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Embracing Marketing Mistakes — 192 episodes

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EP 127: Professor Jim Macnamara Says Most Of The PR Industry Is Still Measuring The Wrong Thing

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He Asked for Honest Feedback. Then Never Spoke to Me

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EP 126: The Emotion Behind Every B2B Purchase Nobody Markets To - Talia Wolf

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EP 125: The PR Launch That Cleared The Building

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EP 124: He Built His Own AI Company Then Shut It Down

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EP 123: Why I Recommended the Man Who Fired Me - John O'Keeffe

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EP 122: The Sales Funnel Is a Hundred Years Old and Wrong

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EP 121: I Invented a Category, Sold to Diageo, and Almost Lost It All

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EP 120: We Fired 30 People and Nothing Changed

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EP 119: Moz Founder: 'I Was Making $50M a Year and Miserable'

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EP 118: This One Habit Cost Me 100 Million YouTube Views

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From Petrified Wood to Pints Social Proof Gone Wrong

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EP 117: 70% of Teams Are Using AI With Zero Oversight. Here’s What Happened

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How a Transparency Slip Sparked a PR Firestorm

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EP 116: "SEO Is Dead. It's an $85 Billion Market and It's Over"

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The Hangover That Landed Us A Major Client

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EP 115: The Moment Claude Co-Work Replaced 4 Days of Work in 30 Minutes

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EP 114: We Deepfaked a CEO in 2 Minutes. Here’s What Happened

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The Mistake That Burnt Me Out: Staying Too Long Where I Didn’t Belong

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EP 113: Why Most CMOs Fail at Brand Strategy

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I Took A Team To Paris And Discovered The Brief Was In Spam

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EP 112: Author of Decoded Explains Why This T‑Mobile Ad Failed in One Sec

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The Expedia Pitch Mix-Up: When the Wrong Logo Won the Deal

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EP 111: The Typo That Lucy Woolfenden Made It Onto a 96-Sheet Billboard

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The Disappearing Pitch: How a Magician Cost Us the Client

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EP 110: Most Creative Directors Are Never Told What Their Job Is | Mick Mahoney

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Too Many Topics, Too Few Clients: David's YouTube Marketing Mistake

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EP 109: The Tweet That Broke Yorkshire Tea with Dom Dwight

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The Expensive Mistake of Starting a Shop You Don’t Believe In

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EP 108: Why 95% Of Buying Happens On Autopilot

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The Weight We Carry: Authenticity and Mental Wellbeing in Corporate Life

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EP 107: Award-winning ads stopped driving growth says Steve Harrison

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What Losing a £10K Tape Taught This BBC Journalist

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EP 106: Ant Cousins Explains Why Handing Empathy to AI Almost Went Wrong

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The Costly Hiring Habit That Nearly Broke Sarah Clay’s Business

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How My Coca-Cola Site Tour Ended in Disaster - Richard Shotton

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EP 105: The Email That Destroyed 30 Years Of Customer Loyalty - Roger Dooley

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How A PR Exec Survived Lads’ Mags, a Riot, And A Near-Top Gun Airspace Incident

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EP 104: Why Liquid Death and Guinness Highlight Their Flaws with Phill Agnew

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We Printed 50,000 Catalogues... With the Wrong Phone Number.

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EP 103: From Fax Nightmares to AI: Staying Future Ready with Alistair Frost

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What happens when creativity outpaces strategy?

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EP 102: How Kevin Chesters Helped Make Britain’s Worst Ad

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We almost made political history on Twitter, until they pulled the plug

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EP 101: Stop Wasting Social Spend: 12 Social Media Trends That Will Make Or Break 2026

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Hold My Buffalo: Samsung's Aussie Adventure Gone Wrong

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Ep 100: 450,000 Emails and a Waterboarded Exec: The Best of 100 Episodes

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When Exposing Bad Hairdressers Costs Eight Hours of Your Life

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The Secret Spelling Mistake That Cost Six Figures

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EP 99: Why PR Needs a Complete Rethink in 2026: Sarah Waddington

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Even experts fall into their own marketing traps.

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EP 98: Media Training Masterclass: How Leaders Land Messages in a Digital‑First World

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From Office to Remote: A Pandemic Pivot Gone Wrong

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EP 97: Ex-McKinsey Strategist: Why Your Strategy Will Fail - Faris Aranki

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Behind the Skip: How Eight Students Nearly Ruined a VIP Event

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EP 96: Community Isn’t a Campaign: Lessons from Comms Hero Asif Choudry

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The Unlikely Path from Vatican City to Kim Jong-un's Birthday Party

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EP 95: A £7K SEO Disaster to LinkedIn Success Story: Niraj Kapur

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I Forgot to Book the Entire Afternoon Session of my Event.

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EP 94: The Pink Batman Strategy: Finding Your Brand’s Inner Weird - Mark Terry-Lush

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How A Bird, A Lost Bag, And A Typo Taught Me To Safeguard My Marketing Career

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When Twitter Turned On Royal Mail

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I Booked The Billboards For The Wrong Week And Somehow Didn’t Get Fired

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EP 93: How Overinvesting in Performance Ads Cost Adobe's Andy Lambert £30k

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The Craigslist Sandwich Board Stunt That Misfired

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EP 92: What Ken Hughes’ 30-Foot Drop Teaches Brands About Loyalty

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Inside the Haircare CGI Mishap That Stopped a Campaign

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EP 91: How AI Is Transforming SEO: Chris Attewell on Google, Bing and the Future of Search

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I Lost $25,000 On Ads And Learned Exactly What Not To Outsource

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What Happens When Your Influencers Refuse to Use Their Own Names

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EP 90: The Body Shop Line That Haunted Vikki Ross

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From helping DJ Bob Sinclair to almost getting fired.

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EP 89: The Secret Brain Hack Powering the World’s Biggest Brands with Claire Koryczan

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Three PR Nightmares That Cost Brands Millions

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EP 88: How I Built a PR Agency from Zero During COVID - Darryl Sparey

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EP 87: From KFC’s Pricing Error to Expedia’s Deck Disaster: Lessons from Sam Benton on Creative Courage

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She controlled her narrative by revealing her darkest secrets first

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EP 86: When Google’s AI Stole Their Clicks: How Prohibition Turned a Traffic Crisis into GEO Strategy

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Breaking the BBC Homepage: Tales from the Trenches

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EP 85: AI-Written RFP Fail: Why Pitches Collapse

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Knowing When to Fold: A Transatlantic Marketing Lesson

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EP 84: Cracking the YouTube Algorithm: Lessons from Raw Data, Not Hype

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The Gap Year that Almost Became a Career Gap

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EP 83: Demoted at Deliveroo: Alice Ter Haar's Career-Shaking Failure

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Webinar FAIL: That Time I Forgot to Record Our Huge Influencer Webinar

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EP 82: Mastering LinkedIn Visibility: Four Steps to Turn Followers into Clients

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Direct Marketing Fuck Up that Taught Me Everything Advertising Couldn't

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EP 81: How a Prestige Client Nearly Cost Alexandra Galviz Her Authentic Brand

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Food Marketing Gaffe: My Culinary Embarrassment with Meena Patak

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EP 80: The 1 B2B Thought Leadership Strategy You're NOT Using in 2025

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Sadie Straw’s Inbox Fail and the Wellness Campaign That Asked Too Much

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EP 79: Why the BBC's Spencer Kelly Said the iPad Would Fail, Hours Before Its Launch

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EP 78: From Zero Clients to LinkedIn Success: Sarah Clay’s Lockdown Marketing Fail

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EP 77: Mind Games: Richard Shotton Reveals Marketing's Hidden Secrets

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PR FAIL: I sent a press release that wasn't approved and made the 10 o'clock news.

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EP 76: How British Wool Turned 30,000 Farmers into Brand Advocates

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Media Training Error: The Constructive Dismissal Quip That Sparked a Training Fuck Up

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The Molly Mae Effect: Salvaging Brand Reputation Through Community Engagement

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Marketing Mistake: Did I Just Break Stock Market Regulations?

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EP 75: Your Marketing Team Just Got Smarter Thanks to AI

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Marketing Blunder: When 500 Becomes 5K: A Coney Island New Year's Disaster

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EP 74: Are You Still Measuring Outputs When You Should Be Measuring Outcomes?

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FAIL: Hops and Dreams: The Beer That Nobody "Cheers'd" To

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EP 73: The Art of Authentic Brand Storytelling: Rachel Massey on Breaking Through B2B Blandness

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Marketing Mishap: Using My Name As My Password Wasn't Great

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FAIL: When your business feels like your baby, you take the losses personally

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FAIL: "I Started an Online Wine Business Right Before Lockdown"

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Oinking Outside the Box: Marketing Lessons from a Cartoon Pregnancy

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FAIL: I was almost printed on the front page of a national newspaper

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EP 72: Why Lazy Content Will Kill Your Brand

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Marketing FAIL: How I made 120,000 Anglers Angry

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EP 71: The Future of Chocolate Is Hidden in Volcanic Soil

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The Art of Global Content with Shaheen Samavati

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EP 70: "Getting Fired Was the Best Career Move I Ever Made"

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Severance: The Marketing Masterclass Behind Apple TV's Cult Show - Campaign Crunch

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EP 69: The Fake Follower Epidemic: Stop Vanity Metrics Killing Your Brand - Marketing Room 101 Special

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EP 68: AI, Reddit, and Micro-Virality: Our Social Media Trends for 2025

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EP 67: "I Didn’t Pay Myself for 3 Years" - How Agorapulse Built a Thriving Business

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EP 66: YouTube Dominance: Why Most Brands Fail at Video Marketing

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EP 65: How to turn passionate fans into your most powerful marketing channel, with Paul Archer

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EP 64: How a Family Cleaning Brand 'Swept Up' the Competition, with Howard Moss

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EP 63: Crisis Control 2025: What to Do When It All Goes Wrong

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EP 62: Why Comms Teams Are Wasting £10K a Month (And How to Fix It)

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EP 61: The Powerful Role of Psychology in Business and Marketing with Abby Dixon

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EP 60: How to Avoid the Dirty Tricks from the Media with Helen Nugent

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EP 59: Why Your PR ROI is Failing – And How to Fix It

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EP 58: It’s Better to Belong: The Art of Building Customer Loyalty in Competitive Markets

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EP 57: The £400 Billboard That Made Headlines: Mark Rofe’s Love-Seeking PR Stunt

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EP 56: From Zero to 110K Downloads: Master Podcasting in 2025 to Transform Your Brand

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EP 55: How Gap Leveraged TikTok Trends for a Bold Fashion Move

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EP 54: Failing Forward: Brian Keane’s Road From Broke to Bestseller

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EP 53: The Report That Scared CMOs: AI, Backlash, and Budget Squeezes

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EP 52: Unlocking 40% Profit Margins: The Secret to Agency Pricing Success

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EP 51: Why 80% of New Grocery Products Fail: Lessons from the Food & Beverage Sectors

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EP 50: 450K Emails in One Hour?! How a HubSpot Blunder Turned into a Nightmare

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EP 49: How to Build a Premium Brand: Insights from Lexus - Mat Thomas

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EP 48: £15M and 37 Downloads: Inside the Kylie Minogue Campaign That Went Horribly Wrong - Tom Goodwin

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EP 47: How Can You Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking? Jayne Constantinis

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EP 46: Why My Generosity Flopped: The Reciprocity Lesson Marketers Need - Phill Agnew Nudge

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EP 45: Is Guaranteed Coverage Really Just Paid Media in Disguise? Chris Pharo Explains

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EP 44: How Top Marketers Avoid Vanity Metrics and Focus on Real Growth

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EP 43: How to Master Strategic Copywriting and Boost Freelance Success with Sarah Townsend

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EP 42: Falling Over, Failed Funnels, and Facebook Ad Fiascos: 50 Episodes of Mistakes

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EP 41: How Class Diversity Can Be the Secret to Your Marketing Strategy with Lisa Thompson

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EP 40: Can a Government Campaign Change the World? Lessons from COVID and COP26 - Anil Manji

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EP 39: Why Weird Works: The Secret to Guerrilla Marketing Success with Peter Freedman

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EP 38: How your brand can get the most out of Pinterest - Meagan Williamson

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EP 37: How the Wrong AI Approach Is Costing Brands Big: Lessons for Smarter Implementation - Andrew Bruce Smith

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EP 36: Can AR Technology Transform Brand Advertising or Is It Just Hype?

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EP 35: The Hairy Fail: Gareth Turner’s PR Nightmare with a Human Hair Coat

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How brands can learn from the Saka x Nando's collaboration - Campaign Crunch

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EP 34: How a Twitter Fail Sparked Stuart Bruce’s AI Journey in PR

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EP 33: When Marketing Stunts Backfire: Lessons from Paddy Power’s Oscar Pistorius Ad Fail

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EP 32: What Crisis Management Secrets Can Save Your Brand from Scandal? Ann Wright

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Embracing Marketing Mistakes Podcast Trailer

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EP 31: How Does Audible Mix Audiobook Success with Marketing Challenges? Richard Noble

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EP 30: How to Master Your Social Media Strategy

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Revving Up Equality: Ford's Empowering Campaign with Sydney Sweeney - Campaign Crunch

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EP 29: How to "suck less" at public speaking at conferences - Rich Mulholland

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What Can We Learn from Olaplex's Battle Against Imitators?

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EP 28: Walmarting Across America Failure and other hot influencer marketing lessons with former Ogilvy CEO Marshall Manson

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What Made Stanley’s Rebrand a Perfect Fit for Gen Z?

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EP 27: How Did a Data-Driven Algorithm Almost Derail a Marketing Project at Hillary’s?

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What Made Dunkin’s Campaign with Ben Affleck a Cultural Phenomenon?

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EP 26: The Perils of Auto-Reminders: What I Learned from Sending Hundreds of People the Wrong Date

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How Did Norwich City FC and Samaritans Create a Viral Mental Health Campaign?

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EP 25: The Santa Claus Crisis: Greg Matusky’s Most Unbelievable PR Fail

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EP 24: How to perfect your pitch with Lord Sugar's PR Guru - Andrew Bloch

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EP 23: How to Navigate SEO and Online Reputation Management with Gerry White

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EP 22: Threads, AI, and the LinkedIn Boom: Social Media Trends 2024

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EP 21: Barbenheimer, Bud Light, and Social Media Fails: Top Marketing Lessons of 2023

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EP 20: Are Your Surveys Falling Flat? How to Ask the Right Questions for Better Results

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EP 19: How to maintain performance and culture in a remote working world.

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EP 18: How to Protect Your Brand Against Misinformation with Ant Cousins

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EP 17: Is Your Employer Brand Driving Away Top Talent? Melanie Parker

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EP 16: Is Twitter Worth the Risk? Examining Brand Safety in the Elon Musk Era

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EP 15: How to maximise the use of AI in PR and Marketing Campaigns

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EP 14: Is Your Message Getting Lost in Boring Interviews? Here’s How to Fix It

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EP 13: How did customer complaints fuel a business revolution?

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EP 12: Navigating the Freelance Landscape: Insights, Challenges, and the Power of Podcasting - Paul Sutton

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EP 11: Is AI the Ultimate Disruptor in PR? Wadds on the Future of Misinformation

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EP 10: Are Craft Beers Really Crafty? The Truth Behind Big Beer Marketing Tactics - Rachel Auty

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Socially Unacceptable - Podcast Show Trailer

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EP 9: Can TikTok Really Work for B2B? Here’s What You Need to Know - Tom Basgil

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EP 8: How I Lost Six Figures and My First Business - Josh Lachkovic

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EP 7: The Death of the ‘Kardashian Effect’: Why Influencer Marketing Needs a Makeover

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EP 6: Top Red Flags in Client Pitches and How to Avoid Bad Deals - Chris Simmons

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EP 5: How a Secret Admirer’s Harsh Critique Transformed My Career - Cassie Moyse

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EP 4: Will ChatGPT or Gemini Transform Marketing Departments or Threaten Their Future? - Andrew Bruce Smith

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EP 3: Why Should Marketers Dig Deep Into Their Values? Uncovering Personal and Brand Purpose with Andy Green

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EP 2: How to Measure Marketing Campaigns Properly

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EP 1: The Future of Video on Social Media Explained