Mark Ritson
Mark Ritson is almost a man who needs no introduction, but for those not in the knowβ¦ Mark has been a columnist at Marketing Week for over a decade, a regular and world-class speaker, a consultant for some of the worldβs most interesting brands, and also a Marketing Professor gone rogue – having recently stepped down from his Associate Professor position at Melbourne Business School to focus on his Mini MBA programme.
On a personal level, Mark has had a big impact on how we have come to view the marketing world through his columns for Marketing Week. However, if we was to point to two specific pieces of work, then you should check out his case studies on 50 years of the Effies (our favourite was the Tide super bowl ad analysis), or his talk βOn the Contraryβ – delivered at the APG strategy conference.
Mark Ritson’s talks with The Marketing Meetup:
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.
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A message from Sean Paul for The Marketing Meetup… no, seriously.
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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.
When was the last time you asked your customers how they feel?
When we started talking to our clients, in what ultimately became a rebrand (not all conversations lead to a rebrand, fear not) we found that there was a disconnect betweenβ¦
Punk Rock Marketing
Iβm not a marketer, neither am I a punk, but coming from a lifetime of working in the broadcast and print media I do understand audiences and I know how much people appreciate content that makes them think, makes them smile and makes them pay attention. Isnβt that the...
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9 Sep | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Lauren Ingram, Founder of Next Big Thing | How to improve your brand’s AI visibility | Online | Sign up here |
9 Sep | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Amy Bebbington, Global Head of Brand at Mozilla; Luke Thompson, Creative Director at JKR; Digge Zetterberg, VP Marketing at Frontify; and Carolyn Griffin, Group Strategy Director at JKR. | Designed to flex | Online | Sign up here |
9 Sep | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Christina Lord, Energy Leadership Coach and Resilience Expert | TMM IRL: Building Sustainable Resilience – Thriving in Marketing Without Burning Out | Newcastle | Sign up here |
9 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) | Manchester | Sign up here |
9 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Mette Davis, Course Leader for the Cannes Lions Creative MBA | TMM IRL: Creativity that cuts through – what Cannes Lions 2025 taught us about marketing that really makes a difference | Ipswich | Sign up here |
9 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Robin Waldman, Founder and Creative Director of RCM | TMM IRL: An insider’s look at influencer marketing | Southampton | Sign up here |
11 Sep | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Jack Griffiths | Cowork Crew: Marketing, the Modern Way | Reading | Sign up here |
11 Sep | 09:30 - 10:30 BST | Canva | Getting your brand end-of-year ready | London | Sign up here |
11 Sep | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Silvia Coletto, Founder of The Paid Ads School | TMM IRL: Are You Ready For Ads? The Speedrun Edition ππΌββοΈ π¨ π¨ | Northampton | Sign up here |
12 Sep | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Jodie Newman | Cowork Crew: How to make creativity your superpower | Cambridge | Sign up here |
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 | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Ashford | 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 | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Exeter | 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 | Tony Greenwood, Sales Director at Sales Geek | 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 | 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 |
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 |
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 |