Our first episode of season 8 is part of Audio Week 2021, the third of four emerged and emerging specialism weeks also covering E-commerce, Connected TV and Gaming, with Audio Week brought to you in partnership with our sponsor, Spotify. In this episode, regular host James Chandler chats to Will Freeman and Luke Taplin-McCallum from AudioMob about audio in gaming. They relive their adolescent years with a potted history of sound in games and get into why there’s been such a recent boom of audio ...
Sep 09, 2021•28 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Ad-funded journalism once held the powerful to account. It looked out for our safety. It helped us to navigate the thousands of entertainment options that bombard us every minute of every day. It gave us all a seat at the table. But not anymore. With ad funded, quality news a thing of the past, can you tell fact from fiction? In this special Stay Engaged collaboration with podcast 'Oh What Now', host Judith Horn is joined in the studio by disgraced MP Vikram Chopra, Readership Editor of The Brit...
Aug 20, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 15
In this episode, join IAB UK’s Sophia Haynes as she chats to the British Heart Foundation’s Executive Director for Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement, Claire Sadler. They cover Claire’s career as a high-profile marketer at brands including BT and Direct Line as well as her role as Executive Committee Member of WACL, the network of the UK's most senior women in advertising, communications and media. Stay Engaged is hosted in partnership with Quantcast , creators of a new and innovative intelli...
Aug 19, 2021•25 min•Season 7Ep. 14
In the past year 8D has been the new buzzword in audio, with clients suddenly asking to learn more about 8D and how they could leverage it for their campaigns. But what does it actually mean? And how many Ds are too many? This session covers it all in an immersive practical guide for marketers, agencies and brands. Kath, Ben and Sam chat about how 8D differs from stereo and 3D production, exploring it as a mixing technique for music and considering whether there are practical applications for ad...
Aug 18, 2021•23 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Recent research by Kantar and the University of Oxford, featuring in episode 8 of Stay Engaged, showed digital channels to be effective brand builders, but advertisers need to be specific with the brand outcome they want to achieve to have impact. In this episode, Pete Buckley and Alina Kulesza discuss how marketers can accelerate brand growth via this evidence-based approach, uncovering new techniques and approaches the most advanced advertisers in the world are using to build their brand aware...
Aug 17, 2021•26 min•Season 7Ep. 12
In this session, LADbible Group’s Anna-Lee Bridgstock and David Milsom get to the root of the hotly debated question: Does data kill creativity? Together, they tackle some of the most commonly debated topics around data and creativity, and how they should work together for optimal results. They give their unrivalled insight into how one of the world’s largest publishers continues to generate billions of platform views, create dynamic ideas that youth audiences love to engage with and share succe...
Aug 16, 2021•18 min•Season 7Ep. 11
There is almost certainly no sector that has been harder hit over the last 18 months than the travel industry. With flights grounded and hotels across the world empty, any marketer working in the travel industry has been forced to react and response in extraordinary ways. In this episode of Stay Engaged, senior marketer at TUI, Toby Horry, looks back at what's been important in marketing over this period - from the fundamentals that haven't changed at all, to the changing role of customer experi...
Aug 13, 2021•13 min•Season 7Ep. 10
A lot has been written about how the pandemic accelerated a lot of behaviours from work to education, but history suggests that the real acceleration happens after we emerge from major crises and build back differently. There is lots of change ahead and, for the open minded and curious, plenty of new things to experience and learn. Anomaly's Founder, Johny Vulkan, explores more in this offstage session for Stay Engaged. Stay Engaged is hosted in partnership with Quantcast , creators of a new and...
Aug 12, 2021•18 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Is there one perfect media plan that covers off all brand outcomes? Can channels be easily substituted to meet the same marketing objectives? In this episode, Oxford University's Saïd Business School and Kantar share a new analysis of thousands of ad campaigns while bringing to life real media planning dilemmas. This is the largest academic study into brand building effectiveness and shows how advertisers can make their campaigns 2.6 times more effective by allocating media spend differently. St...
Aug 11, 2021•30 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Synthetic voice is the next exciting frontier in digital audio advertising, opening up a huge range of creative possibilities for brands. Featuring a range of creative examples, hosts Sam Crowther and Simon Palframan from A Million Ads take listeners on a journey through the power of voice and sound, touching on what this opportunity means for advertisers and what the future holds for synthetic voice and digital audio. Stay Engaged is hosted in partnership with Quantcast , creators of a new and ...
Aug 10, 2021•14 min•Season 7Ep. 7
In this daily offstage session, YouTube's Luke Hyams and Zoë Clapp discuss UK specific YouTube Original ‘A Seat At The Table’ with its star Jack Harries. In the film, Jack is joined by Sir David Attenborough before he gathers local & global stories of those affected by the climate crisis to present to world leaders at COP26. Their discussion covers how production took place considering restrictions around travel, and why YouTube is building original content around subjects like sustainabilit...
Aug 09, 2021•18 min•Season 7Ep. 6
The Advertising Association’s recent All In Report found that 20% of UK advertising professionals attended fee paying schools versus a national average of just 8%. Given that imbalance, is there still stigma in ad land about being – or even sounding – working class? Established in 2021, Common People aims to reduce barriers to entry for people from working-class backgrounds, assist with career development and be a space where people can share their career journeys as a source of inspiration. In ...
Aug 06, 2021•32 min•Season 7Ep. 5
In today’s session, Justin Reid and Katie Spagnuolo reflect on the past 18 months and how Tripadvisor’s global advertising business quickly pivoted their efforts to help clients navigate their way through this pandemic as the team shared first-party data and consumer sentiment survey findings with partners who were in desperate need of timely and reliable travel insights. Stay Engaged is hosted in partnership with Quantcast , creators of a new and innovative intelligent audience platform. Hosted...
Aug 05, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 4
In this episode, Acast's Jack Preston and Dr Rupy Aujla of The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast take a closer look at recent stand-out podcast campaigns from some of the UK's leading brands. The offstage session demonstrates how brands seemingly reliant on visual marketing can bring their products to life through audio and how working with podcast influencers to tell their brand story will deliver unheard of (until now!) engagement and creative opportunities. Stay Engaged is hosted in partnership with Q...
Aug 04, 2021•26 min•Season 7Ep. 3
The internet has been a forum for the open expression of ideas, but the news is now as divided as our political parties. In this offstage session, Somer Simpson, VP of Product Management at Quantcast, addresses the news echo chamber and the path to journalistic integrity. Drawing on her background in journalism and digital media, she speaks to the tools marketers and publishers can leverage to drive brand integrity and accountability in a free and open internet. Stay Engaged is hosted in partner...
Aug 03, 2021•19 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Emerging technologies are transforming media and marketing, but this is not a linear process – there are successes and disappointments, hype and ‘fad’ labelling. However, some of these technologies do become ‘rising stars’ and there is no better example of this than the journey augmented reality has been on – from a gimmick to what Harvard Business Review now calls an essential technology. In this session, Havas Media’s Marek Wrobel looks at the past, present and future of AR - charting how it h...
Aug 02, 2021•21 min•Season 7Ep. 1
This week’s episode is part of Gaming Week, the second of four emerged and emerging specialism weeks also covering Ecommerce, Connected TV and Audio running throughout 2021. For this special episode, James chats to Admix’s Nigel Morris and Alex Faust about why brands and agencies are rethinking their attitudes to games and gamers, before gazing into the near future - from 3D and in-game commerce to virtual festivals and events. If you want to get further into the wide world of Gaming and the inc...
Jun 10, 2021•33 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Welcome to our second Policy Special episode, in which the IAB's Policy and Regulatory Affairs team extraordinaire, Christie Dennehy-Neil and James Davies, bring you fully up to speed on the recent Queen's Speech. In this episode you'll find out what we know - and crucially don’t know - about the online ads ban for HFSS products as well as what the online safety bill, also announced in the Queen’s Speech, might mean for digital advertising. Check out all things Policy and Regs on our site at www...
May 20, 2021•16 min•Season 6Ep. 15
In the third of our 'Meet the Founder' series, James sits down with Amy Williams, Founder & CEO of Good-Loop, an ethical advertising platform which asks users to watch ads in full in exchange for making a free donation to a good cause. Amy shares her views on digital advertising, how she developed her idea and got the company off the ground, and why she went all the way to Chile to help make it happen. Check Good-Loop out at good-loop.com and catch her own podcast by searching for 'The Good,...
May 13, 2021•37 min•Season 6Ep. 14
This week's guest is former Met Police Commander John Sutherland. John recently spoke at Leadership Series - the virtual incarnation of our annual Leadership Summit - and gave a remarkable take on what he calls the lost art of listening, not only drawing on his career as a senior police officer but also his experience as a hostage and crisis negotiator. In this special episode, James and John discuss his training to become a hostage negotiator, debate the pros and cons of having to communicate w...
Apr 29, 2021•48 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Welcome to a special episode of the IAB UK Podcast to celebrate the launch of Digital Adspend 2020. In this episode, James reveals some of the headlines from this year's report and chats to the IAB’s Elizabeth Lane, Steph Claxon from PwC, Michelle Sarpong from the7stars and Faye McDowall from Global to get their take on the latest numbers. The annual Adspend research is the official measure of the size of the UK digital advertising market. The full report, plus access to our Adspend Analyser too...
Apr 22, 2021•30 min•Season 6Ep. 12
To mark the start of Ramadan, James is joined by Miriam Faber, Facebook's Content and Campaigns Lead for Northern Europe, and Basma Khalifa, the director and film maker behind Facebook's 'Stories of Ramadan'. In this episode, Basma and Miriam talk about how brands can better serve the millions of Muslims fasting this month, how non-Muslims can be supportive allies to colleagues and friends who are observing Ramadan, as well as looking forward to the opportunities and possibilities for companies ...
Apr 15, 2021•33 min•Season 6Ep. 11
In this special episode to mark World Autism Awareness Week (29 March - 4 April 2021), James speaks to Roxanne Hobbs, Founder of The Hobbs Consultancy. Their conversation explores why there's still low awareness of neurodiversity, what can be learnt from other areas of diversity and inclusion, and what exactly leaders should be considering when it comes to their return to the office. Roxanne also shares what led her into working specifically in diversity and what skills we might be undervaluing ...
Apr 01, 2021•25 min•Season 6Ep. 10
In the second episode of our 'Meet the Founder' series where James chats to the visionaries and risk-takers who have built IAB UK member companies from the ground up, we meet Quantcast’s co-founder and CEO, Konrad Feldman. Quantcast is a technology company that specialises in AI-driven real-time advertising and audience insight - and in this conversation James and Konrad cover measurement, the importance of a free & open web, as well as hearing what advice Konrad would give his younger self....
Mar 25, 2021•31 min•Season 6Ep. 9
In this special episode released as part of IAB UK's first Ecommerce Week, our celebration and exploration of all things buying online, James speaks to Verizon Media's Head of Strategy, Monica Majumdar. Their conversation covers the phenomenal growth of ecommerce over the last 12 months, what buy-now-pay-later means to Gen Z, and how 2020 was the second coming for QR codes. IAB UK kicked off Ecommerce Week, brought to you in partnership with TikTok, by revealing the first insight from our new st...
Mar 18, 2021•26 min•Season 6Ep. 8
In this special episode of The IAB UK Podcast, regular host James Chandler takes a week off - almost - and hands over the mic to our Policy and Regulatory Affairs team, Christie Dennehy-Neil and James Davies. In a wide-ranging scan of the policy horizon, they discuss the big issues facing digital advertising this year; covering the proposed online ban on HFSS products, the ICO's ongoing review of real-time bidding, the latest on the new Digital Markets Unit, the status of the Online Safety Bill ...
Mar 11, 2021•19 min•Season 6Ep. 7
In a special episode to mark International Women's Day 2021, James catches up with Jackie Stevenson, Global CEO and co-founder of The Brooklyn Brothers, and President of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications London). #FlexibleFirst is the latest initiative from WACL as a driving factor in closing the gender pay gap, ultimately delivering gender equality in our industry. In this episode, Jackie explains why WACL is campaigning for flexible working practices to be adopted as an industry st...
Mar 04, 2021•28 min•Season 6Ep. 6
To celebrate the launch of IAB UK's Guide to Gaming, James is joined by two members of our Gaming Group, Frameplay's Cary Tilds and Activision Blizzard's Jonathan Stringfield. Both hugely passionate about gaming and the opportunities for advertisers, the chat covers the uniquely focused gamer mindset, why the ad industry has started to take notice of game developers and - of course - the acceleration of already rapidly-growing adoption during lockdown. Check out our full Guide to Gaming here: ht...
Feb 25, 2021•32 min•Season 6Ep. 5
IAB UK's annual National Anti-Click-Through Rate Day returns on Friday 12 February and once again we're putting the focus on measurement, and placing clicks firmly in the past. In this episode, James talks to Mindshare UK's Director of Performance Analytics about left-side versus right-side metrics, digital’s brand building capabilities and how Purple Bricks became the UK's number one agent. Check out all things National Anti-Click-Through Rate Day at iabuk.com/measurement and remember: Don't Be...
Feb 11, 2021•24 min•Season 6Ep. 4
New for Season 6, we're meeting founders of IAB UK member companies to hear their stories and learn about their journeys. Kicking off this series, James speaks to Steffen Svartberg, Founder & CEO of Cavai, a company which makes programmatic more creative by focusing on conversational advertising. In this candid conversation, Steffen talks about his desire to bring a more human and truly personal element to advertising, how he launched without investors and why he went straight for familiar b...
Feb 04, 2021•27 min•Season 6Ep. 3
