
Embracing Marketing Mistakes
Welcome to the world's number one podcast on Marketing Mistakes by Prohibition PR. This podcast is specifically for senior marketers determined to grow their brands by learning from real-world screw ups.
Each week, join hosts Chris Norton and Will Ockenden, seasoned PR professionals with over 45 years of combined experience, as they candidly explore the marketing failures most marketers would rather forget. Featuring insightful conversations with industry-leading marketing experts and value-packed solo episodes, the show tries to uncover the valuable lessons from genuine marketing disasters and, crucially, the tips and steps you need to take to avoid them.
Chris and Will bring practical experience from founding the award-winning PR agency Prohibition PR, where they have successfully guided top brands to significant growth through PR strategy, social media, media relations, content marketing, and strategic brand-building.
Tune in to turn f*ck ups into progress, mistakes into lessons, and challenges into real-life competitive advantages. Well, we hope so anyway.
Episodes
She controlled her narrative by revealing her darkest secrets first

When Google’s AI Stole Their Clicks: How Prohibition Turned a Traffic Crisis into GEO Strategy

Breaking the BBC Homepage: Tales from the Trenches

AI-Written RFP Fail: Why Pitches Collapse

Knowing When to Fold: A Transatlantic Marketing Lesson

Cracking the YouTube Algorithm: Lessons from Raw Data, Not Hype

The Gap Year that Almost Became a Career Gap

Demoted at Deliveroo: Alice Ter Haar's Career-Shaking Fail

Webinar FAIL: That Time I Forgot to Record Our Huge Influencer Webinar

Mastering LinkedIn Visibility: Four Steps to Turn Followers into Clients

FAIL: Direct Marketing Taught Me Everything Advertising Couldn't

How a Prestige Client Nearly Cost Alexandra Galviz Her Authentic Brand

Food Marketing FAIL: My Culinary Embarrassment with Meena Patak

The 1 B2B Thought Leadership Strategy You're NOT Using in 2025

Sadie Straw’s Inbox Fail and the Wellness Campaign That Asked Too Much

Why the BBC's Spencer Kelly Said the iPad Would Fail, Hours Before Its Launch

From Zero Clients to LinkedIn Success: Sarah Clay’s Lockdown Marketing Fail

Mind Games: Richard Shotton Reveals Marketing's Hidden Secrets

PR FAIL: I sent a press release that wasn't approved and made the 10 o'clock news.

How British Wool Turned 30,000 Farmers into Brand Advocates

Training FAIL: Media Training Goes Sideways: True Stories from the Trenches

The Molly Mae Effect: Salvaging Brand Reputation Through Community Engagement

Marketing Mistake: Did I Just Break Stock Market Regulations?

Your Marketing Team Just Got Smarter Thanks to AI

Marketing Blunder: When 500 Becomes 5K: A Coney Island New Year's Disaster
