David Ferguson on keeping a start-up culture as your company grows larger - MAF131
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David Ferguson on keeping a start-up culture as your company grows larger - MAF131
This week my guest is David Ferguson from Nucleus.
I interviewed David as part of my preparation for my recent speech at Content Marketing Academy Live 2017. The talk was about keeping marketing simple as you grow from start-up to big company.
Nucleus has done this and David gave me some great tips which I weaved into my presentation. Listen to all of David\'s ideas in this great chat.
Welcome to episode 131 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.
We chat about:
- How to "Think big. Act small. Be humble."
- Keeping your marketing simple no matter how large your company grows
- How to avoid compliance complexity in regulated industries
- Putting together sensible social media practices
- Using content and live events to engage with your customers
Who is David Ferguson?
After spending time as a trainee actuary with Life Association of Scotland before stints with Ivory & Sime, Scottish Life International and strategic consultancy The Abacus, David started Nucleus Financial. In 2016 the Scottish Government appointed David as one of their FinTech envoys for Scotland.
Nucleus is a stone\'s throw from where I used to work at Bright Grey, and indeed we\'ve swapped marketing and cultural ideas over the years.
David is a prolific user of social media and a frequent media commentator.
Links and Show Notes.
For links to the books and apps mentioned by David, please visit\\xa0http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF\\xa0for the show notes.
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.
The\\xa0MAF Podcast\\xa0is a\\xa030 minute\\xa0radio show you download from\\xa0http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Stitcher Radio.
Each week you\'ll hear interviews with business experts, marketers,\\xa0entreprenuers\\xa0and 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\\u2019ll 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.
I\\u2019m your host, Roger Edwards.
A marketing guy from Edinburgh, Roger helps people keep their marketing simple in a world where complexity threatens to stifle business success.
An experienced marketing professional helping businesses with their marketing strategy, content and social media.
Roger clocked up many years in the \\u2018big corporate\\u2019 world as marketing director of several UK financial services brands before setting up his own consultancy. Some of you might remember me as the Marketing Director and Managing Director of Bright Grey and Scottish Provident.
He now uses his expertise to guide his clients in designing engaging campaigns and is known as a prolific content creator, podcaster and a speaker.
Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I\\u2019d be grateful if you would leave a review.\\xa0http://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes