Content Marketing With Gary Gumbleton on The Six Sells Podcast

In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson spoke to Gary Gumbleton, who is the Head of Group Content at Ocean Holidays Group.

Gary describes himself as a storyteller and he is a man of many hats (!) with a career that includes Creative Director at Reflect Digital and Frontside, Content Director and Head of Social at Capital Content, Head of Sales and Marketing at iTicket a nine year stint at Vodafone, as well as running his own agency. He is also a men’s health advocate, using his voice to help others.

Here are some of the topics we discussed in this episode.

Running your own agency and the mental health toll

The emotional versus the rational side of marketing

Commercial storytelling and guiding the viewer through the funnel

Tactical content driven by data backed creatives

Podcasting and individual shorts

The importance of YouTube, Spotify and organic social media

The rise of the online talk show

The content planning process

Social first and the second screen

Drill down into attention and what works for you

Creating feeds based on content concepts

The power of video

The importance of vertical dramas and the mirror strategy

Blogs are for bots

Creating content that the viewer wants to watch

Making the assets to reach the AI audience

How AI can help and hinder

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