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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What’s Next After The Facebook Properties Struggles? Facebook obviously went down this week, it was fun for most (especially if you saw all the tweets), distressing for some and maybe reflective for a tiny amount of people. Facebook and their properties going down for 6 hours shone a light on how much our real lives […]
On a number of occasions, I have been asked how to build out a Growth team or department. Similar to most organisation design shifts, there is no perfect way, there is no perfect structure, however, it requires much planning and a breakdown of: What you are trying to achieve, What you believe you need to […]
The TLDR Where: JustGiving – peer to peer fundraising platform When: 2018 – Present Why: Drive more donations and reduce in person friction How: Roll out QR Codes to all important business areas transacting money. Quick Intro Into The Different Types Of Use Cases For QR Codes Free Text – Can add a small message or […]
The TLDR Where: JustGiving – peer to peer fundraising platform When: 2017-2020 Why: Drive more donations and higher donation values How: Large scale A/B testing, collaboration between Growth SWOT team and Fintech team. The Full Growth Case Study 🚀 In my previous role as the Growth leader and Crowdfunding Business lead at the world’s largest […]
In many businesses, you hit a certain size and you become more reactive to change, you become more reactive to channels and your appetite to place large bets reduce, you end up playing it safe and slowly copying or placing last. Here are a few thoughts on the future of Marketing and Growth and why […]
Over the last month a friend Nick Walter and I have been recording a new podcast. The Future State podcast is 50 to 65 minutes of us talking about the future state of specific industries. We research each area, we discuss and debate the vertical and the key players and then we break down the […]
Back in 2014, I was helping brands with their Marketing, typically either auditing existing teams and activities or helped to build our their department and work with teams on workshops and developing long term campaigns. In a recent googlemail search, I came across a deck I ran through and worked with a large travel company. […]