Gillians’ Marketing Water Cooler Starter Pack
A collection of some of the marketing voices I’ve enjoyed over the years.
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@gillianrightford.bsky.social
@julieregis.bsky.social
Worked on building brands for the past 25 years. Creativity & Leadership. Previously seen at the LEGO Group, WPP, Publicis and DDB. Still in really good relationship with all my ex though…
@jpcastlin.bsky.social
Strategy, complexity, profanity. Creator of the ABCDE framework, the 4E model of market dynamics + Idun and Edda. As seen in books, on stage, on TV, in newspapers, in columns etc. Website: jpcastlin.com Newsletter: strategyinpraxis.substack.com
@rupertstubbs.bsky.social
Proudest of the posts I didn’t send. Most embarrassed by the ones I do.
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@nandoodles.checkmyads.org
Now: Co-founder @CheckMyAdsHQ, Your Friendly Neighborhood Watchdog / Previously: Co-Founder @slpng_giants
@arctictony.com
CEO of Filament. Recovering Twitter PM, Founding CEO of Scroll and Chartbeat. "A glib non-journalist" - Jill Abramson "British" - Walter Isaacson
@kint.bsky.social
#HoldTheLine. Ask, think, translate tech/media strategy (subs, ads, video, monopolies, privacy, press freedom, trust) for @dcnorg.bsky.social to advance future of trusted news and entertainment. @jason_kint on X, 20yrs leading major sports sites
@joshsternberg.com
Executive Editor at Morning Brew Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc Failed musician. YMMV. Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
@shiraovide.bsky.social
Washington Post technology writer. New Yorker. Bird watcher. Grumpy. Sign up for my (free) Tech Friend newsletter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/the-tech-friend/
@miriamboosh.bsky.social
Mental health, artist, activist. On a recovery journey Co-host @seedsirl 🌱 We will be ok or we won’t. Irish & Sudanese 🇮🇪🇸🇩 https://linktr.ee/MiriamBoosh
@drewmagary.bsky.social
Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. I'm just here for a good time.
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@bloomberg.com
The first word in business news. Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@georgetakei.bsky.social
I’ve boldly gone into the clear blue yonder. Follow for more recipes and tips.
@rmac.bsky.social
NYT tech reporter Co-author of Character Limit Signal: rmac.18 ryan.mac@nytimes.com rmac18@protonmail.com https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_
@admadlad.bsky.social
Advertising | Creative Director, Copy | Creativity | Copywriting | Community | Marketing | Nazi Punching | Netflix Bingeing | Tech Utopian | Crazy-Dreaming Fool |#BLM | #OkColinRobinson
@johnnieego.bsky.social
Marketing, Creativity, Loyalty, Mental Health & Hat. Never forgot about Dre. Exactly the RIGHT kind of idiot. Manbassador & Fractional CMO. ░B░l░N░S░I░N░B░I░O
@nickbotton.bsky.social
Public policy at @awoagency.bsky.social working on adtech, privacy, platform regulation, open source, AI and child safety Opinions my own. Like = interesting.
@ryanbarwick.bsky.social
Reporter. Writing about the internet and how it makes money, current scribe for Morning Brew.
@adtechgod.com
The Lord of RTB. God of Programmatic Prophecy. The Savior of AdTech Sinners. Co-founder and CMO at Marketecture Media, Inc AdTechGod®️is a Registered Trademark Everything you want to know about me: https://linktr.ee/adtechgod
@giuliodelbufalo.bsky.social
Marketing, sport and mediocre jokes. I'm a Skeptical Optimist: https://giuliodelbufalo.substack.com
@ericseufert.bsky.social
Analyst, Mobile Dev Memo: http://mobiledevmemo.com. Developer, Theseus: http://theseus-growth.com. Investor, Heracles Capital: http://hrcls.vc
@aishamadeit.bsky.social
Creative Director - Art, creator of The Art Of Deckmaking, curator of thisweekssaves.com
@moshe.bsky.social
Senior Brand Strategist @ The LEGO Group | Love gaming, cooking, and anime | Views are my own
@willhumphrey.bsky.social
Marketing Strategy bod in Consultancy. Ex Advertising/Comms person. APG tutor. Stoke fan/music lover/punner/husband/father. My views don't represent my employer's.
@chronotope.aramzs.xyz
AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. https://aramzs.glitch.me
@alastairthomson.bsky.social
Accounting, dad jokes, and obscure musical references. Not necessarily in that order ...
@phillipoakley.bsky.social
Mixing strategy and creativity to build brands through effective marketing. Energetic speaker, foodie, soccer player, and proud Dad. #COYS
@clivesimpkins.bsky.social
Anti Trump-Musk-MAGA 🇿🇦 SouthAfrican veteran strategic communications coach. Still helping folks make the most of their best. Whether interpersonally, in any media, presenting, or public speaking. Love what I do, do what I love. #RescueCatDadx3
@checkmyads.org
We're the independent digital advertising watchdog. We are building a transparent and fair digital advertising market.
@caff.bsky.social
Creative, Branding & Strategy ✨Ad Geek & Marketing Nerd ✨Dog mom 🐕 Food fan 🌮 Hodophile ✈️ Gardener 🪴 TV/Movies 🍿 Books 📚 Science & Nature 🔭 Inspiration & more 🙌🏼 Available for hire: Creative Direction, Brand, Creative & Content Strategy, Copywriting
@tomvaswani.bsky.social
Obscurant, channeling his inner Hegel. Purveyor of catchy tag-lines. Projects: the Gillian Rose Memorial Lecture series @ CRMEP; admin of GillianRose.Org Just trying to make sense of things.
@davewakeman.bsky.social
I’m the problem. It’s me. www.DaveWakeman.com will tell you about my work in #branding #strategy #COYS! #RollTide I will post about the intersection of culture, biz, and branding. Or, whatever amuses me.
@chrisdinn.bsky.social
Ads @ StackAdapt. Creator of torontoverse.com. A prolific programmer who loves local data. Ex Google Ad Manager, mDialog.
@simonhalstead.bsky.social
Dog owner. Gills Fan. Advertising veteran - ad tech especially. Love cricket, parkrun and curiousity
@gillianrightford.bsky.social
Founder: Adtherapy (help marketers & agencies work better together to make better work), The School of Thought (mktng/advertising online community). LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/GillianRightford Mkting Water-Cooler Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/71ejy