Azeem Digital Asks - The All-Round Digital Marketing Podcast

For the season 2 finale of the Azeem Digital Asks podcast, the incredible Ross Simmonds joins me on the show to discuss getting content distribution right. If you don't know or follow Ross, you absolutely should. He regularly shares content on multiple platforms that make you think differently about how you are conducting your marketing endeavours. He is the founder of Foundation Ma...

The brilliant Vikki Ross joins me on the show to discuss why tone of voice is important in your messaging. I really enjoyed this one and learned a LOT. Vikki has been writing copy for major global brands for 24 years. She specialises in branding and tone of voice and travels the world telling businesses how to talk. They ask her to - she doesn't just turn up and shout through their window. She men...

The zestful Andrew Cock-Starkey (Optimisey) joins me on the podcast to discuss how to conduct organic competitor research. Andrew runs an SEO consultancy in Cambridge, and also runs a series of events for learning, networking and sharing about SEO too, as well as being hands down, one of the nicest people in this industry, who I just had to get onto the podcast to share his knowledge. In this epis...

The awesome Amanda Milligan joins me on the show to discuss how to build authority in digital marketing. Amanda Milligan is the Head of Marketing at Stacker, a data journalism platform and newswire that also partners with brands to create and distribute content to build brand awareness and links. With a degree in journalism and a decade in content marketing, she’s spent her career helping brands h...

The wonderful Andy Thornton joins me on the show to discuss the important topic of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the marketing sector. Andy Thornton is a Digital Marketing Executive for Noisy Little Monkey and a Stonewall LGBTQ+ Person of Faith Rolemodel. They trained with the School of Sexuality Education and have delivered workshops on LGBTQ+ identity and inclusion to schools, universities and even festiv...

The brilliant Jessica Pardoe joins me on the show to discuss how best newcomers can start their marketing career, and how to avoid burnout too - as well as a few more tips thrown in! Jessica is a PR Account Manager at Source PR in Cheshire, and you'll regularly find her on social media sharing her knowledge, and helping others. In this episode, we discuss: Thinking of her own career, what the one...

How can small, and medium sized businesses start to recover from the effects of COVID? That's exactly what my brilliant guest this week - Riley Hope - will share the answers to.  Riley Hope is an organic digital marketer with over five years of experience, with a majority of experience specialising in SEO for small-medium enterprises. She also has an academic background and has written multip...

I invited Rejoice Ojiaku back onto the podcast to discuss what Black History Month is, and how brands can get Black History Month messaging right, without sounding tokenistic. This episode was recorded during the week of another period of individual attacks on Black people in our industry, for wanting a more diverse and inclusive space for us all.   Rejoice is a content SEO creator, and...

To mark hitting Episode 50 of the podcast (still can't believe it!) myself and Itamar hopped onto a recording, with just a topic - Sustainable SEO - and no agenda. In this episode, you'll learn lots of things - but mostly, why you should be considering SEO as a long term strategy. Itamar describes himself as an SEO Consultant, Trainer & Manager, author, and a YouTuber since 2008. In this episo...

The amazing Shomi Williams, a psychological therapist, joins me on the show this week, discussing the important topic of mental health and seeking therapy in marketing. You really do not want to miss this incredibly powerful episode. Shomi runs a platform online called Lafiya Health that focuses on delivering mental and physical health education and services in a culturally competent and accessibl...

Joining me on this episode of the podcast is the fantastic Sean Page, discussing how marketing companies can improve their recruitment processes. Sean is a non-traditional Recruiter who works in the tech space. He was born and raised in Washington, DC in the United States. His passion is all things recruiting, people ops, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) - which we touch upon...

Joining me on this episode of the podcast is the brilliant Janet Machuka, discussing everything you need to create a great social media strategy. Janet is a social media marketing strategist, trainer, and founder of Africa Tweet Chat. She boasts over 100k followers on her social media with high levels of engagement on her posts, and was also recently listed amongst the top 200 of the most influent...

This has to be one of the most thought provoking and powerful episodes I've recorded to date. What a way to start Season 2 of the Azeem Digital Asks podcast. Joining me is the incredible Derek Walker, someone that I have looked up to for a long time.  Derek describes himself as the chief instigator, janitor, secretary and mailroom person for Brown and Browner advertising, and has over 30(!) y...

It's the Season 1 FINALE! What better guest to join me than a podcasting pro - Christine "Shep" Zirnheld, one of the hosts of the awesome Marketing O Clock podcast. We discuss all things podcasting, and the benefits of the medium. For those who don't know who this awesome human being is, she describes herself as the "Real Housewife of Digital Marketing", she's a 2020 PPC Hero "Rising Star" in PPC,...

Joining me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the ace Tim Jensen, and we discuss all around why PPC practitioners should learn more about Google Tag Manager. For those who don't know who Tim is - with close to a decade of experience in the digital marketing industry, he's worked with SMB to enterprise level clients in a wide variety of industries. While comfortable managing ads across...

My guest on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the awesome Kelvin Newman, and we'll be talking all about BrightonSEO, and the safe return of in person marketing conferences this year. Kelvin is the Founder of Rough Agenda, a company that arranges specialist digital marketing events including BrightonSEO. In 2014 Kelvin was voted by econsultancy as the most influential individual in digita...

My guest on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the fantastic Juliana Turnbull, and we'll be talking all about going freelance, as well as hosting and running conference events. Better known as SEO Jo Blogs, she is a freelance marketing consultant, conference speaker, organiser of Search London, founder of Turn Digi, a finalist in the Global Freelancer 2020 awards, a Digital Women's Finali...

Joining me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the absolutely brilliant Chima Mmeje, and we'll be talking all about the power, and benefits of great content. If you don't know Chima - you're missing out. She's the brains behind Zenith Copy, and is an SEO content writer and strategist for SaaS & Tech, has been featured in places like : Hackernoon, Search Engine Watch, Search Engine L...

Joining me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the awesome Dr Leigh George, and we'll be talking all about creating the perfect marketing strategy, as well as her PhD in Branding. She describes herself as the founder of Freedom—a strategic branding and marketing un-agency, has a PhD in branding, is a speaker, a learning in public supporter, a mentor, and can be found in high heels and a...

The incredibly talented Britney Muller joins me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week, and I was lucky enough to get her thoughts on data science, machine learning and the future for these areas. Britney is well known and well respected throughout the industry, and rightly so - she's a keynote speaker, previously was the senior SEO scientist at Moz, data science student, and giver of the bes...

Joining me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week is the fantastic Billie Geena, and we'll be talking all about managing developer relationships, and communicating with developers. Billie describes herself as a full time SEO Wizard, part time blogger, ambitious queen, and 'Young, Scrappy and Hungry'.  In this episode, we discuss: The best way to manage developer relationships Difficultie...

Joining me on the podcast this week is the brilliant Elizabeth Solaru, and we discuss all things luxury marketing, and how to attract rich clients. Elizabeth is a luxury business mastery coach, and strategist. Prior to pursuing her passion as a cake maker in the luxury market, Elizabeth had two other successful careers which seemed diametrically opposed. She became a Scientist working for many yea...

The brilliant Sophie Brannon joins me on the show this week to discuss everything related to SEO strategies, and we also cover the recent debates about remote vs office work. Sophie is the Senior SEO Manager at Absolute Digital Media, recently spoke at BrightonSEO '21, and lives on coffee, red wine, and plants - interesting combination! We discuss: The definition of an SEO strategy. What she...

Work in digital marketing? Want to get paid more? Wish more companies and individuals were open about what they earned? Then you absolutely HAVE to listen to this episode. I am joined by two absolutely incredible and inspirational human beings - Rejoice Ojiaku and Wilhemina Gilbertson. They are better known as Reji and Willz, and together, they are both the founders of B-DigitalUK, a digital marke...

This week on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast, we're talking about the potential of YouTube advertising, as well as the value of data visualisations with Power BI. My guest is the amazing Cory Henke, someone I consider to be a real thought leader in both of these spaces. Cory is a Speaker, BI Consultant, and Agency Founder - and you'll often find him on Clubhouse sharing knowledge from his years of...