The Drum Podcast

How breaking a record became a marketing strategy

August 13, 2026·37 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Guinness World Records has quietly become a marketing machine, running roughly 1,300 brand activations a year for companies chasing attention through record-breaking stunts. We're joined by Marco Frigatti, Senior Vice President of Guinness World Records for Business, who started out as an adjudicator - measuring, counting and witnessing everything from the largest yoga class to a rather unfortunate fish-gutting attempt. We talk about how the record book became a brand-marketing engine, why record-breaking works so well for launches, destination marketing and employee engagement, and how Guinness has 'democratised' record-breaking so anyone can have a go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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