John Espirian
John at heart is a technical copywriter working for himself having previously held roles at Sky and Fujistu, although we hope he won’t 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 ‘Content DNA’ which is available on Amazon right now.
Work aside, John is an interesting chap despite an unfortunate affection for Liverpool FC – we’ve 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 ‘’Informer’ by Snow’ and John also voted 162 for Leona Lewis to win the X factor back in 2006, which we’re not sure is something to be proud of.
John Espirian’s talks with The Marketing Meetup:
How to start conversations with potential clients on your website
In this blog post, we’ll share how you can use conversational marketing tactics to start real-time conversations with your website visitors, convert them into potential clients and accelerate your sales. Whether you’re in B2C or B2B, this one is for you!
20 books I really enjoyed (marketing and non-marketing) – Joe Glover
I thought I’d share 20 marketing and non-marketing books I think you’ll enjoy. Hopefully something on the list takes your fancy. And, if it doesn’t please don’t judge me too much…
[Template] How to create great plain text email marketing campaigns
This is a 26-word email. Within it, there are 11 opportunities to make your email campaigns great.
While the specific copy/tone might not work for you, next time you write a marketing email that only you could write, start here.
A template for approaching event organisers for speaking opportunities
Below is a template that might be useful for you on how to approach event organisers.
Four ways to blog like a thought leader
If you’re marketing your own business, you’ve probably said this at some point or another. Blogging is seen as a bit of a hallmark of content marketing, but many of us struggle to find the time, inspiration, or confidence to actually do it.
Continuing to find positivity in lockdown 3.0
Lockdown 3.0! Another reason to focus on you right now.
Although we’ve been here before, it doesn’t make it any easier on our mental health.
So here are a few ideas we’ve been discussing with our job hunters to help them stay, or find, a bit of positivity.
The last w@2 of 2020
This is the last wednesday @ two of 2020.
What’s the difference between a manager and a leader?
So, what is the difference between management and leadership? Penny Ferguson, Founder of The Living Leader, explains.
Hot takes on the new Linkedin stories feature – Autumn 2020
Linkedin just launched its new stories feature. Here is what Linkedin stories are, and what we think it means for marketers.
Tips for posting on Linkedin from 2,000,000 views this year
I thought I’d share some thoughts on the things I’ve learned about Linkedin after getting 2,000,000 views in 10 months.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Name | Location | Get yo' space |
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| 21 Apr | 17:30 - 20:00 EDT | Julia Grandoni, Co Founder, & Nicole Alexakis, Creative Director, at Creative Junii | TMM IRL: Ask Me Anything “AMA” on User-Generated Content | Montreal | Sign up here |
| 21 Apr | 19:00 - 20:30 CEST | Speakers from the TMM Geneva community! | TMM IRL: Wins, Wobbles and What we Learned | Geneva | Sign up here |
| 22 Apr | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | Wistia legends Sam Balter, Senior Content Manager, and Taylor Corrado, Senior Director of Brand Marketing | Wistia: The State of Video Live Show | Online | Sign up here |
| 22 Apr | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Max Denning, Web Growth Specialist: SEO, GEO & CRO at Pluxee | TMM IRL: Is SEO Dead? Future-Proofing Digital Marketing for the Age of AI Search | Reading | Sign up here |
| 23 Apr | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Nick Silverstone, Fractional MD & Senior Leaders ADHD Business Coach | Ask Me Anything: Prioritisation & Overwhelm | Online | Sign up here |
| 23 Apr | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Dan Nelken, Creative Director, Speaker + Author | How to Unsuck the Internet | Online | Sign up here |
| 23 Apr | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Laura Rangeley, Marketing & Communications Manager at Abbeydale Brewery with James Marriott, Founder at Sound Media | TMM IRL: Brewing a Beer Brand – a Q&A with Abbeydale Brewery’s marketing team | Sheffield | Sign up here |
| 23 Apr | 18:00 - 20:00 CEST | Clement Thibault, Growth Marketing Lead at Cargoplot | TMM IRL: How to actually use AI in your GTM operations | Amsterdam | Sign up here |
| 24 Apr | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & James Sandbrook | Cowork Crew: The Human Advantage – How to Build a Business People Actually Feel | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 28 Apr | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Seb Royce, Creative & Communications Partner at Eden Labs | How to use AI in your workflows without costing the Earth | Online | Sign up here |
| 28 Apr | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | James Addlestone, Head of Data Arts at Saatchi & Saatchi | TMM IRL: You’re (Probably) Using the Wrong Customer Data | Leeds | Sign up here |
| 28 Apr | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Leamington Spa | Leamington Spa | Sign up here |
| 29 Apr | 18:15 - 19:45 BST | Diana Byrne, Founder and CMO at Clarity | TMM IRL: Productivity for Marketers Masterclass – How to Reclaim 10 Hours a Week | Dublin | Sign up here |
| 30 Apr | 18:00 - 21:00 BST | Nick Lafferty, Growth Marketing at Profound; Aleyda Solis, International SEO Consultant & Founder at Orainti; and Tom Capper, Senior Search Scientist at Moz. Hosted by Chima Mmeje, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz | Sip & Search Meetup @ Brighton SEO UK: Top Strategies for AI Brand Visibility in 2026 | Brighton | Sign up here |
| 1 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Hayley Bell | Cowork Crew: Positive Nutrition for Entrepreneurs | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 5 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Giles Etherington, Founder and Brand Creator at Brand Satellite | TMM IRL: Think brand, not business | Fife | Sign up here |
| 6 May | 10:00 - 10:45 BST | Definition legends Neil Taylor, Director of Training and Luke Budka, AI Director | Stop the slop: How creative teams can work beautifully with AI | Online | Sign up here |
| 7 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | James Sandbrook, Cofounder at The Marketing Meetup | TMM IRL: The Human Advantage – How to Build a Business People Actually Feel | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Chris Lavigne, Head of Production at Wistia | Short form video for busy marketers: a 2 hour weekly workflow | Online | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Laurie Stirling, Business Growth Strategist | TMM IRL: How to Scale When You’re the Talent | Newcastle | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Tonina Takova, Head of Strategy at Social for Good | TMM IRL: Marketing in the age of the (social) lurker | Manchester | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Mike Essex, Founder of Devise Marketing | TMM IRL: Optimise Everything! From AIO to SEO and beyond | Southampton | Sign up here |
| 13 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Kate Sikora, Co-founder at Noble Performance; and Dominic Baliszewski, Co-founder of Yours Sincerely | TMM IRL: SEO is dead, and GEO isn’t the answer, welcome to the age of Earned Visibility | London | Sign up here |
| 13 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Wrexham | Wrexham | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Shaira Gatdula, Founder at Dear Girls Club | TMM IRL: From Followers to Friendships – Building a Real Community That Shows Up | Edinburgh | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Ben Jayston, Head of SMB SEO at GAIN Performance Accelerate | TMM IRL: From Google searches to real customers – SEO that works for small business | Bournemouth | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Lincoln | Lincoln | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Jason Suttie, Founder at Charlie Xray | TMM IRL: The Slow Death of a Good Brand | Cheltenham | Sign up here |
| 15 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Jean Atkinson | Cowork Crew: Work Smarter, Earn More – AI Tools & Workflow Automation | Leeds | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Rupen Shah, Head of Client Services at Thinkbox | TMM IRL: Why Brands Still Matter & How TV Remains The Ultimate Brand Builder | Bristol and Bath | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Cambridge | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Alex Wright, Chair of The Marketing Meetup and The Keynote Club | TMM IRL: Norwich | Norwich | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Exeter | Exeter | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:30 BST | Kate Bunyan, Founder and CEO of Sea Magik | TMM IRL: How to grow a beauty brand, without pretending you’ve got it all figured out | Ashford | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Rachael Bryant, Company Director at Your Video Team | TMM IRL: 1 heroic day, 3 months of content. Here’s how! | Lancashire | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Philip Gaudoin, Director at MetaMetrics | TMM IRL: Fleet | Fleet | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Nick Crawford | Cowork Crew: From AI frustration to AI confidence – how to get reliable results from GenAI | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Max Hopkinson, Founder of The Keynote Club | Ask Me Anything – Find your speaking territory and build a talk people remember | Online | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Birmingham | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 28 May | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Luan Wise FCIM, Social Media Consultant, Trainer & Author | Ask Me Anything – How to nail B2B marketing in 2026 | Online | Sign up here |
| 4 Jun | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Natalie Vasylkiv, Photographer & Content Creator, and Rachel Cogan, Chief of Staff Marketing & Brand Strategist | TMM IRL: Branding and how it shapes perception – a fireside chat | Ottawa | Sign up here |
| 18 Jun | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Anna from Midnight Blue, Fiona from Attention Seeker, and Emily Walker from ECW Digital | TMM IRL: Stop Gambling With Growth. Big or Small, Brand is Your Greatest De-risker | Hertfordshire | Sign up here |