Welcome to the debut episode of our new show: Break-fest Live! We’ve partnered with Melbourne agency Pretty Neat to hold a series of events throughout the year exploring unorthodoxy in attention – because sometimes the best marketing doesn’t come from marketers. This episode, Pretty Neat managing director Warren Davies and Marketing Mag assistant editor Josh Loh interview the founders of Assembly Four: Eliza Sorenson and Lola Hunt. Eliza and Lola explore their mission to build technology platforms for sex workers. We learn about the digital and systemic hurdles legal sex workers still bat ..read more

Is marketing bland? How do you stand out and create stories that work with your customers? Dave and Trent chat: Rapha cycling; what successful companies do today; trust; values; how has Dave's career shaped his views of business and marketing?; three things to focus on for day one to get culture and growth right; gender diversity; Australia's tax structure and how it fosters (or doesn't foster) a great start-up ecosystem; content and comms in new global markets; the time capsule: marketing in five years, Xero in five years, Dave in five years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ..read more

Today, Jasmine Giuliani, Editor of Marketing Mag and Content Brains, talks to Michael Ziviani, Founder & CEO at Precise Value. Michael has over 25 years experience in business and marketing strategy and data analytics. He is also an Adjunct MBA Analytics Lecturer at the Business School, University of Technology (UTS), Sydney. Click here to find out more about Precise Value MarCast is produced by Joanne Davies, Head of Content Brains and Publisher of Marketing Mag and Jasmine Giuliani, Editor Content Brains and Marketing Mag. Content Brains can assist you with all of your content needs ..read more

Engineer turned marketer. Akshay Sardana, acquisition marketing manager at Optus and AMI Future Leader award winner in 2019: Fascination with how things work; Akshay's education and background; Akshay's tech obsession; re-learning marketing in new roles; combining business acumen with love for marketing; marketing and sales relationship; revenue driver versus cost centre; acquisition marketing; working with the brand team; personal branding; technologies integral to the marketing role; measuring ROI; what it means to be a Future Leader; personal values around business and leadership. This chat ..read more

Marketing speak in the business world. Part two of Marketing Editor Ben Ice's chat with Sholto Douglas-Home, Global CMO at Hays Recruitment. Ben and Sholto discuss: Where Sholto gets his overarching marketing philosophy; Why he makes the effort to never use marketing speak when explaining things to non-marketers; Why nothing in business is ever as bad – or as good – as it first seems; The changing role of the CMO; Why some brands are moving away from the CMO role altogether; The golden era of marketing; Content marketing; Sholto's hiring methodology; The Role of that automation and t ..read more

Growth hacker marketing. Akshay Sardana, acquisition marketing manager at Optus and AMI Future Leader award winner in 2019. Dave and Akshay chat: future leaders; defining marketing; marketing evolution; building brands; purpose; growth hacker marketing; omnichannel marketing; mass marketing; AI and optimised targeting; how marketers must learn traditional marketing and martech; tech partners; video marketing; marketing over different Optus categories; marketing's linked to product development; the brand evolution of Optus; six questions in 60 seconds. This chat was part of MarketingMag's ..read more

Find and engage – the art and science of recruitment marketing. Marketing editor Ben Ice speaks with Sholto Douglas-Home, global CMO at Hays. Ben and Sholto discuss: Sholto's role in the C-Suite at Hays, Sholto's approach to marketing, managing a global brand, bringing gravitas to the Hays tone of voice, representing marketing on the executive board, distilling Hays' purpose, how Hays uses data to get ahead of the competition, the Hays 'approachability index' explained, communicating marketing to non-marketers, Sholto's career background in agencies, six questions in 60 seconds. MarCast is mad ..read more

A better value proposition for your brand: how to find it and what to do with it. Dave and Ric chat: What is marketing? Colouring in department? Feel good team? Fuzzy stuff? Communication; Reaching an audience; Selling a product; How a CMO orchestrates different areas to drive the machine; The customer focus; Customer obsession; Has marketing done a bad job of demonstrating its role and value? Brands that take marketing seriously; The AMI; The CPM accreditation; Marketing's new fiscal focus; The tsunami of martech solutions; Qantas; Unique customer value propositions; Ric's book Marketing ..read more

Marketing at start-ups with a PR & comms background. Dave and Sarah chat: Is marketing a department or a mindset?; Sarah's career background and experience of moving from PR and comms in automotive, to the dynamic Thankyou start-up; Marketing leadership; Lessons for young marketers: is there an advantage to having a background in corporate?; The importance of always learning, from everyone and everything; Marketing insights and Sarah's overarching marketing principles; How marketing is changing; Tech in the world of marketing; Is Thankyou the next Virgin? Will we see Thankyou airlines ..read more

Taking a wealth of experience to a new marketing role. Ric Navarro, VP of marketing and business development at Nucleus Network and winner of the Australian Marketing Institute's CPM of the Year Award in 2019. Dave and Ric chat: Can authors make great marketers? Ric's Role at Nucleus Network; Applying a career's skill in a new role; The first 60-90 days; The discovery phase of getting to know an audience; Unusual insights; Technology and automation; Changing industries and verticals. This chat was part of MarketingMag's content partnership with the Australian Marketing Institute. Stay tun ..read more