Episode Details

Marketing mistakes happen to everyone, even the so-called experts. We’ve seen everything from press releases that accidentally went viral for the wrong reasons to brand names so complicated even the CEO couldn’t spell them. But there’s something weirdly therapeutic about sharing these messes. One guest summed it up perfectly. If you’re only testing stuff you already know will work, you’re not really testing. The risk is tiny when something flops. The reward if it works is huge. So why are so many marketers still playing it safe?

Of course, we also got the juicy stuff. Richard Shotton once missed a 9am Coca-Cola site tour because he was too hungover to move. Another guest won a pitch he was too foggy to remember. You couldn’t make it up. These stories aren’t just funny. They’re honest. They show the grit behind the gloss. The recovery after the cock-up. That’s what this podcast is about. 

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