Brand Royalty

King of Shaves at Eton. Young shavers, Brand hurricanes, 20s MBA's...& Fireworks!

2009-11-06T14:26:15Z

Courtesy Geoff Riley, head of economics at Eton College, I was delighted to speak to approximately 200 young shavers as part of a series of talks to their Entrepreneur Society, headed by co-secretary, Thomas Aedy. Having gone to school at Kirkley...

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How King of Shaves is using the web to build its brand globally. UTalkMarketing.com interview...

2009-11-04T20:31:43Z

Consumer Communities, Digital Dialogues and Shaving. The King of Shaves View. (original blog posting) I was pleased to be interviewed by Clark Turner, founding editor of top online marketing site, uTalkMarketing.com a week or so ago, and was del...

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I give a 'Life in a Hurricane Brand' presentation at the IoD, Institute of Directors

2009-10-31T13:39:56Z

Courtesy Alex Mitchell, Head of Influencer Relations for the IoD (Institute of Directors) I was delighted to speak at their annual Chartered Directors conference on Thursday 29th October, to approximately 80 leading CEO's, Directors & CFO's on wh...

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King of Shaves Proud To Be A Founder Member of The Consumer Forum.

2009-10-27T11:40:35Z

King of Shaves - Putting Customers First, Proud to be Founder Member of The Consumer Forum (original blog post) Late last year, at a business awards ceremony, I first met Simon Calver, CEO of Lovefilm, the UK's leading on-line film & games rent...

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King of Shaves Azor S, Sea, Sailing, Snorkelling, Shaving, Stravaig & Scott.

2009-09-22T15:18:43Z

A couple of weeks back, I was lucky enough to be invited for a few days sailing aboard the beautiful Oyster 72, Stravaig of Argyll by my friend Scott. I took an Azor S along with me, and after we'd finished sailing (and supping a lovely glass o...

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Will King, King of Shaves: Breakfast, Beating the Big Guys & Digital Dialogue!

2009-09-22T14:36:26Z

I met Andrew Goulbourn, Sales & Marketing Director for Ipswich Town Football Club last year, at a dinner hosted by John Ayling of our media buying company, John Ayling & Associates (Andrew worked with John back in the day) and was delighted to sp...

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My 20 second MBA.

2009-09-17T06:55:53Z

Thinking about going into business? Running your own show? Amazing the world with a new product, maybe destined to be a brand, or service that blows the competition away. Here's my 20 second MBA course for you, as featured in my book. It's cal...

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Dan Brown. Marked Down. The Lost Profit.

2009-09-16T22:55:46Z

Having a book out myself, I was interested to see what would happen with the pricing of the new Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol, out yesterday in the UK yesterday. For a nanosecond, it had an RRP of £18.99. Bit of profit there. Then Tesco went ...

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EDP Future 50 - King of Shaves Proud To Feature, I was delighted to deliver the Keynote!

2009-09-16T11:03:22Z

King of Shaves at EDP Future 50 Launch. A fantastic, inspiring event in a great venue I was delighted to address the inaugural EDP Future 50 group of 'companies & individuals to watch' at the stylish, modern Open Centre in Norwich yesterday, c...

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Sofitel, Easyjet & Rude Stewards. Twitter #Fail. Bring back the fun to flying!

2009-09-11T08:04:01Z

After an enjoyable evening at the final judging round for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009, I left the Hilton in More London Place (near Tower Bridge) and got to Gatwick nigh on 2 hours later. Roadworks in London. M4 closed. Urrg...

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