Welcome to episode #339 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. When the Harvard Business Review posted the article, Marketing Is Dead, by Bill Lee, my heart sunk. I wrote my own, passionate, rebuttal to this ridiculous claim (you can read it right here: Marketing Is Dead). Lee's post generated a lot of attention and over six hundred comments. I wasn't alone in the rebuttals and, since the post went live in August of 2012, there is still conversation about the issue. I reached out to Lee, who is not just a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, but the head of the Customer Reference Forum and the author of, The Hidden Value Of Customers. He was gracious and willing to come on to the podcast to push, prod and debate the contents of his article even further. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #339 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 48:31. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT DEL is coming in Spring 2013. In conversation with: Bill Lee. Marketing Is Dead - Harvard Business Review. Customer Reference Forum. The Hidden Wealth of Customers. Follow Bill on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Get David's song for free here: Artists For Amnesty. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #339 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast bill lee blog blogging brand business book customer reference forum david usher digital marketing facebook harvard business review itunes marketing marketing blogger marketing is dead marketing podcast online social network podcast podcasting social media the hidden value of customers