
Insights, Marketing & Data: Secrets of Success from Industry Leaders
Published in conjunction with InsightPlatforms.com...Learn how industry leaders use consumer insights and data to market, nurture and expand great businesses. We talk to innovators from across the eco-system - clients, agencies, platforms, financiers and tech providers - exploring the stories, thinking and people behind successful businesses in the space. New interviews every Wednesday UK time. Suggestions, questions or thoughts? Please send them through to futureviewpod@gmail.com
Latest episodes

Jan 9, 2024 • 56min
NIELSEN - Tina Wilson, Group General Manager, Analytics Portfolio & Ecosystems. Navigating digital disruption; the three golden rules of data presentation; mentoring & crafting diversity in the workplace; & how to restore trust in the media ecosystem.
Send us a textA great interviewee to start the new year - Tina Wilson, Group GP of Nielsen’s portfolio of Analytic Businesses and Ecosytem Partnerships. As most readers/ listeners will know, Nielsen is perhaps best known for its measurement currencies but Tina has overall responsibility for a major other business area: helping clients plan, evaluate and continue to optimize their marketing strategies.This incorporates 6 different P&Ls, responsibility for around $0.5b in client revenue and Tina explains over-arching principles behind her philosophy, as well as how Nielsen had proved such a fruitful place to work, incorporating multiple roles across the organisation. for almost 27 years. We also cover:Tina’s role in mentoring and practical means to encourage diversity in the workplaceNielsen’s role supporting the World Economic ForumThe key secrets to presenting data effectively Helping marketers navigate digital disruptionEvaluating the impact of marketing spendHow to manage cross-screen data duplicationBalancing synthetic and human dataAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Nov 27, 2023 • 45min
VOXPOPME - Jamin Brazil, CRO. Discover the 4 key filters for a successful new business/ product extension. Why qual will outgrow quant; how to shape data so it sticks; the role of a CRO.
Send us a textIf you’ve ever worked with a survey, attended a focus group, watching a video interview with a customer - or possibly even thought that there must be a better way to teach your kids maths - then you’ve probably worked with some of the companies Jamin Brazil has set up. Jamin was the co-founder and CEO of Decipher, the CEO of Confirmit, the founder and exec Chairman of HubUX, which was sold to VoxPopMe where Jamin is now the CRO. He's also an advisor/ board member for Parsec Education, Michigan State University and Adjunct Professor at California State University. It was a pleasure to have such a wide-ranging conversation, getting into diverse topics such as:- The importance of making things!- The four key considerations for a new business venture/ product extension- Taking vs creating market share- The role of a Chief Revenue Officer- VoxPopMe's mission- How to shape data so it sticks- Giving back to Central California- Helping schools and changing how kids learnAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Nov 9, 2023 • 49min
GREEN SQUARE - Tony Walford, Co-founder. The 7 key drivers of financial value for agencies. What do you need to get right if you're looking for investment in your marcoms business? Value propositions; what's hot/ what's not; PE vs strategic.
Send us a textHave you ever wondered about how the best key criteria to build, value and potentially sell a marcoms agency? A lot of the answers are here in less than 50 minutes! Not only has Tony Walford built and successfully exited his own group, but he's also represented some of the best businesses in the marketing space....and shares here advice and perspective on: The importance of insightsHow insights agencies should chargeHow to think about client diversificationThe 7 key value drivers for agencies PE vs StrategicsWhere the M&A market for marcoms is now. And you'll discover how music is in the blood, with a couple of more offbeat book recommendations than we usually get! Enjoy.....and any thoughts, recommendations or objections let me know at futureviewpod@gmail.comAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Oct 19, 2023 • 46min
SAMSUNG - Rupesh Patel, Head of Insights UK. Why the relationship between insights & media is broken…and how to fix it. Studying your stakeholder; cutting through the attention deficit; evaluating influencer marketing.
Send us a textDelighted to have on Rupesh Patel, Head of Consumer Insights for Samsung UK. Rupesh brings a wealth of perspective from foundations at Kantar/ TNS, to multiple roles at SKY, to his current position at Samsung.The first part of our conversation dives deep into the relationship between consumer insights and media, where Rupesh gives a pragmatic guide to how consumer insight can help media planning and buying. Not least, he also offers potential solutions for two closely inter-related sectors that often haven't worked well together. In the second part of our conversation, Rupesh makes some great points around the importance of innovating media channels at work, as well as communication with consumers. We also dive into key topics:- What makes a good agency?- What makes a bad agency?- How should you gauge the impact of influencer marketing?- Why market research as we used to know it is dead. There's lots of tangible advice in here for agencies and internal departments alike, including a clarion call for the insights sector to be brave, be bold and break away from traditional norms....All episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Oct 12, 2023 • 44min
MARKETCAST - Tom Weiss, CTO & Chief Data Scientist. Understanding Connected TV; why media mix modelling is on the way back; understanding the limits of AI.
Send us a textEver wondered how research and measurement works in the world of Connected TV? How the world of advertising has evolved over the years? Are you curious about journey to lead tech and analytics at a major research and analytics firm? Then tune into the conversation with Tom Weiss, CTO and Chief Data Scientist at MarketCast, who turned his childhood fascination with computers into a remarkable career, spanning from software developer to project manager launching mobile phone networks and finally landing in the world of data science and advertising.Tom's journey is not just about the job titles, it's about the evolution of an industry through the eyes of an insider. He takes us back to the dot-com era, sharing challenges, learnings, and how he honed his skills for quick scaling and managing in a larger corporate setting like T-Mobile. As we move through the discussion, Tom deep-dives into his current role in the world of advertising and data integration. He untangles the complexities of capturing and measuring advertising impact, and the shifting paradigm from linear TV to connected TV, driven by changing consumer behaviour. Tom also explains the role of Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) data, integration of survey with first-party data with non-survey datasets, his view on the disruptive potential - but also the limitations - of AI in creative development. Tom's book recommendation:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL - E.F. SchumacherAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Sep 27, 2023 • 57min
QUANTILOPE - Peter Aschmoneit, Co-Founder & CEO. How do you scale from start up to 200 employees in consumer insights? Using generative and synth AI; new approaches to brand tracking; does SaaS really work in research?
Send us a textWhat if you could run a conjoint study in a matter of hours rather than weeks? How would then take that initial breakthrough and scale to a global business working with the likes of Pepsi, OMD and T-Mobile with repeat, contracted revenue and long term relationships? Enter Peter Aschmoneit, co-founder and CEO of Quantilope, the consumer intelligence company that's shaking up the industry. An accomplished CEO, CMO, and board advisor with a rich history in global food companies like Unilever and Danone, Peter brings his unique blend of expertise to the table as we pull back the curtain on Peter and Quantilope's journey so far, including: - Moving from client to agency side- How tangible values help company's scale- Whether consumer insight companies can really be a VC proposition- Shaking up the world of brand tracking- The important of financial transparency- How Quantilope implements a SaaS based approach- Using AI as your co-pilot- How to manage work-life balanceAs well as Peter's book recommendations:HOW BRANDS GROW: WHAT MARKETERS DON'T KNOW - Byron SharpBETTER BRAND HEALTH - Jenni RomaniukOBVIOUSLY AWESOME - April DunfordAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Jul 10, 2023 • 48min
ESOMAR: Joaquim Bretcha (Director General). Do you want to understand humans or data? The past, present and future of insights; the inside story of EU lobbying in market research; how to integrate multiple data sources.
Send us a textI'm delighted to be able to share the FutureView interview with Joaquim Bretcha, Director General of ESOMAR. Ass the leader of the global trade organization for the insights industry, Joaquim brings a unique and deeply tenured viewpoint from major organisations on the client side such as Carrefour, to building out Netquest and several roles with ESOMAR. Among other topics, we address the hurdles traditional survey methods face in the realm of customer experience and user experience; key factors for success in the industry; and we explore the sometimes contentious relationship between research agencies and consultants.Joaquim also explains ESOMAR's goals and the importance of the organisation's history, as well as the practical steps around lobbying organisations such as the EU to protect and grow the industry. And - of course - we have the occasional digression into things your probably didn't know about Joaquim....All episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

Jun 27, 2023 • 33min
CROUD - Avinash Kaushik (CSO). Part 2. How to use creative testing to 'win before you spend'. The importance of trust but verify; how to measure effectiveness; how to best use social media analytics.
Guest Avinash Kaushik, former Google analytics evangelist and author, discusses creative testing in marketing, balancing creativity & analytics, Croud's future, leadership qualities, book recommendations, and the importance of feedback for growth.

Jun 7, 2023 • 34min
CROUD - Avinash Kaushik (CSO). Part 1. Why good analysts should ignore most data…please avoid data puking. Proving the value of marketing spend; incrementality vs attribution; building a data democracy at Google.
Send us a text The FutureView podcast is published in conjunction with InsightPlatforms.com. This episode is sponsored by Human Made Machine - improving ROI through high quality creative testing. Find out more at HumanMadeMachine.comDelighted to have on Avinash Kaushik, an OG of the marketing analytics world, author of two best selling books, hugely popular blogger, former analytics evangelist at Google (among many other roles during his 16 years there) and now CSO at Croud. He's also a fantastic interviewee.....so much so that we've split this interview into two so we don't have cut out too many of Avinash's wise words. Among other topics we cover in Part 1 are...- Why you don't need TV in your life- Eat pies...just don't chart them- The sins of data visualisation- Marketing principles that have stood the test of time- The importance of incrementality not attribution- Moving analytics from data hunting to cordon bleu- Introducing data democracy at Google and 'win while you spend'https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Web-Analytics-2-0-Accountability-Centricity-ebook/dp/B0032ZD0IE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= All episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com

May 31, 2023 • 47min
C SPACE. Jessica DeVlieger (CEO). How being more human-centric will grow your business. Building belief through sales and marketing; the relationship economy; successful diversity programmes.
Send us a textThe FutureView podcast is published in conjunction with InsightPlatforms.com. This episode is brought to you by Human Made Machine. To find how to boost your marketing ROI though fast, high quality creative testing visit HumanMadeMachine.com Delighted to have on Jessica DeVlieger, the CEO of C Space. Jessica shares her experiences and learnings from working on the Oprah show, to then joining C Space and progressing to become the global CEO. Among other areas, we cover.... The importance of growing up on a farmWorking with OprahProgressing through C SpaceMaking business more humanWorking with clients to find the answerHow to build effective sales & marketing departmentsThe relationship economyLessons from Apple, Nokia and NikeHow to implement successful diversity programmesMatching high performance and empathyAnd Jessica's book recommendation:HAMNET - Maggie O'FarrellAll episodes available at https://www.insightplatforms.com/podcasts/Suggestions, thoughts etc to futureviewpod@gmail.com