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The Marketing Update Podcast

The Marketing Update Podcast

By: David Perkins & Emma Handley
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The Marketing Update Podcast with your hosts Emma Handley and David Perkins. Tune in for laid back conversations that lead to real marketing insights.

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David Perkins & Emma Handley
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Episodes
  • Your marketing is running on assumptions. An audit will prove it.
    May 27 2026
    "We've never done a marketing audit where the problem was what the client thought it was."

    In this episode of The Marketing Update Podcast David and Emma drawn on their combined experience to preach about why and how a marketing audit will be valuable for your business. They also update you on Instagram's latest kerfuffle with followers, and an approach to unconventional product launches with Lena Dunham. Tune in for some laid back conversation that will lead to some marketing insights.


    Useful Links:

    https://on.substack.com/p/inside-lena-dunhams-substack-press


    Connect with us:

    If you'd like to book The Marketing Update Podcast hosts for consultancy work, email hello@themarketingupdate.co.uk

    Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-update-podcast


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    36 mins
  • The dos and don'ts of building a website
    Apr 22 2026

    If there's a mistake to be made in creating or updating a website - these two have done it! David and Emma talk passionately about the good and the bad things they've learned about project managing websites. They know this episode will save you TIME and MONEY (if you listen to the whole thing).


    They also ask Did you miss it? Google's most recent SPAM update and being 'over-employed' (don't worry if you don't know what this mean - Emma explains it all.


    Useful links:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2VFJ5Rw4Jo

    https://wildcatdigital.co.uk/blog/march-2026s-digital-marketing-news-roundup/

    https://www.squarespace.com/

    https://webflow.com/

    https://www.wix.com/

    https://wpengine.com/

    https://new.drupal.org/home

    https://www.sitecore.com/


    Connect with us:

    If you'd like to book The Marketing Update Podcast hosts for consultancy work, email hello@themarketingupdate.co.uk

    Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-update-podcast

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    43 mins
  • Challenger brands: when disruptive messaging leads to Unicorn status
    Mar 25 2026

    What do Tony's Chocalonley, Ordinary, BrewDog, Liquid Death and Canva all have in common? Nothing, until now. In this episode of The Marketing Update Podcast Emma and David discuss bringing a challenger brand ethos to any marketplace. And 'Did you miss it?' Open AI and 'Link in bio' Substack have must-hear updates for all marketeers. Listen to the full episode for a laid back conversation that'll lead to some real marketing insights.


    Useful links:

    https://www.milkkarten.net/p/more-perfect-union-social-strategy

    https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/

    https://uk.tonyschocolonely.com/blogs/news/its-chocolonely-not-chocoloney

    https://cosmeticsbusiness.com/the-ordinary-tackles-misleading-beauty-jargon-the-periodic-fable

    https://www.instagram.com/liquiddeath


    Connect with us:

    If you'd like to book The Marketing Update Podcast hosts for consultancy work, email hello@themarketingupdate.co.uk

    Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-update-podcast

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    46 mins
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