Louis Grenier, Everyone Hates Marketers
Louis Grenier is the Founder of the excellent Everyone Hates Marketers , the podcast with nearly a million downloads, and organisation that fights marketing bullshit.
This is a super exciting time for Louis as recently he announced he is departing his full time role at Hotjar to take Everyone Hates Marketers full time, which is not only richly earned, but very exciting for the whole marketing community.
As a listener of Everyone Hates Marketers, weβve come to admire Louis for three reasons. 1. His direct interviewing style that gets the most out of his guest. 2. The guests themselves – we look enviously at the two episodes he has done with Seth Godin – the first of which Seth stated that Louis provided the most invigorating podcast intro he had experienced for a long time. And 3. Louisβ consistent focus on finding not just βthings that workβ but βthings that work consistently for a long timeβ – I..e. a pursuit of marketing truth.
Louis Grenier’s talks with The Marketing Meetup:
Fantastic conversational marketing examples that will increase your website conversions
So, you’ve heard of conversational marketing, but would love to see it in action? Here are some of the best examples from across the web.
The Best Marketing Tools for Marketers on a Budget
There is so many amazing marketing tools out there, it’s difficult to keep up. Here is our recommended tools for marketers on a budget.
The absolute basics of marketing
New to marketing? Here’s the absolute basics
Tips for how to post and build a personal brand on LinkedIn
Linkedin is providing an incredible opportunity to build your personal brand right now. But how do you do it? Here’s our top tips.
Marketing Masterclass Two: The Manta Sleep Mask
How do you convince someone to invest in a $30 version of something otherwise available in a pound store? Here’s what I learned from my purchase experience of a manta sleep mask.
How we set up Zoom for Marketing Meetup Webinars
Zoom has become one of The Marketing Meetup’s most important bits of software.
And while we’ve all no doubt set up many a Zoom meeting for the purposes of quizzes and more, learning about how to do it for webinars wasn’t all that easy. So, we thought we’d create a (not short) video, on what the background operation of setting a Zoom webinar looks like.Β
A Marketing Masterclass: Son of a Tailor
Part of the reason I love running The Marketing Meetup is that I love seeing great marketing in action. As Rand Fishkin puts it, ‘marketing done well can be a noble act’, because it matches a ‘need’ to a solution, which ultimately improves someone’s life.
So when a company absolutely markets the sh*t out of me in a compelling way, I canβt help but feel like I want to 1) sit back and clap, and 2) learn as much as I can from them.
The ultimate marketers reading list
There is so many amazing marketing books out there, it’s difficult to keep up. Here is our recommended reading for marketers everywhere.
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.
Date | Time | Speaker | Name | Location | Get yo' space |
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16 Sep | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Ross Simmonds, Founder at Foundation | How to use AI to help create great content | Online | Sign up here |
16 Sep | 17:00 - 19:00 EDT | Julia Grandoni VP of Digital Ad Production at Maxy Media Inc & Trendzi | TMM IRL: How to Leverage TikTok | Montreal | Sign up here |
17 Sep | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Ben Hope, Marketing Director and Natalie Hollands, Client Partner at Bauer Media Outdoor UK | TMM IRL: Lights, memory, action | Bristol and Bath | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Hannah Brady | Cowork Crew: How to stand out in the messy middle | Northampton | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 09:30 - 10:30 BST | Canva | Build Sessions | London | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | A stellar A-List panel, including brand strategy leads at challenger skincare brands Byoma and REFY and Jake Higgins, Director at MNC Agency, known as the home of challenger brands. | Category Underdogs: How Challenger Brands Find Their Audience Advantage | Online | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Max Hoppy, Founder of The Keynote Club | TMM IRL: Why collecting courage receipts will change your life (and it will) | Birmingham | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Eloise Idoine, Business Owner, Rialto Training, and Claire Reynolds Head of Marketing & Communications, Nottingham College | TMM IRL: Guide to Success on LinkedIn, and People power – How AI can support storytelling through PR, without losing your human spark | Nottingham | Sign up here |
18 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Lotti Bruce, Brand & Marketing Director at THE PIG hotels | TMM IRL: Growing a brand without losing its soul | Winchester | Sign up here |
22 Sep | 18:00 - 20:30 BST | Lottie Namakando, Director of Behavioural Science and Innovation at Reflect Digital | TMM IRL: Using your Competitors to Supercharge your Search | Ashford | Sign up here |
23 Sep | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Neal Mann, Co-Founder at Noan | How to become an AI leader in your organisation | Online | Sign up here |
23 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Katherine Threadgold, Head of Brand and Katherine Neave, Major Projects Lead at Genio | TMM IRL: The Essential Skill Set Behind a Successful Rebrand | Leeds | Sign up here |
23 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Lucy Day, Founder at Human2HumanThinking | TMM IRL: From Ideas to Action – Using your marketing knowledge to more effectively influence stakeholders | Cambridge | Sign up here |
24 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Daisy Lavington, Senior B Corp and Impact Consultant at Greenheart | TMM IRL: Making Your Green Claims Count | Exeter | Sign up here |
25 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Luan Wise, Social Media Marketing Consultancy & Training | TMM IRL: AI and Authenticity – Striking the Right Balance for Your Social Media Content | Edinburgh | Sign up here |
25 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | A conversation with Tony Greenwood, Sales Director at Sales Geek and Steve Sorah, Marketing Director at Trident Utilities | TMM IRL: How marketing teams annoy sales teams and what to do about it π | Lancashire | Sign up here |
25 Sep | 18:30 - 20:30 EDT | David J Ebner, President & Founder at Content Workshop | TMM IRL: Backlinks Back, Alright! SEO, GEO, AIO and how to navigate the new “search everywhere” normal | Toronto | Sign up here |
26 Sep | 12:00 - 12:30 BST | Canva Rise Office Hours | Online | Sign up here | |
30 Sep | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Brian Da Silva, Head of Social at VEED | How to use AI to help create great social videos | Online | Sign up here |
30 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Sally Henderson, High-Stakes Leadership Mentor | TMM IRL: Why purpose is not enough, and what to do about it | London | Sign up here |
7 Oct | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Rory Hope, Head of EN Growth at HubSpot and Laura Lane, Head of Marketing Northern Europe at HubSpot | How to optimise your content strategy for AI engines – HubSpot x TMM π | Online | Sign up here |
7 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Members of our community π | TMM IRL: Lightning talks from our brilliant community! | Wrexham | Sign up here |
7 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Tom Hastings, Founder at Beta Shift | TMM IRL: The Smart Marketer’s Guide to AI (and the Future You Need to Prepare For) | Brighton | Sign up here |
8 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Professor Laura Chamberlain, Professor of Marketing at Warwick Business School; Anna O'Riordan, Brand, Marketing and Comms consultant; and Raimonda Richardson, Founder of Force4Events | TMM IRL: Take the Pressure Off β Why Marketing ROI Still Matters | Reading | Sign up here |
9 Oct | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Christine Gritmon | Cowork Crew: Inside-Out Personal Branding | Reading | Sign up here |
9 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Emily McArthur, Digital Marketing Account Manager at Wagada Digital | TMM IRL: Scary Season – staying visible, staying sane, and staying ahead | Hertfordshire | Sign up here |
9 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Sheffield | Sheffield | Sign up here |
10 Oct | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Steve Folland | Cowork Crew: The Best Advice Iβve Stolen from 10 years of Interviews | Cambridge | Sign up here |
14 Oct | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Anna Carina Berkman, Founder at Markitect | How to best prompt AI in 2025 | Online | Sign up here |
15 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Andrew Cock-Starkey, Founder at Optimisey | TMM IRL: SEO – What to Do When You Canβt Do It All | Milton Keynes | Sign up here |
15 Oct | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Fleet | Fleet | Sign up here |
21 Oct | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Peter Weinberg, Co-Founder at Evidenza | How AI is impacting market research | Online | Sign up here |
23 Oct | 18:30 - 21:00 BST | Chima Mmeje, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz | Sip & Search Free SEO Meetup: AI Automation Party at BrightonSEO UK (Fringe Event) | Brighton | Sign up here |
6 Nov | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Jonny Tooze, Entrepreneur & Advisor at Pimms Associates | TMM IRL: Climbing Mount LinkedIn | Guildford | Sign up here |
6 Nov | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Nick Crawford, Founder at Twist Consultacy | TMM IRL: From Dogs to Giraffes – Marketing models with a twist | Northampton | Sign up here |
11 Nov | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady | TMM IRL: Podcasting for Business | Southampton | Sign up here |
11 Nov | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Heather Pownall, Founder at Heather's Media Hub | TMM IRL: It’s not the tech, it’s the strategy – how to turn a podcast into marketing gold | Fife | Sign up here |
12 Nov | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Sign up here |
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 |