The Marketing Agency

Born in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Marcia Kilgore went on (via New York) to found businesses such as Beauty Pie, Bliss, Soap & Glory, Soaper Duper and Fitflop. In today's episode Nick and Will discuss those ventures as well as such varied topics as The South of France, Jean Claude Van Damme, Tom Hanks, Body Building and Bagels. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Yorkshire to Minneapolis, heading up marketing for one of the biggest companies in the world. Listen is as we spend far too little time actually finding out about the challenges of managing thousands of people. The last episode of our current series! We'll be back with new guests and intrusive iPod questions before you know it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monique Bernstein landed her dream job straight out of college, but spent most of her time there trying to convince the higher up's that her position was superfluous. In frustration she began writing lists of companies she could start in a day. One of those ideas was a candy subscription service offering rare and exotic treats from around the globe and in October 2014 Monique and her partner Eli started Universal Yums - listen in to their success story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diane Young became CEO of Glaswegian "outsider" company The Drum at 29 years old. Since then it's grown into the world's leading media and marketing publication. Listen in as we discuss how she became the leader she is today, dropping everything and moving cities and why marketing still fascinates her. Plus, Will shamelessly attempts to get on their yacht at a future Cannes event (2021?). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli Green is CEO of Tangent and Brave Bison. Having recently acquired The Hook out of administration, Oli drops in to discuss thriving in uncertainty, splitting his time across his three businesses, and the concept of long term planning in marketing becoming an outdated practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan Hallam (MBE) is the founder of strategic digital marketing agency Hallam. In this podcast we discuss the latest in digital marketing from the perspective of someone who has been championing its rise for 20 years. Now in this transitional period of her career which sees her hand over the reins of Hallam, we discuss her other passions, honours and finding fulfilment beyond the agency life. Apologies for the slight technical audio issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've rebooted the strategy podcast with founders Harry, Nick and Arron! This week's gatecrash episode includes: 1:45 - The return of sport. 10:22 - The Mixer shutdown. 14:22 - The new (recruitment) normal. 19:06 - Remote pitching. 26:43 - The future of social platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the history books are written, only a few people can say they played as instrumental a part in the creation of a genre as our guest this week, Footsie. A founding father of Grime and one half of Newham Generals, 2020 sees him step out on his own with debut solo offering 'No Favours'. We chatted to him about working with Chase and Status, albums in a 'skippable generation' and his thoughts on the new wave of 140... Drill. Don't sleep on this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retouching images to promote impossible beauty standards has done damage to women and girls' self image that we can't really quantify yet. Ashley James identified this happening to her own images, which in turn put pressure on her to keep that ideal image going, until the gap between her public and self image had grown enough to say enough is enough. Championing natural bodies and self love are now top of her agenda... as well as online DJing during lockdown and finding a rare middle ground with national provocateur Piers Morgan. Just a couple of subjects in a wide ranging chat recorded just after lockdown started. Join us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turning people's idea of SEO on it's head, Rise at Seven is disruptive, rising fast and not to be ignored. Arron chats with co-founders Carrie & Kenwright about identifying the gaps in your skillsets and hiring accordingly, content creation as SEO and being told by The Apprentice production team that their business idea was too good for the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our on going mission to feel as inadequate as possible about our life's achievements, we talked to Roper Peckham-Cooper or 'The guy who cycled from New York to San Francisco'. Bridge to Bridge they call it; Brooklyn to the Golden Gate with a host of characters along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Layla Anna-Lee is a sports television presenter who at the age of 14 wrote a list of all the footballers she wanted to interview. That instinct to set goals and run head first at them keeps Layla ahead of the game in what is still a male dominated world. A great chat littered with anecdotes with Pogba, Neymar, Ronaldo and Idris Elba and how footballers react to the intense criticism from fans. Regrets turning into opportunity and the importance of trusting your gut and acting fast. AKA securing the bag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Gilbert is founder and CEO of Brainlabs; a disruptive digital marketing agency delivering incredible data driven results. In this wide-raging podcast we hear about the distinctions between wartime/peacetime CEO's, Arron questioning his own pre-covid WFH policy and wether the search for work/life balance is symptomatic of unfulfilling jobs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special episode from the Black Lives Matter protests in NYC. Nick and Will urge you all to EDUCATE yourselves about systemic racism in society, as they are. Here is a megadoc of resources, www.ally.wiki including ways to help if you can't afford to donate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What better game for the #1 business podcast offering absolutely no business insight to play... Pointless. Join Harry, The Big Whisk and Frankie Hobbs as they phone their colleagues to mine pointless answers to banal questions. If you do experience any audio issues on this podcast, that'll be Shakespeare spinning in his grave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liv Cooke is a professional football freestyler. Four-time world record holder, and former world champion. We caught up with her to talk about the same things all 21 year olds talk about...expanding their property portfolio... before delving into other topics such as her world beating football freestyle career and her ambitions in TV. Unstoppable. A truly motivating podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are social platforms responding to the #BLM movement in the right way? Are they doing enough? How has social changed the "appointment viewing" magic of space launches? What is TikTok's plan in hiring Disney+ and acquisition mastermind Kevin Mayer as their new CEO? All this and more on this week's Strat Chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Littlejohn MBE is a Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist who has tackled the scourge of homelessness in increasingly creative ways. From convincing George Clooney to drop by to his homeless cafe in Edinburgh to shutting down Times Square in New York for his 'The World Sleep Out' initiative. All this because a homeless man came into his family business looking for work one day. Incredible story that's not to be missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The only #1 Business Podcast dedicated to giving you absolutely no insight. In this week's Work/Life Balance the boys get a special message from Kim Woodburn (How Clean Is Your House) for Whisk's birthday and Harry contemplates living life 500 years in the past in a truly lawless game of Would You Rather? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 million album sales, sold out arena tours, one quarter of boyband JLS - but increasingly Aston Merrygold is recognised by a new generation because of TikTok. In this illuminating chat, Aston weighs the pros and cons of rising to fame before social media and how it is now unlocking a whole new audience for him and the band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.