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In this episode, the seventh in our series on Entrepreneurial Thinking, host Ruth Fittock speaks to Holly Rix, Marketing Director at Typhoo Tea. In the last 6 months Typhoo Tea have embarked on an ambitious mission to become the ‘Tony’s of Tea’ (to do for tea what Tony’s Chocolonely have done for chocolate), fully transforming to become a mission centric challenger brand.
They speak about taking risks in completely transforming a household name brand, the challenges of communicating ‘purpose’ and talking about dark and difficult issues, progress over perfection and the importance of expecting the best.
Our host - The Marketing Society Member Ruth Fittock
Ruth has almost 20 years experience building brands- from start-up to scale up, launch to acquisition. She’s helped U.S brands (vitaminwater, popchips) launch and scale in the UK and grown brands from scratch here too (Simply Roasted Crisps). Ruth has recently started a new consultancy- Tomorrow Brands, to help the purpose-driven global brands of tomorrow launch in the UK.
Our guest - Holly Rix
Holly has 18 years brand building experience – from blue chip to start up and scale up challenger brands in between, across FMCG including drinks, healthcare and wellness. She helped grow method (cleaning products) in the UK and has a particular passion for purpose brands. Now she’s turned her attention to Typhoo, turning it into the Tony’s of Tea.
You can read the key takeaways on this think piece too
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“When it comes to food systems, Marketers can be the most valuable in providing extraordinary consumer insights so that assumptions are not made in what people want.”
To maintain food security, food systems need to change. They need to be more sustainable, less impactful on the planet, healthier and way less wasteful. But, there is still a huge amount of education and awareness that needs to happen if people are to truly understand why food systems are at risk and, how we choose what we eat really does matter.
In this super informative episode, we were joined by Ali Cox, CEO and Founder of Noble West, an agriculture and food ingredient marketing agency taking on a big challenge. Ali believes that, “the biggest challenge is that consumers (in the USA) are confused. Research shows that people make their food choices based on price, taste and availability – climate is a very distant fourth.”
Socioeconomic factors are definitely a challenge, however how we market food also needs to change. Ali shares with us her experiences both as a fifth generation farmer herself and the experiences of the farmers and organisations she works with. Truly passionate about ingredients and telling great stories, Ali wants the food industry to play the role it should be playing in educating and being part of the solution when it comes to tackling the enormous challenges around food security.
Ali shares so many examples of projects she has worked on and the brands she believes are getting their marketing right. We explore the need for shared value and the importance of meeting people where they are at.
Tune in and listen as we talk to Ali about:
Imperfect food and the difference between food loss and food waste.The significant business opportunity being missed when it comes to waste.Why upcycling is the future.Whether we really need so many options when it comes to food?The need to tell the origin stories and why we should absolutely want to know where our food comes from.How Marketers need to understand what people really want so that they can bring those insights back into their organisations.For more, follow and connect with Ali here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicox/
And to find out more about Noble West and the work they do - here https://wearenoblewest.com/
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Join the Marketers and organisations who have signed our manifesto, engage with our newsletter and training and, work with us to communicate sustainability more effectively. Sign our Sustainable Marketer Manifesto, work with us, and join us on our mission. Get in touch to chat.
You’ll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and also on The Global Player and via The Marketing Society. If you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We’re all in this together.
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In this episode, the sixth in our series on entrepreneurial thinking, host Ruth Fittock interviews Amelia Christie-Miller, the founder & CEO of Bold Bean co. - one of the most exciting food and drink brands in the UK at the moment. In this conversation they cover how their North Star of ‘bean obsessed’ has had a powerful impact at every level of the business, the power of community and how sometimes the magic is found in by challenging conventional wisdom and going against the grain.
Our host - The Marketing Society Member Ruth Fittock
Ruth has almost 20 years experience building brands- from start-up to scale up, launch to acquisition. She’s helped U.S brands (vitaminwater, popchips) launch and scale in the UK and grown brands from scratch here too (Simply Roasted Crisps). Ruth has recently started a new consultancy- Tomorrow Brands, to help the purpose-driven global brands of tomorrow launch in the UK and is an advisor for Bold Bean having supported them with their marketing for the last year.
Our guest - Amelia Christie-Miller, the founder of Bold Bean Co, a fast-growing jarred bean brand that’s transforming the perception of beans in the UK.
Launched in 2021, they now are sold in national supermarkets, have a Sunday Times Bestselling cookbook and over 100k followers on instagram.
You can read the key takeaways on this think piece too
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Episode #136. This episode is a personal understanding topic for working parents to help you gain fulfilment in your life as a whole - navigating the reality of being both a marketer and a parent and what you can do to balance both worlds when work and home life collide.
Joining Abby is her guest Rachel Morris, an Exec business coach, co-founder of Motion Learning and best-selling author of ‘Working Mother’, a book inspired by Rachel’s decades of expertise and practice coaching new parents as they leave and return to work.
In this episode, Rachel shares her definition of working parents, challenges faced particularly by mothers, insights on setting boundaries, self-care, and the emotional struggles during transitions like maternity leave.
Plus Rachel’s advice for working parents.
00:00:00 Welcome and challenges faced by Working Parents.
00:02:21 What is a Working Parent?
00:04:01 Rachel's motivation for writing ‘Working Mother’ book.
00:09:46 Common emotional patterns experienced by working parents.
00:10:41 Overwhelm during maternity leave preparation.
00:12:40 Fear and anxiety in new parenthood.
00:16:58 Challenges of returning to work.
00:20:21 Why you should set boundaries.
00:25:54 Understanding what gives you energy.
00:32:53 Empowerment to gain clarity and direction.
00:37:17 Finding fulfilment to gain balance.
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: - Rachel Morris MNCIP, PCC - | LinkedIn
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
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It’s the final episode in our mini-series on sustainable leadership and in this episode we’re joined by Professor Chris Marquis. Chris talks to us about his experience studying, writing about and working with organisations on sustainability. Author of, “Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism,” we explore Chris’ first experience of B-Corp, a movement setting new standards for how business should operate. Chris believes we can learn a lot from B-Corps, “we should be studying B corporations, companies that are putting the social at their core.”
We discussed the critical component of the internal pieces which need to happen to “align with the idea of mindset and leadership,” but aren’t necessarily “the remit of just the leaders around ability and driving the impact.” As has been a consistent theme throughout this mini-series, “leadership can happen anywhere.”
So, if you are looking to find out more about the B-Corp movement, are curious about what steps you should consider or, want to explore internal engagement and sustainable leadership a bit more, then tune in and have a listen!
Join us on this episode as we talk to Chris about:
The B-Corp processThe B-Impact Assessment (link below)The challenges of being a leader todayKey skills of a sustainable leaderThe importance of internal communication and engagementThe need to be accountable to a broader set of stakeholdersFor more, follow and connect with Chris on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-marquis/
B Impact Assessment - can be accessed here: https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/programs-and-tools/b-impact-assessment/
Thanks to Chris for a great episode to conclude our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. Stay tuned for more episodes and mini-series, we’ve got a packed schedule. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends.
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Episode #135. Today’s topic is a technical skill on copywriting and its critical role in driving action and building brand trust.
Joining Abby to discuss is seasoned copywriter Dave Harland aka the Word Man. A naturally entertaining storyteller, over the past two decades Dave has built a notable career in persuasive writing that captures attention for brands such as Google, Jaguar, Tesco and Castor. He is a regular speaker at industry events and also has a LinkedIn following of almost 100k people who enjoy his witty stories - particularly leading scammers down rabbit holes and challenging bad actors on the internet.
In this episode Dave shares his definition of copywriting, 3 effective copywriting principles, when brands get it wrong, empathy for your audience, copywriting tips and brand success stories.
Plus Dave’s career highs and lows and advice for marketers.
00:00 Welcome and why the art of copywriting is so important for marketers.
05:44 How being entertaining converts consumers into loyal fans.
07:52 Ryanair excels at self-deprecating, entertaining branding.
13:16 Brands misuse clichés and jargon which impacts consumer engagement.
18:56 Empathy is crucial for effective copywriting skills.
22:20 Knowing what is interesting to your audience.
26:50 How to improve your writing skills.
31:37 How Dave turned a career low into university writing opportunity.
36:46 Dave’s career high and advice for marketers.
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Dave Harland | LinkedIn
News and events:
The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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Episode #134. Today’s topic is Agency Partnerships – what makes a great client-agency relationship and perspective from both sides of the fence.
Joining Abby to discuss is Richard Robinson, awarded "One of the ten most influential Leaders in Digital & Tech" (BIMA) and Campaign A-List 2024. Richard is highly experienced in the client (McDonalds, Coca-Cola) and agency (Publicis Worldwide) world and as an intermediary and consultant for both at Xeim Engage and Oystercatchers. In his latest role as Executive Director of Ingenuity+ and Exco member of The Ingenuity Group, UK's largest connector of brands with agencies, Richard specialises in connecting the Marketing World.
In this episode, Richard shares the two fundamentals of a great agency partner, the role of account handling, all agency ‘rules of engagement’, quality of briefing, plus insight from Ingenuity+ ‘Redefining the pitch’ report and why Richard is excited about the future of his new role.
Read a copy of Ingenuity+ report mentioned in this episode: Ingenuity + Redefining The Pitch (ingenuitylondon.com)
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Richard Robinson🔥 | LinkedIn
This episode is sponsored by House of Performance
Need to up your game in PPC, Paid Social or Display?
House of Performance are a team of passionate marketeers growing ambitious brands through paid media.
For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team at https://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer
News and events:
The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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As we continue to discuss and explore the role of leadership in our ‘Sustainable Leadership’ mini-series, what better than to gain the viewpoint from someone with sustainability at the core of everything they do. This led us to Kevin Dunckley, Chief Sustainability Officer at HH Global.
Kevin’s passion for what he does is crystal clear and we loved our conversation with him talking about the practicalities of being a hands-on CSO - what’s involved, where the challenges lie and more importantly, unearthing the opportunities.
Kevin shares, “the sustainability strategy for our organisation is my responsibility - along with my team, what that looks like and also how it comes to life with our clients.” We further explore the stakeholder chain and how important it is that everyone is aware and knows the role they play in driving the agenda, from supply chain partners to clients, customers and colleagues.
There’s a critical role internal engagement plays, an area Kevin has been placing a lot of focus on, driving collaboration and enabling invaluable different perspectives. Kevin explained, “everything’s interconnected in terms of sustainability. Something goes wrong over there and the ripple effect can be huge. Likewise, if something goes right the ripple effect can be really positive. You have to kind of de-compartmentalise it and put it in buckets in your head, so it doesn’t feel as daunting. But, you don’t have to do it alone.”
Driving internal engagement and ensuring everyone understands the objectives and direction of the sustainability agenda should be a priority for every organisation. From driving progress through to shaping a culture that’s inclusive and makes people want to work for you has got to be at the top of the list.
And as we discuss, this is an area we see missing so often - organisations focus on outward facing agendas, yet missing the critical internal piece.
We take a deep dive into this and so much more, so headphones on.
Join us on this episode as we talk to Kevin about:
What you can achieve if you mobilise all your employees and stakeholders.How enormous capacity and capability is unlocked when everyone is armed effectively and engaged through shared knowledge and bringing people together.The role of marketing as creative problem solvers. The need for a common language between sustainability and marketing to minimse the risk of greenwashing and maximise understanding. How every function has sustainability in their role.What you need to be a sustainable leader.Tune in and have a notepad and pen ready!
For more, follow and connect with Kevin on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevindunckley/
Another great episode in our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. One more to come. Stay tuned. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends.
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Episode #133. Strategy is the technical skill explored in this episode, with a lens on simplifying the process to ensure marketers have not only the vision and clarity for where you want to take your brand or business, but also ensuring you have the actionable plan to get you there.
Discussing simplified strategy is Abby’s guest, Alice Benham - entrepreneur, business & marketing strategist and fellow podcaster as host of ‘Starting the conversation’ podcast. Alice works with small businesses to grow their brands online and recently published her book ‘The Digital Marketing playbook’.
In this episode Alice shares her definition of strategy, ensuring strategy is actionable, simplifying the process in 3 steps, the buyer’s journey, content as value, push and pull, urgency & scarcity and examples of small businesses successfully building their brand online.
Plus Alice shares her career highs and lows and advice for marketers.
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Alice Benham | LinkedIn
This episode is sponsored by House of Performance
Need to up your game in PPC, Paid Social or Display?
House of Performance are a team of passionate marketeers growing ambitious brands through paid media.
For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team at https://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer
News and events:
The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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THINK EQUAL is our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiative led by The Marketing Society. THINK EQUAL aims to drive diversity and inclusion across the marcomms industry in the MENA region. Through training, events, mentoring, policy changes, content and more. We aim to provide tangible activity that will make an impact and a difference now.
Our regular THINK EQUAL podcast shines a light on an inspiring female leader who is dedicated to levelling the marcomms playing field.
This month, THINK EQUAL Project Director, Leanne Foy met Khaled Ismail, Strategic Advisor, Investor, CEO TOUGHLOVE Advisors and Chairman of The Marketing Society.
In today’s fast-paced world, the mindset you choose can make all the difference in how you navigate challenges and opportunities. The Victor vs. Victim mindset is a powerful concept that distinguishes between two approaches to life. The victor mindset sees challenges as opportunities for growth. The victim mindset views the world as being against them. In the workplace, this mindset shift is all about self-awareness, and the victor mindset plays a crucial role in helping you achieve your goals.
In this thought-provoking episode, Khaled explains how adopting the victor mindset can help you build rapport, achieve success and consciously shift from a victim mentality to a victor mentality. By making this shift, you can transform obstacles into stepping stones toward personal and professional growth.
Highlights include:
Why the victor mindset is essential for success and goal achievement.How to build stronger connections at work by using a victor approach.Practical tips for consciously shifting from a victim to victor mindset.This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to embrace a more empowered approach to challenges!
A note from THINK EQUAL
We are stronger together, than we are alone. And that’s why we want the marcomms industry to come together to make a difference. Every single person who makes up our brilliant industry can make an impact. Want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you. Whether that’s through donating your time on our working committee or putting your hand up to run an event or training session, you may have some suggestions of speakers to add to our speaker library, or have a venue you want to provide for free. Contact us at [email protected]
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Episode #132. The focus of this episode is wellness for marketers, and the importance of prioritising your wellbeing not only for your health but to also ensure you have the energy to thrive in our fast-paced and challenging – yet rewarding - profession.
Abby’s guest to discuss wellness is EY’s Chief Marketing Officer, Rebecca Hirst. Rebecca is an award-winning marketer who has worked on some of the biggest global brands including Samsung, Coca-Cola and Kimberly-Clark. This topic of ‘wellness’ is a particular passion point for Rebecca as, alongside her marketing career, she has a post grad in Nutrition and historically even set up a health coaching business to help other marketers and highflyers to incorporate wellness into their day-to-day.
In this episode, Rebecca shares her definition of wellness, rest and restore for marketers, her own journey to setting up ‘Glorious Wellness’ and practical tips for real world wellness and how you can role model this for others.
Plus her career highs and lows and advice for marketers.
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Rebecca Hirst | LinkedIn
This episode is sponsored by House of Performance
Need to up your game in PPC, Paid Social or Display?
House of Performance are a team of passionate marketeers growing ambitious brands through paid media.
For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team athttps://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer
News and events:
The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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Welcome to “In My Humble Opinion”, a podcast collaboration between The Marketing Society and Publicis Groupe UK agencies that creates a space for marketing leaders to discuss their opinions on topics affecting our industry which they think about but may not always say out loud.
You will hear industry leaders and experts talk about their views and opinions on deliberately provocative subjects such as the impact of technology on brands and consumers, the future of our industry, the generational divides, diversity and inclusion and more.
You’re joining us for episode 1 ‘In My Humble Opinion...nobody ever got fired for buying the safest brands.’
In this episode, we're joined by Billy Hamilton-Stent, Chief Strategy Officer at Publicis Pro, and special guests Mimi Turner and Jann Schwarz from Marketplace Innovation at LinkedIn Marketing Services. They dive deep into the often-overlooked importance of brand in B2B marketing and purchasing decisions.
Our guests also touch on the challenges of measuring brand impact in B2B marketing and the need for a more holistic approach to B2B marketing strategies. Whether you're a B2B marketer, sales professional, or business leader, this episode offers valuable insights into the power of brand in driving B2B growth and success.
About our guests:
Billy Hamilton-Stent, Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Pro
One of the founders of Publicis Pro, Billy has 25 years experience in the fields of research, brand and marketing communications. As Chief Strategy Officer he is responsible for brand and messaging development, client planning, developing audience insights and generating creative marketing campaigns. Billy also heads up Publicis Pro B2B Lab, our B2B AI platform.
Connect on LinkedIn here.
Mimi Turner, Head of Marketplace Innovation, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and Senior Fellow, The B2B Institute at LinkedIn.
Connect on LinkedIn here
Jann Schwarz, Senior Director, Marketplace Innovation, LinkedIn Marketing Services and Senior Fellow, The B2B Institute at LinkedIn.
Connect on LinkedIn here
Links mentioned in the episode:
Mimi shares this LinkedIn Blog Post
Brand Value Blog Post
More content from The Marketing Society and Publicis Groupe UK agencies can be found here.
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Our industry is filled with many brilliant minds with thought provoking views, we can’t wait to bring them to you, our next episode of “In my humble opinion” will be coming soon and find our series of content of the same name over at The Marketing Society website.
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Continuing with our Sustainable Leadership mini-series, in this second episode we’re joined by the brilliant Jon Miller, author and Partner at Brunswick Group, leading their Sustainable Business Practice. We wanted to catch up with Jon to talk about a subject which led him to co-author the book, The Activist Leader.
Join us as we dive into the activist mindset and how anyone can become an activist leader, something business and the world needs right now.
Jon shares five key archetype activist leaders, what they are and how they show up – something all our listeners can explore and find out which Activist Leader archetype you are.
Jon states that “there is more than one leader in an organisation and having the spirit of activism is what creates you as a leader, and that is the animating force of leadership – the definition of leadership.” Leadership isn’t just for the c-suite, when it comes to people and planet, we can all (and should) be leaders.
The need for more than one activist leader and connecting them is fundamental to progress and change, Jon talks about “pockets of activism” which can be found all around organisations, and how input from these activist leaders is critical to commercial imperatives and enabling the long-term sustainability of a business. Every organisation needs to be asking, “what are the consequences of not doing this?”
We could have talked to Jon for hours, he shares so much of his experience as well as giving great examples of brands, leaders and action.
Tune in and have a notepad and pen ready!
Join us on this episode as we talk to Jon about:
How organisations are inextricably part of the big issues, and how they can be part of the solutions too. The five key archetype activist leaders – which one are you? How to find your activist leaders. The role of marketing and the need for strategic rigour and creative courage. ·How Marketers are bad at marketing themselves. Learning how to think ‘systems’ in order to drive progress.How Marketers can change the conversation.For more, follow and connect with Jon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmillerxx/
Visit The Activist Leader website for more info on finding out about his book and the 5 archetypes.
Open for Business - The initiative supporing LGBTQ rights
Another great episode in our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. More to come. Stay tuned. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends.
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Join the Marketers and organisations who have signed our manifesto, engage with our newsletter and training and, work with us to communicate sustainability more effectively. Sign our Sustainable Marketer Manifesto, work with us, and join us on our mission. Get in touch to chat.
You’ll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and also on The Global Player and via The Marketing Society. If you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We’re all in...
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Episode #131. Today’s episode is a personal understanding topic on finding your ideal role; looking beyond the job title for a role that plays to your strengths and values and is fulfilling for you.
Joining Abby to discuss ideal roles and shining a light on hiring practices in the marketing is profession is Lauren Spearman. Lauren is a seasoned marketing professional with over 17 years of experience with brands such as Sky, Benefit Cosmetics and MADE.com. Now thriving as a freelance Brand Consultant, Lauren uses her growing platform on TikTok to champion pay transparency and improved recruitment practices in the marketing industry through her candid insights and advocacy efforts.
In this episode, Lauren shares her definition of an ideal role, green and red flags hiring practices, salary transparency, interview tasks, advice for hiring managers, giving and receiving feedback when job searching. Plus career highs and lows.
Download your free workbook on how to find your ideal role here Resources and free support - The Whole Marketer
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Lauren Spearman | LinkedIn
This episode is sponsored by House of Performance
Need to up your game in PPC, Paid Social or Display?
House of Performance are a team of passionate marketeers growing ambitious brands through paid media.
For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team at https://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer
News and events:
The Marketing Society Global Conference: Changemakers Impact. November 13th in Central London
Hear from visionary speakers, gain cutting-edge insights, and connect with fellow changemakers who are reshaping our industry and society.
Tickets are limited, so secure your place now. Book your ticket here and prepare to ignite your potential.
The Marketing Society Global Conference: where ideas spark, connections form, and impact begins. See you in London!
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This episode, the fifth in our series on entrepreneurial thinking, and how it can benefit a brand of any size, is about ‘no preconceptions’ or in the words of our guest, Nick Saltarelli- founder of hit Canadian chocolate brand Mid-Day Squares, ‘No one in history has ever done anything great by following how it’s always been done’
It’s a fascinating conversation, as Nick talks about entrepreneurship, disrupting a category, lifting the curtain and sharing EVERYTHING and how they ‘act like a band instead of a brand’ to build true brand fans.
Our host - The Marketing Society Member Ruth Fittock
Ruth has almost 20 years experience building brands- from start-up to scale up, launch to acquisition. She’s helped U.S brands (vitaminwater, popchips) launch and scale in the UK and grown brands from scratch here too (Simply Roasted Crisps). Ruth has recently started a new consultancy- Tomorrow Brands, to help the purpose-driven global brands of tomorrow launch in the UK.
Our guest - Nick Saltarelli- founder of hit Canadian chocolate brand Mid-Day Squares,
Nick is an entrepreneur driven by the belief that every company should try to take an unaverage path, a vision that led him to co-found Mid-Day Squares with his wife, Lezlie and brother in-law Jake. Together, they’re redefining the chocolate industry by blending manufacturing innovation with bold, authentic branding. Nick’s mission is simple: marry art and data to build an iconic, rule-breaking brand. Period.
You can read the key takeaways on this think piece too
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Episode #130. Season 8 begins with a soft skill on being human and the importance of ‘humanness’ particularly for marketing leaders - being authentic, honest and open in order to build relationships with your team and connect more deeply with your customers and consumers.
Joining Abby is Dom Dwight, former Marketing Director and now Director of strategy, insight, product innovation and diversification for Taylors of Harrogate – best known for Yorkshire Tea, the UK’s number one tea brand.
In this episode, Dom shares his marketer’s definition of being human, humanness for brands and marketers, the role of AI to free up space for marketers to be more human, vulnerability and imperfections, leadership learnings and psychological safety for marketing teams and agencies. Plus Dom’s career highs and lows.
Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn
Guest: Dom Dwight | LinkedIn
This episode is sponsored by House of Performance
Need to up your game in PPC, Paid Social or Display?
House of Performance are a team of passionate marketeers growing ambitious brands through paid media.
For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team at https://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer
The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com
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It’s another mini-series and this one is all about leadership, something which is incredibly important as we come together and take on the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced (and nope, we’re not being overly dramatic).
Sustainable leadership is about making a positive impact, contributing to society and the environment and, driving long-term performance for business. Sustainable leadership is a big role and a role which is open to everyone, something you’ll discover as we go through this 4-part series.
To kick things off, we’re joined by Karen Hamilton, former Global VP for Sustainability at Unilever. Karen spent over 30 years at Unilever and worked alongside Paul Polman who believed, “sustainability can be part of the way that we fix the business”. Karen played a key part in driving the organisation to ‘make sustainable living commonplace’, deliver the the Unilever “Sustainable Living Plan” – a 10 year plan with 50 time-bound targets. Karen shares how this was the start of the journey to change the organisation.
Throughout this episode, Karen generously shares her wealth of knowledge and experience, talks about the different approaches she took, how sustainability was cascaded through such an enormous network of people and gives some great practical examples.
Join us on this episode as we talk to Karen about:
Karen’s role and journey at UnileverHow to mobilise and engage a global network of employees and suppliers Why transparency is so important when it comes to communicating your sustainability agendaThe role of ambition when it comes to sustainabilityWhy we all need a leadership mindsetThe role of marketing in driving sustainabilityFor more, follow and connect with Karen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-hamilton-a1393a27/
A great first episode in our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. More to come. Stay tuned. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends.
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About us…
We help Marketers save the planet. 🌍
Join the Marketers and organisations who have signed our manifesto, engage with our newsletter and training and, work with us to communicate sustainability more effectively. Sign our Sustainable Marketer Manifesto, work with us, and join us on our mission. Get in touch to chat.
You’ll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and also on The Global Player and via The Marketing Society. If you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We’re all in this together.
Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.
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THINK EQUAL is the new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiative led by The Marketing Society. THINK EQUAL aims to drive diversity and inclusion across the marcomms industry in the MENA region. Through training, events, mentoring, policy changes, content and more. We aim to provide tangible activity that will make an impact and a difference now.
Our regular THINK EQUAL podcast shines a light on an inspiring female leader who is dedicated to levelling the marcomms playing field.
This month, THINK EQUAL Project Director, Leanne Foy met Reema Al Shammasi, Marketing Director at Mastercard.
Learning to say no is as important as knowing when to say yes. While saying yes can open doors, overcommitting can lead to burnout and diminish the impact of your agreements. Many women struggle to say no due to fear of judgment or appearing uncommitted, but understanding the art of saying no is essential for maintaining balance and focus.
In this thought-provoking episode, Reema shares why it is crucial to identify your priorities and confidently decline tasks or opportunities that don't align with them. Saying no not only protects your well-being but also enhances the value of your contributions when you do say yes.
Highlights include:
Why saying yes too often can lead to burnout and reduce the effectiveness of your commitments.How to identify what’s truly important to you and confidently say no to anything that doesn't align with your goals.The importance of building confidence: The ability to say no with confidence can prevent overcommitting and foster a healthier, more focused work-life balance.This episode is a must listen for anyone who has ever struggled with saying no!
A note from THINK EQUAL
We are stronger together, than we are alone. And that’s why we want the marcomms industry to come together to make a difference. Every single person who makes up our brilliant industry can make an impact.
Want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you. Whether that’s through donating your time on our working committee or putting your hand up to run an event or training session, you may have some suggestions of speakers to add to our speaker library or have a venue you want to provide for free. Contact us at [email protected]
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In the final episode of our ‘greening your marketing activity’ mini-series, we caught up with some of our original guests to the podcast, Ollie Deane and Guy Jones from The GoodNet, the ethical intelligence company, focusing on helping ethical brands and products grow. The Goodnet firmly believe that advertising can do good in the world and, we agree with and support their mission!
Ollie and Guy shared their journey since last coming on the podcast a couple of years ago, sharing what is happening in the media space. They introduced us to GoodIQ, their intelligence tool which measures sustainability metrics. They share their advice on what brands, agencies and Marketers need to be considering when it comes to making ethical media choices which not only support their organisations sustainable agendas, but help their audiences lead better, more sustainable lives.
Join us on this episode as we talk to Ollie and Guy about:
Ethical media, sustainability and advertisingGoodIQ, their media planning and measurement tool Being more sustainable with your marketing spend and how to measure the resultsUpcoming regulations and how they are driving focus and conversations Whether ads are driving more awareness and sustainable behaviour in line with changing market needs?For more information about The Goodnet and GoodIQ - visit https://wearethegoodnet.com/
And to connect with them on LinkedIn - Ollie Deane and Guy Jones
A great final episode in our greening your marketing channels mini-series. We did cover a few more areas in our latest book too - so you can always pick up a copy for more practical solutions.
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You’ll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and also on The Global Player and via The Marketing Society. If you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We’re all in this together.
Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.
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“When it comes to including sustainability in events - we’re finding the focus on sustainability is increasingly part of the client brief.”
As we continue with our greening your marketing activity mini-series, we wanted to turn our attention to events. Events can be fun, they allow us to learn and connect, but they also come with a considerable footprint and impact, mainly from travel, food and that infamous swag. However, the events landscape is evolving and sustainability is an increasingly growing focal point. We met up with Matilda Riley, an expert in sustainable events. Matilda talks openly and frankly about all the different areas that events impact and how there are sustainable alternatives and choices for pretty much every element when it comes to planning and running an event. Matilda tells us that she now sees sustainability on the majority (approx. 90%) of all briefs coming in from clients, which is a big and positive step change.
Sharing so many ideas, solutions and ways you can make your event not only more sustainable but, more creative, engaging and successful, you won’t want to miss out.
Join us on this episode as we talk to Matilda about:
What you need to consider when planning and running an eventHow sustainability is now included on the majority of briefsHow events are part of your scope 3 emissions so need to be part of your standardsHow to be proactive and not reactiveGetting creative and doing things differently in a way that brings new life to your events for your organisation and, your audience.For more information about ECO3 and From Now - visit https://from-now.com/
And to connect with Matilde via LinkedIn - she’s here
Another great episode… and still more to follow in this greening your marketing channels mini-series - so stay tuned.
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You’ll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and also on The Global Player and via The Marketing Society. If you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We’re all in this together.
Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.
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