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The Partnership Economy

The Partnership Economy

Written by: David A. Yovanno and Todd Crawford
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The Partnership Economy explores the power of partnerships through candid conversations and stories with industry leaders. Our hosts, David A. Yovanno, CEO and Todd Crawford, Co-founder, of impact.com, unpack the future of partnerships as a lever for scale and an opportunity to put the consumer first.

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  • From AI User to Native Leader with Keith Posehn, CEO at Zorz
    May 12 2026

    A new frontier is opening in the workplace. It makes the difference between simply using AI as a tool and becoming an AI-native leader who actually builds value.


    In this episode, Todd Crawford sits down with Keith Posehn, CEO at Zorz, to unpack what this means for the partnership economy and what organizations should be doing now to maximize the value of AI.


    Together, Todd and Keith explore how AI is driving a bottom-up revolution, empowering individual affiliate managers to build tools and products that once required entire dev teams. They’re building their own career ladder and creating tools that solve the exact problems they face every day. They also dive into how the barrier to entry for innovative partnership models is disappearing, paving the way for a new wave of ‘product-first’ publishers.


    This podcast episode was produced by Quill.


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    29 mins
  • How Partnerships are Reshaping Product Discovery with Seth Hagerty, Senior Director of Performance Marketing at Best Buy
    Apr 28 2026

    Search is evolving, AI is reshaping discovery, and consumers are relying on creators more than ever to guide their decisions. So how do the BEST brands make the most of this shift?


    In this episode, Dave Yovanno sits down with Seth Hagerty, Senior Director of Performance Marketing at Best Buy, to explore how one of retail’s most iconic brands is adapting to a new era of customer discovery. Seth shares how Best Buy is approaching creators, affiliates, AI, attribution, retail media, and more — and why partnerships are no longer just a lower-funnel tactic, but a foundational part of the modern marketing mix. Seth explains why today’s most effective brands are shifting from control to influence, learning to let trusted partners help tell their story in more authentic ways. He also breaks down how Best Buy thinks about measurement, incrementality, and customer acquisition in a world where the path to purchase is more fragmented than ever.


    Discover why leading brands stay ahead by evolving with their customers and redefining when and where discovery happens.


    This podcast episode was produced by Quill.



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    32 mins
  • How AI Attribution Is Rewriting Commerce Media with Hunter Capobianco, Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Commerce at CNN
    Apr 14 2026

    AI just used your best content to make a recommendation. Then, took all the credit. Now what?


    That’s exactly what inspired Hunter Capobianco, Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Commerce at CNN. In this episode, he sits down with Todd Crawford to share how his team is tackling the attribution challenges facing modern digital marketers. Hunter breaks down the product they built to keep shoppers on-platform, and why traditional affiliate optimization still matters if you want to drive meaningful revenue. He also reveals an opportunity hiding in plain sight, creating an opening for publishers to win brand budgets by packaging their commerce inventory like retail media. Together, Hunter and Todd hypothesize about the future of monetization and why, at the end of the day, it still comes back to content, content, content!


    This podcast episode was produced by Quill.


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    32 mins
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