can be downloaded here: https://www.omnichannelinstitute.com/resources?lang=en

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Hello $Firstname AI Edition, Chapter 5: Marketing Without Personalisation

May 18, 2026 13m

In Chapter 5 of Hello $Firstname, Kim Jong Andersen reads ‘Marketing Without Personalisation’. Kim Jong Andersen is Managing Partner at the Danish agency WDP. In this chapter, he reads a deliberately…

Hello $Firstname AI Edition, Chapter 4: Why Does Personalisation Work?

May 18, 2026 15m

In Chapter 4 of Hello $Firstname, Dr Matt Johnson reads ‘Why Does Personalisation Work?’ Matt is the author of Blindsight and Branding That Means Business, and he hosts the blog neuroscienceof.com.…

Hello $Firstname AI Edition, Chapter 3: Defining Personalisation

May 18, 2026 24m

In Chapter 3 of Hello $Firstname, Mhari Coxon reads ‘Defining Personalisation’. Mhari is a marketer from the United Kingdom, and in this chapter she takes the listener into one of the book’s central…

Hello $Firstname AI Edition, Chapter 2: What Is the Problem with Personalisation?

May 18, 2026 16m

In Chapter 2 of Hello $Firstname, Dr Jason Pallant reads ‘What Is the Problem with Personalisation?’ Jason is Director of the Marketing Technology Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He…

Hello $Firstname AI Edition, Chapter 1: The Hype of Personalisation

May 18, 2026 10m

In Chapter 1 of Hello $Firstname, Kim Motroen reads ‘The Hype of Personalisation’. Kim is one of the founders of Publicis Foundry and has spent more than 20 years working with marketing, technology,…

Hello $Firstname AI Edition: Introduction and Forewords

May 18, 2026 19m

Welcome to the audiobook edition of Hello $Firstname, the AI edition. In this opening episode, Rasmus Houlind reads the introduction to the updated edition of the book and explains why…

What’s New in Personalization? AI, Boozt, and the Hello $Firstname Launch

May 13, 2026 56m

What has actually changed in personalization now that generative AI is everywhere? In this digital launch recording for the AI Edition of Hello $Firstname, Rasmus Houlind is joined by co-author Frans…

🎮 Data with a Dopamine Kick: Gamification, Zero-Party Data, and Personalization - with COO of Scratcher, Nikolaj Skarbye

May 20, 2025 50m

In this episode of Hello $Firstname, I’m joined by Nikolaj Skarbye from Scratcher.io for a deep dive into what might be the most overlooked shortcut to personalization: asking people directly - while…

From Prompts to Personalization: How AI is Rewriting Email Marketing - with Villads Leth, CEO and Founder of Alvas.ai

May 06, 2025 53m

What happens when the Content Crisis meets AI creativity? In this episode of the Hello $Firstname podcast, I sat down with Villads Leth, CEO and Founder at Alvas.ai, to explore what fully…

S2E56 Scaling Soulful Content with Generative AI – The Landfolk Way - with Chris Kjær Sørensen, CTO at Landfolk.com

Apr 22, 2025 55m

In the latest episode of the Hello $Firstname podcast, I had the pleasure of talking with Chris Kjær Sørensen, CTO and co-founder of Landfolk — the curated holiday rental platform that’s redefining…

S2E55 Pages ≠ Stages: Why Website Personalization Is Stuck in the Wrong Mindset, w. David Mannheim CEO and Founder of MadeWithIntent.ai

Apr 08, 2025 54m

In the latest episode of the Hello $Firstname podcast, I’m joined (Again! Congrats on being the first 2nd-time guest, David) by David Mannheim — author of The Person in Personalisation, founder of…

S2E54 CRO Without Big Numbers: Personalization in The VodafoneZiggo Way - Daniël Granja Baltazar

Mar 25, 2025 53m

Not Enough Traffic for A/B Testing? Here’s How VodafoneZiggo Scales Personalization Anyway 📉 In B2B marketing, low traffic volume is often a CRO killer. But that hasn’t stopped VodafoneZiggo from…

S2E53 Why Shark Attacks Won’t Sell More Ice Cream – And Other Data Pitfalls with Senior Data Scientist Ola Lindeberg ex Telia, Ivbar, Swedish Armed Forces

Mar 11, 2025 48m

🐟🍦 If we just increase the number of shark attacks, we’ll sell more ice cream! Sounds ridiculous, right? Yet, many businesses unknowingly fall into similar data traps when working with predictive…

S2E52 Beyond Cute: How Personalized Video Content Is Revolutionizing CX - with Ronald Griffin, CEO and Founder of SEEN.io

Feb 25, 2025 40m

In this special episode of the Hello $Firstname podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ronald Griffin, CEO and co-founder of SEEN.io—a trailblazer in personalized video content for marketing. I…

S2E51 The CX Layers - how Data and Content feed into the Personalization Layer - Midway status by Rasmus Houlind

Feb 11, 2025 21m

In this special episode of the Hello $Firstname podcast, we’re doing things a little differently than normal. Having covered several episodes of season 2 and having discussed and presented the…

S2E50 🚀 How Points Lead to Pathos - an interview with Zsuzsa Kecsmar about how Loyalty and Personalization Converge

Jan 28, 2025 32m

In this week’s episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Zsuzsa Kecsmar, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Antavo, one of the most powerful loyalty management platforms. Together, we…

S2E49 Is Flying Tiger Copenhagen Done with Translating Content? An interview with AI Manager, Rasmus Schlosser

Jan 21, 2025 39m

In this episode of The Hello $Firstname Personalization Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Rasmus Schlosser, AI Manager at Flying Tiger Copenhagen. What really stood out was how Generative…

S2E48 Retention, Personalization, and the Power of Emotions - a conversation with Tom Burrell

Jan 07, 2025 50m

In this episode of The Hello $Firstname Personalization Podcast, Rasmus Houlind sits down with Tom Burrell, founder of Retention Coach, to explore how businesses can turn retention strategies into a…

S2E47 From Content Crisis to Customer Relevance - scaling Personalization with efficient Content Management

Dec 17, 2024 1h 4m

In this latest episode of Hello $Firstname Season 2, I sat down with Nicole France, Chief Evangelist at Contentful, to dig into how brands can truly make personalization work at scale—and the…

S2E46 Personalizing Content to make Pandora sparkle - The Hello $Firstname Podcast - S02E02

Dec 03, 2024 47m

A Conversation with Julie Marie Hermann: Personalization at Pandora In this episode of Hello $Firstname Season 2, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Julie Marie Hermann, Personalization and CX…

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’Hello $FirstName’ - marketing experts discussing the topic of personalization has published 65 episodes since August 2023, covering topics in Business, Management.

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’Hello $FirstName’ - marketing experts discussing the topic of personalization is currently active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 34m.

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