Professor Koen Pauwels is one of the worldwide top scientist on marketing and ad effectiveness. He is Professor of Marketing at the Northeastern University, publishes regularly in the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review and wrote several books on smart data analytics, the digital economy and improving marketing decision making. He is an academic with sure footing in marketing practice as he works as a consultant for over 20 years. Since 2019 he is also the Principal Research Scientist for Amazon. He shares actionable insights with agencies and advertisers under the motto: “Helping people avoid bad choices and make best choices”. Among many other things we talk about: - why people who say they don´t like beer should give Belgian beer a try - how changing the context of your product can make all the difference - dress code in Berlin nightclubs - why location matters so much - why its not about the the size of the data but how you use it - how advertising to people that will never buy your product help build your brand - the disconnect between marketing practitioners and marketing scientists and how to fix it - why having strong brand recognition is important in the digital space - how promotive or preventative mindsets changes behavior