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Alterian’s head of marketing, passionate about unlocking organisations digital marketing potential with technology and also unlocking individuals digital potential to help grow the companies social capital and their own.

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Is marketing just for girls?

Recently I was talking to a salesman who was a competitor of Alterian’s, ex Oracle, ex Siebel, who was clearly having a hard time selling marketing software in his current organisation, he said “the problem with marketing is its for girls”. Resisting the temptation to punch him there and then, to show him that all marketers weren’t girls, I asked ...

The UK Government understands the need for digital engagement do you?

  Most of the comment about the newly created post of director of digital engagement for the UK Government was about the salary level at £160,000 pounds, in the current salary/bonus level debate. What I think is far more significant is the fact they have created the post in the first place. If we replace the word government in the ...

How to ask for more money when your marketing budget gets cut

  This week at TFM&A in London, we launched the findings of a piece of research conducted by the CMO Council (and sponsored by us) entitled Calibrate How You Operate. The headline was that ‘Marketing is the most challenged and most complex business unit’ – it’s already being picked up– Customer Strategy and Adweek and it highlights the battle marketers ...