Marketing IRL: Recent Episodes
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Marketing IRL is all about the realities of working in marketing. It's an open discussion, where our guests talk about the challenges they've faced in their work lives, and the techniques that have helped them to find more balance.
We all struggle with our self-confidence to some extent. Taking a look at BuzzSumo, engagement around "Imposter syndrome" content has grown by over a 1000% in the last 5 years!
Surena Chande knows what it feels like to have low self-confidence at work. Bad experiences left her confidence in tatters, but she tells us how she has rebuilt her strength and resilience to get her where she is today.
According to BuzzSumo’s Content Analyzer, engagement around articles concerning burnout have grown 300% since November 2018.
To add to this, we’re talking about burnout 120% more than we were back then too (Brandwatch Consumer Research).
Christina Pashialis is the Founder of ContentUK, and in this episode she shares her top actionable tips on how to deal with overwhelming work situations.
Nearly 1 in 10 marketers were made redundant in 2020. If you haven’t experienced it yourself, chances are you know someone who has. According to the mental health charity, Mind, “Redundancy can cause huge uncertainty, stress, and anxiety”.In this episode, we're joined by SEO Specialist Ryan Jones. In 2020, Ryan was working in a job that wasn't right for him, and was made redundant. Now he has a job he loves, and his own side projects.
He shares what helped him cope when he was made redundant, and how he manages his time to avoid burnout when life just seems to get getting busier and busier.