Charities Marketing
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With just over a week to go to the Irish Life Dublin Marathon on Sunday 27th October, my guest presenter was joined by the heads of Irish charities whose funding will hopefully benefit from the sponsorship and donations from those involved. Chief Executive Arthritis Ireland Chief Executive, DEBRA Ireland Among the main themes explored were... 1. What is the historical context of Irish charitable giving? 2. How has the Irish charity sector evolved in terms of governance and professionalism? 3. What are the key challenges faced by Arthritis Ireland...
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The Reinvention Summit - Interview with co-founder Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva.
The Persuaders Marketing Radio Show & Podcast
One new event to mark on your calendars for next year is The Reinvention Summit which takes place in Dublin on April 29th and 30th. It's the brainchild of and . Dr Zhexembayeva, who has published multiple books on the topic of business reinvention, was in Dublin this week for a series of meetings and promotion events in advance of the Summit. According to a Harvard/Reinvention Academy study some 68% of leaders struggle with company reinvention; a real problem in an era of exceptional business disruption. I got a chance to interview her about some of the themes that will be explored in the...
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Building soft skills by using podcasts as part of learning strategy
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Interview with founder of , Kevin Redmond. The company aims to revolutionize the way both providers and consumers approach soft skills training. By collaborating with podcasters in the business and marketing space, the company has a SAAS system that enables listener to integrate the content from podcasts into their learning journey. #podcasting #marketingtraining #salestraining #softskills
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Content-led marketing: World Media Group report
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Interview with , Chief Executive of who was speaking at the launch of their report We begin by discussing what's meant by content-led marketing - essentially revolving around the story of the brand. The report is in its third year and addresses many trends in content-led marketing including the factors that respondents felt added impact and effectiveness to brand storytelling around ESG issues for international audiences. Asked to predict the most exciting trends in content-led marketing over the next two years respondents provided a fairly balanced mix of forecasts around tech platforms,...
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Retail Media Trends
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A fantastic discussion on on last week's show with who is the leading writer on this topic, and has recently penned the Retail Media Platform Primer Series -- a great range of topics covered ...What exactly do we mean by Retail Media? What is the catalyst for the explosion in Retail Media? How important is it actually in overall retail revenues? What are the brands that are taking advantage of this? Leveraging Retailer's first party data.
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Dublin Tech Summit 2022 #DTS2022
The Persuaders Marketing Radio Show & Podcast
Interviews from the expo area of the Dublin Tech Summit 2022 held in June 2022 at the RDS expo area in Dublin. Although the event had continued in a virtual format, the opportunity to network face-to-face was one that the 8,000 delegates relished. There was a palpable buzz in the exhibitor halls and hospitality spaces as the attendees digested some of the content of the keynote speakers, and looked to foster linkages with potential partners and investors. The weather obliged also which helped showcase the enduring appeal of Dublin as a location for technology events. There was also a strong...
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Hospitality Market Post-Covid
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An extended interview with James Chappell, Global Business Director, Horwarth HTL and Global Chairman of Horwarth HTL, John Fareed. Both men were visitors to Dublin recently and I got the chance to talk hotel market trends with them as we emerge from the worst of Covid....also in this podcast ( 19'58" ) an interview with Killian Stokes, founder of Moyee Coffee and incoming CEO of Proudly Made in Africa
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Experiential Marketing: AR and outdoor light shows
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In this podcast an interview with the founder of start-up in the Augmented Reality space Imvizar, Michael Guerin, plus Kevin Rowe tells me about a new outdoor light extravaganza that his company will be running in a Wexford #augmentedreality #immersivetechnology
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2021 Immersive Technology Review
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On 29th December I hosted the 2021 Immersive Tech Review with panelists Alan Smithson and Julie Smithson from MetaVRse and Judity Okonkwo from Imisi 3D. Our discussion was wide-ranging covering events such as new launches from Snap, Niantic, no and lo-code game engines, Microsoft Mesh, acquisitions that made headlines including Wikitude, Pico and Sketchfab, the growing participation of women in XR, hardware launches from HP, Pico and Varjo. And of course the big story of 2021, FB morphing into Meta.... #metaverse #immersivetech #xr2021 #immersivetechnology #ar #vr
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Christmas Adverts 2021
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Feature interview with Mal Stevenson, former Creative Director Irish International /BBDO Dublin and David O'Sullivan, director of Ignition and Bloodychic.com where we dissect four popular Christmas adverts gracing Irish television screens this festive season: Woodies, Supervalu, Lidl and Tesco. #christmasads #advertising #adstrategy
info_outlineIn this episode of The Persuaders, a feature interview with Dr. Alex Gordon, founder of Sign Salad, an agency specialising in semiotic analysis.
Alex Gordon has worked as a semiotician for 20 years and has led cultural insight projects across five continents for global blue-chip brands such as Unilever, PepsiCo, Airbnb, Ritz-Carlton, Diageo, Kraft Heinz, HSBC, Danone, Pfizer, Colgate Palmolive, Kellogg's, Nestlé.
Prior to founding Sign Salad in 2007, he established the semiotics & cultural insight division at Flamingo, a strategic brand consultancy and qualitative research agency.
We began the interview by tracing Alex's career pathway which culminated in his establishing Sign Salad, before discussing how semiotics fits into the broader market research landscape today. Alex discusses how cultural change impacts on unconscious consumer behaviour and attitude to brands, and how marketers can gain greater control over brand meaning by using the right visuals and language across touchpoints. Several practical insights are drawn from examples in the tea, coffee and fast-fashion markets.