
Mark Ritson on Personal Branding, B2B Marketing and His Journey with Mini MBA
- E235
- 59:31
- March 26th 2025
Joining Shahin and Vinnie is marketing legend, Mark Ritson, Founder of the Mini MBA.
From almost buying Kylie Minogue's house, to consulting, and building a global brand, Mark shares with us the journey of his Mini MBA.
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This episode also covers...
- Why small brands struggle
- Why "trust" doesn't actually matter for strong branding
- How pricing is the real key to profit (not revenue)
- The 95-5 rule
- Why salespeople should not create content (and who should)
- Mark's take on personal branding
About Mark...
Mark has a PhD in Marketing and spent 25 years working as a marketing professor. He was an Assistant Professor at London Business School and the University of Minnesota, an Associate Professor and then Adjunct Professor at Melbourne Business School, and Visiting Professor at MIT and SMU.
Heās also worked as a global brand consultant for clients that include Baxter, Loewe, McKinsey, Subaru, Donna Karan, Westpac, Shiseido, Flight Centre, Johnson & Johnson, De Beers, Sephora, Benefit, Amgen, Ericsson, Penfolds, Jurlique, Cloudy Bay and WD40.Ā
For thirteen years, Mark served as the in-house brand consultant for LVMH - the world's largest luxury group - working in Paris with senior executives from brands like Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon and Hennessy.Ā
Heās been a columnist for 20 years, writing a weekly column for Marketing Week. On five occasions, heās been voted Columnist of the Year at the PPA Press Awards, the highest award for magazine journalism in the UK. Markās also been the British Society of Magazine Editors Business Columnist of the Year in 2018, 2022 and 2023. More scholarly publications include articles in the Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Advertising and the Journal of Consumer Research.Ā
These days, Mark focuses on his Mini MBA courses at his home base in Tasmania.
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