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| S3 E66: Where Marketers Contribute the Most Value: Identifying Demand and Innovation | 10 mars 2026 | 00:24:40 | |
Most revenue growth actually comes from rising demand, and brands that recognise early can move to service it. In this episode, Jack Ferguson breaks down where marketers create the most value inside a business: identifying emerging demand and helping organisations innovate to meet it. Drawing on Mats Georgson’s Demand Point Constellation Theory, and using examples from Uber, McDonald’s, Intuit, Swiffer, and others, Jack explains how marketers can uncover these demand points through real-world observation and customer insight. This episode covers: Helpful Links: | |||
| S3 E65: Why Costco Engineers Against Impulse Purchases, How Honey Collapsed in One Video, and the Quantum Shift Marketing Needs | 24 févr. 2026 | 00:47:47 | |
Buyers don’t experience brands as funnels. They encounter them mid-scroll, mid-conversation, mid-doubt, mid-purchase, to name a few examples. So why does marketing still plan as if people move predictably from awareness to purchase? This episode's guest Jelena Veselinovic joins host Jack Ferguson to rally against this phenomenon while drawing on 25+ years of marketing experience, including 18 years at Coca-Cola and 3.5 years as Head of Brand Marketing at Miro. Now operating as a fractional Head of Brand, she blends classical marketing science with a philosophical background to challenge the deterministic assumptions still embedded in boardrooms. If the world behaves probabilistically, effective marketing must evolve accordingly. We cover:
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| S3 E64: Using AI to create Audio Brand Assets, Magnum ASMR, and Sonic Spillage | 10 févr. 2026 | 00:28:21 | |
In this episode, Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson discusses sonic branding and the new opportunities that are emerging for marketers with AI. Jack recently created a song for his own brand using AI which sparked a bigger conversation about sonic branding, accessibility, and audio ownership. Sound is one of the most underused brand assets available today and smaller brands have more access than ever. - LinkedIn Profile - Follow The Push on TikTok - Follow The Push on Instagram - Visit The Push Website - Rivers Advertisements | |||
| S3 E63: How 150 Brands Achieved Disproportionate Growth, Making Bluetooth a Household Name, and The Category Fallacy | 27 janv. 2026 | 01:04:37 | |
In this episode, Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson hosts Strategic Growth Architect Mats Georgson, former Global Brand Director at Sony Ericsson, to discuss how brands achieve large, sustained growth and how most category-based thinking caps it. Mats was the first marketer to work on Bluetooth, giving him deep, practical insight into rapid global adoption, and years later completed a research project analysing how 150 brands achieved disproportionate growth. Together, Jack and Mats explore why some brands defy gravity, while others struggle to break free of their category constraints. Helpful Links: Mats’ Demand Point Constellation Thesis Links to Mats: The Push LinkedIn Page Referenced in Episode: | |||
| S3 E62: Play-Doh’s former VP of Marketing, Leigh Anne Capello, on the brand’s distinctive scent, future thinking, and sensory branding | 13 janv. 2026 | 00:35:44 | |
In this episode, Jack Ferguson hosts Leigh Anne Cappello, former VP of Marketing for Play-Doh and one of the leaders during its 50th anniversary period, to discuss how scent, memory, and brand DNA combined to create one of the most recognisable brands. From the Play-Doh perfume release to prescience calendars to the penetration of the brand's scent, this episode is an exploration of what it takes for a brand to stick. In this episode Leigh Anne discusses:
Links to Leigh Anne and Jack: - Leigh Anne's LinkedIn Profile Links to The Push: - Website Referenced in this Episode: - Brand Sense by Martin Lindstrom | |||
| S3 E61: Evolved Brand Building: The Case for Immersion as the Multiplier | 30 déc. 2025 | 00:23:55 | |
This episode explores disproportionate leverage and how it shows up when immersion is treated as critical brand building work, not a nice-to-have. This episode is co-hosted by Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and Brand Identity Designer Tutai Marongere. In this episode, you’ll hear:
Helpful Links: - Find Jack on LinkedIn here - Follow The Push on LinkedIn here - Visit The Push website here | |||
| S3 E60: Christmas’ Brand Heritage: Ritualistic Architecture and How Brands Culturally Embed | 23 déc. 2025 | 00:32:45 | |
Christmas is often thought of as a seasonal moment. In reality, it’s one of the strongest examples of brand heritage and cultural embedding ever built. This episode analyses Christmas as a brand system. It examines how it formed, how it survived bans, wars, secularisation, and media fragmentation, and why its relevance continues to compound without central ownership, governance, or constant persuasion. For senior marketers, this offers an opportunity to examine endurance at the system level and understand how meaning persists when channels change, attention fragments, and authority disappears. This episode breaks down the ritualistic architecture underneath Christmas. It explores the structures that organise behaviour, repetition, and memory over time. More importantly, it shows why brands do not need to invent architecture of this magnitude themselves. They can identify, attach to, and strengthen existing cultural architectures to gain leverage, relevance, and resilience without relying on perpetual novelty or escalating spend. In this episode, Jack discusses:
Helpful Links: - Follow The Push on LinkedIn here - Follow The Push on YouTube here - Follow The Push on TikTok here - Follow The Push on Instagram here - Visit The Push website here - Visit Jack’s personal website here References: https://www.marketingweek.com/mcdonalds-bigger-than-jesus-christ/ https://yougov.co.uk/topics/consumer/explore/brand/Coca_Cola https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ Saturnalia | |||
| S3 E59: Positive Wastage: The Brand Growth You Didn’t Intentionally Create | 16 déc. 2025 | 00:24:42 | |
Most brands try to eliminate waste. This episode explains how this approach is limiting. We break down Positive Wastage, how it shows up in practice, and why it repeatedly drives brand growth, marketing outcomes, and long-term relationships, even when not intentionally planned for. In this episode:
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| S3 E58: Building Your Personal Brand as a Marketer: Job Proofing Yourself and Navigating a Tactic-Obsessed Marketplace | 09 déc. 2025 | 00:14:48 | |
Building your own personal brand as a marketer matters more than ever. It helps you stay respected, protect your career options, and operate with more authority in workplaces that often default to tactics over strategy. • The meeting where he’d finally had enough: The moment his internal positioning collapsed and why it pushed him to build his own brand as a marketer. • How marketing differs from finance, ops and accounting: Closed systems vs open systems, and why marketers navigate entropy, culture shifts and demand cycles instead of neat levers. • How to shut down “does this tactic work?” questions: Reframes that stop you accepting a frame that undermines your expertise. • How to position yourself within a company: Building internal buy-in, establishing standards, and preventing others from treating you like an order-taker. • How to job-proof your career: How to grow your profile and make your personal brand a market signal. • How the informal job market works: Why 70–80% of roles never hit Seek or LinkedIn, why senior roles are usually filled long before they’re advertised, and what this means for you. • Why great marketers don’t apply for jobs: How to build yourself into someone who gets the tap on the shoulder. - Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush - Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram - Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push - Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist + Marketing Consultant — Jack Ferguson | |||
| S3 E57: One Brand, 28 Retail Stores Launched: Marketing Tactics Are Overrated; What Really Drives Growth | 02 déc. 2025 | 00:09:36 | |
In this episode, host Jack Ferguson breaks down the real drivers of revenue growth by going back to first principles. No tactics worship, just the underlying forces that move product. He talks about: About Your Host: Jack Ferguson is an evidence-based brand strategist with 15 years experience in marketing across 25 industries. Helpful Links:
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| S3 E56: How Marketers Are Made: The Origin Story of Two Professionals Who Didn’t Plan This | 25 nov. 2025 | 00:34:11 | |
Two marketers who never planned to be marketers break down exactly how they fell into the industry. One came through science. One came through life coaching. Both arrived here by accident.
This episode pulls back the curtain on how Ben and Jack both got started in marketing. About your co-hosts: Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Ben on LinkedIn here: Ben Reeves | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: https://bethepush.com/ Visit Jack’s personal website here: https://jackferguson.co/ Visit Ben’s website here: https://benreeves.co/ | |||
| S3 E55: Career Doubt in Marketing: Setback Stories, and How to Persevere (with Chanel Clark) | 11 nov. 2025 | 00:28:24 | |
Every marketer has questioned whether this career’s really for them; especially after getting blamed, burning out, or being abandoned when times get tough. Chanel Clark joins Jack Ferguson and shares stories of being pushed out, made redundant on day one of lockdown, and writing $8 ad copy to survive, before turning it all into The Marketing Club, a 12,000+ strong community that’s kept countless marketers in the game. In this episode: - Jack talks about why marketing becomes the easiest function to blame, and how to stay credible when the business turns on you. - Chanel talks about the moment she was told she didn’t belong, and how that early rejection became the fuel for everything that followed. - Chanel talks about the humbling months writing $8 ads and risky cold emails that led to her next big break. - Chanel talks about rebuilding confidence after getting pushed out of roles despite strong performance. - Jack talks about how “it’s marketing’s fault” becomes corporate code for “we don’t understand our business.” - Jack and Chanel talk about belonging, rejection, and why the marketers who stay are the ones who’ll reshape the profession. If you’ve ever thought “maybe marketing isn’t for me,” this one will hit home. Co-Hosted by Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Chanel on LinkedIn here: Chanel Clark | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on YouTube here: The Push - YouTube Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: https://bethepush.com/ Visit Jack’s personal website here: https://jackferguson.co/ Visit Chanel’s website here: Chanel Clark - Marketing Consultant | |||
| S3 E54: Rogue Brand Building Stories feat. Bumble, Red Bull, and Jeep | 04 nov. 2025 | 00:10:34 | |
Every brand wants to stand out, but few are willing to break the rules to do it. In this episode, Jack dives into the world of rogue brand building, the unconventional, often scrappy ideas that make brands unforgettable. He explores how some of the world’s most unconventional brand strategies broke through. He covers: • Bumble’s guerrilla campus campaign that turned curiosity into growth • Red Bull’s early illusions of popularity and how they seeded salience • Jeep’s illegal-looking parking stunts that embodied its “go anywhere” positioning And most importantly, how thinking beyond media habits and into your customer’s actual life can make your brand feel inevitable. Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn Here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Jack's Website Here: Evidence-Based Brand Strategy & Marketing Consulting | Jack Ferguson Visit The Push Website Here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Find The Push on LinkedIn Here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Find The Push on YouTube Here: The Push - YouTube Find The Push on TikTok Here: TikTok - Make Your Day Find The Push on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush - https://brogan.com/blog/guerrilla-marketing-example-5-jeep-outdoor-parking/ - Red Bull Out of the Box Marketing - Bumble Early Days Brand Building | |||
| S3 E53: Marketers vs Scope Creep: When Projects Unravel, and How to Hold Them Together (with Ben Reeves) | 28 oct. 2025 | 00:23:52 | |
Every marketer has lived through a project that started smoothly and ended sideways. In this episode, co-hosts Jack Ferguson and Ben Reeves discuss scope creep. They share war stories, practical scoping habits, and mindsets that keep you sane when a client says, “Can we just add one more thing?” If you deal with unclear briefs, have underquoted projects before, or work with clients who expect magical turnarounds, this one’s for you. On this episode:
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Your co-hosts: Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackfergusonmymm/ Find Ben on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benreevesco/ Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Evidence-Based Brand Strategy & Marketing Consulting | Jack Ferguson | |||
| S3 E52: How Play-Doh’s brand distinctiveness was discovered, not created | 21 oct. 2025 | 00:12:55 | |
Most of us remember Play-Doh from childhood, but few of us realise what makes it truly distinctive. In this episode, Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson explores how a product known for its texture built enduring emotional equity through something far less obvious. He explores:
A thought-provoking episode for senior marketers who want to build brands that stick in memory, sometimes in ways we never planned. Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn Here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Jack's Website Here: Evidence-Based Brand Strategy & Marketing Consulting | Jack Ferguson Visit The Push Website Here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Find The Push on LinkedIn Here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Find The Push on YouTube Here: The Push - YouTube Find The Push on TikTok Here: TikTok - Make Your Day Find The Push on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Play-Doh Finally Launches Play-Doh For Adults Hasbro Trademarks a Favorite Smell from Childhood: The PLAY-DOH Scent | Hasbro Smells like victory: registering scent trade marks in Australia - Trademark - Australia | |||
| S3 E51: The Friends Theme Song: The Perfect Distinctive Brand Asset | 14 oct. 2025 | 00:12:49 | |
Friends was a hit sitcom released in the 90s, known for its feel-good humour and iconic characters. The show’s success is a sight to behold, maintaining popularity even to this day. In this episode we break this down and discuss why. Evidence-based brand strategist Jack Ferguson is your host.
Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackfergusonmymm/ Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist + Marketing Consultant — Jack Ferguson | |||
| S3 E50: Lessons from 50 Podcast Episodes: Production Costs, Most-Downloaded Episodes and How Podcasts Attract Clients | 07 oct. 2025 | 00:28:30 | |
The Push has hit Episode 50 for Season 3!
Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackfergusonmymm/ Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist + Marketing Consultant — Jack Ferguson | |||
| S3 E49: Marketing’s Turbulent People Puzzle: How Recruiters Win While Marketers Burn Out (with Gerard Doyle) | 30 sept. 2025 | 00:49:45 | |
Marketing careers don’t stall by accident; they stall because the way agencies hire, reward, and manage talent leaves a lot to be desired. and - Fractal Marketing Agency Owner Gerard Doyle
Helpful Links: Find Gerard on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerarddoyle/ Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush/ Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist + Marketing Consultant — Jack Ferguson Visit Gerard’s website here: The Startup Marketing Agency for Founders and Entrepreneurs – Helping Entrepreneurs find customers for their amazing services and inspiring solutions | |||
| S3 E48: Should You Bother Making Your Brand Unique? | 23 sept. 2025 | 00:12:59 | |
With 2 million businesses in Australia and most brands blending into a sea of sameness, is uniqueness even achievable, or worth chasing? In this solo episode, Jack Ferguson unpacks what the data says about meaningful differentiation (spoiler: only 5–10% of brands get there), explores why most brands blur together, and introduces the idea of “demand point constellations” as a pathway to true brand growth. If you’re a senior marketer wrestling with strategy, stakeholder persuasion, or simply trying to build something that stands apart, this episode will give you fresh angles and practical ways to think about brand value beyond the usual “point of difference” clichés. Hosted by: Jack Ferguson - Host of The Push, and Brand Strategist Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackfergusonmymm/ Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist + Marketing Consultant — Jack Ferguson Studies/posts referenced in episode: Evidence concerning the importance of perceived brand differentiation: https://www.marketingscience.info/wp-content/uploads/staff/2015/08/different.pdf The myth of brand differentiation: Consumers believe that only 5% of brands are unique. What do you do if you’re in the 95%? Household brands losing ground Deloitte reports: America's Household Brands Losing Ground, Deloitte Reports Havas Meaningful Brand Survey: Inside Havas' Meaningful Brands 2023 report– adobo Magazine Brands proven to grow 5x faster when meaningfully different: Brands proven to grow 5X faster when meaningfully different: Kantar What makes brands grow like crazy? https://lnkd.in/p/gsddA6QA | |||
| S3 E47: When Marketers Market Themselves: The Pressure to Be Perfect and Why Self-Promotion Feels Unnatural (with Chanel Clark) | 16 sept. 2025 | 00:45:37 | |
Building a brand is hard enough; but when you’re a marketer, the challenge intensifies. You feel the pressure to be perfect, and every misstep feels like you “should’ve known better.” Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and Founder of the Marketing Club Chanel Clark co-host this episode. In this episode, Chanel shares how leaning into authenticity and vulnerability, rather than perfection, built her credibility, grew the Marketing Club to 10,000 members, and turned simple diary-style LinkedIn posts into a fully booked consultancy and speaking opportunities with Google and SXSW. The episode covers:
Find links to Jack's and Chanel's online profiles below: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Chanel on LinkedIn here: Chanel Clark | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: https://jackferguson.co/ Visit Chanel’s website here: Chanel Clark - Marketing Consultant | |||
| S3 E46: The Marketing Objectives Paradox: Promises Get Remembered | 09 sept. 2025 | 00:06:45 | |
Every marketer knows the value of objectives, they help you prioritise, decide what to push, and what to park. But here’s the paradox: the very objectives that keep you focused can come back to bite when stakeholders grip too tightly to the promises baked into them. This episode is hosted by Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson. In this solo episode, Jack unpacks a story of working with a professional services client where well-intentioned objectives turned into “but you said we’d have sales by now.” From that experience came a shift in how he sets, frames, and manages objectives. He’ll cover:
If you’ve ever felt trapped between setting clear objectives and being held to outcomes you can’t control, this episode will give you a framework for balancing ambition with defensibility. Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: https://bethepush.com/ Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist: Marketing Consultancy — Jack Ferguson | |||
| S3 E45: Marketers vs. Client Beliefs: Why Alignment Outperforms Persuasion (with Ben Reeves) | 02 sept. 2025 | 00:28:57 | |
Every marketer has faced it, clients convinced marketing should be a quick fix or a single big idea. In this episode, we discuss challenges with non-marketer persuasion, and why alignment and expectation management matter more.
Helpful Links: Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Ben on LinkedIn here: Ben Reeves | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Visit The Push website here: https://bethepush.com/ Visit Jack’s personal website here: Brand Strategist: Marketing Consultancy — Jack Ferguson Visit Ben’s website here: https://benreeves.co/ | |||
| S3 E44: The Referral Drought: A Service Portfolio Issue, Not a Promotion Problem | 26 août 2025 | 00:06:11 | |
For small and medium sized brands, referrals feel like the holy grail of growth; no acquisition cost, easier conversions, and a compounding return on past work. In this solo episode, Jack shares how a referral drought in his own consultancy forced him to look beyond promotion and into service portfolios.
If you’re in B2B or selling higher-priced B2C and you’re relying on referrals, this episode discusses the math to make it work. This episode was hosted by: Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist | |||
| S3 E43: Marketing Spend vs. Agency Overheads: How Pastries, Drinks Trolleys, and Ticket Clipping Bloat Your Invoice (with Gerard Doyle) | 19 août 2025 | 00:34:57 | |
When you’re paying your agency big money, how much of that is productive? And how much is pastries, drinks trolleys, and middle-management ticket clipping? In this episode, Gerard Doyle joins Jack to share the hidden economics of Marketing Agencies. We explore:
If you’ve ever wondered where your budget really goes, this episode will fill you in. This episode was co-hosted by: Find Gerard on LinkedIn here: Gerard Doyle | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Gerard’s website here: The Startup Marketing Agency for Founders and Entrepreneurs – Helping Entrepreneurs find customers for their amazing services and inspiring solutions | |||
| S3 E42: Uber, Kit Kat, and Laptop Bags: A Simple Way to Explain Differentiation and Distinctiveness to Stakeholders | 12 août 2025 | 00:10:44 | |
Differentiation vs. Distinctiveness. In this episode Jack discusses the effectiveness of both concepts and shares how he talks about it with non-marketers. In this episode Jack covers:
If you’ve ever struggled to simplify these distinctiveness and differentiation for non-marketers, or you want to solidify your own philosophy around these concepts, this episode will give you the stories, analogies, and data points you need. This episode was hosted by: Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: For Senior Marketers...By Senior Marketers | The Push Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist | |||
| S3 E41: When Marketers Hit Burnout: Navigating Boundaries, Workload, and Identity (with Chanel Clark) | 05 août 2025 | 00:48:07 | |
In this episode, Jack and Chanel discuss burnout, how marketers are susceptible to it, and how tying your identity in a high-growth brand can be addictive, but unsustainable. We cover:
This episode was co-hosted by: Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson Find Chanel on LinkedIn here: Chanel Clark | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Chanel’s website here: Chanel Clark - Marketing Consultant | |||
| S3 E40: Queensland, Thrills, and Brands: How To Explain Positioning to Stakeholders | 29 juil. 2025 | 00:05:35 | |
Every marketer knows positioning is crucial, but explaining that to stakeholders is often met with blank stares or polite nods. In this episode, we’ll share an effective analogy that helps stakeholders get it. We’ll cover:
Whether you’re trying to reposition your company or simply tired of fighting for strategic clarity, this episode gives you a straightforward way to make the value of positioning obvious. This episode was hosted by: Subscribe to The Push on YouTube here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit The Push website here Visit Jack’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E39: When Marketing Is Reactive: You Ship, You Pivot, You Drift | 22 juil. 2025 | 00:37:09 | |
In this episode, Ben and Jack talk about the chaos that comes when every campaign, landing page, or price change is a response to right now. If you’ve ever found yourself dropping everything to chase a metric, or wondering why all your “busy” doesn’t feel like progress, this one’s for you. They get into:
Listen in and see if any of it sounds too familiar. This episode was co-hosted by: Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Ben on LinkedIn here: Ben Reeves | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: TikTok - Make Your Day Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Ben’s website here: https://benreeves.co/ | |||
| S3 E38: Short-Term B2B Sales: A Go-To Playbook | 15 juil. 2025 | 00:07:14 | |
What do you do when you're under pressure to deliver B2B sales.....fast? In this solo episode, Jack breaks down the exact moves he makes when he or his clients need to drive short-term revenue. This includes practical plays that have been effective. You’ll hear:
Whether you're filling a revenue gap or appeasing a stakeholder, this episode should provide you with some ideas for your own short-term sales efforts. This episode was hosted by: Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist | |||
| S3 E37: Proving Brand Drives Growth: Metrics That Change Minds (with Chanel Clark) | 08 juil. 2025 | 00:28:36 | |
In this episode, Jack sits down with Chanel Clark to unpack a rare achievement in modern marketing: proving that brand drives real business outcomes. Listen in and hear how: – To leverage Zoom recordings of customer calls to win internal buy-in and sidestep opinion wars. – B2B brands can get fast, low-cost brand data. – To translate fluffy brand metrics into business outcomes stakeholders actually care about. – To make brand performance measurable, even for early-stage or challenger brands. If you’ve ever struggled to prove a brand is doing more than “just building vibes,” this episode gives you the language, structure, and story to change the conversation. This episode was co-hosted by: Find Chanel on LinkedIn here: Chanel Clark | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: https://jackferguson.co/ Visit Chanel’s website here: Chanel Clark - Marketing Consultant | |||
| S3 E36: When Marketing Transparency Backfires: Share Outcomes, Not Ammo | 01 juil. 2025 | 00:03:31 | |
Every marketer’s had a moment they wish they’d said less. You’re trying to be transparent. Clear. Accountable. But sometimes, transparency backfires; especially when it gives stakeholders the wrong frame to judge your work. In this episode, Jack shares a short story about a well-meaning update that led to weeks of misaligned expectations. And the simple language shift that Jack now uses to avoid the same trap. Jack will discuss:
Whether you’re managing a demanding CEO or a curious stakeholder, this one’s about protecting your team’s focus.....and your own credibility. This episode was hosted by: Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bethepush Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist | |||
| S3 E35: The Theatre of Pitching: How Agencies Win, Lose, and Burn Budget (with Gerard Doyle) | 24 juin 2025 | 00:35:09 | |
In this episode, Jack Ferguson and Gerard Doyle break down how marketing agency pitches really work, revealing the hidden costs, internal strain, and showmanship that often wins business, regardless of the agency’s ability to deliver. Listen in and hear how:
Gerard shares insider stories from his 25 years of agency experience, revealing the true cost of winning, and losing, high-stakes marketing pitches. Find Gerard on LinkedIn here: Gerard Doyle | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Gerard’s website here: The Startup Marketing Agency for Founders and Entrepreneurs – Helping Entrepreneurs find customers for their amazing services and inspiring solutions | |||
| S3 E34: Brand Building Buy-In: What Changes Stakeholder Minds | 17 juin 2025 | 00:05:05 | |
Every senior marketer’s been there. You know brand building drives long-term growth, but the people holding the purse strings only care about this quarter’s numbers, and direct response advertising….and what ‘works’. In this episode, Jack breaks down how he shifts that stakeholder mindset.
Whether you're a CMO or a solo marketer, this is your playbook for getting buy-in from stakeholders who still think “brand” means “fluff” and marketers dodging “accountability.” Resources mentioned: Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist | |||
| S3 E33: 6 Marketing Campaigns That Backfired: When Interdependencies Break (with Ben Reeves) | 10 juin 2025 | 00:35:30 | |
In this episode, Jack and Ben share real marketing campaigns that backfired, and discuss how complex interdependencies across teams, tools, and timelines can sabotage best-laid plans. Listen in and hear how:
This episode was co-hosted by: Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Ben on LinkedIn here: Ben Reeves | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepush Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on Instagram here: Instagram Visit The Push website here: Marketing scenarios. Relatable problems. Practical solutions. | The Push Podcast Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Ben’s website here: https://benreeves.co/ | |||
| S3 E32: Marketing Partnerships: More Than Business Tinder | 27 mai 2025 | 00:31:47 | |
Partnerships: everyone says you have to do them.
This episode was co-hosted by: Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E31: A Brewery Isn’t a Pub: How Company Competency Shapes Marketing | 13 mai 2025 | 00:40:12 | |
There is a chasm between market want and corporate can. Forget chasing trends. We discuss why superficial market appeal is a fool's errand without the intrinsic capability to deliver. We discuss:
This episode was cohosted by: Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E30: Why Your Marketing Job Feels Unsatisfying | 29 avr. 2025 | 00:20:04 | |
In this episode of the podcast we dive into a fascinating concept that could explain why your marketing job feels misaligned or difficult. From sales-focused companies to product-driven organisations, we'll break down 4 distinct orientations and how they impact everything from internal communications to strategic decisions. We cover:
This episode is co-hosted by: Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E29: Not-So-Rapid Fire Q & A: Senior Marketer Edition | 15 avr. 2025 | 00:17:04 | |
In this fun and insightful episode, we dive into a "Not-So-Rapid-Fire" Q & A session with senior marketers Alex and Jack. - What is the best sales advice you ever received? - What’s your biggest frustration as a marketer? - What is the most important skill a marketer will need in 2025? "You can’t make someone buy, but you can create the perfect environment for them to choose to." "People don’t like to be sold to, but everyone likes to buy." "Marketing isn’t about fancy tactics—it’s about cutting through the noise and getting to the truth." This episode was co-hosted by Jack Ferguson and Alex Urquhart. Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E28: Same Goal, Different Game: Promoting Products vs. Services | 01 avr. 2025 | 00:15:22 | |
We all know the goal is the same—drive results. What we cover:
This episode is hosted by: Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart. Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E27: Marketing to Your Boss: Let’s Pull Teeth! | 18 mars 2025 | 00:17:54 | |
In this episode….we’re going to pull teeth….wait, wait, we mean manage up as a marketer. What is actually going on when your boss is disagreeing with you? Let's explore this oh-so familiar situation and take a look at what's really going wrong, and what we can do about it. - A lesson from Trevor Noah in understanding your boss - Strategies for bridging the gap between your marketing expertise and your boss's belief system - A discussion on your boss’s belief system and when it is too deeply entrenched - The reality of changing belief structures. How to do it and your likelihood of success. This episode is hosted by: And Product Marketer Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E26: Peddling Poison: When the product sucks, can marketing save the day? | 04 mars 2025 | 00:28:01 | |
Can you truly market a subpar product and come out on top? From Crocs to Google to Santorini, we’ll explore real-world examples of brands attempting to win with a product that falls short. We will explore: - How a bootstrapped company did very little promotion yet found success by addressing a defined market need. - How Jack shaped a product for a SaaS company, and helped it pivot from a code quality platform to a finance platform. - How a terrible product (Crocs) became popular - Why Google has failed at over 250 products - The nuances of product quality when comparing B2B to B2C customers Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E25: Effectively Selling Marketing Expertise; Tales, Tactics, and Frameworks! | 18 févr. 2025 | 00:26:12 | |
In this episode, we talk about how to sell yourself as a marketer! - The challenges of working with clients and stakeholders who don't understand the complexity of marketing. Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s personal website here | |||
| S3 E24: Breakup Advice for Marketers; When to Leave Your Employer | 04 févr. 2025 | 00:29:46 | |
In this episode, we are talking about employer/employee break ups (or client/contractor break ups). - Personal stories of staying in the wrong job for too long - The catch 22 of keeping professional distance from clients/employers vs caring enough to do a great job as a marketer and - Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||
| S3 E23: Pricing Debate: How high is too high? | 28 janv. 2025 | 00:28:10 | |
In this episode, hosts Jack and Alex engage in a lively debate on pricing strategies. The discussion covers a range of topics including; This episode is perfect for senior marketers who contribute strategy to their conversations with clients or their internal team. This episode is co-hosted by: - Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and -Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||
| S3 E22: Lessons from 22 Podcast Episodes; Building Parasocial Relationships, Crafting Stories, and Repurposing Content Effectively | 31 déc. 2024 | 00:35:50 | |
In this special episode of the podcast, we're taking a step back to reflect on our journey over the past 22 episodes of the podcast. We talk about the lessons we've learned from Season 3 of The Push podcast. - Techniques for crafting relatable and digestible content that resonates with the audience. And This episode is co-hosted by: - Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and - Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||
| S3 E21: Taming unrealistic expectations (The marketer’s survival guide (Pt 2)) | 17 déc. 2024 | 00:26:50 | |
Unrealistic marketing expectations can cripple a business (and marketers). This episode is part of a 2-part series on how to manage what’s expected of you as a marketer.
- - - - - This episode is co-hosted by: - Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and -Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||
| S3 E20: Taming Unrealistic Expectations: The Marketer's Survival Guide (Pt 1) | 03 déc. 2024 | 00:24:44 | |
Welcome to the world of marketing – where the pressure to deliver results yesterday is real, but the time and strategy needed to create sustainable success is often overlooked. In this episode, Alex and Jack get real about the constant tug-of-war between marketers and executives over unrealistic expectations. As consultants who work with both sides, they’ve seen it all: the demands for rapid growth, the frustration over missed targets, and the pressure that comes with it. So why does this misalignment happen? Marketers are asked to work miracles without the proper time, resources, or understanding of what actually drives long-term success. On the flip side, executives often don’t grasp the intricacies of the marketing process, expecting immediate results without recognizing that effective marketing is a marathon, not a sprint. In this episode, you’ll discover:
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| S3 E19: Could the Fyre Festival Work for B2B SaaS? | 19 nov. 2024 | 00:19:41 | |
In this episode, we dive into the key differences between B2B and B2C marketing strategies and explore whether the tactics used to promote the ill-fated Fyre Festival could be applied to the world of B2B SaaS. We discuss:
This episode is co-hosted by: - Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and -Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on Instagram here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||
| S3 E18: The Hidden Costs of Bad Customers! Are You Losing Money? | 05 nov. 2024 | 00:24:33 | |
In this episode, we uncover the often-overlooked financial impact of bad customers on businesses. Join us as we explore how difficult clients can drain your resources—not just financially, but also emotionally and mentally. Through personal stories, including a memorable WeWork experience and a cautionary tale from a SaaS startup, we discuss the real costs associated with mismatched customer relationships. Some of the specifics covered include:
This episode is co-hosted by: - Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson and -Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart Find Jack on LinkedIn here: Jack Ferguson | LinkedIn Find Alex on LinkedIn here: Alex Urquhart | LinkedIn Follow The Push on LinkedIn here: The Push: Overview | LinkedIn Follow The Push on TikTok here: thepushmedialab (@thepushmedialab) | TikTok Follow The Push on YouTube here: The Push - YouTube Visit Jack’s personal website here: Jack Ferguson — Brand Strategist Visit Alex’s website here: Home | Market Science | |||
| Growth Playbook: Lessons from Zoom, Netflix, Hubspot, Figma…..and Travolta 🤔 | 22 oct. 2024 | 00:24:33 | |
In this episode, we dive into the essential strategies and circumstances that enable business growth, drawing insights from some of the most successful companies — Zoom, Figma, HubSpot, and Netflix. You’ll even gain insights about business growth from John Travolta 🫨 You’ll learn:
- Brand Strategist Jack Ferguson -Product Marketing Specialist Alex Urquhart - - - - Find Alex on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on LinkedIn here Follow The Push on TikTok here Follow The Push on YouTube here Visit Jack’s personal website here Visit Alex’s website here | |||