Marketing Story Time: How a 26 Year Old Created Cycling’s Greatest Marketing Spectacle

Lance Armstrong might be the first name you think of when you hear the words, “Tour de France,” and sure, he’s certainly a marketing genius in his own right, but he isn’t anywhere near the same level as the OG marketer who turned the French cycling event into the marketing sensation it became. Who is the mystery man behind France’s biggest sports tradition? Meet Geo Lefevre, a 26-year-old writer who just wanted to promote his magazine, L’Auto. Learn how through nothing short of a stroke of genius, Geo decided to take his magazine’s fate into his own hands, creating the idea for a grand cycling tour around France that his magazine would be first on the scene to cover.  Aidan breaks down exactly how Geo’s killer marketing idea propelled L’Auto into 40 years of news excellence and how the Tour de France became a cultural staple for over 100+ years.  What lessons can marketers draw from Geo’s genius ploy? And what can it teach us about the necessity of owning an audience and streamlining communication?  Tune in to find out!   Artlist is an all-in-one platform for video creators, providing you with the highest quality digital assets made by leading artists worldwide. We offer royalty-free music for videos, sound effects, stock footage, video templates, plugins, as well as video editing software. For more information, visit https://artlist.io/enterprise.    Follow Aidan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanbrannigan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BranniganAidan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aidan_brannigan   Follow Daniel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featured Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing   Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:  www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials   Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

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Bored of the same BS Marketing podcasts? With insights from the sharpest minds in the world, Daniel Murray unpacks their playbooks just for you to take into your weekly Marketing meeting. We'll get deep into the conversation with Marketing leaders from companies like Gymshark, Shopify, and Infiniti. Every week you'll hear from guests who run 9-figure businesses, manage communities of 20M+ people, and execute the campaigns you see on your timeline every day. The best part? We'll give you ALL of their actionable insights. From building profitable newsletters, to scaling on TikTok: Daniel gets into all of it. The one request he makes to all his guests? Stories or it didn't happen. If you want to be part of The Marketing Millennials community, join in the conversation at: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-millennials Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_marketing_millennials And if you love the show, tell a friend. Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up to The Marketing Millennials newsletter: workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials