John Espirian
John at heart is a technical copywriter working for himself having previously held roles at Sky and Fujistu, although we hope he wonβt mind us saying that we also consider him one of the most useful sources for Linkedin knowledge on the web. Specifically, John focuses on organic Linkedin, which is where our focus is in this session. John is also the recent author of βContent DNAβ which is available on Amazon right now.
Work aside, John is an interesting chap despite an unfortunate affection for Liverpool FC β weβve still got my fingers crossed the season will be cancelled before they can be crowned champions. John is a Lord (technically), his first music purchase was ββInformerβ by Snowβ and John also voted 162 for Leona Lewis to win the X factor back in 2006, which weβre not sure is something to be proud of.
John Espirian’s talks with The Marketing Meetup:
How marketers should be looking to up skill in 2020
Now is the time many marketers are looking to up skill. Here’s the areas we would be focusing our attention in 2020:
Diversity and The Marketing Meetup: Actions
How The Marketing Meetup is striving to do better from a diversity point of view.
How I wrote a song which meant we ended up working with Fiverr.
How I wrote a song which meant we ended up working with Fiverr. Because sometimes, you have to do things differently.
CV support for The Marketing Meetup Community, provided by Brand Recruitment and Pitch Consultants
Things are hard right now. Chances are, they will get even tougher.
And while we can’t click our fingers and make things better, we wanted to do what we could to help. So, working with our friends and partners at Brand Recruitment and Pitch Consultants, we’re offering the community 30 minute CV sessions.Β
A message from Sean Paul for The Marketing Meetup… no, seriously.
You know how every brand in the world is messaging you that they’re there for you right now? Well, we got Sean Paul to do ours.
The Marketing Meetup and Coronavirus
We’re moving The Marketing Meetup events online in response to Coronavirus βπ·
Marketers Bingo
Marketers… we all do the same stuff really.
The Marketing Meetup is going to… New York!
The Marketing Meetup is going to… New York!
Further joins the growing Gravity Global family
Leading international B2B agency Gravity Global has announced today that it has acquired the multi award-winning digital marketing agency, Further.
100 days to make a difference: The habit calendar
It is said that if you repeatedly do something for 100 days straight, it becomes a habit.
So we made you one to help you do the thing that you want to change in your life, or your marketing.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Name | Location | Get yo' space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar | 09:00 - 17:00 GMT | lots of wonderful speakers from the TMM community π | The Marketing Meetup Conference 2026 | London | Sign up here |
| 9 Dec | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy | Behavioural Science & Marketing Q&A with Rory Sutherland | Online | Sign up here |
| 9 Dec | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Chris Savage and Brendan Schwartz, Co-Founders at Wistia | Wistia Video Remix. Founder demo; remixing, private beta | Online | Sign up here |
| 9 Dec | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | The speaker: You and your community! | TMM IRL: A community workshop on 2025 wins and 2026 challenges | Leeds | Sign up here |
| 10 Dec | 09:00 - 17:00 GMT | Anni Mueller, Ex Head of Social at Innocent | Hive | Ask The Expert: Brand & Social Tone of Voice | Online | Sign up here |
| 10 Dec | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Penni Pickering, Co-Founder at Cowork Crew and Kabo Creative | TMM IRL: Surviving (and sometimes thriving) as a self-employed human | Milton Keynes | Sign up here |
| 11 Dec | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | An open Q&A session with folks from the community | TMM IRL: An open Q&A session | Buckinghamshire | Sign up here |
| 11 Dec | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Jay Acunzo, Advisor, author, keynote speaker | Host Better Webinars: Start Strong, End Strong | Online | Sign up here |
| 17 Dec | 09:00 - 17:00 GMT | Sophie Cross, Founder at Freelancer Magazine | Hive | Ask The Expert: Freelance Focus | Online | Sign up here |
| 9 Jan | 09:00 - 16:30 GMT | Coworking, Cake & Jess Bruno | Cowork Crew: How to build a personal brand online | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 9 Jan | 09:00 - 16:30 GMT | Coworking, Cake & James Sandbrook | Cowork Crew: launch event in Birmingham! | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 13 Jan | 17:30 - 20:00 GMT | Nic Redman, Host of The Voice Coach Podcast | TMM IRL: Giving Your Voice a Seat at the Marketing Table | Newcastle | Sign up here |
| 13 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Joe Glover, Co-Founder of The Marketing Meetup | TMM IRL: Cambridge | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 15 Jan | 09:00 - 16:30 GMT | Coworking, Cake & Andrew Cock-Starkey | Cowork Crew: SEO When You have No Time (and even less budget) | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 15 Jan | 09:00 - 16:30 GMT | Coworking, Cake & Molly Scanlan | Cowork Crew: How to stop your website from destroying the planet | Reading | Sign up here |
| 15 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Sarah Pascaru, Founder at Social Jooce and Nick Silverstone, Fractional MD and certified Senior Leaders ADHD coach | TMM IRL: Neurodiversity, Strengths & Real-World Strategy | Hertfordshire | Sign up here |
| 15 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Junior-Cudjoe (JC) Impraim, Marketing and Engagement Officer, GreenerFuture Leicestershire | TMM IRL: Building a Sustainable Brand | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 16 Jan | 09:00 - 16:30 GMT | Coworking, Cake & Nkem Ekwukoma | Cowork Crew: Legal Confidence for Small Business Owners – Clear, Simple Steps to Stay Protected | London | Sign up here |
| 20 Jan | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Kirsty Fraser, Senior Director of International Marketing at Movable Ink; and Rich Crossley, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Movable Ink | The Marketing Meetup x Movable Ink – The School of AI: AI for Marketers, By Marketers | Online | Sign up here |
| 20 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Industry experts to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Is your marketing strategy ready for 2026? An interactive session π | Norwich | Sign up here |
| 20 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Southampton | Southampton | Sign up here |
| 21 Jan | 09:00 - 17:00 GMT | Gus Bhandal, LinkedIn strategist and founder of The Squeeze | Hive – Ask The Expert: Personal Branding on Linkedin | Online | Sign up here |
| 21 Jan | 17:30 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Bristol | Bristol and Bath | Sign up here |
| 21 Jan | 18:00 - 20:30 GMT | Sam Fuszard, Founder of Fuzzy Logic and Co-Founder of The Rookie CEO | TMM IRL: The Fuzzy Formula – The Formula for Business Beyond Binary Thinking | Ashford | Sign up here |
| 21 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | featuring you and your community! Get involved in an Open Space group discussion | TMM IRL: Choose Your Own Marketing Adventure π | Reading | Sign up here |
| 21 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Roxanne Hobbs, Founder at The Hobbs Consultancy | TMM IRL: Leading with Heart in an Age of Change | London | Sign up here |
| 22 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | George Bettany, Founder and Head Coach at MARA Coaching | TMM IRL: The Power of Presence | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 22 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Sign up here |
| 27 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Dave Harland, The Word Man | TMM IRL: Lancashire | Lancashire | Sign up here |
| 28 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Barnaby St Anton, Digital Marketing Manager at Optix Solutions | TMM IRL: How to win trends with influencer peers | Exeter | Sign up here |
| 28 Jan | 18:30 - 20:30 EST | Shiv Narayanan, President & Founder, How To SaaS | TMM IRL: How to Build a 2026 Budget that Turns Marketing Into a Revenue Engine | Toronto | Sign up here |
| 29 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Colette George, PPC Strategist at 21 Degrees Digital | TMM IRL: Why your unique journey is your strongest asset | Sheffield | Sign up here |
| 29 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Phil Treagus-Evans, CEO and Co-Founder at Giraffe Social | TMM IRL: In a World of AI, your Humanity is your Competitive Edge | Winchester | Sign up here |
| 29 Jan | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Lincoln | Lincoln | Sign up here |
| 12 Feb | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Sign up here |
| 12 Feb | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Nick Crawford, Founder at Twist Consultancy | TMM IRL: From AI frustration to AI confidence – the framework that actually works | Peterborough | Sign up here |
| 24 Feb | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Anna Payne, Business Growth Strategist and Consultant | TMM IRL: Fife | Fife | Sign up here |
| 26 Feb | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Bournemouth | Bournemouth | Sign up here |





