What you get
I can help you in three business-critical ways. In each of these areas you get measurable, long-term results.
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Using humour to boost your marketing effectiveness.
I worked with Three on a massive brand campaign called Sing It Kitty, identifying the best form/s of humour to use. The ads featured a singing cat and her bicycling owner.
In the first six weeks of the campaign, five million people watched the ad on YouTube, with 73% of people saying they liked it.
The business result?
YouGov commented, “Three’s brand health score has been on an upward trend over the last year; with the success of this campaign it shows no signs of stopping.” The BrandIndex analysis showed awareness of the brand maintained a high level while brand consideration went up.*
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Using humour as a tool to drive your sales.
WPP wanted to win more pitches. They felt like they were coming across as (in their words) ‘over-rehearsed robots’.
The business result?
I worked with them in spring of 2024.
In the autumn of that year, despite business challenges, WPP “saw an improvement in new business with wins from Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark and Unilever.”* Their performance in the pitch itself — as well as their proposals — would have doubtless contributed to this success.
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Using humour to unlock employee engagement.
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) have an extremely good pension package for their 8,000 employees. The snag? People just weren’t contributing enough to it.
I created an internal campaign for them.
The business result?
Among the employees who opened the internal emails, 86% increased their pension contributions*. This went way beyond our predicted metrics.
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* (Three): “Three hits the right note with #SingItKitty campaign”.
(WPP): 2024 Preliminary Results, 27th February 2025.
(AIB): Email from Mike Gogan, Head of Customer Language and Tone of Voice, AIB, to Paddy Gilmore, 10th July 2025.