Shiny New Object

Wondering always wins the day in data driven marketing, says Frederique Bazin, Head of Retail Marketing at SimpliSafe. She tells us why being different helps you stand out in the industry, and more importantly, why that requires a genuine curiosity mindset. Find out how to cultivate it, how to look for it as an employer, and more top marketing tips in this latest episode. 

On the latest episode of the podcast, we talk about freeing up time for creative thinking thanks to speeding up and automating processes with AI. Our guest Anuj Adhiya, Expert-in-Residence for Growth at Techstars, shares what he's learnt from Dr Richard Feynman's autobiography, why he advises marketers to focus on decisions and hypotheses first, and how he thinks AI growth ops can help brands grow faster and more efficiently. 

Behavioural psychology can both influence people to buy your products and change their attitudes and habits for the better. For Tom Holmes, harnessing its power for good within marketing is an exciting prospect. He tells us how he uses it in his role as Head of Marketing for Altogether Dental at Haleon and he shares top marketing tips and his admiration for former podcast guest Rory Sutherland.

Learn about agencies as pirate ships, storytelling from movie sets to the world of Gen AI, and why human is premium - from our latest guest, Tom Fenwick-Smith, Senior In House Creative at Three UK. We discuss the importance of humanity and empathy in data driven marketing and we hear about some really interesting projects Tom's been behind in his varied career. 

Our latest guest, Irina Finerman, has a varied background in entertainment, having worked for MTV, NBC News, and Showtime, but also in fintech. Her shiny new object is influencer marketing and the creator economy, included as part of a broad mix of data driven marketing approaches to offer creative, authentic content for target audiences. 

What does an experienced "conversion surgeon" have to say about the future of data driven marketing? This week we're welcoming Kirk Deis, Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Skydio and the brain behind heydigitaldoc.com tools, on the podcast. Learn about the usefulness of being a student of your own craft as a marketer and get all his top tips about how to make it in the industry.  Check out Kirk's marketing freebies on heydigitaldoc.com

In our latest podcast episode, Liz Nash, Manager, Global Social Media Strategy at Loop Earplugs, shares her top tips for improving as a data driven marketer. With a big focus on curiosity, within and outside the industry, she talks about the importance of interrogating the problem deeply to come up with better solutions for consumers. And she shares why building the Loop brand is her shiny new object.

PepsiCo's Eric Melis thinks there's never been a better time to be in marketing as brands are focused more than ever on truly understanding consumers and their passion points. He attributes PepsiCo's success to tapping into the intersection of passion points (his shiny new object) to really connect with audiences on the basis of their interests. He also shares data driven marketing tips about putting progress before perfection, being curious and proactive, and sticking with brand messages (consistency pays off). 

What if your manager was your therapist? On the latest podcast episode, we talk about therapy leadership: understanding your team, letting them have cathartic moments, and being attuned to the emotional impact of everyday work in the world of fashion marketing. Tune in to hear from Nick Goodchild, VP of Global Transformation at PVH Corp, as he explains his shiny new object and gives us some of his top data driven marketing tips.

What purpose drives your marketing team? And how is it aligned to the broader organisation's goals? How often do you review it? Purpose in marketing is Liam Branaghan's shiny new object. On the podcast, we discuss how brands can use it as a North Star to inform strategy and successful implementation. Tune in to listen to Uber's Performance Marketing Strategy Lead for Delivery across EMEA share his top tips. 

Discover insights on understanding customers, testing ideas, and unlocking incremental growth, from Tom Boxall, Performance Marketing Manager at Naked Wines. Learn how you should back yourself and go test, but also why incrementality is so important in data driven marketing, on this latest episode of the Shiny New Object podcast.

Your marketing instincts do get better with age, argues Caroline Cockell, the Marketing Director at Student Roost and our latest guest on the Shiny New Object podcast. Caroline tells us why data driven marketers need to listen to their gut, back it up with data where possible, or turn it into hypotheses and test it where the data doesn't yet stack up. Marketing is both a science and an art and she shows us how to embrace both sides to get results.

The secret to success in data driven marketing is relationships - according to Chris Love, Head of Marketing Performance & Econometrics at Virgin Media O2. On the latest podcast episode, Chris explains why getting the marketing team out of its silo and knowing how to contribute to other teams' success, while letting them help yours with their insights, has stood him in good stead throughout his marketing career. He also shares his views on the importance of "sweating the small stuff" and why, ultimately, all we do is sales.

If what you're doing is perfect, where's the room for improvement? Citizen Watch Canada's Zahra Hemraj talks about the importance of negative data and of understanding the psychology behind quantitative insights, on the latest episode of the Shiny New Object podcast.

Capital.com's Boaz Sobrado discusses why predictive modelling of conversion events is essential in data driven marketing on the Shiny New Object podcast. Tune in to see how to create your own modelling, as well as to hear tips on developing a relationship with data to better understand and use it.

Our latest guest is from Louis Vuitton Mexico and shares her approach to a winning prep strategy that she runs every month with her team. Priscila Lopez is the Digital & E-commerce Manager for Louis Vuitton and her shiny new object is a monthly digital preparation for winners that avoids working in silos and helps make data driven decisions across the business. 

How can B2B marketers - specifically in med tech - improve their insights collection and better understand their audiences? In this episode, our guest Alejandra Ramirez Giles, 

How does a trapeze artist find stories in consumer data? On the latest podcast episode, we speak to Caitlin Dodd, Director of Marketing, Specialty Hair Care at Church & Dwight, who shares her shiny new object as storytelling with data, but in a different way than you might expect...

Alexa Lombardo, Fractional CMO, Consultant & Strategic Advisor with a career background at the Estée Lauder companies, Bobbi Brown, Tom Ford, and Unilever, among others, shares her top data driven marketing tips on the Shiny New Object Podcast - including how not to overly rely on data without qualitative analysis! How can brands get more real customer feedback and understand culture better? By getting out of the office, which Alexa explains how to do through the use of AI. Let your GPT assistants streamline tasks and free up time for more meaningful work. Find out how on the full podcast.

In this latest episode, we talk to Zyania Orozco, former Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Oppo in LATAM. Discover how Zyania is blending the worlds of luxury marketing and technology to drive innovation and customer loyalty.