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Brand Planning: Are You Struggling With Clarity or Consistency?

Brand Planning is Hard! If your brand feels a bit messy behind the scenes, you’re not alone. Many founders and marketing leaders reach a point…

Published 03/04/26

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Mental Availability Through Marketing

Or…What Netflix can teach us about mental availability through marketing I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t mildly deflated after listening to Matt Damon…

Published 25/03/26

Marketing Training - Why Marketing Training Has To Happen On Your Own Time

Why Marketing Training Has To Happen On Your Own Time

Marketing training isn’t a nice to have.  As you a marketer, you don’t have a career that you can’t just set and forget – it…

Published 15/03/26

Employer Branding - The Employer Branding Wake-Up Call

The Employer Branding Wake-Up Call

Just like relationships between people, if your brand isn’t clear about what it stands for, no one is going to be able to properly connect…

Published 02/03/26

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Marketing To Increase Business Valuation

Marketing to increase business valuation – let’s talk Private Equity. When you work inside a private equity-backed business, marketing doesn’t get to hide behind fluffy…

Published 20/02/26

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Green Marketing Laws Are Coming for You (Yes, You)

Why Green Marketing Is Now a Core Professional Competency Let’s get one thing straight up front: I’m not giving legal advice here (I’ll leave that…

Published 15/09/25

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Beware the HiPPO Effect: Why Marketers Must Choose Insight Over Ego

The HiPPO Effect means there’s a beast lurking in every boardroom. 🦛 It’s not the intern who turns up with an oat-milk flat white at…

Published 10/09/25

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Marketing Planning To Avoid Imposter Syndrome

When I first stated out in marketing, I was thrown into a management role at ghd with no team members, no mentors, and no real…

Published 07/09/25

The Marketing Power Hour

Marketing Support For Small Businesses

Marketing Support For Small Businesses Are you a small business owner who feels like they’re drowning in marketing? Chances are you’re also a wary of…

Published 27/05/23

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What is Employer Branding?

What is Employer Branding? Just like relationships between people, if your brand isn’t clear about what it stands for, no one is going to be…

Published 23/05/23