Marketing Events | The Marketing Meetup

If you would like to learn from the greatest marketers in the world or meet your fellow marketing people in a kind environment – TMM is for you.

Every event we run puts listening, saying hello, and being positively lovely at its core.

The result is a place where you feel part of the community – rather than having an event happen around you, but not with you.

We run a schedule of events and webinars for marketers that hopefully put a smile on your face and new thoughts in your head.

Find the full schedule and sign up below 👇👇👇👇

Date	Time	Speaker	Name	Location	Get yo' space
7 May	08:30 - 10:30 BST	Katie O'Leary, Head of Content Marketing, Dotdigital and Hannah Greenwood, Custom Research Manager, GWI	Breakfast boost: The loyalty consumer secrets marketers need to know	London	Sign up here
8 May	12:00 - 13:00 BST	the TKC community ... and you!	The Keynote Club	Online	Sign up here
8 May	18:30 - 20:30 CEST	Sharannath Mohanram, ex Gucci and ex Piaget 😊	TMM IRL: The AI solutions and strategies every marketer needs	Geneva	Sign up here
9 May	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Su Khanna	Cowork Crew: The Three Pillars of Pitching	Cambridge	Sign up here
13 May	09:30 - 10:30 BST	Pieter-Paul von Weiler and Matt Davies, Cofounders at BetterBriefs	How to get to better ideas	Online	Sign up here
13 May	16:00 - 17:00 BST	Carola Seybold, Head of Global Key Account Management at PANTONE® LLC. Benjamin Watkinson, Head of Brand at GF Smith. Digge Zetterberg, VP of Marketing at Frontify.	The future palette: Exploring color trends in rebranding	Online	Sign up here
13 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Kathryn Wharton, Director at KLW Marketing	TMM IRL: Brand Voice and Storytelling – Finding the Magic in the Tiniest Tales	Newcastle	Sign up here
13 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Hopkinson, Founder at The Keynote Club; Ben Smith, Product Director at Autotrader; and Rox Nejad, Head of Brand at Autotrader	TMM IRL: Building a Brand That Belongs to Everyone	Manchester	Sign up here
13 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Ed Gould, Creative Director at Carswell Gould	TMM IRL: The Forecast – What 200 Marketing Leaders Say About the Future of Our Industry	Southampton	Sign up here
13 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Ade Holder, Director and Founder at 427 Marketing	TMM IRL: The Forgotten Channel – Why SEO Should Lead not Follow	Brighton	Sign up here
14 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Doddz, Augmented Reality & Digital Artist	TMM IRL: A Guided Tour of Marketing Magic – how creativity and data drive brand growth	London	Sign up here
14 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Abbie Gadd, Head of Sales and Marketing at Wye Valley Brewery	TMM IRL: Worcester	Worcester	Sign up here
15 May	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Glen Stout	Cowork Crew: How to make your website visitors say: “shut up and take my money”	Northampton	Sign up here
15 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Andi Lewis, Brilliance Coach at Andi Lewis Consultancy	TMM IRL: Coming back from the brink – how time might be robbing us all	Lancashire	Sign up here
15 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Stricker, Founder & Director at Ortum Consulting	TMM IRL: Everyone is focussing on maximising attention. Don’t do it!	Buckinghamshire	Sign up here
20 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Laurence Knopf, Client & Optimisation Director, Optimistics	TMM IRL: The Invisible Battle Between SEO & AI	Cambridge	Sign up here
20 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Olivia Mae Hanlon, Founder of Girls In Marketing	TMM IRL: Building your brand community on LinkedIn	Liverpool	Sign up here
21 May	17:30 - 19:30 BST	Charlotte May, Leadership Confidence Coach at Your Future Space	TMM IRL: The Overlooked Element of Marketing: You	Bristol and Bath	Sign up here
22 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Hannah Brady, Co-founder at The Brady Creative	TMM IRL: Marketing strategy, made simple	Birmingham	Sign up here
27 May	14:00 - 15:00 BST	Stephen Kenwright, Non-executive Director and Consultant	How to grow an agency in 2025	Online	Sign up here
27 May	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Bal Choda, Lead engineer and Investor at Aston Martin	TMM IRL: Aston Martin – The mindset of Excellence that can be applied to any industry	Leicester	Sign up here
2 Jun	18:00 - 20:30 BST	Speaker to be confirmed!	TMM IRL: Ashford	Ashford	Sign up here
4 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Wendy Melville, Fractional Marketing Director	TMM IRL: Making your marketing more accessible	Milton Keynes	Sign up here
5 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Speaker to be confirmed!	TMM IRL: Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Sign up here
10 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Hoppy, Founder of The Keynote Club	TMM IRL: Public speaking with confidence	Wrexham	Sign up here
11 Jun	09:30 - 10:30 BST	chima mmeje, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz, and Tim Soulo, CMO at Ahrefs	Is there growth in SEO in 2025?	Online	Sign up here
13 Jun	10:00 - 16:00 BST	13 amazing speakers and the chance to network with the TMM community	Merged Futures, the annual tech innovation showcase	Northampton	Sign up here
16 Jun	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Dave Officer	Cowork Crew: The One-Man Brand	London	Sign up here
17 Jun	14:00 - 15:00 BST	Mel Barfield, Senior Copywriter at Copy Or Die	How to grow a marketing freelancer / consultancy business in 2025	Online	Sign up here
19 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Hoppy, Founder of The Keynote Club	TMM IRL: Good and bad public speaking, it’s never an accident 🙂 and Marketing Management and Human Factors: Tales from the Flight Deck	Nottingham	Sign up here
26 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Hoppy, Founder of The Keynote Club	TMM IRL: Sheffield	Sheffield	Sign up here
3 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Thomas Reeve, Head of Design at Zyte	TMM IRL: Decoding the Human Touch – Practical Tips for Engaging User Experiences	Northampton	Sign up here
10 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Speaker to be confirmed!	TMM IRL: Winchester	Winchester	Sign up here

“If any of you haven’t engaged with The Marketing Meetup yet, now’s your chance. And believe me, you do not want to be left out.”

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Previous event recordings

How to measure and track the impact of brand marketing

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From Google to Glitter: Lessons in Brand Building, AI, and Starting Again – with Nishma Patel Robb

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SURREAL’s copywriter: The copywriter’s guide to brand building

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How to find your speaking territory and build a signature talk

In our latest session, we welcomed the brilliant Max Hopkinson — co-founder of The Keynote Club and former Head of Marketing at Iceland Foods. Max shared his deeply personal and practical journey to becoming a confident public speaker, after once having a panic...

What do marketers need to know about AI agents?

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Graphic design tips for busy marketers without a design background – Dave Officer

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Busting the brand myths to rebrand right

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Brand consistency: How to get the rest of the team on board with branding

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The step by step guide to building personal brands

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How to stop overthinking and (finally) start taking action: the workshop

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Diary of a burnout survivor: managing overwhelm in marketing

1. Burnout is Widespread in Marketing 70% of marketers report experiencing burnout in the past year. The always-on nature of marketing, constant measurement, and lack of alignment with leadership contribute to burnout. 2. The Role of Work in Identity &...

Slow the f*** down

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Some of our previous marketing speakers

Our speakers include some of the world's most famous and most effective marketing practitioners and thinkers. From Oscar Nominees to Disability Rights champions, to well-known names - we've had them all on our stage.

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy

Hannah Anderson, Co-Founder of Social Chain

Mark Ritson - Founder of the Mini-MBA & Marketing Week Columnist

Mark Ritson, Professor of Mini MBA

April Dunford, Author of Obviously Awesome

John Espirian, Relentlessly Helpful Technical Copywriter

Dave Gerhardt - CMO of Privy & Founder of DGMG

Dave Gerhardt, VP of Brand of Drift

Louis Grenier, Founder of Everyone Hates Marketers

Nathan Anibaba, Founder of Agency Dealmasters

Catherine Newman, CMO of Manchester United

Find more of our speakers and their talks just here

Why attend marketing events like The Marketing Meetup and what makes them among the best marketing events?

Marketing, when done well, can be a noble act. It matches a problem to a solution for customers and communicates it creatively.

But why attend events like The Marketing Meetup? Very simply, marketing doesn’t have to be a solo adventure. We can all make each other better. We can help each other along. We can learn, collaborate and grow together. Marketing done well is an amazing thing.

The Marketing Meetup is a friendly, inclusive and welcoming place to be. You leave feeling informed and welcome. That’s why they feel like some of the best marketing events and webinars around.