Marissa Candy

The Marketing Factory

Business EN ↓ 91 episodes

Welcome to The Marketing Factory, where we don’t blend in. I’m Marissa Candy, founder and award-winning marketer, here to help you think differently about marketing and achieve powerful results. For over two decades, I’ve driven business growth through tailored branding, lead generation, SEO, and Google Ads strategies. Join me as I break down custom marketing solutions, social media tactics, and website design tips that turn clarity into action. Ready to build profitable campaigns and grow your business? Let’s get started with The Marketing Factory Podcast.

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Marissa Candy

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Business

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

#091 - Why Founders Keep Falling for These Marketing Myths 08.07.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this reaction episode, Marissa breaks down viral marketing takes and exposes the hidden traps founders fall into when launching, scaling, or buying into a franchise. From trust assets t...

#090 - The Danger Of Relying On ONE Marketing Channel 01.07.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this episode, Marissa breaks down one of the biggest hidden risks in modern marketing, the dependency businesses create when a single platform controls their entire growth engine. She u...

#089 - Why You Can’t Replicate Your Best Location 24.06.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa explores why one top‑performing store often carries an entire network, why success hides inside people not systems, and how businesses confuse standout perform...

#088 - How to Stand Out in a Busy Shopping Centre 17.06.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down why most brands disappear inside busy shopping centres and what actually makes customers notice, remember and choose you in high‑traffic environmen...

#087 - Why Every Campaign Feels Like Starting From Scratch 10.06.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa explains why so many businesses keep resetting their marketing every quarter, why campaigns fail to compound, and how to build systems that create momentum ins...

#086 - Top Reasons Franchisees Fail 03.06.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down the brutal truths behind why so many franchisees struggle, and why the gap between the brochure and the real business can widen fast without discip...

#085 - The CMO Hack To Interstate Growth 27.05.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down why interstate growth is where many strong businesses burn money, and how smart CMOs build demand before expansion so growth becomes intentional in...

#084 - The Psychology of Why People Aren’t Buying From You 20.05.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down the psychological reasons people aren’t buying from you and why brilliant offers still fail when the brain doesn’t feel safe, clear or understood....

#083 - Reacting to Lessons From Marketing’s Best (What You Can Learn Fast) 13.05.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa reacts to lessons from marketing’s best and unpacks what top marketers actually do differently, from Richard Branson’s brand obsession to the Savannah Bananas’...

#082 - Why AI Can RUIN your Marketing 06.05.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down how AI can quietly dilute your brand, flatten your voice and push your marketing toward sounding statistically average instead of strategically dis...

#081 - Why Your Marketing Isn’t Sticking (You’re Trying Everything) 29.04.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this new episode, Marissa breaks down why most marketing doesn’t stick, even when businesses are doing everything they can. This episode covers: ◼️ why scattered activity makes brands f...

#080 - Here’s How I’d Market This Shark Tank Product/ Business 22.04.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club In this episode, Marissa breaks down how Scrub Daddy turned an ordinary sponge into a global retail success through positioning, not product. She analyses the strategy behind its rise and...

#079 - What’s the Difference Between Businesses That Grow vs Stall? 15.04.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Two businesses can have the same industry, same resources and same opportunities, yet one scales while the other stays stuck. This episode explores the uncomfortable internal patterns that...

#078 - Why Chemist Warehouse And Priceline Don’t Compete The Way You Think 08.04.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are you competing on price… or are you competing on experience? This episode explores how two brands sell the same products with completely different strategies and why choosing the wrong...

#077 - The Marketing Hacks The Biggest Brands Don’t Want You To Know 31.03.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Most small businesses think big brands win because of big budgets. They don't. They win because of strategy, positioning, and psychological hacks you can steal. In this episode, Marissa br...

#076 - Your Business Isn’t Broken, But Your Marketing Might Be 25.03.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/discovery-call 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are your sales flat even though your product works, your team performs and your customers are happy? This episode explores why great businesses stall when the real issue isn’t the business...

#075 - How To Market A Franchise [Not A Regular Business] 18.03.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are your franchise locations struggling with messy execution… or is the real issue that you’re marketing them like a regular business? This episode explores why franchises fail when HQ and franchisees p...

#074 - What Franchise MUST Learn From Woolworths 11.03.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are your franchise locations struggling with consistency… or is the real issue that your marketing isn’t built like a system? This episode explores how Woolworths turns everyday shopping into engineered...

#073 - Why 85% of Marketing Campaigns Fail? 04.03.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are your campaigns failing because of bad creative… or because the strategy was broken long before launch? This episode breaks down why most campaigns never hit their goals and the hidden traps even exp...

#072 - The Decline of Sizzler... What Happened to the Steakhouse Chain? 25.02.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Was Sizzler’s downfall really about the food… or did the brand slowly lose its relevance while competitors evolved around it? This episode breaks down how a once‑iconic family steakhouse became a cautio...

#071 - How To Take Your Solo Store Australia-Wide (Marketing Playbook) 18.02.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Is scaling your solo store nationwide a risky leap…or the smartest move you’ll ever make for your brand? This episode breaks down the marketing playbook that helps founders expand without losing the mag...

#070 - How Award Entries Can Make Your Business Thousands 11.02.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Are awards really just a vanity exercise…or one of the most profitable shortcuts in modern marketing? This episode breaks down why award entries can shift your credibility, your visibility, and your rev...

#069 - Is AI REALLY Going to Replace Marketers? 04.02.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club Is AI really going to replace marketers…or just change the way we work forever? ◼️ AI tools reshaping content and scheduling ◼️ Trust still drives marketing results ◼️ Human creativity plus AI efficienc...

#068 - 10-Minute Audit To Stop Your Business Losing Thousands 28.01.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club The 10‑Minute Audit That Stops Your Business Bleeding Revenue…because friction kills growth faster than you think. ◼️ Why most “sales problems” are actually journey problems ◼️ How awareness, considerat...

#067 - The Decline of Subway's Marketing… What Happened? 21.01.2026

Get a clear, strategic marketing plan that delivers real results. Book a call: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/ 🔗 TAKE ACTION: Join Rebel Marketing Club: https://themarketingfactory.com.au/club The decline of Subway’s marketing…because relevance disappears faster than you think. ◼️ Why a once‑iconic brand slowly slipped out of the spotlight ◼️ How shifting perception can erode even the stronge...

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