Building Brands Plymouth 2026
Your complete day guide to Building Brands Plymouth 2026—sessions, speakers and venues. Plan your path from doors open to after dark.
Networking, tea/coffee
Hot drinks, nice people. Get stuck in.
Welcome to Building Brands
Starting the day with the best people in the world!
Making the invisible, visible: The key to marketing a service
Ever struggled to explain what you actually do, let alone market it? If your business sells a service rather than product, you’re not alone.
Your brand isn't working as hard as you are
When a brand can't keep up, making websites convert, campaigns land and identities stick takes twice the effort for half the result.
Punchlines and Bottom lines: What marketing can learn from stand up comedy.
Christian reveals the unexpected lessons marketers can steal from the stage: staying in character, making ideas stick, handling failure ...
‘Behind The Mask'. The hidden identity pressures driving burnout in marketing & creative leaders’
Behind the scenes of many marketing careers sits a quieter reality of leaders who feel increasingly disconnected from who they really are.
Beyond the Hype: What's Really Happening in AI Search
Rankings used to be simple. Now AI Overviews, SGE, and zero-click results mean position one no longer guarantees visibility or traffic.
Neuroinclusive Marketing: A Simple Framework for More Inclusive Customer Journeys
Failing to consider neurodivergent needs in marketing risks alienating a significant proportion of potential customers.
The Science Behind Building Brands
Clare will be looking at brand intelligence, and how decisions are really made.
Marketing Delighters - Things that make you go ooh.
Marketing delighters are joyful, useful moments that surpass expectations. Louise leads you through some great examples leaving you inspired
Adding an Extra E (Become a Marketeer)
Drawing on behavioural science, Steve will highlight the magical power of taking a more curious, playful and behavioural approach.
The Murder of CRO: Reviving and reworking traditional practices to fix your full funnel
Experimentation is no longer just for websites; you now need to apply testing logic across your entire funnel.
The Power of Social Media When It’s Done Properly
When social media is done well, it becomes one of the most powerful tools a brand can use to build trust, and drive real commercial results.
Lunch
Eat your own weight in conference food and brownies!
Welcome back to Building Brands
Kicking off the afternoon with the sexiest hosts in all of Devon!
Afternoon (Cake!) Break
We're the only conference we know of that stops for cake in the afternoon!
Thank you for coming to Building Brands!
Thanks for coming, we hope you enjoyed it, and look forward to seeing you again soon!