The New Marketing Standard: Automation, Robotics and Thought Leadership

2010 was a daunting time to graduate from college. Jobs were scarce. Pay was low, and the economy was crawling back from a volatile recession.

I graduated from Hampton University in Spring of 2010 with a degree in broadcast journalism and no job prospects. I’d interned in production and reporting at a number of small market broadcast affiliates but was not enthused about the grit of entry-level broadcast career life. The situation was dubious at best. The late Aretha Franklin sang it soulfully in the theme…