Future Fuzz - The Digital Marketing Podcast

In the last episode before the summer break I speak to the brilliantly minded Bronwyn Williams who works for Flux Trends and is based in South Africa. We talk about AI, and how it's going to impact our professional and personal lives. We also dive into the world of bullshit jobs and ask the question: "Will AI really bring any major short term benefits?" "Will AI lead to job losses?" We speak about the book Bullshit Jobs which you can find here About Bronwyn: Bronwyn has over a decade’s experience in strategic management, trend research and strategic foresight, consulting to clients in public and private sectors across the world. Part economist, part strategist, Bronwyn’s particular areas of expertise include fintech trends, alternative economic models, and sustainable future design. Bronwyn is also the co-author of The Future Starts Now, published by Bloomsbury UK, a columnist for leading business and technology publications, and a well-known media commentator on future trends and economic trajectories for network channels including CNBCAfrica, and eNCA in South Africa.

Buyer journeys in B2B are incredibly complex and involve as many as 12 decision makers and multiple touch points. This week I speak to industry veteran and founder of Trendemon Avishai Sharon about his software solution and how this helps companies nail their B2B content. About Avishai: Avishai Sharon, Co-founder and CEO of Trendemon, is a passionate entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the marketing and sales technology landscapes and their transformative potential. Prior to leading Trendemon, a company revolutionizing the way B2B marketers orchestrate buyer journeys, Avishai founded GISight, a leading software development agency serving Fortune 500 customers. He developed his leadership skills during his tenure as an officer in the Israeli Air Force, serving in various key technological roles.

This week we speak to Pippa Shakespeare, expert consultant in social media marketing strategy and founder of Mayfly Social. I speak to Pippa about the way social media has evolved and how B2B marketeers can embrace stronger, more human strategies. About Pippa: It's my mission to remove the fear, the false starts, the fluster, flounder and frustration that surrounds social media marketing for small- and medium-sized businesses. And I believe strategy is a great place to start.   Combining modern skills in strategic social media marketing with a successful career in Professional and Financial Services marketing and global brand-building consultancy, I work with the founders, leaders and marketers of SMEs to grow purposefully on social media. Pippa has worked with brands including Dulux, Omron, Philips, Heineken and BabyBel.   Links from the podcast: Website Free social media strategy guide

We speak to Fred Maude, co-founder of Addesu, an AI based platform that helps marketing teams be more efficient with their digital campaigns. Fred uses AI daily in his work and explains how he encourages his team to use AI on a daily basis. We dive into how to use AI linking with Google sheets and the Gartner Hype Curve which goes some way to explaining where we are with AI at this moment in time.

Nick is a world-class freelance B2B content marketing and ABM strategist. He has worked with multiple billion-dollar quoted and PE/VC-backed clients in tech, healthcare, infrastructure, finance, professional services on 3 continents. He’s also a judge for the Content Marketing Awards. In a 25-year career, he’s evangelised about freelance life and has helped many people discover self-employment, including visiting-lecturing at the NUJ. Today, AI represents his fourth career disruption – and he’s as excited as ever (and is currently teaching his clients how to make the most of it…)

This week I speak to CEO and co-founder of Addie ADHD - a game-changing, AI-powered, hyper-personalised productivity and lifestyle management platform. Addie has been specifically created for the 350M people across the world who suffer with ADHD.In the chat we speak about how Phil and his partner Jo Vickers co-founded Addie after her diagnosis of ADHD. We also talk about the challenges of launching an app and how to analyse how people rate apps and become ambassadors for companies.Follow Addie on TikTok for updates!

This week we speak to Earl Talbot about his experiences with burnout which led him to coach and support others to 'crack the code' of their lives.  Earl provides code-breaking and innovating for humans that are stuck in old and ineffective patterns. Since 2005 Earl has been working with entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and career professionals, empowering his clients to create a purposeful life and meaningful work. From helping people create a side hustle to fully fledged Solopreneur, Earl is an expert people innovator. 

In this episode we speak to Piers Thurston who is bringing about groundbreaking change in the way we understand how our minds work. Piers works with business teams and entrepreneurs to help bring about profound change in the way they live and perform in the workplace. About Piers & Quality of Mind: Quality of Mind is a pioneering, game changing approach, leveraging profound realisations that operate 'BEFORE' psychology, leading to transformative shifts 'IN' psychology (mindset & behaviour). Quality of Mind changes everything for exponential, not incremental results. Shifts in peace, potential and performance. I have studied and trained in many personal and professional development disciplines over the years. Now all my work is based from the transformative grounding of direct path non-duality leading to a fundamentally different and pioneering approach to change. It is both profound, and highly practical and relevant for any organisation. Read here www.qualityofmind.biz or for podcasts listen here www.qualityofmind.co.uk

In this milestone episode I invite Matt O'Neill back to the show to speak about the development of AI and how it will impact our lives in the short and long term. We also touch on how AI should be used for business. Matt is a futurist, speaker and consultant working with a range of organisations on innovative projects and learning. His new book 'Future Hackers' is released on the 18th of May on Amazon. I'll be giving away copies to listeners! Please share the the podcast link on LinkedIn and tag me for a chance to win!

This week we speak to female founder Alex Slater from Candidly. We speak about their new platform which is shaking up how hiring can be done for for scale ups and startups. We also speak about the huge disparity in funding for female lead teams. About Alex: After 15 years in HRtech, largely in Sales Leadership positions, Alex (together with co-founder Hannah) decided to launch Candidly, an end-to-end SaaS recruitment platform, during a global pandemic. They have learnt first-hand about building technology as non-tech founders, and have tackled the world of fundraising as female tech founders. Now, they have a product which is live and their focus is on making recruitment better, faster and fairer for startups and scaleups.