Shiny New Object

Grettel Clark, Senior Performance Marketing Specialist at Ottobock, firmly believes that TikTok is king among the digital marketing platforms brand can grow on these days. There's a unique, more direct connection that brands can make with their target audience on the platform. It's also a place where you must be genuine or your marketing efforts will fail. On the latest episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, we find out why TikTok is so crucial to marketing performance, why marketers aren't taking advantage of it as they should, and how to get started on it. 

What if the outcome of relying on more automation and AI tools meant that advertising and marketing could return to an era of "big ideas"? It's the question asked by our latest podcast guest, Qaiser Bachani, Consumer Experience Lead, Europe & Global Brands, at Mondelēz International. Find out how he sees the big idea filtering through every brand activity, why being led by ideas means that all the day-to-day marketing becomes easier to manage, and more top tips, in the latest episode. 

Rebecca McCowan, Design Lead at the Coca-Cola Company, believes in slow design and long-term thinking when it comes to branding. In the latest Shiny New Object podcast episode, she tells us how design often solves business problems and why slow design increases creative effectiveness by building coherence and consistency for your brand. Plus, hear the secrets behind the Coca-Cola Christmas!

In the latest episode, Jill Cress, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at H&R Block, talks about the importance of truly knowing and committing to one's audience for marketing effectiveness. We get her top tips on data driven marketing and hear how she wants to be remembered and what advice she'd give a student about getting into the industry. 

How can marketers measure the effectiveness of their messages? Using neuroscience, says Sorin Patilinet, Mars' Senior Director for Marketing Effectiveness and owner of the Marketing Engineer blog.  On the latest podcast episode, find out why neuro marketing is Sorin's Shiny New Object and how he applies it at Mars. Plus, hear about an annual "ad eaters" festival, Sorin's top marketing tips, and why blogging was the best investment he made during Covid. 

How are marketers geared up to tackle the busiest commercial quarter of the year? With Q4 fast approaching, over one third of marketers still don't optimise their creative in-flight. It's the equivalent of playing football and never changing your team during the match, even when they're doing poorly, warn Automated Creative's Amy Wright and Dan Moseley. On this special episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, Amy and Dan share their research into how brands can optimise creative effectiveness in Q4 and beyond. It's an urgent wake-up call with actionable tips and learnings from working with the likes of Brown-Forman and Mars, among others. Listen to their stats and advice and sign up for the webinar on 28th September to get all the insights: https://live.remo.co/e/compounding-creative-effectivene/register

On this special episode recorded live at MAD//Fest 2023, Gerry D'Angelo talks about the excitement of marketers around generative AI. He gives advice on approaching it with cautious optimism and learning from past mistakes when it comes to jumping on the latest innovation. But he also balances that with all the possibilities for creative effectiveness and performance advertising. Listen to Gerry's top tips for incorporating Generative AI in your marketing plan and hear some advice for new starters and for experienced marketers alike, on this latest podcast episode.

What makes a successful marketing leader to Gen Z in a constantly changing environment? According to Saurabh Patel, Group Chief Marketing Officer at IHH Healthcare, it's all about displaying servant leadership - his Shiny New Object. On the latest podcast episode, Saurabh explains why active listening and empathy develop successful teams and gives his top tips about how managers can embrace this approach. He also tells us why obsessing about the consumer is not a tired trope and shares the importance of getting sales experience for good marketers. 

What do you do when you have no in-flight entertainment, but still want to reach out to consumers and build loyalty and brand recognition? You set up a branded podcast, would be Shaaf Tauqeer's advice. The easyJet Audience and Martech Manager is relying on his learnings about audience attention and building trust in a safe environment for his Shiny New Object. He tells us how he plans to build the easyJet podcast, as well as what his top marketing tips are, in the latest episode.

Creating a strong marketing team goes beyond specialising in one field, says AT&T's Zach Doty. In fact, on the latest episode of the Shiny New Object podcast, he tells us why the popular talent development concept of T-shaped talent is ineffective. Instead, Zach advocates for becoming Pi-shaped and surrounding yourself with people who are, too. Find out what that means, hear some top marketing and SEO tips, and learn about Zach's career progression!

In this bonus podcast episode, we talk to a gaming advertising expert: Meta's Tim Lion. For his Shiny New Object, Tim tells us why marketers have been overlooking a huge opportunity when it comes to gaming, especially the mobile audience. Find out why gamers are an ideal target market thanks to their diversity and addressability, and hear top tips for marketers looking to advance their career, on the latest podcast out now.

Perfect is the enemy of good and, on the latest episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, Brian Costello of General Motors explains how marketers can use this principle with generative AI to increase creative effectiveness. Brian's shiny new object is generative AI because it allows advertisers to work at scale, generating multiple iterations of their creative work, testing, and perfecting what works. It's also the way to reduce "busy work" and allow you to focus on the work that matters. Listen to Brian talk about the right mindset to reap the benefits of AI for B2B marketing, as well as some of his top tips for new starters in the industry. 

When it comes to expanding the reach of your marketing plan, Spotify's Ed Couchman thinks it's time to prioritise audio. The Head of Sales for UK & Northern Europe tells us why we're going through an audio revolution and how much more impact marketers can have by reaching their audiences in this way. His Shiny New Object is Spotify's "Sonic Science 2" - a new report looking at how audio impacts people's lives and the learnings we can take away from it to enhance creative effectiveness. Tune in to listen how to put this in practice and find out more top tips from Ed.

Bausch + Lomb’s Director for Consumer Marketing, Tatyana Jones, is no stranger to the complexities of CPG marketing in today’s noisy landscape. That’s why her shiny new object is simplicity - in particular, doing the common, uncommonly well. Find out how to pare down your marketing strategy and boost creative effectiveness in the latest episode of the Shiny New Object. Tatyana also shares her three-pillar approach to simple marketing and the worst marketing advice she’s ever heard.

The latest podcast episode features Jen Tanner, Marketing Director at Accenture, talking about why a solid marketing strategy brief can become a game changer for B2B marketers. Listen to Jen’s top tips, find out what new behaviour has changed the way she interacts with colleagues, and learn how to optimise the marketing strategy brief to back up new initiatives and secure funding and buy-in from the C-suite.

In the latest episode we dive into what makes successful marketing when using AI - automation with human curation, according to our guest Jeric Griffin, Performance Marketing Manager at Mars Petcare. Find out why extreme automation kills the quality of your marketing outputs, how to avoid this with human curation, and a key difference for creative effectiveness: automation vs. optimisation. Hear how Mars works with Automated Creative to improve creative effectiveness and find out Jeric’s top marketing tip and his best investment so far.

What makes a creative marketer and how can companies become more open to creative thinking through a combination of structure and confidence? In this episode of the Shiny New Object podcast, Svetla Pavlova, Performance Marketing Manager at Epsilon, shares the PAGES framework to foster creative thinking. Find out why PAGES can make anyone more creative, as well as why advertisers need to really know their product. Hear Svetla's top tips to students entering the industry, too. 

With a career spanning everything from graphic design to user experience to SEO, paid social, and now B2B marketing, Kristin Sinclair is fascinated by how AI opens up possibilities in for B2B marketers to better target their dream consumers. On the latest episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, TÜV SÜD's Performance Marketing Manager talks about her top marketing tips, the biggest lesson she learnt early on in her career, and how she believes AI can be leveraged to maximise opportunities from intent data in B2B marketing. Tune in to hear her tips now. 

How does Uber optimise the success of their adverts on the app? It's all about context and attention, as Paul Wright shares on the latest episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast. Advertising is too complex these days, while good brands get through to consumers by keeping it simple. Find out why Paul's shiny new object is context and attention - a basic but effective combination. Hear about his biggest career screw-up and his top marketing tip, too. 

Dive into the world of AI and data-driven marketing with Amit Thard, Director of Omnichannel Strategy at GE Healthcare, as he shares how we're just scratching the surface of AI's potential in marketing. In this episode, Amit compares the current AI craze to the early days of the internet, emphasizing the importance of learning about it to gain a competitive advantage. Discover how Amit uses AI to make better predictions by overlaying massive amounts of health infrastructure data with marketing insights. As AI systems grow more intelligent, they'll help marketers pinpoint crucial data points for even better decision-making. Don't miss Amit's top marketing tips for students and seasoned marketers and learn how to harness the power of AI as a valuable tool in your marketing arsenal, in the latest episode.