Shiny New Object is a podcast about the future of data driven marketing. Each episode is a conversation with an insightful and influential leader in the industry about the latest tech, trend or talking point to catch their eye. Host: Tom Ollerton, Founder of www.automatedcreative.net
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What do spray-on tights and scented nail polish teach us about data-driven marketing? Tracy Holland, Founder and CEO of Goodwill Brands, LLC, and serial entrepreneur, joins the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast to tell us about the ultimate word-of-mouth selling technique. We discuss iterative testing & learning - one of our favourite topics at Automated Creative. Tune in for pre-Christ marketing tips.…
Crystalyn Stuart-Loayza, Head of AI Transformation at Plus Company, joins the Shiny New Object Podcast to break down four principles for getting it right: process over policy, AI as a "tool mate", a Builder's Code, and better disclosure.
Roey Franco has spent 20 years building advertising products across platforms, agencies and emerging media. In this episode, he explains why marketers should stop making assumptions about their customers, how data can create a charmless Frankenstein ad, and why frictionless customer experiences turn purchases into advocacy.
It's easy to be blinded by data. But most of it is just noise. Every data point is rooted in human behaviour and that's what matters - asking why, staying context based, and remembering that most people don't care about your marketing. On the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast, Fiverr VP of Global Brand Communications Shiri Hellmann tells us why and how she uses AI for social listening, how she's screwed up…
AI can make you faster. But can it make you memorable? Mark Cibort, Global Head of Marketing Operations at Kenvue, joins the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast to discuss agentic employees, data overload, the AI bubble, and why the real competitive advantage is becoming the most human person in the room. Tune in to learn how to make more space for what matters, while still making the most of the tech…
Data gives us answers, but not the whole truth. Des Bateman, SVP Growth at Havas Media Network, draws an interesting parallel between using AI and the process that went into the book "Breath" by James Nestor. In this latest episode of the #ShinyNewObjectPodcast, we look at what the outcome looks like when you research and back up your hunches... instead of just saying "just breathe through your…
Marketers need strong logic, clear reasoning, and an identity of their own before turning to AI to enhance or speed up their work. That's why Corina Bordeianu, Social Media Insights Principal at Booking.com, urges them to Read. Listen. Filter. For Corina, education is paramount to her career progression. And her view of the future of marketing: going beyond social listening to understand video…
Most people are overusing AI and not making the most of it for the things that really matter. Johann Wrede, CMO at UserTesting, is teaching us to go beyond simple tasks and use Claude Code and Codex - his Shiny New Objects for data driven marketers. Learn why building the right tools, independent of the AI agent used, will improve your marketing. We also discuss the power of moving quickly,…
It's now easier than ever to copy content until all digital marketing starts to look the same - this is where taste becomes a shiny new object, says Marukh Budhraja, Global Head of Social Media Marketing at Charlotte Tilbury. What really differentiates brands and how can you use today's tools, without your content looking copied? She tells us more on this episode of the Shiny New Object podcast.
For Tim Sparke, feedback is something marketers should seek relentlessly, but one thing companies and people aren't really set up to receive. And that includes data in... data driven marketing. On the Shiny New Object Podcast latest episode, he explains why relentlessly seeking feedback is key to developing, and how to set up a system for this rather than simply thinking about gathering data as a…
Drowning in content? Nevra has a solution. With vibe coding and bridging gaps between sources, BT Group's Digital Performance Manager, Nevra Yagmur, shares her "podsome" project. Plus, find out her skills of choice to make it in data driven marketing when depth alone isn't enough and performance stops happening in isolation.
