Marketing Freaks

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 104 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! Over the last two episodes, Jon is joined by Harry Thuillier, co-founder of Oppo Brothers , the award-winning British ice cream and healthy snack brand that has taken the market by storm. If you haven’t yet listened to last week's episode yet, you need to! (and you can do that by clicking here ). It was a truly ins...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 103 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! Over the next two weeks, Jon is joined by the truly inspiring Harry Thuillier, co-founder of Oppo Brothers , the award-winning British ice cream and healthy snack brand that has taken the market by storm. If you haven't heard of the Oppo Brothers, you're missing out on an exhilarating story of entrepreneurship...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 102 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this week’s episode, Jon is joined by our Head of Client Services Dan to discuss not only the importance of data, but being able to understand and report your data effectively by looking at the appropriate metrics for your product. Data is the fuel that drives digital marketing. Without it, we wouldn't be able t...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 101 (Not the Dalmatians movie) of the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this week’s episode, Jon and our Paid Social whiz Abi Carey continue to discuss other potential reasons as to why your ads might not be working and why, as well as providing ways to improve the performance. In the previous episode , Jon and Abi went over some of the common things we see wit...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 100 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! Over the next two weeks, Jon is joined by our very own Abi Carey and are focussing on ad performance & do’s and don'ts in ad creation. They discuss some of the potential reasons as to why your ads might not be working and what changes you can make within your business to rectify this. During this week’s episode...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 99 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! During this week’s episode, Jon is joined by the wonderful Anastasia Roumelioti to talk about how defining the right corporate values for your business enables you to steer your marketing efforts, sales and growth in the right direction. Every company has its own culture which is a large part of the DNA of a business and...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 98 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! During this week’s episode, Jon and the Analytics wizard Barbara Pezzi , discuss the benefits in investing in expert advice from outside of your organisation. If you haven’t tuned into our podcast recently, this episode is part of a three part mini series with Barbara discussing all things GA4; from pros and cons to migr...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 97 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this week’s episode, Jon and the incredible Analytics guru Barbara Pezzi , dive into what to expect when migrating from Universal to the new GA4 platform. In the previous episode , Jon and Barbara discussed a few of the pros and cons with GA4 and the teething problems that you are likely to come across when learning t...

Send a text Welcome to the first part in a new mini series with our good friend and analytics genius Barbara Pezzi! Over the next three weeks we’re going to be focussing on Analytics, covering off GA4 and other great advice to help you make more sense from your data. In this first episode we catch up on GA4 and look at where the product is at now ahead of the retirement of Universal Analytics this...

Send a text Hi All and welcome back to the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this episode, Jon, Chris & Rosie discuss the importance of landing pages and why they are a crucial element to obtaining conversions within paid media.  It can be a common misconception that ads are the solution to all problems and by pumping money into paid media, you’re guaranteed to gain conversions. Although ads play a...

Send a text Hi everyone and welcome to episode 94 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this episode, Jon and Dan go over everything you need to know and ask when you’re looking for a new digital marketing agency to work with.  When you go into a sales process as a client you can be bombarded with reasons to work with that particular agency, but it's crucial to think about a few of the followin...

Send a text Hi all and welcome back to the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this episode, Jon and Abi talk through some of the successes we’ve had in paid social and provide a realistic overview of what has worked well and why. With Paid Social being such a noisy space, it can be easy to avoid being experimental with your digital marketing in fear that you’ll get lost in the abyss and waste not only e...

Send a text Welcome to episode 92 of the Marketing Freaks podcast! In this episode, we’re going to be talking through our predictions for paid social in 2023.  In such a fast moving space it can often be really tricky to know what’s coming. However, we can make a sensible start by reviewing data from the previous year, looking at what’s working well now and also review some of the bigger industry...

Send a text Hi all and welcome back to our podcast!  In this week’s episode, Jon and Abi talk through potential ecommerce barriers - what they are, and how to avoid them.  Regardless of how spectacular the product that your marketing is, it is key to ensure that the buying process is just as brilliant.  There are so many factors you need to take into consideration - especially between the moment s...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 90! In this week’s episode, Jon and Chris discuss all things paid media in B2B.  They go over the differences of running B2B campaigns compared to B2C, as well as best practices you should be utilising for getting the best results possible. When it comes to talking paid media, B2B tends to be a little bit unloved, so we wanted to give it the attention it d...

Send a text Hi all and welcome back to our podcast! In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Dan and we’re catching up on something that should be at the forefront of your mind, yet so many forget - how agencies and clients should work together. So let’s talk about relationships. When working with your clients or an agency, it’s important to remember that you’re a partnership and it’s essential to be...

Send a text Welcome to the first episode of 2023! To kick the year off, we’re going to be going back over the basics of using negative keywords to cut your wasted spend. Although a basic task, it’s amazing how often this gets missed. Additionally, there are ways you can approach the job which will make your life far easier and the job a lot more efficient.  For this episode, I’m joined by the bril...

Send a text Welcome to the last episode of 2022!  This week I’m joined by Sophie from our paid social team and we’re going to be discussing the importance of having a testing plan for your paid social activity.  If you’re running Meta Ads (or any paid media activity at all!), then we highly encourage working on a plan to detail exactly what you are going to be experimenting with.  Take a listen to...

Send a text Hi all and welcome to episode 86! This week, I’m joined by Dan and we’re talking through the forthcoming changes to Meta Ads’ terms and conditions. Whilst this sounds like an extremely dry conversation, a lot of people have been freaking out and we wanted to work out why!

Send a text Hi all, and welcome back to part two of Abi’s podcast takeover! If you missed part one where we talked through the story of Overdrive Digital, definitely check that one out here.  In this week’s episode we talk about why we decided to launch our own ecommerce brand, thecityscooter.com and some of the brilliant benefits we’ve seen since doing it. 

Send a text Hello all and welcome back to the podcast!  In this week’s episode Abi takes the reins and interviews Jon about the story behind Overdrive Digital and some of the highlights we’ve had as a business over the past six years. Over the past eighty or so episodes we’ve spoken to many brilliant business founders and talked through their stories, but we’ve never taken a look within and spoken...

Send a text Hello and welcome to episode 83 of the Marketing Freaks podcast!  In this weeks’ episode we’re discussing how important it is to step back from platform metrics, look at the bigger picture and check in on performance beyond the click that your ad receives. In summary, there are many moving parts that impact the performance of your ad campaigns, and to be effective, we have to be aware...

Send a text Welcome to episode 82 and this week we have another brilliant guest joining the podcast, Robert Craven .  Robert is a digital agency expert, well respected author and keynote speaker and managing partner of GYDA who run peer to peer masterminds for independent agencies.  In this episode we talk through the importance and value of practicing what you preach and putting your money where...

Send a text It’s no secret that many advertisers on social have found 2022 tough. Combine the platform changes with a cost of living crisis, increased competition and massively skewed year on year data - it’s not been easy. However, there is still hope and we’re seeing strong performance on Facebook Ads across a number of different sectors. It’s just harder to come by. In this episode I chat with...

Send a text Welcome to episode 80 of the Marketing Freaks podcast!  This week I’m joined by Rosie from our PPC team and we’re talking about how to approach accounts that have extremely high CPCs in the hundreds of dollars per click. If you’re faced with a similar situation and wondering where you should start, take a listen to this episode for some excellent advice from Rosie. Enjoy!