Smarter Marketer

Three agency founders discuss how marketers should balance brand building v performance marketing. The value of creating a long-term marketing strategy and how to educate stakeholders on the role and relationship between longer-term and shorter-term marketing activities. As well as the importance of telling a story to effectively connect with your audience. Listen now.

Guest:

On the podcast this week we have Co-Founders of branding and content agency Chello; Lindsay Rogers (Managing Director) and Tristan Velasco (Creative Director). Founded in 2014, independent agency Chello has worked on award-winning creative projects for clients including Shopify, Uber Eats, My Muscle Chef, Mirvac, Qudos Bank, PWC, Volkswagen and the Australian Government. You can follow both Lindsay and Tristan on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-velasco-043bb016/] [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindzrogers/] or visit the Chello website [https://www.chello.com.au/]. 

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

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About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

Whether marketing into mainland China or Chinese speakers in Australia, a different approach to digital is needed. In this pod, Ophenia Liang shares practical and insightful advice for marketing to a Chinese audience. From the different media platforms you need to be across, to audience segmentation and online behaviours. If you’re marketing to a Chinese audience in Australia or internationally, then this episode is a must-listen!

Guest:

Ophenia Liang is an entrepreneur with a focus in building cross-cultural businesses by realizing talents and resources around the world. Her area of expertise covers cross-cultural team management, strategic marketing planning, international media strategy planning. She has assisted key global brands to enter and grow in the Chinese market through her strategic planning and execution. She holds a public relations degree from Sun Yat-Sen University, a Masters in Marketing from Melbourne University and is an accredited translator with the National Authority of Translators and Interpreters. Ophenia is the winner of City of Sydney Business Award, Young Entrepreneur 2017; Winner of Australia China Alumni Award ( ICT & New Media), and a top 10 Agency Influencer on LinkedIn. You can follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ophenialiang/].

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

Discover everything you need to know about Spotify Ads in 2023. Simon Connolly, Head of SMB at Spotify ANZ, shares insights on boosting brand awareness with Spotify’s targeting options, ad specs, and how to master the Spotify Ad studio.

Guest:

Simon Connolly is Head of SMB, Australia and New Zealand at Spotify. Previously, Simon was a Team Lead SMB at TikTok, and was an Account Manager at both Yahoo and Oath. He has over 11 years of digital marketing experience working across manual, programmatic display and paid search. You can follow him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sijconnolly/details/experience/] .

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Studio Sessions Presents: The Secret Sauce - How to Write the Perfect Audio Ad: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3qVminmSbk

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

Webinars can be an excellent top-of-funnel promotional activity! Eshita Durve shares practical advice for running successful webinars, including how to choose an interesting topic, setting up your event day checklist, and how to turn your registrants into paying customers! 

Guest:

Eshita Durve leads the in-house Marketing team at Sydney-based, award-winning marketing agency, Rocket. As a marketer with a strong background in sales, she is passionate about using marketing technology to drive tangible business outcomes (Read: Eshita is not into fluff metrics). With 8 years of driving results both in-house and agency-side, Eshita was recently recognised as a finalist in the marketing category at the B&T Women in Media Awards. Follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martecher/].

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

https://rocketagency.com.au/resources/free-downloads/run-perfect-webinar

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

We interview the Founder of Australia’s largest influencer marketing company, Sharyn Smith, on influencer marketing in Australia. She discusses what influence is, how to choose the right influencer, the importance of content creation, and what you need to do to succeed in the space.

Guest:

Sharyn Smith is the CEO and Founder of Social Soup, Australia’s largest, award-winning, influencer marketing company. Social Soup has pioneered the influencer marketplace, having conducted 500+ influencer campaigns, and working with brands such as Aldi, Lego, L’Oreal, Philips, Huggies, Weetbix and many more. You can follow her on LinkedIn [https://au.linkedin.com/in/sharynsmithsoucialsoup]. 

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into one of the most successful digital marketing campaigns in Australia over the past 5 years - Mirvac's LIV launch. Winner of multiple awards including 'Best Advertising Campaign' at Semrush Awards 2021 and 'Best use of Data' at APAC Search Awards 2022, we explore how this brand new category achieved a 15.9x ROI and a 720% increase in conversion rate MoM with an integrated digital marketing strategy. Tune in to discover the secrets behind this phenomenal success. This episode was requested by a listener.

Read More About the award-winning LIV Campaign: https://rocketagency.com.au/case-studies/liv-mirvac

Guest:

Jade MacAuslan is the Marketing Manager at LIV Mirvac, Build-to-Rent. She has more than 20 years of success across business intelligence, tech and brand development. Previously, Jade was the Digital Marketing Director UKO Co-Living, General Manager - Marketing & Technology at Rugby Australia, and Brand Manager for Smith's Potato Chips at PepsiCo. You can follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jademacauslan/], or find out more about LIV Mirvac [https://www.livmirvac.com/]. 

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

ChatGPT is changing the face of marketing (and the world). David Lawrence is on the pod to confirm that all is not lost - and if you use ChatGPT effectively, it can actually make your job easier! If you don’t use it well, you’ll be stuck with mediocrity. This episode discusses ChatGPT’s limitations, how to perfect your writing prompts, and how it can be used to its best potential.

Guest:

David Lawrence is the MD and Co-Founder of Rocket, an award-winning Australian digital marketing agency. He is also the co-author of the Amazon #1 best-selling marketing book 'Smarter Marketer'. David has presented at several events including Inbound Boston, Search Marketing Summit, Mumbrella360, CEO Institute and a variety of seminars and in-house sessions. Follow him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlawrenceoz/].

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

How is AI like ChatGPT going to impact marketing? Where should you spend your marking dollars with a small budget? Any advice on attribution? Kayley Melham interviews James Lawrence on your 10 most asked marketing questions for 2023. 

Guest:

Kayley is the Marketing Coordinator at Rocket Agency, and works with the team to deliver insightful and informative copy, organise their webinar events, and manage the company’s organic social channels. She also produces the Smarter Marketer Podcast, the definitive podcast for Australian marketers, hosted by Rocket's Co-founder and Director, James Lawrence. Follow her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayley-melham-a36658209/]

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

With Google organic driving over 50% of web traffic to sites in Australia everyday SEO gets more important each year. Daniel Costa, Head of SEO at Rocket, discusses SEO trends in 2023 and the top 10 actions you need to take this year to succeed.

Guest:

Daniel Costa is an experienced Search Engine Optimization Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry, and is currently Rocket’s Head of SEO. He has been involved in numerous complex SEO campaigns involving global domains, migrations, e-commerce, lead gen, local, technical analysis, link building strategy and content plans. Daniel is a strong marketing professional with a Bachelor of Business and Commerce focused in Marketing and Human Resources from Western Sydney University. You can follow him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-costa-52a280150/].

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.

Simon Lee, one of the leading creative minds in Australian advertising, shares his groundbreaking and award-winning campaign 'Boys Do Cry'. Winner of 2022 B&T Best Advertising Campaign the 'Boys Do Cry' campaign has become a global movement that has changed the conversation about men’s mental health. Listen to how Simon created an anthem for a new mold of masculinity - rewriting The Cure’s famous song ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ into Boys Do Cry.

Guest:

Simon Lee is the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) and Partner at The Hallway, an Independent Advertising Agency based in Pyrmont, Sydney. He is recognised as one of the leading creative minds in Australian advertising, having created successful campaigns for Westpac, The Australian Financial Review and Qantas Frequent Flyer to name a few. You can follow him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-lee-790a2ba/] or go to his website [https://www.thehallway.com.au/]. 

Resources Mentioned:

Here is the official Boys Do Cry website where you can watch the full video and access valuable mental health resources [https://boysdocry.com.au/]. 

Find Us Online:

James Lawrence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslawrenceoz/ 

Smarter Marketer Website: https://www.smartermarketer.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency Website: https://rocketagency.com.au/ 

Rocket Agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-agency-pty-ltd/

Buy Smarter Marketer:

Hardcover: https://amzn.to/30O63kg 

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ZqfCWm 

About the Podcast:

This is the definitive podcast for Australian marketers. Join Rocket Agency Co-Founder and best-selling author, James Lawrence in conversation with marketers, leaders, and thinkers about what it takes to be a smarter and more successful marketer.