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Chris Norton
@chrisnortonpr.bsky.social
Host of the World's Number 1 Marketing Mistakes Pod 👉 http://link.podtrac.com/EMM and Founder of Prohibition PR, PRCA Grand Prix Award Winner 2023. Lecturer on Integrated PR, PR Stunts and LFC fan.

Talks about #Crisis, #socialmedia, #PRstunts #FuckUps
"I wasn't even that creative." Louise Brogan shares her experience about following where your passion is, despite the odds. Sometimes the wrong start leads to the right path. You can’t always know the ending, but isn’t the chance worth taking?

Full video here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2f...
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We chat about when Banksy set up a $10 street stall in New York, none of the passersby bought the cool artwork.

Why? They thought they were fakes, when in reality, the real originals were worth thousands.

#EmbracingMarketingMistakes #MarketingPsychology #ConsumerBehavior
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"I wasn't even that creative." The amazing @louisebrogan shares her experience of following your passion, despite the odds. Sometimes the wrong start leads to the right path. Full video here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S2f...
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Why It’s Called The Tenth Man

If nine people agree on a plan, you appoint one person to argue the opposite. That’s the tenth man. It stops groupthink and catches bad decisions early.

Follow for more UK Marketing Tips.

#UKBusiness #Marketing #BrandStrategy
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“I’m not even looking at the camera, I’m sitting sideways,” she laughs but that awkward start was the key to her growth. Sometimes, it’s the uncomfortable moments that lead to the biggest breakthroughs.

#OvercomingFear #MarketingTips #MarketingHacks #ProhibitionPR #EmbracingMarketingMistakes
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here is a quick clip of me saying that nobody trusts politicians or anyone in 2025. Shocker. 🙈

#trust
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trust is at an all-time low. I was delighted to be invited on the Beyond the Bio Podcast to chat about the power of stories - great fun. Here I am banging on about PMs lol.

You can catch the full show here: shorturl.at/GTxyY
September 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The BBC’s @spenley.bsky.social once:

📱 Called the iPad a “stupid idea” (6 hrs before launch)
🎵 Told Spotify’s founder it would never work
🚁 Survived a £2,000 drone crash

We talked about what these failures taught him about innovation, storytelling and comms.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YStB...
August 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Jed Hallam discusses the tech adoption cycle and how Snapchat did it. #snapchat
July 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Next Fri lunchtime, we are going live on LinkedIn to celebrate the 2nd birthday of the pod. What could possibly go wrong?

I would love to see you guys there. Please send questions, and we will try to answer as many as we can.

Register here: linkedin.com/events/embra...
June 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tamsin Daniel, Head of Marketing at Firetree Chocolate, discusses some of the problems of working with Amazon when you are a small brand selling to consumers. #marketing #amazon
May 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
My good friend and old colleague Jed Hallam came on the pod and made me laugh several times including with this - his take on execution of marketing campaigns. #marketing
May 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM