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THE FUEL PODCAST – GUSTAV MARTNER – GREENPEACE: THIS IS FINE

It’s not fine. It’s far from fine. It’s about as far from fine as it could be. Gustav Martner is the Creative Director of Greenpeace Nordics and earlier this year, he handed back one of his many Cannes Lions as a headline-grabbing protest against the advertising industry that is still rewarding companies that are causing maximum harm to our planet, while they gaslight us into thinking they are doing good.

Enough already! It has to stop and Gustav explains why.

He’s on a mission to have advertising from fossil fuel companies banned and if your agency works for a fossil fuel company, then he’s coming for your budgets.

And a milder, more level-headed guy you couldn’t wish to meet. He’s not some tree-hugging hippie that glues himself to the motorway. He understands the whole argument because he’s been on the other side of the fence, running agencies and working for big oil, big aviation and big auto but he’s seen the light…and it’s fading fast.

Here’s a show about how the advertising industry can still do what it does best, but as a force for good for the planet.

Gustav Martner’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavmartner/

The Cannes Lion protest in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttIGaxDEaRE

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode of the podcast click here.

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THE FUEL PODCAST – RACHEL KONRAD – THE QUEEN OF GREEN: HOW HUMANS CAN AVOID EXTINCTION

Like Donald Trump after an FBI raid, the climate deniers’ argument keeps changing. Rachel Konrad stands on the battlements for our planet and challenges the fossil fuel companies and the intensive farming lobby every day. Hailing from Motown itself – Detroit to become one of Silicon Valley’s leading tech evangelists, Rachel knows only too well the environmental catastrophe we face and she’s leading the charge to help educate us and show us that marketing can be used as a force for good as well as bad.

In this show, Rachel walks us through her journey to enlightenment and explains how the powerful lobbyists for the meat industry and the fossil fuel industry have hijacked the narrative to benefit their bottom line.

The answer is actually very simple and all it needs is a common-sense, bullshit-free perspective. Rachel is pretty much the ambassador for common sense and straight-talking, so watch out for some hard truths and uncomfortable facts.

Being disruptive is destructive and it comes with its own challenges. Rachel’s job as Chief Brand Officer at The Production Board, a unique venture foundry created by Dave Friedberg focused on businesses that reverse global warming and improve human health stands at the vanguard of the green tech movement.

In this show Rachel also outlines the 3 leading factors for successful plant-based food marketing and why having a moral righteousness is critical if companies want to avoid greenwashing claims. She also spills the beans on Elon Musk’s work ethic and provides the perfect response to anyone who tells her to calm down.

Show notes

Rachel Konrad’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkonrad/

The Production Board: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-production-board/

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode of the podcast click here.

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THE FUEL PODCAST – IAN FARRAR – FAR NORTH: PERSONAL BRANDING & THE RISE OF THE SME

Ian Farrar runs a not-your-typical-run-of-the-mill sales and marketing agency called Far North and he’s brimming with confidence about the potential for business in a post-pandemic world.

Ian’s company has been innovating, advising, consulting and implementing for SMEs as if there was no such thing as a slow-down. Why? How? Who? What? Where? We uncover Ian’s secret recipe for success as a business coach, speaker and social media influencer.

Topics covered include:

How to develop your own personal brand

The basic rules of sales & marketing for SMEs

Innovative coaching ideas

Is TV advertising dead?

Karma-driven business models

Why the North East is the curry capital of the UK

A scorching-hot interview, sure to spice up anyone interested in smart marketing ideas.

Also Jeremy Davies follows up his GameStop piece with a tight 3 minutes on dead bunny mascots.

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode of the podcast click here.

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THE FUEL PODCAST – JORN SOCQUET – CEO, FLUENT BEVERAGES: INNOVATING IN THE CBD DRINKS INDUSTRY

After six years as a brand manager for Coca-Cola, Jorn Socquet rose to lead the global marketing efforts of the brewing giant Anheuser Busch.

He is now applying his business knowledge to innovating as CEO of the company’s Joint Venture with Canadian pharmaceutical and cannabis company Tilray, to bring non-alcoholic CBD drinks to market.

This is a wide-ranging interview, covering the genesis of the company and its products, Jorn’s views on the future of the marketing industry and his vision for this new business, which is literally creating an entirely new category of drinks and products.

Not to be outdone, our resident humorist Jeremy Davies has some stress of his own to deal with – as a referee in a football match and in a queue for a sandwich.

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode of the podcast click here.

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THE FUEL PODCAST – EPISODE 25: LYNNETTE ST.QUINTIN – BARRATT HOMES: BUILDING BUSINESS IN A NEW NORMAL

A textbook approach to big company hibernation, disaster planning and agility. Lynnette tells us about how Barratts scrambled to react to the pandemic and came out ahead of the competition. She details the company’s brand ethos, its new working model, virtual house tours, Proptech and advice for young Mums returning to the workforce.

In addition, Jeremy Davies finds new business opportunities on the log flume.

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode of the podcast click here.

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There ain’t half been some clever bastards

As UK music legend Ian Dury said “There ain’t half been some clever bastards” and with a title like that, who else but Keith Smith, our resident business development rock star to be the author? He calls out Mark Ritson and asks, do marketers need a marketing education?

Click here to read more of Keith Smith’s article this month in Rockstar CMO.

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THE FUEL PODCAST – EPISODE 18: JOHN ASHTON OF WRITE ARM

John Ashton wasn’t really expecting to be seen as a visionary businessman when he set up Write Arm – a coterie of skilled business to business writers, ready to deploy at a moment’s notice to help elevate boring jargon-heavy marketing copy to celestial quality, but he is now.

So many marketing departments are starved of the kind of literal excellence that Write Arm supplies but now, never more in need.

In the episode, John explains how he conceived the idea of Write Arm, why engaging copy is more important than ever and covers the five influences of inspiration.

Our in-house wit Jeremy Davies recounts an amusing new business brief encounter.

All of us at The Advertist invite you to check out The Fuel Podcast, where we pull on the experience of leaders of companies in a variety of sectors with loads of fantastic interviews, tips and tales.

To check out this episode click here.

John’s LinkedIn profile

Write Arm’s web site

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