I'm joined by Mark Evans, Managing Director Marketing and Digital at Direct Line Group. We talk about what it takes to be a modern marketing leader, Sprintathons, audience insights, ad effectiveness, transparency and why curious marketers love a good challenge.

33. Being an effective marketing leader with Mark Evans, Direct Line Group

🎧 Why AI Talent Is the #1 Growth Challenge for Businesses (and How to Solve It)

AI tools are evolving fast—but if your company can’t hire or retain the right talent, you’re already falling behind. In this episode, we speak with Chris Morrow, founder of specialist AI recruitment firm DigiTalent, about how businesses can compete globally for top AI professionals and what’s holding many back.

You’ll learn:

Why the real AI bottleneck is people, not tech
What roles companies are hiring for (AI engineers, ML ops, data architects, and more)
How to position your business to attract top-tier talent without Silicon Valley budgets
Why AI adoption is a cultural and organisational transformation, not just a tech upgrade
What the UK needs to do to become a global AI leader and how to fix the talent pipeline
Chris also shares what companies must do to build trust, stay competitive, and create inclusive, high-performing teams in today’s global AI race.

Whether you're hiring, scaling, or just starting to implement AI, this episode offers grounded, strategic advice from the front lines of AI business growth.

AI is our Business.

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1. Digitalent - Helping businesses identify the skills and talent they need to succeed in the AI age

Episode 2 of the ClickZ podcast with Parry Malm. Parry is CEO of Phrasee, the AI-powered subject line optimisation company. Previously he ran the strategy & commercial departments for an email service provider, and prior to that headed up a global marketing team for a FTSE250 media company.
Get the full ClickZ Intelligence Digital Trends 2016 report here: www.clickz.com/digital-trends-2016-uk-report


2. Using AI to improve your email performance with Parry Malm from Phrasee

Episode 3 of the ClickZ Podcast with Brian Clifton. Brian Clifton (PhD) is a measurement strategist, advisor and renowned practitioner of performance optimisation using Google Analytics. Recognised internationally as a Google Analytics expert, his best selling books have been translated many times and are used by students and professionals worldwide. As Google’s first Head of Web Analytics for Europe (2005-8), Brian built the pan-European team of product specialists. 

Get the full ClickZ Intelligence Digital Trends 2016 report here: www.clickz.com/digital-trends-2016-uk-report


3. Google Analytics, the inside story, with Brian Clifton

Episode 1 of the ClickZ podcast with Tessa Wegert. Tessa is a business and tech reporter, former media strategist, and branded content developer. She contributes to such publications as Business Insider, Adweek, and Contently’s The Content Strategist, and has worked with brands that include Audi, Audible, HubSpot, Shutterstock, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Get the full ClickZ Intelligence Digital Trends 2016 report here: www.clickz.com/digital-trends-2016-uk-report

1. The latest trends in content marketing with Tessa Wegert

Episode 4 of the ClickZ podcast with Kelvin Newman. Kelvin is the founder of Rough Agenda, a company that arranges specialist digital marketing events including Brighton SEO.

In 2014 Kelvin was voted by eConsultancy as the most influential individual in digital and in 2013 won the Search Personality award at the UK Search Awards.

4. Kelvin Newman: Search marketing - what are the major trends in 2016?

Episode 5: The marketers guide to AI: You'll learn what Artificial Intelligence really is and see some very practical ways for marketers to use AI in their everyday campaigns and reporting. From analysing vast amounts of data, to writing content, there are already a range of tools available for marketers. Find out more in ClickZ's "A marketer's guide to AI" written by Martin Talks: clickz.com/artificial-intelligence

Martin is a business innovation and transformation expert for the digital age, he helps entrepreneurs and leading business people gain momentum and to realise their remarkable potential. He regularly speaks at events, runs workshops, provides consultancy, mentoring and inspiration to businesses. He is a regular contributor to ClickZ, Squared Online and the Academy of Digital Business Leaders. Martin specialises in Artificial Intelligence and how it can be applied to marketing.



5. Artificial Intelligence, a marketers guide with Martin Talks

Episode 6 of the ClickZ Digital Marketing Podcast with Nick Hilsdon, SEO Lead, Global Channels Optimisation at Vodafone. We examine the latest developments in search engine optimisation and what opportunities these present for marketers. Nick shares some practical advice for getting started, and gives us some insights into what he thinks will be the main areas of growth for search over the coming months. Hear Nick at Shift London (digitalshift.london) on the 24th and 25th of May.

Nick started his online career in 1998, giving his first SEO seminar two years later in Brighton. After moving to Moscow, he became an expert on Russian search, working with gaming clients across CIS markets. During this time he was involved in the Russian start-up community, working with Yandex, RF parliament members and the US State Department. 
 
Since his return to the UK, Nick has held head of department roles at Arena Media, part of the Havas Media Group and within the Dentsu Aegis network. As the SEO lead at Vodafone Group, he is standardising and improving online performance across 22 markets and 55 partner markets. He is particularly interested in mobile SEO, cross-channel campaigns and joining up the dots in a logical way.  

6. Nick Wilsdon, SEO Lead at Vodafone: Enterprise SEO and Customer Acquisition

In Episode 8 we are joined by Rebecca Galambos, senior digital transformation director at the Prince's Trust. We discuss what digital transformation is and what is required to start and maintain change within an organisation. Rebecca also provides some great insights into the millennial generation through her work at the Prince's Trust. We'll be discovering what marketers should be aware of when approaching and communicating to millennials. There's also some great stories of how the Prince's Trust is working with young people to give them the skills and confidence to take control and transform their lives.

8. Digital transformation and understanding millennials at the Prince's Trust with Rebecca Galambos

In this episode I am joined by Charlie Salter, the brains behind ClickZ's 'Shift London' event coming up in May. Charlie shares his experience of what makes a really effective event and how he's ensured these learnings are incorporated into the design of Shift London (digitalshiftevents.com). We'll be hearing what Charlie thinks are the major themes for marketers and digital leaders to be aware of in 2016, and discussing how marketers can ensure they are up to date.

7. Shift London, how an event can be the catalyst for digital change with Charlie Salter

Join experienced digital strategist James Gurd and hear some practical advice for how you can start to set up and optimise an effective check out process on your website. These insights will be helpful for both ecommerce professionals and general marketers who are trying to optimise lead generation funnels and sign ups. James shares case studies of the best check out processes, as well as recommending how to get started.
Find out more about James at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgurd

9. Optimise your Check-Out process - practical tips and checklists - James Gurd

In Episode 11 I talk to Zack Sullivan, the head of delivery at Future Publishing to hear his perspective on the future of online advertising. Publishers have had to react to the changing demands of their audiences, as well as new disruptive technology such as programmatic ad buying, native advertising and ad-blockers. The continued ability of publishers to adapt to these changes is also vitally important to advertisers and marketers, and we'll get an insight into what Zack thinks will be the next big developments.

11. The future of online advertising: A publisher's perspective. Zack Sullivan - Future Publishing

Adblockers have become a major challenge for publishers and advertisers alike. 'Adblock plus' is the most popular and has been downloaded on over 500m devices around the world. I’m joined  by Ben Williams the communications and operations manager from Adblock Plus. We hear the story of how Adblock plus has evolved and get Ben's perspective on the future of online advertising. We'll also find out why Adblock plus has become so popular, where the areas of growth are and how Adblock plus is aiming to work with publishers and advertisers to find a common ground.   


12. Adblockers and the future of online advertising. Ben Williams - Adblock Plus

Advertisers are able to access a huge amount of data about the behaviour of online users, but few know how to analyse and interpret that data. We speak to Richard Robinson, MD of Turn. Turn (www.turn.com) is a marketing platform that allows advertisers to identify audiences and create highly targeted campaigns. We'll hear about their mission to work with brand owners, media agencies and creatives to help them understand the potential of using data to produce personalised and highly effective ads.

13. Putting user data at the centre of effective advertising campaigns. Richard Robinson, MD of Turn

Targeting online consumers can be a blunt science, but VisualDNA have pioneered a way to collect psychological profiles for individuals on line to create enhance profiles. These profiles can then be used to create segments of users in ad exchanges based on personality. This allows advertisers to tailor ad creative and target to individuals based upon their personality. Jim Hodgkins the UK MD for VisualDNA explains the importance of understanding audiences and how this is at the centre of the future of advertising.

14. Using psychology to improve online advertising with Jim Hodgkins, MD of VisualDNA

What exactly is a Data Management Platform, and why is it so important? Miles Pritchard, Global director of marketer and agency solutions at Lotame, will explain what a DMP is and how they are being used by marketers and agencies. We'll also look ahead at some of the challenges that advertisers are facing, and how being able to collate data from multiple different sources can help deliver more targeted and effective advertising. DMPs are becoming a critical part of every marketer's technology stack, so tune in and listen to Miles explain the industry best practice and how to get started.

15. What is a Data Management Platform? Miles Pritchard from Lotame

What is smart location and how is a small bluetooth tracker leading innovation in this space? I talk to Brian Katzman, VP marketing at Tile and learn how Tile built a successful IoT brand, engage with customers around the world and continue to pioneer product development.

16. Smart location and the internet of things with Brian Katzman, VP marketing at Tile

Join Matt Nash, Managing Partner UK at Neo @ Ogilvy as we discuss how ad agencies are harnessing the power of data to produce powerful and effective advertising. We discuss how the future of advertising lies in being able to predict what a user is going to do, and how we'll be able to tell stories in a sequence of ads across devices. Whilst data is important, we'll also hear about the importance of creativity and context in creating ads that connect with audiences.

17. Harnessing data, creativity and context to produce powerful ads - Matt Nash, Neo@Ogilvy

Join Amir Malik, director of programmatic for Trinity Mirror, as we discuss how programmatic has evolved and its impact on the world of publishing. We'll hear how publishers have had to build out whole new functions to trade programmatically, and what opportunities this presents for ad agencies and technology companies. We'll also discuss the importance of trust and transparency, particularly from the consumers perspective and the impact of ad-blockers.

18. Programmatic media, the publisher's perspective with Amir Malik, Trinity Mirror

We'll hear how programmatic media buying has impacted on digital publishers and the importance of high quality content for marketers, from one of the best known voices in the industry. I'm joined by Andy Oakes, former publisher of New Media Age and former head of content and managing director of The Drum. We'll be discussing content marketing, publishing, programmatic and the future of online advertising.

19. The importance of high quality content for publishers and marketers, with Andy Oakes

In this episode I join Tom Goodwin, EVP, Head of Innovation at Zenith Media to take a look at the state of advertising and ask, does advertising have a future? Along the way we discuss everything from online banks, data privacy, personalisation, tracking and how technology should be making the industry more creative.

20. Why advertising is broken and how technology will unleash our creativity with Tom Goodwin

In this episode we talk about the future of advertising and why ad agencies must evolve to stay relevant in an increasingly diverse world. We'll discuss what role technology should play in the advertising of the future, whether AI can ever be creative and why it's such an exciting time to be an innovator in advertising. We'll also hear why agencies should be aiming to better reflect society, and the benefits of diversity and equality to tap into talent and insights, to deliver the best advertising.  We also examine trust and transparency in an age of big data, AI and new technology.

21. Building the ad agency of the future: Diversity, trust and transparency with Mary Keane Dawson

Wayne Blodwell (Programmatic Advisory) explains what Programmatic advertising is, why it's still revolutionising online advertising, and we talk about the latest and future developments. We'll also hear how programmatic is not just a buzz-word in display advertising, but a data driven approach to marketing that applies to all channels. It's an essential part of the modern marketer's toolkit and we'll find out more.

22. The power of programmatic advertising with Wayne Blodwell

In this episode we talk about the growth of the personal information economy and what it means for advertisers and consumers. Emboldened by recent legislation like GDPR, consumers are now more aware than ever of the value of their data. This presents risk and opportunities for all businesses, particularly advertisers. We chat to Liz Brandt, co-founder and CEO of Ctrl-Shift, about how we can prepare for the future.

24. Why marketers need to understand personal data, the opportunities and risks with Liz Brandt

Scott Brinker is the Chiefmartec, the globally recognised authority on the intersection of marketing and technology. In this episode we cover the phenomenal growth of 'marketing technology' and then discuss how CMOs can build processes in their teams to allow them to experiment and innovate, whilst still maintaining business as usual. It's fine to feel a little overwhelmed by the pace of change, and Scott offers some practical advice on how marketers can be the catalyst for change. Along the way we discuss attribution, AI, personalisation, big-data and always putting the customer at the centre.

25. Scott Brinker: What CMOs need to know about marketing technology, leadership and transformation

Join Blockchain expert Jeremy Epstein, former VP of Sprinklr, and understand what Blockchain is (hint it's not just cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin)and start to recognise it's potential to empower consumers and revolutionize marketing.

26. Blockchain for marketers, what every CMO needs to know, with Jeremy Epstein

Join Peter Milla from Cint to learn what the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is and what impact it will have on any business that has customers or staff in the EU. We discuss the long term impact and whether this will change how consumers value their privacy and data.

27. The impact of the GDPR on advertising with Peter Milla

In this special episode, I will be giving you my perspective on the trends that I believe are going to be important for marketers to address in 2019. We'll  look at the trends that have shaped digital marketing in the last couple of years and then I'll outline the 4 key trends that I think marketers need to address in 2019, and why I think the future of advertising belongs to consumers

28. Digital Marketing Trends for 2019

Many brands have brought aspects of their media buying in-house. So just what is involved and how straight forward is this process? We look at the benefits and challenges of in-housing with James Briscoe, COO at PerceptAudit who has helped a number of major brands with their in-housing projects.

29. Why do brands in-house their media buying? James Briscoe, Percept Audit

Join Eric Bozinny from Pubmatic as we learn about the different types of ad fraud and what the industry is doing to combat them. You'll learn what marketers should be doing to ensure greater transparency and hear about industry wide initiatives to tackle ad fraud in display advertising.

30. Ad Fraud, what marketers need to know with Eric Bozinny from Pubmatic

In this episode, I am joined by James Patterson from The Trade Desk. We discuss the future of online advertising, how programmatic has to evolve, creating greater transparency and the importance of the ad funded 'Open Web'.

31. The Future of Programmatic Advertising with James Patterson from The Trade Desk

This is the ClickZ digital marketing podcast and I’m joined by legendary marketer Dan Gilbert. We’ll be talking about how and why marketing has changed, bringing creativity and science together to produce highly effective marketing campaigns. 

Dan Gilbert is the CEO and founder of Brain Labs, one of the most effective and successful digital marketing agencies in the UK. Dan will be giving his advice on building effective marketing campaigns and sharing some great case studies. We’ll hear what it means to apply an experimental approach to marketing and why it’s the only way to future proof your business. We’ll also be discussing transparency and how the role of agency partners and technology will develop in the future.

32. The science of effective marketing with Dan Gilbert, CEO BrainLabs

The ClickZ Digital Marketing Podcast, presented and produced by Tim Flagg, published by ClickZ.
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