Strategy Sessions

Kelley is co-founder and CEO of Blue Studios.io, a family friendly crypto wallet, a former AVP at American Express and JPMorgan and 3rd generation entrepreneur. In this episode we discuss: The hype around web3, crypto, NFT and blockchain Why Andi’s wild predictions about the death of web3 might not be right! Why Blue Studios focuses on the family The benefits of being a start up v incumbent in a f...

Britney is Marketing Manager at Hugging Face, the AI community building the future. She’s an SEO expert, machine learning whiz and amazing conference speaker. In this episode we discuss: 1. Hugging Face… what is it and where did the name come from 2. The difference between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) 3. Why people don’t need to be scared of ML 4. Why people should be sca...

Ian Forrester is the CMO of STATSports and Ryan is the company's Head of Ecommerce. STATSports provides the most powerful football GPS player tracker for individuals. Real-time performance data and not just players wearing sports bras. In this episode we discuss: What does the STATSport product do and how it came to life Building a world-leading business from Newry, Northern Ireland Marketing a ‘s...

Caroline Webb is the CMO of The Royal Mint, a 1100 year old organisation that makes the UK’s money. But they do much more than that. Find out how marketing helps. In this episode we discuss: What the Royal Mint is What it’s like being CMO of a brand with 1100 years of history while still innovating Being shortlisted for the Data Driven Marketing award with Sky, Superdrug and TalkTalk What’s change...

Ash Young runs carmats.co.uk, a lockdown project that grew from zero to £4m turnover. Find out how and why it’s been a roaring DTC success story. In this episode we discuss: Why car mats – where the idea came from and why ANYONE cares about car mats The story of how it grew to £4m turnover in 2 years Paid v SEO v Social while scaling the business The benefits of investing in the brand Customer rev...

Antonia manages the external communications, brand, press, and marketing for Caring in Bristol. Caring in Bristol used an emergent marketing strategy to help keep the charity open and helping homeless people during lockdown. Antonia explains all. In this episode we discuss: How Caring in Bristol managed to keep working during the Covid lockdowns How their marketing activity went to work to help ou...

Tom does consultancy work for startups and media companies. He’s based in Brooklyn, writes a strategy blog and has created the SEO MBA. With a decade of experience in digital media, leadership and growth Tom is a strategic advisor and consultant for leaders who are seeking to gain clarity about their strategy and develop new initiatives. He works with clients like The New York Times, Google, Dotda...

Kenda is a forensic psychologist turned marketer and author who uses consumer behaviour to improve marketing campaigns. In this episode we discuss: Automation Ninjas – how it started and how it’s going The common mistakes marketers make in campaigns Why the brain gets overloaded and what marketers can do to help Behavioural nudges and the ethics behind them The difference between neuroscience and...

JP Castlin is a former consultancy executive turned independent strategy and complexity management consultant. He is a contributor for Marketing Week and a brilliant podcast guest. In this episode we discuss: 1. How to define strategy 2. The ambiguous language of marketing and strategy 3. Frameworks and structure for strategy 4. Strategy and execution and how they work together 5. Being humble as...

Aris is a freelance strategist with a focus on integrated marketing. He was worked with clients like Vodafone, Unilever Honda and Red Bull. In this episode we discuss: 1. Strategy v tactics and how they should work together 2. How to present strategy to clients 3. What strategy looks like when companies do it for themselves 4. How Oatly came about 5. Positioning Oatly to dominate a new category 6....

Simon is a Visiting Professor at Ulster University and an author of several books on enterprise and entrepreneurship. In this episode we discuss: · Simon’s background and how he got into working and studying enterprise. · How governments support new business and does that actually work? · What are the ideas and assumptions that support enterprise policy? · Is research impartial and independent? ·...

Les Mills is a global fitness brand and Amy Smith is their European Marketing Director. We talk purpose, brand management and learning. Amy is the Regional Marketing Director at Les Mills, the global leader in group fitness. She is responsible for leading the European marketing strategy and driving business performance across the region for consumer, Instructor and B2B audiences. Being part of a b...

Lily Thistlewood has just launched a performance marketing agency. She talks about moving from in house, focusing on big events and CrossFit In this episode 1. Launching your own agency 2. Moving from in house to agency 3. What starting in brand marketing means when becoming a performance marketer 4. Lessons from working at one of the UK’s biggest ecommerce retailers 5. Are performance marketers t...

The Parents Promise is a grassroots campaign to change how children are impacted by separating parents. This is the story of the campaign. In this episode What is the Parents Promise Where did the idea come from and why is now the time to start talking about it What organisations make up the Positive Parents Alliance Using grassroots marketing campaigns to help shift behaviours The powerful impact...

Juliet works at BUPA in the Behaviour Insights Team – the nudge unit. You won’t believe the information she shares about nudging In this episode · The rise of nudging · How and where nudging is used · What behaviour insights does at BUPA · The ethics of nudging people · Juliet’s PhD in end of life choices (get the tissues ready) · Behavioural insights at Ogilvy · Good and bad examples of nudging b...

Sarah Shimmons is the Global Marketing Director at Smirnoff. We talk education, values, TV and marketing effectiveness. Enjoy. In this episode 1. Managing a global brand that such great heritage 2. Covid and the impact on Smirnoff 3. Measuring marketing effectiveness 4. Training and continuous learning for marketers – the Diageo way 5. Investing in your own education 6. Do you even need a marketin...

Featuring Lizzy Knights Ward Lizzy leads the Content & Social team for LinkedIn Sales & Marketing Solutions, EMEA and LATAM. She once built a following on Google+ and has strong views on marketing and sales alignment. In this episode we discuss: 1. Life at LinkedIn 2. Content marketing and successful campaigns 3. Content marketing in B2B (why it’s not all boring to boring) 4. Marketers dec...

Episode 20 is about Twenty20 cricket. T20 to most fans these days. But this episode isn't about cricket. About 20 years ago the English cricket authorities identified a problem. Falling attendances, reducing relevance and people moving away from cricket. This week's guest, Stuart Robertson, was the marketing manager at the time. Luckily, he knew his marketing onions and used researched, insight an...

Nick is Facebook’s Director of Agencies. We discuss the future of advertising, regulation and how agencies can get the best out of Facebook and Instagram. Featuring Nick Baughan and Gil David Facebook, Inc In this episode we discuss: · A career in agencies and moving to Facebook · Managing the scale of advertisers at Facebook · How agencies can interact better with FB · What skills agencies might...

Kyle is the CMO of a VC backed SaaS company. He talks marketing, brand, team building and history. He hates onions too.  In the episode we discuss: SaaS Marketing Why you shouldn’t measure brand campaigns (really) Surprise and delight prospects and customers Using repeatable templates to speed up marketing activity Working at a software firm that gets acquired In praise of Salesforce Content...

Koen Pauwels is a Professor of Marketing with a deep understanding of how to measure the effectiveness of your campaigns. This is unmissable. Koen Pauwels is Distinguished Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University and co-director of its Digital, Analytics, Technology and Automation (DATA) Initiative. This episode is littered with stories and useful anecdotes, all backed up with data that a...

Chris is the CEO of Lightyear, a Belfast based intelligent accounts payable automation platform. Product marketing is his thing. Chris has more than 10 years of experience across the technology industry from founding and leading fintech companies to leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies. His views on the product marketing world are worth listening to. In this episode we discuss: · Product deve...

Mike Follett is the MD of a research company that uses eye tracking software to measure ad effectiveness.  His insights will blow your mind! Mike Follett is the Managing Director of Lumen, the leading attention technology company. Lumen uses eye tracking to understand the reality of attention to advertising, helping clients buy better digital media and develop more eye catching creative. In t...

Leitcia is the entrepreneur behind Paz. Ai , a start-up that is unlocking refugee tech talent across Europe. We recorded this episode just before Christmas and it brought joy to my heart. I knew it had to launch as the first episode of 2021 as it’s a story of hope, vision, determination and, yes, marketing. In this episode we discuss: · What it really means to be an entrepreneur – and it’s not wha...

Katie Jackson is the Managing Director of TBWA\London . She’s also been described as Mary Poppins on steroids and is great fun to interview. On publishing day, I realised I hadn’t given this episode a great / cheesy name, so it became The Episode With No Name – creative, right? In TEWNN , we talk about · Being Mary Poppins on steroids · Disruption and TBWA’s approach to it · Why ‘brand’ isn’t a fl...