When Marketing Blames Sales (and Sales Blames Marketing): Fixing the Broken Lead Pipeline

When Marketing Blames Sales (and Sales Blames Marketing): Fixing the Broken Lead Pipeline Why B2B and high-ticket D2C brands need to stop fighting over ‘lead quality’ and start fixing their feedback loops. In boardrooms across the world, there’s a recurring drama that deserves its own West End run: Marketing vs Sales - The Blame Game.

When Marketing Blames Sales (and Sales Blames Marketing): Fixing the Broken Lead Pipeline2025-10-31T14:48:39+00:00

The Manager Market: Leaks, Rumours and Reality: A Deep Dive into the Strange World of Modern Football Speculation

The Manager Market: Leaks, Rumours and Reality A Deep Dive into the Strange World of Modern Football Speculation - With an Unapologetic bias towards Southampton F.C. It starts the way these things always start: a short club statement, a few lines long, posted to social media in the early afternoon. Southampton Football Club can

The Manager Market: Leaks, Rumours and Reality: A Deep Dive into the Strange World of Modern Football Speculation2025-11-18T13:03:19+00:00

WTF is a MOFU? Why Marketing’s Acronym Addiction Needs an Intervention

WTF is a MOFU? Why Marketing’s Acronym Addiction Needs an Intervention How jargon, buzzwords and abbreviations are confusing the next generation of marketers There’s a special kind of silence that falls in a meeting when someone drops an acronym no one understands. Heads nod, pens scribble, and everyone secretly hopes someone else will Google

WTF is a MOFU? Why Marketing’s Acronym Addiction Needs an Intervention2025-10-31T09:24:16+00:00

What is Programmatic Marketing? How The Economist, Netflix and Paddy Power Built Audiences Through Automation

What is Programmatic Marketing? How The Economist, Netflix and Paddy Power Built Audiences Through Automation Programmatic marketing might sound like a buzzword dreamt up in Silicon Valley, but it’s quietly revolutionised the way brands buy media. If traditional advertising was about long lunches and handshake deals, programmatic is about algorithms making those decisions in milliseconds.

What is Programmatic Marketing? How The Economist, Netflix and Paddy Power Built Audiences Through Automation2025-10-30T16:48:50+00:00

The Korean Wave: From Gangnam Style to Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters

The Korean Wave: From Gangnam Style to Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters5 How South Korean pop culture conquered the West - and why marketers should be paying attention In 2012, a man in sunglasses and a blue tuxedo galloped across the internet. Gangnam Style by PSY wasn’t just a viral hit; it was the

The Korean Wave: From Gangnam Style to Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters2025-11-13T10:04:15+00:00

Happy Birthday Gary Vaynerchuk: The Loudest Voice in Modern Marketing

Gary Vaynerchuk: The Loudest Voice in Modern Marketing ...and what marketers can really learn from the man who made “hustle” a brand Born on 14 November 1975, Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most recognisable names in modern marketing - a man who’s somehow part motivational speaker, part media mogul, and part social-media anthropologist. Depending

Happy Birthday Gary Vaynerchuk: The Loudest Voice in Modern Marketing2025-10-30T14:07:13+00:00

Managing Stress in the Workplace: Practical Advice for Today’s Tougher Times

Managing Stress in the WorkplacePractical Advice for Today’s Tougher TimesThe workplace is rarely a utopia at the best of times, but right now many businesses are under extraordinary strain. Rising costs, stretched budgets, reduced perks, and in some cases smaller teams are making the daily grind feel heavier. Fewer people, fewer resources, but the same

Managing Stress in the Workplace: Practical Advice for Today’s Tougher Times2025-08-26T15:52:17+00:00

Does Free Marketing Exist? Exploring Zero-Budget Marketing Strategies

Does Free Marketing Exist? Exploring zero-budget marketing strategies that prove effort can outweigh spend. If you're a marketer or entrepreneur working with little or no budget, you may have asked yourself this very question: does free marketing actually exist? Or is the term an oxymoron like 'jumbo shrimp' or 'organised chaos'? Can businesses truly

Does Free Marketing Exist? Exploring Zero-Budget Marketing Strategies2025-08-26T09:03:27+00:00

Controversies Around Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Controversies Unpacking the Debates Around the Holiday Captain Killjoy here, for balance - I think it's always worth exploring both sides of the coin when covering topics, so I have had a bit of a look at some of the debates around thanksgiving.Thanksgiving might be a beloved tradition for millions, but like many widely

Controversies Around Thanksgiving2025-05-16T13:53:14+00:00

Thanksgiving in Marketing: Strategies for Success

Thanksgiving in Marketing Strategies for Success If you’re marketing products or services in the United States, Thanksgiving presents a golden opportunity. This beloved holiday, centred around family, gratitude, and tradition, offers unique ways to connect with audiences on a cultural, emotional, and commercial level.Last year I published an episode of the Marketing Made Clear Podcast

Thanksgiving in Marketing: Strategies for Success2025-05-16T13:50:02+00:00