Shiny New Object

The power of stillness. That's the topic of this episode and the shiny new object chosen by Christine Maguire, Global Vice President, Commercial Business at Tripadvisor. Tune in to hear how Christine finds clarity and focus through stillness, as well as her top data driven marketing tips.

Emily Keller-Logan, Director of Global Marketing Strategy and Experience at Coursera, talks about how she uses AI agents to improve marketing effectiveness, while giving us her top data driven marketing tips. Focus on qualitative context to complement your data, and ensure it's answering relevant business questions. Hear all the details on the podcast.   

Marketing is changing: where we were trying to avoid bot traffic before, we're now increasingly having to optimise for AI and agentic systems instead. But, soon everyone's content will be similar, and it's where the human element will set us free, according to Katherine Freeley, Head of Media at Boehringer Ingelheim. Katherine comes back to the podcast five years since her last appearance, sharing why we should use AI to super charge our human capabilities and reflecting on how marketing has and will continue to change. 

Why are brands primarily advertising to young people when over 44% of purchasing power sits with GenX and Baby Boomers? Ageism is Christiana Courtright's shiny new object, and she explains why you're leaving serious money on the table by not targeting ads correctly and in an audience relevant way. Listen to our latest guest, Head of Digital Netherlands at Edelman, to get more top data driven marketing tips. 

Is using AI in social media content production and analysis cheating, or is it being smart and adding a human touch to make it authentic? Paola Rosciano, Social Media Manager at Remote, explains why AI in social media marketing is her shiny new object, as long as it's being used right. Find out how she sees AI tools changing the marketing landscape and listen to her top tips for better time management and getting more out of your data. 

Marketing and warfare can be similar, according to our latest guest Filip De Groeve, a Keynote Speaker, Pharmacist by training and Marketing Leader throughout his career. On the podcast, Filip shares his experience as former Marketing Director Benelux for Coloplast, his top data driven marketing tips, and why marketers need to find the story to connect with consumers.

Data driven marketing is just like sport for Nikita Kucheryavy - you need to train it, you need to have the right warm-up, and you have to develop good technique to get the most out of it. In this episode, he also shares the benefits of having pursued an international career within Mars Petcare, and tells us why he's picked retail media as a shiny new object.

How can marketers improve their understanding of customer demographics and increase the effectiveness of their qualitative data analysis? Tala's Victoria Lorenzana shares why using AI tools for customer feedback analysis is her shiny new object, explaining just how to do it. 

In this very special episode we interview not one but two marketing leaders from the John Lewis Partnership, tackling a unique shiny new object, too. Tune in to hear how Georgia Riley (Retail Media Propositions Strategy & Development Manager) & Jemma Haley (Proposition Strategy & Development Lead - Retail Media) are building a business within a business with their retail media work within JLP. Data driven marketing tips, how to go beyond the data and use empathy and the right insights to drive success, and more about the retail media revolution. 

If your work matters to you, you'll be able to give it your "full attention, heart and effort" - a key tip that Troy Wood, Executive Director, Marketing at HTC VIVE, swears by. On this latest podcast episode, find out how he makes work meaningful through 4 different focal points and learn why building a sandbox to test your marketing techniques end-to-end can help you get better at your day job. 

A good marketer can pretty much manipulate the data to make their campaign look good, but you can't fake a great product or a great consumer experience. That's why, according to Daniel Mark Carr, you need to look for data outside the dashboard to really understand what works and what doesn't with your target audience. On our latest podcast episode, Daniel shows us how to do that, how to start saying no to the right things, and how to get ahead in data driven marketing with 3 top tips. 

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.