The Social Media Scientist, the Star Wars Prequel Debate, and Flawed Marketing w/ Brandon Wainerdi ’14

Your business does NOT need social media!  Please welcome an award-winning digital marketer and social strategist, Brandon Wainerdi! Brandon joins us to talk on Star Wars (we encourage you to check out his podcast, Talking Bay 94) the intricacies of social media marketing and why Acie Law bobbleheads were essential to all A&M alum!  Brandon received both a Bachelor's and a Master’s in Marketing from Mays. While he was here, he worked with the athletics marketing group. After graduating, he worked in digital strategy, winning awards for work on both platforms that your grandparents use, as well as platforms that your younger siblings use. He has a Star Wars podcast called Talking Bay 94 where he has interviewed over the winners of 23 Academy Awards and was recently recognized by Apple Podcasts as one of the Top Star Wars podcasts. Non-work-wise, he reads a book a week and can solve The New York Times Crossword (as long as it’s Monday-Thursday). He has also written for SB Nation’s Texas A&M blog, Good Bull Hunting. Outside of work, Brandon collects vinyl soundtrack records, Criterion blu-rays, comic books, old sci-fi paperbacks, and movie posters.