Ep. 419 – SampleCon 2021 Highlights: Danielle Blugrind, Senior Consumer Insights Manager at Roku

Welcome to the SampleCon 2021 Highlights Series. Recorded live in Pasadena, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors, speakers and attendees at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Danielle Blugrind, Senior Consumer Insights Manager at Roku. More about SampleCon 2021: https://samplecon.com/ Find Danielle Online: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleblugrind/  Website: https://www.roku.com/  Find Jamin Online: Email: [email protected]  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil  Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil   Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  Music:  “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com  [00:00:00] Jamin Brazil: Hey, everybody. Thanks for joining me today. I am here with Danielle Blugrind. Roku is the company that she works for. How are you doing? [00:00:11] Danielle Blugrind: I am great. Having a good time at SampleCon, how are you? [00:00:13] Jamin Brazil: I'm doing great. This is our first live event since COVID. [00:00:15] Danielle Blugrind: I know. And I'm so happy to be here and meeting people in person again and having lunch live, not over Zoom. [00:00:21] Jamin Brazil: Even though it was outside, a little warm. [00:00:24] Danielle Blugrind: Yeah. So the whole morning, I was freezing, and then I went outside and was burning up at lunch. But that's OK. [00:00:28] Jamin Brazil: That's right. [00:00:29] Danielle Blugrind: That's conference rooms for you. [00:00:30] Jamin Brazil: That's totally true. So you're at SampleCon, what do you want to get out of it besides, obviously, human connection. [00:00:35] Danielle Blugrind: Yeah. Well, that's the first thing, right? [00:00:37] Jamin Brazil: Yeah. [00:00:37] Danielle Blugrind: People that I have been talking to over Zoom for a year and a half that I'm actually seeing face-to-face has been wonderful. I think I appreciate it more than I would have just any other conference if we hadn't had that gap where we didn't have face-to-face with people. [00:00:49] Jamin Brazil: Hundred percent. [00:00:50] Danielle Blugrind: I want to contribute,