
The Six Sells Podcast
The Six Sells Podcast is an independent show for people working in marketing, media, advertising and adtech.
Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, Anchor and others or watch on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/@mikenicholsonsixsells/videos
Questions or enquiries to hello@sixsells.co.uk
Sponsored by Lumen Research, the eye-tracking technology company that help brands turn attention into action.
Latest episodes

Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 32min
Rory Sutherland on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson speaks to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chair, at Ogilvy UK.
In this hour and half, we covered so much ground including Rory's views on why the political situation in the UK ISN'T a sh*t show, B2B marketing, the importance of reputation and personal brands, the attention economy, the power of stories, how best to learn, the book he learned the most from, the one advertising legend he would want to listen to and much, much more.

Oct 21, 2022 • 51min
Richard Reeves on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson of Six Sells speaks to Richard Reeves, Managing Director, at The Association on Online Publishers (AOP)
In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about:
‣ Big challenges for UK publishers
‣ Measuring attention
‣ Supply chain optimisation
‣ The rise of audio advertising plus more.

Sep 29, 2022 • 50min
Phil Barden on The Six Sells Podcast
Phil Barden is the author of the book Decoded, The Science Behind Why We Buy, and the MD of Decode Marketing, a company that leverages decision science to empower brands to maximize marketing effectiveness.
Before joining Decode, Phil spent 25 years in senior marketing roles at brands such as Unilever, Diageo, and T-Mobile before something changed when he discovered a 'fascinating, new mental model' on how to understand why people buy.
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson at Six Sells speaks to Phil about that journey.

Sep 8, 2022 • 46min
Shazia Ginai on The Six Sells Podcast
How does your brain respond to advertising? On this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson of Six Sells spoke to Shazia Ginai, UK CEO, at Neuro Insight about how our brains work, our need for human connection and narrative, how humans are wired for story, the rise of Tik Tok, brand advertising, and lots, lots more. You will not want to miss this one!

Aug 18, 2022 • 31min
Sergii Denysenko The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson of Six Sells talks to Sergii Denysenko, CEO, of MGID, who is based in Ukraine.
As well as talking about native content, ethical advertising, supporting quality journalism and contextual advertising, Sergii talks about leading a company through war.

Aug 4, 2022 • 39min
Sam Tatam on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of the Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson at Six Sells talks with Sam Tatum, who is the head of behavioural insight at Ogilvy, and also the author of the excellent book, Evolutionary Ideas.
In the book, and this conversation, Sam unpacks some of the psychological principles that drive our decision-making and shares with us some ideas on how we might use those principles.
Sam helps us to understand how behavioural science and evolutionary psychology can help us to solve tomorrow’s challenges, by borrowing from yesterday’s solutions.
Evolutionary Ideas is available from all good book stores and on Amazon here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolutionary-Ideas-Unlocking-innovation-challenges/dp/0857197878/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HXS22DJDC2F&keywords=Evolutionary+Ideas&qid=1659600022&sprefix=evolutionary+ideas%2Caps%2C64&sr=8-1
About Six Sells:
Six Sells is a people-marketing agency that works 1-2-1 with your execs to get ideas out of their heads, and into the newsfeed of your ideal clients with our ghostwriting and social networking training services.

Aug 1, 2022 • 24min
Kira LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer, Hivestack, on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson at Six Sells speaks with Kira LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer, at Hivestack.
We talk about what has changed and what has stayed the same since the first advertising billboard was erected in 1870.
The conversation touched upon lots of topics that include:
‣ The enduring qualities of OOH
‣ The rise of Digital OOH
‣ Measurement
‣ Outdoor in the media mix
‣ Brand safety in Digital OOH

Jul 14, 2022 • 23min
Charlie Cadbury, CEO, at Say it Now on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode of The Six Sells Podcast, Mike Nicholson at Six Sells talks to Charlie Cadbury, CEO, at Say it Now.
Say it Now is an actionable audio technology company that is enabling brands to create advertising that you can talk to via a voice assistant like Siri, Amazon, or Google Home.
In this episode, we touch upon the history of audio-only communication, the power of audio, some use cases on how brands are using voice assistants in their marketing today, and what the future might look like.

Jul 1, 2022 • 30min
Saint Betteridge, Chief Commercial Officer, at Picnic on The Six Sells Podcast
In this episode, Mike Nicholson at Six Sells speaks to Saint Betteridge, Chief Commercial Officer, at Picnic about a wide range of topics that include privacy-first advertising, mobile ad formats, contextual targeting, attention, and creativity in advertising.
In truth, there is a lot more in this 30-minute conversation so give it a listen!
Want to ask Saint a question about this episode? Visit this LinkedIn post and ask him in the comments.

Jun 26, 2022 • 19min
Stephen Upstone, CEO at Loop Me, on The Six Sells Podcast
This episode of The Six Sells Podcast was recorded at Cannes Lions 2022! Mike Nicholson, Founder at Six Sells, speaks with Stephen Upstone, CEO, at Loop Me and the conversation touches on many different topics including advertising in a privacy-first world, creativity, the Lopp Me raise, and the future of mobile advertising to name but a few.
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