298 episodes

What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?

The podcast for ideas and inspiration on marketing your business and growing your business, and for discussing topics on all things finance.

Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entreprenuers and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

We talk about:
• How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
• How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
• Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance

You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.

Fancy Appearing on the Show?

Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved. http://rogeredwards.co.uk

Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast Roger Edwards interviews great people from Marketing and the world of Finance

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    • 4.9 • 28 Ratings

What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?

The podcast for ideas and inspiration on marketing your business and growing your business, and for discussing topics on all things finance.

Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entreprenuers and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

We talk about:
• How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
• How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
• Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance

You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.

Fancy Appearing on the Show?

Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved. http://rogeredwards.co.uk

    Marketing without the hype - why we need a back to basics approach – MAF298

    Marketing without the hype - why we need a back to basics approach – MAF298

    Marketing without the hype - why we need a  back to basics approach – MAF298
    Is our marketing activity annoying our customers? Is the hype surrounding the latest digital toys making obsessed with digital tactics at the expense of customer focus?
    Maybe it’s time to rediscover the full marketing picture, including customer research, product development, pricing, and promotion. How to develop a deep understanding of customers and their needs, and articulate a clear, standout offer that is simple and easy to understand.
    Welcome to the 298 Marketing and Finance podcast and another short sharp episode in the 2023 Simply Marketing Series.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode:
    The hype surrounding The Metaverse, ChatGPT and AIThe benefits of digital marketing tools but alsothe consequencesDo we obsess over tactics at the expense of strategy?Three areas to focus our attentionRediscovering the full marketing mix

    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

     We talk about:
    How you can grow your business using content marketing and social mediaHow you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simpleTopics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. http://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved:  http://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 9 min
    Why The Apprentice candidates will ALWAYS screw up their marketing tasks - MAF297

    Why The Apprentice candidates will ALWAYS screw up their marketing tasks - MAF297

    Why The Apprentice candidates will ALWAYS screw up their marketing tasks - MAF297
    This week let's talk about the customer and how marketing always starts with a deep almost obsessive understanding of the customer.
    And we're going to talk about this with reference to TV's The Apprentice and why the candidates will always fail their marketing tasks.
    This is episode 297 of the MAF Podcast - part of the 2023 Simply Marketing Series.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode:
    Why marketing always stats with the customerThe Apprentice TV show and one of its fatal flawsNo understanding of target market sets up failureThe correct way to understand a customer segment and develop the correct products and services
    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

    We talk about:
    • How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
    • How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
    • Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. https://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved: https://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 8 min
    This ancient but simple marketing formula still works now - Monroe's Motivated Sequence - MAF296

    This ancient but simple marketing formula still works now - Monroe's Motivated Sequence - MAF296

    This ancient but simple marketing formula still works now - Monroe's Motivated Sequence - MAF296
    This week let's talk about a delightfully simple structure for creating a piece of marketing content.
    It could be an advert, social media post or a conference speech.
    It's called Monroe's Motivated Sequence.
    This is episode 296 of the MAF Podcast - part of the 2023 Simply Marketing Series.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode:
    • What are some of the simplest marketing communications formulas?
    • AIDA and PAS and my favourite, Monroe's Motivated Sequence
    • The 5 stages of Monroe's Motivated Sequence
    • Examples of the sequence for advertising or pitching

    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

    We talk about:
    • How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
    • How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
    • Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. https://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved: https://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 9 min
    Don't fall into the ChatGTP bland, average and mediocre (BAM) trap - MAF295

    Don't fall into the ChatGTP bland, average and mediocre (BAM) trap - MAF295

    Don't fall into the ChatGTP bland, average and mediocre (BAM) trap - MAF295
    You're probably sick to the back teeth of hearing about ChatGPT already but you really need to hear this. And I really need to get this off my chest.
    Please don't fall into the ChatGPT bland, average and mediocre trap.
    This is episode 295 of the MAF Podcast - part of the 2023 Simply Marketing Series.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode:
    • What ChatGPT is and how it works
    • Prompts can create poems, stories, PHP code and marketing content
    • It does a decent job but it's Bland, Average and Mediocre (BAM)
    • Why you need to stand out, even before ChatGPT came along
    • Being human is your key advantage

    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

    We talk about:
    • How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
    • How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
    • Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. https://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved: https://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 7 min
    Introducing "The Simply Marketing Series" - Strategy versus tactics - MAF294

    Introducing "The Simply Marketing Series" - Strategy versus tactics - MAF294

    Introducing "The Simply Marketing Series" - Strategy versus tactics - MAF294
    This week let's talk about the difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics.
    It's part of a new shorter, bite-sized series of episodes called the Simply Marketing series.
    This is episode 294 of the MAF Podcast.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode:
    • The new shorter format of the show for the first part of 2023
    • The Simply Marketing series of episodes
    • Why digital marketing tactics may have affected the wider marketing discipline
    • The difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics
    • All the components of a simple marketing strategy

    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from https://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

    We talk about:
    • How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
    • How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
    • Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. https://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved: https://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 7 min
    Marketing truths that bear repeating - time and time AGAIN - MAF293

    Marketing truths that bear repeating - time and time AGAIN - MAF293

    Marketing truths that bear repeating - time and time AGAIN - MAF293
    This week let's talk about marketing truths that bear repeating - AGAIN.
    Which really means busting some marketing myths that won't go away.
    This week it's just me and the mic and this is episode 29 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.
    What you’ll hear about in this episode: 
    3 marketing truths we need to revisit again and againWhy marketing is more than just promotionThe full academic marketing strategy model versus the Circle of Marketing SimplicityHow marketing is an investment, not a cost3 tips for keeping marketing simple
    Links and Show Notes.
    For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF for the show notes.

    What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
    This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.
    I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.
    The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
    Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

    We talk about:
    How you can grow your business using content marketing and social mediaHow you can keep your marketing strategy and communications simpleTopics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
    You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
    Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. http://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes

    Fancy Appearing on the Show?
    Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast?
    Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses?
    Please contact me if you want to get involved:  http://rogeredwards.co.uk

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Paccamacca123 ,

Interesting, bite size marketing thoughts for financial business owners

Bite size stuff - practical and thought provoking on how to do marketing better. Good stuff.

Andy Brown Says ,

Inspirational and Motivational

With an interest in personal finance and marketing I thoroughly enjoy listening to Roger's podcast. Over the years I have learnt a bunch from simply tuning into this great podcast. Roger is a top bloke who always delivers an inspirational and motivating episode each and every time. Thanks for the show. Andy Brown

Mononononononn ,

Diverse Content

This podcast is going from strength to strength, top quality guests sharing top quality content.

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