Steve Davis
Blogging For Professional Development: Just What The GP Of Marketing Ordered
Since 2005, I have been advocating for the use of blogging for professional development and now I’m also adding podcasting to that prescription, in the hope of encouraging you to follow suit. Since David Olney joined me at Talked About…
S03E04 – A Perfect Day With Barbie And A Green Carnation
We return to lighter topics this episode, with Barbie’s saturation in perfection and Oscar Wilde’s clever marketing ploy; with a dash of David Sandler pain. In this fourth episode of the third series of Talking About Marketing, we start with…
S03E03 – Misery, Tragedy, And Community
The “darker” emotional states of misery and tragedy are explored this episode because we have much to learn from them, but we do lighten things up with a solid dash of community. In this third episode of the third series…
Confidence Or Competence? What Comes First For Publicly Promoting Your Brand?
Working out how to empower people always involves building up both their confidence and competence, but deciding on which one to develop first is not always easy. I experienced the juggling act of increasing both my competence and confidence when…
S03E02 – You Never Start From Zero
Why should you not be unnecessarily anxious about undertaking a new activity? Because you already have valuable experience, skills, and mentors, which means you never start from zero. In this second episode of the third series of Talking About Marketing,…
Anxious About Decision Making? You Never Start From Zero
One of the things David Olney has brought to Talked About Marketing planning days, is an important concept that dilutes anxiety around decision making, known as the term, You Never Start From Zero. This has been something David has been…
What’s The Point In Belonging To The Brand?
In this era of companies letting staff go impersonally by SMS or email, it’s hard to find arguments to support the virtue of belonging to the brand. Why should you pour your heart and soul into a business if the…
S03E01 – How To Write Copy That Sells
It’s hard to write sales copy that doesn’t feel “salesy”, says Ray Edwards, which is why he wrote a book that breaks down the process step-by-step. In this first episode of the third series of Talking About Marketing, we turn…
X Usurps Twitter – The Bird Has Flown
One wonders if The Beatles were being prophetic when singing the following lines from Norwegian Wood: And when I awoke I was aloneThis bird had flownSo I lit a fireIsn’t it good Norwegian wood? To be fair, I am not…
S02E09 – Understanding The Meganet
How much does AI really understand? How much have we made ourselves its slave through our social media usage? And what does this mean for our marketing efforts? In this final episode of the second series of Talking About Marketing,…