In this episode, host Ben Norman is joined in Marketing Room 101 by Gareth Turner, a marketer with almost 25 years experience running marketing for household names like Weetabix, John Smith’s and Lurpak, who founded strategic consultancy Big Black Door in 2013.

Gareth makes the case for putting strategy before tactics, not jumping straight to specialisms and separating the creative idea from the execution. He also campaigns to end modern marketing slavery and laments a wonky floor.

Find out more about Gareth here - bigblackdoor.com

In this episode, host Ben Norman is joined in Marketing Room 101 by Chris Norton & Will Ockenden, who founded Prohibition, an award-winning PR agency in Leeds together in 2012, and have worked together for almost 20 years.

Chris and Will make the case for authentic influence and why we need to do something about fake followers, and influencers backed by bots. Chris has a rant about pitching, Will craves company and Ben likes George Clooney.

Find out more about Prohibition PR here and listen to Embracing Marketing Mistakes podcast here.

In this episode, host Ben Norman is joined in Marketing Room 101 by brand and tone-of-voice consultant Vikki Ross, who has spent over two decades working with some of the world’s most well-known brands, including Virgin Media, Sky, and Sony Music.

Vikki outlines her case for human creativity and why we need to unplug AI for copywriting, raises a red flag to dishonourable people, and highlights the danger of distraction.