In this week’s show, we interview Dan McLaren, Head of Digital at SQN: Sine Qua Non. Topics Covered * You’ve been in the world of sports for a number of years – what’re the biggest changes you’ve seen with fan behaviours* In terms of where the industry is going what do you think is a must have for any sports right holder to be future proof?* Snog, marry, avoid-  Influencers/Ambassador activations, VR, IoT* You’ve been interviewing many people in the sports industry, who has been your favourite interviewee and why/what happened* What’s your top 3 most interesting sports industry events to attend – where have you learnt the most* Platforms like OTRO and Copa90 – what are the challenges these guys face when they don’t own the sports rights, how will they keep relevant, especially when the barrier to producing this type of content is low. Dan also interviewed Joe on the Something Quite New Podcast go check it out. Apologies for any audio issues on this episode, we had some technical challenges. For future updates on up and coming episodes, follow us: * Tim Twitter & Instagram* Joe Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview Joe Weston, (right) Director at We Are Social Sport, below you’ll find the topics we covered and some links you need to check out, also as a bonus you can find their latest study on Gen Z here. Topics * Social data and how your seeing sports organisation use it* Players becoming more media centric – Lebron uninterrupted, Kobe winning an Oscar etc, the impact this is having on traditional rights and where it could go next* Non rights holders finding their own way, Copa90 for instance* Your favourite social campaign sports or otherwise* The most important metrics in social and sports, what are your clients deeming as success, have they got past views and looking at revenue* Anything super new and cutting edge you’ve heard about of recent. Show Links & Videos * https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/sport/2019/03/raheem-sterling-speaking-out-about-racism-football-will-he-be-heard* https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/romelu-lukaku-ive-got-some-things-to-say* https://wearesocial.com/au/case-studies/adidas-pogba-x-stormzy* https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/01/21/minecraft-marketing-how-ogilvy-greenpeace-tapped-gamer-platforms-combat* https://www.si.com/tech-media/2019/03/19/apple-sports-surveillance-room-notifications-big-moments-recommendation-technology For future updates on up and coming episodes, follow us: * Tim Twitter & Instagram* Joe Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview Maria Gardener @ Psycology Works and cover off a number of Psychology topics: We spoke about how you’re a psychologist interested in marketing and any good marketer should be interested in psychology, what interests you in marketing? * As a psychologist I’m eternally fascinated in understanding what makes people tick and why people do what they do* My work as a business psychologist takes my interest in this and applies it in a work context, i.e. to find someone who is the best fit for a job, and a company – as well as how to help people be better leaders through how they think, what they do and what they say* It was out of that came my deeper interest in communication, influencing and persuasion* For me, marketing is the application of understanding what people do and why they do it for a specific purpose – to influence our behaviour towards something – usually to buy something* In particular, the 2003 book The Power of Persuasion: How We’re Bought and Sold by Robert Levine really caught my attention* It’s a fascination study – a personal journey by Robert Levine – looking at all the ways we are persuaded to do things. He literally learnt how to be a car sales man, door to door Tupperware seller, etc, as well as looking at how Hare Krishna’s and charities encourage donations, and how and why people get drawn into cults* As well as using my interest in marketing as part of my day to day business development responsibilities, I also took on organising one of my industry’s biggest conferences in 2013 – which then led to spending a subsequent two years as their Head of Communications – responsible for all comms and marketing (website, emails, events promotion, social media, branding, etc) How can learning more about psychology help your marketing efforts? * In my personal opinion a basic knowledge of psychology is essential for any marketer. A deep understanding of psychology can give you a real competitive edge* Ultimately if we know what makes people tick, understand the basics of how the brain works – we can then look to tap into those insights as part of our marketing efforts* The brain is set up to be as cognitively efficient as possible, over time it develops certain rules, short cuts or associations* It uses these short cuts to process the vast amount of data that comes in via our senses at any one time – to free up our brain power to focus on the tasks that we find more interesting or demanding* i.e. if we see the colour red when we are driving, we know without really thinking about it that it means ‘stop’ or ‘danger’* We see someone in a white coat and assume they must be a doctor of some kind* Its why people are more likely to buy ground meat that’s labelled as 75 percent lean than meat that’s labelled 25 percent fat* Great marketers applies an understanding of psychology and crafts their marketing efforts around it – using what they know about their target audience (beyond the demographic stuff) to influence them towards the service or product that is being sold* I remember seeing an advert for a dishwasher about 10-15 years ago which had Kelly Brook dressed up in a white lab coat – and for me this was a really great example of applying an understanding these mental shortcuts to help sell a product* i.e. power of ‘celebrity’ plus ‘authority’ via the white lab coat to sell a product – logically it shouldn’t work but it does! You’ve

In this week’s show, we interview James Gill and cover off a number of topics, including: * What are the challenges of selling to the tech enterprise* Buying teams* How well are businesses targeting their buyers* Content and where you should “stick it”* MarTech to make it happen Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow us: * Tim Twitter & Instagram* Joe Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview Graeme Fraser and cover off a number of topics, including: * How B2B marketing teams should be preparing for Voice Search. * The death of marketing personas. * LinkedIn as a marketing channel. * Core themes for marketing in 2019. Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow us: * Tim Twitter & Instagram * Joe Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview each other on our own career paths and expectations for the future. We’ve been around the block a bit and had some fairly diverse and non-linear career progression. We hope it helps you understand how your careers may develop, and that there is no right way in this game, there’s just your way. Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow Joe and I on Twitter or IG. * Tim’s Twitter & Instagram * Joe’s Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview Anthony Dunn from Nevergrey. Acclaimed brand strategist with a gift for creative marketing and a passion for immersive events. Former Head of Brand for Bett, the world’s largest education event, Anthony’s eye for design and authentic brand representation has resulted in several award-winning campaigns, including Best Use of Social Media, as well as being awarded Best Marketer and Best Event. In this episode, we chat with Anthony about brands who want to make the world a better place and the challenges that brings, from internal buy-in to a sceptical audience and the need for true authenticity (still not a fan of that word). In addition to the interview with Anthony, in this episode, Tim and Joe speak about data *cough* Facebook *cough* and the balance of personalisation, misuse of data and balance we need to find to ensure performance. We hope you take a ton away from the episode (I know we did) and, as always, let us know how we can improve the show and any topics you would like us to cover in future episodes. Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow Joe and I on Twitter or IG. * Tim’s Twitter & Instagram * Joe’s Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Peace!

In this week’s show, we interview Jon Landau. Jon is an experienced leader in high-growth, B2B companies and an early pioneer of customer success strategies to drive engagement, value and growth across an enterprise client base. Huddle is just one of those high growth companies. In this episode we Tim chats with Jon about how we should more tightly integrating Marketing, Operations and Customer Success departments more closely together. In addition to the interview with Jon, in this episode, Tim and Joe speak about mindfulness and meditation apps, plus the ONE question you need to answer positively to determine whether your relationship will last (based on eHarmony science). We hope you take a ton away from the episode (I know we did) and, as always, let us know how we can improve the show and any topics you would like us to cover in future episodes. Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow Joe and I on Twitter. We are also increasingly sharing more content on the Real Marketing Rap Podcast via Instagram. Hope to see you over there! Tim’s Twitter & Instagram Joe’s Twitter & Instagram Enjoy the episode! Tim & Joe

Happy New Year, given all the crazy travel and trying to pin down guests we’ve only just managed to cobble this one together … but even with our general slackness, we’ve managed to bring the content fire for you. In this Episode we talk: * Subscribers * Video content * The Leaders Meet Innovation event held by the NBA, Cisco, and SAP Not to forget the Real Marketing Rant, Joe trashes everything Dry January. You can check out the SlideShare right here, which summarised the whole event. Leaders meet innovation from Joe Edwards Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow Tim and I on Twitter or Instagram * Tim’s Twitter & Instagram * Joe’s Twitter & Instagram Jan 2018, time to put your back into people! Enjoy the episode! Joe & Tim

In this episode, we decided, being Chrimbo n all, we’d do the classic “Let’s review some Christmas ads!”, of which Tim and I had some different opinions on some of them. Also in this episode, we start up the new Real Marketing Rant section where I have a rant about Metrics and we discuss, Instagram archive stories, facebook sound collection, and Tim actually has something good to say about Starbucks. Below are the Christmas Ads we discussed and rated …. to find out how we rated them listen to the podcast 😉 Asda BBC M&S Waitrose Heathrow John Lewis   Lidl   Sainsbury’s   NBA on ESPN We’re now winding down for Christmas but watch out for our New Year Special in Early Jan! Also, for future updates on up and coming episodes, follow Tim and I on Twitter or Instagram * Tim’s Twitter & Instagram * Joe’s Twitter & Instagram Happy Holidays all! Enjoy the episode! Joe & Tim