123 Episodes

  1. EP 80: The 1 B2B Thought Leadership Strategy You're NOT Using in 2025

    Published: 2/09/2025

  2. Sadie Straw’s Inbox Fail and the Wellness Campaign That Asked Too Much

    Published: 27/08/2025

  3. EP 79: Why the BBC's Spencer Kelly Said the iPad Would Fail, Hours Before Its Launch

    Published: 19/08/2025

  4. EP 78: From Zero Clients to LinkedIn Success: Sarah Clay’s Lockdown Marketing Fail

    Published: 12/08/2025

  5. EP 77: Mind Games: Richard Shotton Reveals Marketing's Hidden Secrets

    Published: 22/07/2025

  6. PR FAIL: I sent a press release that wasn't approved and made the 10 o'clock news.

    Published: 17/07/2025

  7. EP 76: How British Wool Turned 30,000 Farmers into Brand Advocates

    Published: 16/07/2025

  8. Media Training Error: The Constructive Dismissal Quip That Sparked a Training Fuck Up

    Published: 10/07/2025

  9. The Molly Mae Effect: Salvaging Brand Reputation Through Community Engagement

    Published: 9/07/2025

  10. Marketing Mistake: Did I Just Break Stock Market Regulations?

    Published: 3/07/2025

  11. EP 75: Your Marketing Team Just Got Smarter Thanks to AI

    Published: 1/07/2025

  12. Marketing Blunder: When 500 Becomes 5K: A Coney Island New Year's Disaster

    Published: 26/06/2025

  13. EP 74: Are You Still Measuring Outputs When You Should Be Measuring Outcomes?

    Published: 24/06/2025

  14. FAIL: Hops and Dreams: The Beer That Nobody "Cheers'd" To

    Published: 19/06/2025

  15. EP 73: The Art of Authentic Brand Storytelling: Rachel Massey on Breaking Through B2B Blandness

    Published: 17/06/2025

  16. Marketing Mishap: Using My Name As My Password Wasn't Great

    Published: 12/06/2025

  17. FAIL: When your business feels like your baby, you take the losses personally

    Published: 5/06/2025

  18. FAIL: "I Started an Online Wine Business Right Before Lockdown"

    Published: 29/05/2025

  19. Oinking Outside the Box: Marketing Lessons from a Cartoon Pregnancy

    Published: 27/05/2025

  20. FAIL: I was almost printed on the front page of a national newspaper

    Published: 22/05/2025

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Welcome to the world's number one podcast on Marketing Mistakes by Prohibition PR. This podcast is specifically for senior marketers determined to grow their brands by learning from real-world screw ups.Each week, join hosts Chris Norton and Will Ockenden, seasoned PR professionals with over 45 years of combined experience, as they candidly explore the marketing failures most marketers would rather forget. Featuring insightful conversations with industry-leading marketing experts and value-packed solo episodes, the show tries to uncover the valuable lessons from genuine marketing disasters and, crucially, the tips and steps you need to take to avoid them.Chris and Will bring practical experience from founding the award-winning PR agency Prohibition PR, where they have successfully guided top brands to significant growth through PR strategy, social media, media relations, content marketing, and strategic brand-building.Tune in to turn f*ck ups into progress, mistakes into lessons, and challenges into real-life competitive advantages. Well, we hope so anyway.

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