This is my personal blog, offering insights, tips, predictions, frameworks, processes from twenty years of Marketing and Growth leadership and four years of running EMEA’s largest crowdfunding platform.
Retail Gazette’s new publication Marketing Beat recently asked for my comment on the latest CIM research. Read the write up here. The research is a deep dive into the fears of marketers. I offer what the research suggests and what you can do proactively to own and guide your company and consumers for a brighter […]
I was recently asked for comment on Retail Gazette’s (on their new site Marketing Beat) take on Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and its impact on Marketers. Read the piece here. Or here were my full comments: Elon Musk has not really shown his cards (yet) and suggested how he wants to drive the business […]
Every Marketing & Growth leader has a point in their career where they have to educate their c-suite/founding team/leadership team on their Marketing funnel. Why? It has either never been done, it was explained poorly before or the market has shifted and you need to explain the new ways of driving the Marketing department forward. […]
The Truth Behind All Executing The Same Practises We have all been there, in a performance catch up we are asked “why we are off target?”.Then the follow on questions quickly follow to get to the bottom as quickly as possible: What has happened? What did we change? Did Google, Facebook or Apple change something? […]
Following on from The Marketing Leaders Guide to 2022, I interviewed Marketing Lead Simon Swan, Simon tackles seven questions to help you shape your 2022. 1. What was your biggest Marketing lessons Don’t make assumptions: Every business, it’s objectives and goals are different so it’s important to get into the facts and details as to […]
Every year I create a guide or ebook for Marketing leaders to improve the next year for them and their team or department. Last year was the brand book 2021, guiding Marketing and business leaders through brand building and development. There is a lot of content out there but not a lot of high quality […]
Each year I create a challenge to help fellow Marketers and Growth Professionals with a product where I bring together experts in the field and ask a series of questions to help build a better year ahead. (Check out last years challenge The Brand Book 2021) This year, I invited a number of Marketing Leaders […]
Are you in industry or work-related groups? Not just the meme group or LOL group with friends from home or full of family members who argue about everything? Are you part of the professional movement towards chat-based groups that help recommend companies, agencies, vendors, quick solutions and then offer work and deals between each other? […]
You Become The Marketing & Growth Leader Now What? There is a lot made of finding a new job at a new company and accepting a new senior role. It is daunting, there is a lot of change and typically you are building up to this change for weeks to months. The Journey You join […]
There are a number of people who silently mentor me from afar, they definitely do not know I exist and definitely wouldn’t know the impact they have had on my career and my life. These are what I and many others call a silent mentor. I love learning from other businesses, I love listening and […]