About Keith Smith
My company runs the UK's only independent company data, insight and new business tool kit that effectively levels the playing field for new business campaigns. We offer marketing, PR, creative, digital and tech agencies the opportunity to access, affordable, accurate and simple tools to develop new business strategies.
Underpinning this is the support of the UK's leading business development agencies as well as endorsements from comms industry trade organisations.
Entries by Keith Smith
Dr. Rachel Lawes: Unspoken Lawes
Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. Throughout history, humans have used semiotics to scare, lead, inspire, educate and bond. But with all this technology, are we in danger of losing the ability to read the signs that bind?
Paul Bainsfair (IPA) – the 60:40 Rule
Is advertising entertainment? Why UK and US ads are so different, the latest Bellwether report, marketing forecast for the year, the 60:40 rule for advertising, a funding crisis for the ASA? standards, steam trains and Irish songwriters.
Keith Smith – Talking to Strangers: The art of Intercourse
How to create meaningful interactions on email and in person, suing these simple techniques from trained experts – Natasha Ellard-Shoefield and Peter Meikle.
David Brown: Is AI eating our lunch?
David Brown, the host of the ‘Creatives with AI’ podcast is on the show to simultaneously scare and soothe us about the unstoppable march of AI into our lives. He totally understands how AI can be used to help us win business and grow our agencies. How the military is using AI and the global view of AI ethics, privacy, guard rails, the environmental cost of AI, what the creative agency of the future will look like
Clare Sutton: Food and Drink & Public Relations
An in-depth discussion about the UK’s food and drink sector, covering trends, analysis, research and Aldi supermarket’s ‘Next Big Thing’ TV show
Jeremy Davies: The Little Christmas Train – special episode
What we can all learn from sales in other sectors. “People Buy People” AI, Benders in Escorts. The renaming of Monopoly.
David Pearl: The Wanderer
Using distraction as part of the creative process. David takes us through his unique method for helping blue chip companies unleash their creative potential using some of the most innovative methods of workshopping we’ve ever heard of! The Flaneur movement, experience engineering & do brainstorming sessions work?
Keith Smith: Do your f**king homework!
What happens when you don’t do your research before launching a multi-million dollar advertising campaign? Chaos! Keith Smith investigates with the help of some highly qualified friends.
Lyndsay Haywood: A Very Modern Business Developer
Why public relations is the marketing discipline of choice for most companies these days. Dealing with impostor syndrome, mental health, the PRCA’s CMS Accreditation, climate change a sales, influencer marketing, the greatest campaigns of the year and how AI is being used in public relations.
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