The IAB UK Podcast

In trying times, ‘good business’ matters more than ever and actions speak far louder than words. In this session, Good-Loop's Founder and CEO, Amy Williams, shares how they are helping brands continue advertising with purpose, while also literally funding the front-line through immediate donations to vital causes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Red Apple Creative as Kathleen Moroney, Sam Dillon and Ben Bell take you by the ear with a complete guide to understanding music and sonic identity for brands. This offstage audio session - part of IAB UK's Stay Engaged - covers the language of sound, briefing in a request for audio branding, how to work with composers and why audio branding needs to be part of every advertiser’s plan right n...

Outdated legislation prevents sexually active gay or bisexual men from donating blood, even if it’s perfectly safe to use. In this episode, LADbible Group’s Nick Hodgkins and Freedom to Donate Founder Ethan Spibey discuss their award-nominated ‘Blood Without Bias’ campaign, which saw the social publisher use its mass reach to raise awareness of this discriminatory issue and galvanis...

Nature is in real trouble and WWF is on the front line in the struggle to rebalance the relationship between nature and people. To the world’s leading environment charity, social media is the quickest way to mobilise billions of people. In this daily offstage session, find out how WWF and their agency Tug are using social stories to help save the world. Emily King and Emily Knox from Tug are joine...

Having captivated Engage-goers with his provocative take on advertising for the post digital age back in 2018, Publicis Groupe’s enfant terrible Tom Goodwin returns to answer 50 of the IAB’s most pressing questions. No rehearsal, no advance peek and recorded entirely in a single take in a grilling by IAB UK CMO James Chandler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this last episode of the IAB UK Connected Podcast series for a few weeks, James catches up with Bloom & Wild's Brand and Comms Director, Charlotte Langley. She shares a simple but super effective way of being sensitive to customers, rescuing tulips and using Slack to try and recreate a little slice of office life. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as...

Sam Field, Head of Creative Technology, EMEA at RYOT, the creative arm of Verizon Media is James' guest on this episode of the IAB UK Connected podcast. They chat emerging tech, what lockdown has meant for the future of digital events and Sam explains what 5G is enabling in the real world. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as well as resources and trends fr...

On the day the government are expected to lay out a plan for easing lockdown, IAB UK CMO James Chandler talks to the CEO of tails.com, James Davidson, to hear how this DTC dog food company has been impacted by COVID-19. Tails.com are also offering IAB UK Podcast listeners a free month's trial with code 'IAB' at checkout. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as...

In contrast to much social media where people look back on what they've done, Pinterest is a place people go to plan, Louise Richardson, Pinterest's Director of Marketing, tells the IAB's James Chandler. Hear from Louise about why having something to plan for is so important right now, some of her favourite Pinterest boards, and the crucial role Stephen King is playing in her own lockdown. For mor...

In the latest episode of the IAB UK Connected podcast, James chats to Jon Longhurst of LongTerm Digital about the latest findings from its most recent quarterly industry report for media owners, publishers and platforms based on insight from agencies. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as well as resources and trends from across the industry, take a look at...

All types of media have had their worlds shifted by COVID-19 and influencers are no exception. IAB UK's CMO James Chandler chats to TRIBE's UK General Manager about how influencers are finding new ways to work with brands and - like everyone - having to get creative with the tools available to them. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as well as resources and...

One of IAB UK's newest members, Camilla Harrisson, CEO of Anomaly London, joins James for the latest episode of the IAB UK Connected Podcast. As well as helping their clients pivot and create meaningful campaigns for the current time, Camilla talks about company culture and Anomaly's own project ' Vir-us ", an open-source campaign encouraging people to practice social distancing during the coronav...

In this second episode on trends during COVID-19 - check out our full Consumer Insight trends work here - James talks to Dentsu Aegis Network's Luke Aldridge. Luke has set out to make programmatic in gaming natural and accessible for advertisers, and in this episode he talks about how gaming is allowing people to socially connect during lockdown and shares some of his favourite gaming campaigns. W...

In episode 14 of the IAB UK Connected podcast, James chats to Tom Pepper from LinkedIn about how the platform is supporting NHS and key workers, ways in which brands are using LinkedIn to share their lockdown best practices and life as a PE teacher. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this time, as well as resources and trends from across the industry, take a look at ou...

A bumper episode with an industry legend: IAB UK's CMO James Chandler speaks to Godfather of Effectiveness Peter Field, co-author of advertising bible 'The Long and The Short Of It'. Listen as James and Peter discuss highlights from his latest paper 'Long, Short or Dark: a guide to advertising best practice in recessions', how the current crisis shapes up against previous economic recessions, the...

James is joined by another Direct to Consumer (DTC) brand on the latest episode of the IAB UK Connected Podcast. Steph Douglas is the founder of Don't Buy Her Flowers a 'thoughtful gifting company'. She shares how lockdown has affected her business and how a small initiative to show love for key workers had a huge impact. Find out more about Steph and her business in this film , part of our Born O...

In our latest episode, and marking the first in a weekly series exploring consumer trends, James speaks to Flora Williams, Business Director at OMD and all-round audio expert. They discuss the impact that lockdown is having on podcast listening and how the role of audio is changing at a time when people are working from home. For more information about how we are supporting our members at this tim...

With a vast range of clients - from small brands to global household names - data, insights and consulting company Kantar are well positioned to not only understand the COVID-19 crisis' impact, but also to help brands survive it. In this episode, James talks to Kantar's Jane Bloomfield about the seven point checklist they have developed for how brands can deal with this unusual, disruptive and rap...

Coronavirus is impacting the way we live, work, shop and - of course - eat. One of the brands offering a crucial service throughout this is Gousto, the direct to consumer recipe box company. In this episode of the IAB UK Connected podcast, James speaks to Gousto's CMO Tom Wallis about the impact of COVID-19 on their supply chain, how its impacting their comms approach and why the nation's favourit...

Facebook's Nick Pestell is the latest IAB member to chat to James on the IAB UK Connected podcast. After the COVID-19 outbreak hit companies hard, Facebook were quick to announce their support for small businesses. In this episode, Nick explains how Facebook's mission of giving people the power to build community and bringing the world closer together is the perfect mission for times like these. F...

As we slide into week four of national social distancing, great original content created and curated by companies like LADbible Group feel like they might be what see us through all this. In our latest episode, James catches up with LADbible Group's Head of Agency Sales, Jack Cowin, to chat myth-busting, live streams and how - at times like this especially - young people are looking for ways to ac...

With latest figures suggesting that the newspaper industry stands to lose £50 million due to keyword blocking during the Coronavirus outbreak, content verification is back in the spotlight. In this episode, James Chandler talks to BBC Global News' Programmatic Trading Manager for EMEA, Emily Roberts, about how the BBC's commercial arm are tackling this issue. Emily also discusses the role of trust...

The latest guest to join James live from social distancing at home is Google's UK Director of Agencies Matt Bush. Whether via Joe Wicks' PE lessons on YouTube, a new reliance by teachers on Google Classroom, or a nation suddenly turning to Google Hangouts, there's a lot going on at remote Google HQ. As well as sharing some of his own working from home habits, Matt reveals some of the efforts Googl...

With the world united in isolation and facing an unprecedented period of social distancing, the mental health issues inherent in that speak for themselves. James Routledge co-founded Sanctus to make it easy for employees to talk to a professional about their mental health. At a time when it's critical we keep talking about how we're feeling, James Routledge joins the IAB's James Chandler to discus...

As week two of the nation working from home comes to an end and Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for Coronavirus, the IAB UK Podcast turns to the fountain of all media knowledge, Enders Analysis, for a frank assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the media industry. In this episode, James speaks to Enders Analysis' Head of Tech, Joseph Evans, about who's up, who's down and why the app...