Moving from marketing as solo heroics to teamwork & trust with Swapfiets' Anna Soldatova

When the people behind tools actually care, work becomes faster, smoother, and more impactful. It's why Anna Soldatova, Performance Marketeer at Swapfiets, believes that investing in people relationships will save marketing from becoming a burnout-inducing quest for solo heroics. On the Shiny New Object Podcast, we discuss: How improv has made her more attuned to others' reactions and more confident in presenting Why you need to be okay with dropping channels, walking away, and experimenting with new things The secret to managing multiple channels by turning vendors into collaborators and looking beyond tools, to betting on people.

A great ROAS can be a watermelon: green on the outside, bleeding on the inside. Antoine Deventer, Senior Integrated Performance Marketing Specialist at Bissell, joins the Shiny New Object Podcast to talk about what happens when you stop optimising to vanity metrics and start focusing on real growth. We cover Amazon's evolution into a full-funnel media powerhouse, why "tool stack navigation" is a modern marketer's superpower, and the daily discipline that turns impressions into intelligence (breakfast: budgets + KPIs; lunch: root-cause analysis with the agency; dinner:  we'll see...)   #marketingpodcast #modernmarketing #toolstackactivation #roas  

Every signal matters. Even the ones you'd rather ignore. In data driven marketing, Jason Zollan (Head of Retail Media at Constructor) argues that bounces, exits and dead-ends tell us just as much as ROAS, clicks and conversions. On the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast, we talk about how to stop chasing vanity metrics and treat the full shopper journey as one system. And we discuss how retail media and e-commerce should share an AI brain. Intrigued? Tune in now.

AI search is on every marketer's lips, but is it that fundamentally different from basic SEO? Tom Telford, Chief Digital Officer at Clarity, argues that if you have the basics right, you'll also show up in LLM results. But best practice is one of the toughest things to succeed at, if we've learnt anything on the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast.  Tune in to hear Tom's advice on nailing the confluence between comms, PR and SEO to get your brand found by ChatGPT. #chatgpt #LLMsearch #GEO #marketingpodcast #datadrivenmarketing

An insight isn't a fact. It's a hidden truth. You're not done once you get that data. Keep digging. Ask why. And get that human connection with your audience. Fara Howard, former CMO of GoDaddy and experienced marketing leader, joins us on the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast to dig into what makes actionable insights, how to retain humanity in storytelling, and why no one can call themselves an expert in data driven marketing right now. Find out why iteration is the key to success and failing is just part of the process.

AI won't make your content smarter. It'll make it faster. In this episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, Sneha Mittal, Senior Communications Manager, Image Guided Therapy at Philips, shares how to make AI work for content creation without becoming soulless. Tune in to learn: Why AI is great for accelerating outcomes when you're clear on what you're looking for The storytelling framework that makes data useful at any point in your career Why your best "tool" is learning agility If you've ever had the "I've got the job, now how do I do it?" feeling... this one's for you.

If we're curious about the full story behind data, our marketing puzzles become more interesting and a lot more human. And they show us when we're looking at the wrong metrics, too. Tamara El Jurdi, Global Marketing Communications Lead - Durex & Veet at Reckitt, joins us on the Shiny New Object podcast to discuss why marketing should be seen as a system and shared KPIs are the way forward to ensure creative effectiveness. We also talk about the critical importance of slowing down. No one's found inspiration in a pitch deck - let your creativity get soul nurturing inputs. #datadrivenmarketing #shinynewobjectpodcast #marketingpodcast #marketingsystems

On the latest episode of the Shiny New Object Podcast, we go deep on the organic to paid pipeline with Kevin McClary, Head of Performance Marketing at Gorilla 76. Tune in to hear why he tests organic posts to see what resonates with an audience before turning them into paid ads, and how he does this in the B2B sector. We also discuss student advice for getting into the industry, the power of understanding what you're trying to accomplish so you can yield data properly, and Kevin's musical talent.

What's your purpose? Or the purpose of your campaigns? Nick Figueiredo, Head of Performance Marketing at MilliporeSigma, joins the Shiny New Object Podcast to talk about breaking down the myth of performance marketing. That's because "all marketing, or all advertising, is meant to perform… we shouldn't feel pressured to have to assign every single click or an order back to the spend which drove it. That's the myth." Tune in to learn about Nick's new marketing-related beliefs and behaviours and to unpick what we really mean by performance marketing, proving impact more holistically in the short and long term.  

"Feel your feelings, then get a plan together and move forward in a new direction." On this week's Shiny New Object podcast, Adriane Goetz, Product Marketing Lead, Global Agency, at TikTok, shares her top lessons on developing and leading with adaptability and resilience. We also cover the three key behaviour changes that have helped Adriane deal with overwhelm, and discuss the open mind approach needed for testing, planning, and continually learning as the industry evolves.