The Competition Agency Presenting at Searchlove London 2014

Iain Haywood from The Competition Agency was invited to speak at Searchlove London in November 2014:

I was delighted to be asked by Will Critchlow, CEO of Distilled, to speak about promotional marketing at their Searchlove conference.  It’s fair to say that it’s a very heavy weight conference in terms of speakers, attendees, and presentation material.  SEO is naturally the focus, but the prevalence of promotions in the online marketing “mix” these days (including for SEO purposes) meant there was solid interest in a topic like this.  It was a pleasure to share the stage with the likes of Wil Reynolds and Rand Fishkin.

Having a full 45 minute session in a single track conference (i.e. one stage) was a great opportunity to open all valves and attempt (in only 45 minutes of course) to run through as much of an a-z on:

• Planning
• Build
• Compliance
• Marketing and PR
• Prizes

The title of the presentation, “Promotional Marketing: The Good, Bad and Ugly” was designed to give actionable direction in maximising the upside potential of a campaign, flagging potential sources of conflict, non-compliance, and PR blowback, and demonstrating what can happen if downside risks are not addressed.