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Samba — Media Intelligence, Measured by Its Own Signals

Combined audience analysis across Samba's executive team and company page. A 90-day audit of who posts, who engages, and where the content engine has room to run.

📊 Overview 🎯 ICP Analysis
Window: May 4 – Aug 4, 2026 (90 days) · 4 executives + company page · 457 named engagers
Combined report: Jim Tarr · Ashwin Navin · Aden Zaman · Alvir Navin
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Company Followers
74.4K
Company Posts / 90d
34
Named Engagers
457
Exec Original Posts / 90d
JT
Jim Tarr · VP Marketing
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Ashwin Navin · CEO
12 posts
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Aden Zaman · CCO
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Alvir Navin · COO
0 posts
74,393
Company Followers
34
Company Posts / 90 Days
457
Named Engagers
21
Exec Original Posts / 90d
Company Overview

Samba, By the Numbers

The intelligence layer for the agentic advertising era — and a content engine that hasn't kept pace with the product.

Samba
Samba
Media Intelligence Platform
Founded2008
Employees1,001–5000
HeadquartersSan Francisco
IndustryMedia Intelligence / AdTech
Key ProductKnowledge Graph + Measurement
LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sambaintel
Websitesamba.com
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Combined Executive Team
4 Executives Analyzed
Company Followers74,393
Company Posts / 90 days34
Exec Original Posts / 90d21 (Ashwin 12 · Aden 9)
Named Engagers457
Reactions Captured997
WindowMay 4 – Aug 4, 2026
Executive Team

Leadership Profiles

The key executives driving Samba's growth, with combined LinkedIn network intelligence.

Jim Tarr
Jim Tarr
Vice President of Marketing
SF Bay Area · 990 followers · 1,001 connections
Amplification today · room to author
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Ashwin Navin
Ashwin Navin
Co-founder & CEO
13,057 followers · 10,678 connections
12 posts / 90d · top performer
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Aden Zaman
Aden Zaman
Chief Commercial Officer
3,747 followers · 3,692 connections
9 posts / 90d
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Alvir Navin
Alvir Navin
Co-founder & COO
3,930 followers · 3,039 connections
Amplification today · room to author
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Content Intelligence

Inferred Content Themes

What the 90-day feed says the Samba audience responds to.

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White Papers & IP
Ashwin's Agentic AI white paper: 141 likes. The Knowledge Graph series and $2B media-spend report (262 likes) prove IP is the hook.
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People & Growth
Ashwin's Jaya Aswani promotion post: 291 likes and 30 comments — the window's #1. Promotions, hiring, and culture out-engage product posts.
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Data in Culture
World Cup analysis via Adweek, Netflix ad-free study (150 likes), Stream Score series — Samba's own data is its best content, and it isn't being turned into short-form campaigns.
Network Intelligence

Combined Network Analysis

Full 90-day window (May 4 – Aug 4, 2026): 34 company posts, 21 executive originals, 997 reactions, 128 comments, 457 named engagers — cross-checked against live page data.

Samba
Samba Executive Network
74,393 company followers · 4 executives
"The company page runs at real cadence — 34 posts in 90 days. Ashwin and Aden carry the executive authorship (12 and 9 originals). The biggest untapped lever is executive authorship at scale: two leaders (Ashwin, Aden) already show what works — formalizing the full leadership voice into the feed is the unlock."
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Company Cadence: 34 / 90 days
Roughly every 2.6 days — Stream Score series, AI advertising report, World Cup data, Cint partnership, Cannes, Bestever. The engine is running; the newsroom motion takes it faster, shorter, and more opinionated.
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Exec Authorship: An Asset to Formalize
Ashwin (12) and Aden (9) author regularly — Ashwin's promotion post drew 291 likes, the window's highest. Formalizing authorship across the full leadership team is the highest-leverage content move available.
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Employees: Built-in Distribution
A large share of engagement comes from Samba's own people — an amplification layer no one has formalized yet. That's the cheapest reach Samba has, waiting to be turned into a system.
🎯Buyers Are in the Conversation
34% of commenters are buyer-adjacent: Google Ad Manager's CTV Partner Development lead, FreeWheel's VP Strategy, OUTFRONT Media's Head of Industry, Kochava's CEO, a former Viacom COO/EVP. The data reaches the right people — but they comment, they don't convert into pipeline.
📊Data Series Already Work
Stream Score, AI advertising report ($2B media spend: 262 likes), Netflix ad-free analysis (150), World Cup via Adweek, Agentic AI white paper (141). Data is the engine — these are franchises waiting for short-form derivatives.
📣People Content Wins
Promotions, hiring, and people stories outperform product posts — Ashwin's Jaya Aswani promotion post hit 291 likes and 30 comments, the window's top. People stories are the wedge.
🛠️Newsroom Gap Is Format + Voice
It isn't a volume problem — it's a format and voice opportunity: short-form (infographics, video, charts), executive authorship at scale, and a point of view. Exactly the visual, fast-moving, opinionated engine Jim described.
ICP Analysis

Who Samba Attracts

457 unique engagers across the 90-day feed — classified against Samba's buyer ecosystem. And who's missing from it.

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Engager Mix (457 unique)
AdTech / Media
22%
Internal (Samba)
17%
PMM Talent
16%
Agency / Brand
10%
General
35%
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What Draws High-Value Engagers
VP EMEA hire
75%
PMM hire
60%
White papers
40%
Product / data
15%
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Who Comments vs Who Reacts
Buyer-adjacent commenters
34%
External (non-Samba)
90%
Internal (Samba)
10%

Engagement is real, external, and buyer-adjacent — the opportunity is moving those commenters into conversation and pipeline.

🔍 Top Engagers by Signal Value (90-day window · public reactions & comments)
Clarence A. Perera
Clarence A. Perera
Principal, AWS Global Financial Services
27 engagements · cloud / finance buyer
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John Towers
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer
19 engagements · exec buyer profile
Brian Morel
Brian Morel
Strategic Sales, PM & GTM · Retail Media
20 engagements · GTM leader
Ashok Chandra
Ashok Chandra
Advertising attorney — agencies & brands
15 engagements · agency / brand legal
Pranaya Singh
Pranaya Singh
Tech & GTM Recruiter
18 engagements · talent network
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Mallory Armstrong
Product Strategy / PMM · Consumer & Media
11 engagements · PMM profile
Engagement Profile

How Their Network Engages

Actual reaction mix across all 997 reactions captured in the 90-day window.

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Like
83%
832 of 997
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Empathy
8%
78 of 997
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Praise
5%
52 of 997
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Interest
2%
24 of 997
Key Takeaways

Strategic Findings

What the data says — and what a Director of Content Marketing does about it.

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The Engine Runs — 34 Posts in 90 Days
Company cadence verified: Stream Score series, AI advertising report, World Cup data, Cint partnership, Cannes, Bestever. The opportunity: short-form formats, executive authorship at scale, and a point of view — the newsroom motion Jim described.
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Executive Voice Is the Untapped Asset
Ashwin (12 originals) and Aden (9) carry the exec voice — Ashwin's promotion post drew 291 likes, the window's highest. Formalizing authorship across the full leadership team turns existing authority into a distribution engine.
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Employees Are the Distribution Layer
A large share of the distribution runs through Samba's own people — CEO, COO, VP APAC, engineers, recruiters. That's an asset nobody has formalized into a system: employee amplification is the cheapest reach Samba has.
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Buyers Comment — but Don't Convert
34% of commenters are buyer-adjacent (Google Ad Manager CTV lead, FreeWheel VP, OUTFRONT Media, Kochava CEO). The audience engages with the data — the opportunity is turning those commenters into pipeline.
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People Content Beats Product Content
Ashwin's promotion post: 291 likes / 30 comments — the window's top. Hiring posts also outperform. Culture, growth, and IP stories are the wedge; product narrative layers underneath.
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Data Series Are the Raw Material
$2B media-spend report: 262 likes. Netflix ad-free study: 150. Agentic AI white paper: 141. Each franchise is waiting for short-form derivatives: charts, infographics, video, and opinion.