
Andrew King (Director of Product Strategy & Marketing Intelligence at Campaign Monitor and CM Group)
On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Andrew King, Director of Product Strategy & Marketing Intelligence at Campaign Monitor and CM Group.
About the guest: Andrew King is the Director of Product Strategy & Marketing Intelligence at Campaign Monitor and CM Group, a global technology company that provides an email marketing platform that's easy to use yet extremely powerful and a part of CM Group's family of brands.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
Time stamps:
1:30 - Introduction
1:55 - Check in with Campaign Monitor
2:15 - The history of Campaign Monitor & CM Group
6:06 - How brands in CM Group work together
9:54 - How Campaign Monitor uses data to evolve their products
12:02 - Discussion around Andrew's role
16:40 - How CM Group looks at competitors
21:35 - Reiterating and building products
23:55 - How CM Group look at acquiring brands
27:35 - Unique aspects of CM Group
28:55 - Why do people want to move ESPs?
30:40 - Changes to email marketing from Andrew's perspective
34:10 - What changes are coming to email?
38:00 - How email UI will become more simple
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
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Aug 12, 2020
40 min

On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Craig Wilson Managing Director of Sticky Digital.
About the guest: Craig Wilson is the Managing Director of Sticky Digital, a dedicated digital marketing agency that specialises in marketing for the financial services and healthcare industries.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
1:30 - Check in
4:00 - Discussions about remote working
6:35 - Flexibility in agency world
8:10 - Starting digital marketing agency Sticky
15:10 - Transition from traditional to digital marketing
20:10 - Evolution of digital agency
24:30 - Discussing Sticky's workshop process
28:15 - Changing the dynamic of agency relationship
30:15 - Naming the accelerator
35:00 - Approach for consultancy, different courses
37:15 - Not being emotional
39:30 - Understanding your audience
42:00 - Future of digital agencies
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
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Jul 27, 2020
46 min

On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Eyal Levi Founder & CEO of URM Academy.
About the guest: Eyal Levi is the Founder & CEO of URM Academy, the world's best online school for rock and metal producers. He is also a critically acclaimed educator, musician and producer and his podcast, The URM Podcast is the #1 most downloaded podcast in audio.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
Time stamps:
1:20 - COVID-19 check in
3:02 - Discussion about remote teams
7:00 - What is URM? Eyal's journey
23:30 - Discussing online education
29:00 - How to start an online course
31:30 - Talking about customer journey with URM
39:30 - Discussion around building Facebook communities
47:00 - URM's online course strategy
57:00 - What content URM produces every month
1:05:00 - Future of online education
1:13:30 - Tips to starting an online course
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weareuplers
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/weareuplers
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weareuplers/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weareuplers/
https://uplers.com/
Jul 20, 2020
1 hr 24 min

On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Zaid Alsulaibi CEO of Christian Paul Watches & Founder of AM Group.
About the guest: Zaid Alsulaibi is the CEO of Christian Paul Watches, renowned Australian watch brand that can be found in over 300+ stores on the globe, and Founder of AM Group, an up and coming brand development consultancy agency.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
Time stamps:
1:30 - Introduction
3:12 - Tactics for clients during post-pandemic world
12:15 - Working with clients on projects during 2020
16:00 - Taking advantage of reduced competition in the market
18:15 - Opportunities to adapt
19:10 - Starting Christan Paul, launching with Instagram Influences
22:45 - Early days of Instagram Influencer marketing
23:30 - Discussing dropshipping hacks
24:30 - You either have time or money
26:55 - Influencer marketing in 2020
31:30 - Working with Microinfluencers & Macro Influencers
33:00 - Tammy Hembrow
36:45 - Importance of Authenticity
39:10 - Business Process
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weareuplers
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Jul 13, 2020
46 min

On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Aaron Agius Managing Director & Founder of Louder.Online, a global digital marketing agency.
About the guest: Aaron Agius has been featured by The Huffington Post, Forbes, HubSpot, Inc., Content Marketing Institute, Entrepreneur and the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2019 he released his first book titled Faster Smarter Louder which became an Amazon bestseller.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
Time stamps:
1:32 - COVID-19 check in
2:45 - Challenges and advice for working with remote teams across the globe
5:41 - Louder Online's approach to team structure in a global setup
7:48 - Maintaining a high standard in remote teams
11:18 - Advantages to letting employees have side hustles and bringing expertise in house
12:20 - Sticking to best practices for SEO from era to era
15:45 - How to speak to a client about SEO vs Performance Marketing
23:45 - How to approach writing for large publications
25:38 - Key pieces of advice for writing and publishing blog content and personal branding
31:00 - Processes for repurposing and distributing content
34:17 - Talking about Aaron's book Faster Smarter Louder
38:00 - Reflecting on writing his first book and what's next?
41:05 - Final thoughts
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Each week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weareuplers
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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weareuplers/
https://uplers.com/
Jun 22, 2020
43 min

On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Moby Siddique CEO & Co-founder of Red Pandas, a Sydney-based digital marketing agency.
About the guest: Moby Siddique is an Australian Inbound Marketing Professional, Digital Marketing Strategist, Speaker & Podcaster with over 10 years experience in the industry.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Airtasker, Little Caesars, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
1:25 - COVID-19 Check in
3:27 - About Red Pandas.
4:29 - Discussion around customer value journey and contextual marketing
9:27 - 3 pieces of video content all businesses need
13:15 - Marketing videos vs sales videos
15:15 - How to translate face to face sales into a video
18:20 - Produced content vs low cost content
21:40 - Content repurposing framework
25:05 - Tik Tok discussion
30:33 - Tik Tok demographic changes and advice for Tik Tok
32:53 - How to pre-program trends on Tik Tok
35:57 - Hubspot discussion
39:00 - Working with Hubspot
40:38 - Discussions on automation
44:45 - Tips starting an agency
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weareuplers
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/weareuplers
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weareuplers/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weareuplers/
https://uplers.com/
Jun 22, 2020
49 min

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On this episode of Digital Mountaineers, host George Mackenzie speaks with Taryn Williams CEO & Founder of theright.fit. and WINK models.
About the guest: Taryn has proven herself as one of Australia's most prolific entrepreneurs in the tech startup and media industry. As well as being a digital influencer, Taryn works with a number of global brands as an ambassador, appears extensively in the media and is a speaker of choice for leading industry conferences.
About the host: George Mackenzie is a Digital Marketing Strategist who has worked with brands like Little Caesars, Airtasker, Inspirations Paints & Taylors Wines. He is the producer of Digital Mountaineers and an avid lover of podcasting, audio & film tech and heavy metal music.
Time stamps:
1:28 - COVID-19 check in
3:05 - What is theright.fit?
5:28 - Becoming your own competitor, cannibalising your own business
8:02 - Launching a 2-sided marketplace
11:20 - Challenges in balancing supply and demand in a 2-sided marketplace
16:00 - Importance of community building
19:27 - How to create content for your audience to build trust
22:00 - User experience on theright.fit
23:30 - Broader industry changes in influencer campaigns
25:50 - Tips on how to best work with influencers
29:17 - How theright.fit differentiates in the market
33:25 - Challenges with Tik Tok in 2020 for digital marketers
37:09 - Advice for brands looking to create more influencer content
40:02 - Advice for those looking to start a 2-sided marketplace
43:00 - Taryn's thoughts on where the gig economy is heading
45:45 - What's next for theright.fit?
What is Digital Mountaineers?
Every week host George Mackenzie speaks with entrepreneurs, agency owners and the best minds in digital marketing from around the world about their first hand experiences using digital to grow their businesses and personal brands.
Digital Mountaineers is powered by Uplers, one of the largest, globally recognised outsourcing agencies in the industry, empowering businesses across the globe to build a better digital ecosystem. With over 7 years of experience, a team of over 500 marketers and developers, and 7000+ global clients, we have helped various companies achieve their goals, scale their operations, and provide their business with an edge over the others in the market.
Follow Uplers on Social:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/weareuplers
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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weareuplers/
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Jun 22, 2020
47 min
