In this week's episode of The Fake Marketer, James and Nick discuss the growing shift away from ordinary, self-promotion content in favour of more bold, engaging creative. They discuss how the marketing landscape has changed, which brands are utilising this effectively as well as Netflix, ice baths, some recent success and sleep products.

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We all love when a happy customer recommends us to someone they know. It's an easy way to win new business from people who trust you implicitly. But these recommendations can be few and far between. So, what's the best way to get more referrals?

In today's episode, James and Nick discuss referrals, why they are great and how to get more of them from your loyal customers. They also discuss McDonalds, Dr Nick on his travels and who Michael trusts more: Nick or James?

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With James and Nick out of the office, this week Michael sits down for a quick solo episode talking about his area of expertise: video, specifically repurposing content. He talks about why repurposing content is important for promoting your brand and getting more content out for your socials and how a tool called Opus Clip can help you do this quickly and easily. Hope you enjoy!

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James is on holiday but that won't stop the podcast! It's a Zoom special this week as we discuss the new Budget that's just been announced in the UK. We discuss the changes, what this means for businesses as well as what it means for the future. We also discuss unicorns, James' treacherous mountain climb and some ads we liked this week.

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Today we are talking about James Blunt (again XD). Our James is a big fan of this James and, on this episode, we are talking about how Blunt has used marketing to stay relevant the last two decades. We also discuss record players, landing pages and some ads we liked (and didn't like) this week.

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After speaking about them last week on the podcast, Michael was sent some goodies from the boys at the drinks brand Minerol (shout out to Tom and Kieren). So today, James and Nick try the drink for the first time, give their thoughts on the product and packaging as well as some advice on where to go from here.
*This is not a sponsored episode but you can find minerol here: https://www.minerol.co.uk/ *

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James is joined today by 'The Doctor' Nick Boddington and discusses the recent Agency Hackers Ibiza Super Summit as well as Nick's new Dr persona, James visiting a 'super club' as well as some marketing they liked this week.

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Today James has some big news! He sits down with Adam (Go Live Data) to discuss the acquisition of mib Data, James' history with mib up until this point and what the future has in store for both companies.

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