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Download Your FREE Padel Marketing Campaign Blueprint
Download your FREE Padel Marketing Campaign Blueprint, a complete video marketing concept designed for padel clubs, coaches, venues and anyone working in the padel industry.
Inside, you'll find three ready-to-film video concepts, ideas for the characters and stories, short-form Reel and TikTok ideas, filming suggestions, campaign messaging and ways to turn each main video into multiple pieces of social media content.
Jay Leshark
5 days ago1 min read


Marketing Is Familiarity, Safety and Comfort - Emotional Marketing
Great marketing creates familiarity, safety and comfort. Inspired by Jamie Oliver, we look at why emotion, trust and familiarity make people buy.
Jay Leshark
Oct 45 min read


Phuket Padel Clubs: Stop Marketing Padel Like It’s a Fashion Show
Padel is booming in Phuket. But if your marketing only shows beautiful people in perfect outfits, are you accidentally putting beginners off?
Jay Leshark
Oct 45 min read


Phuket Marketing. Stop Planning. Start Doing.
October marketing in Phuket is different. We're between seasons, which means businesses need to think about two very different audiences: the locals and expats who are already here, and the high-season tourists currently researching, planning and booking their Phuket holidays.
Jay Leshark
Oct 14 min read


Phuket Marketing for High Season : You’ve Got the Tips. Now Go and Use Them.
High season is coming, but is your marketing ready? We wrap up the Shark 13 Phuket High Season Marketing Series with the key lessons every Phuket business should consider — plus we're offering a completely free online marketing report to help identify where you could improve.
Jay Leshark
Sep 293 min read


Restaurant Marketing: The Grab Effect
Grab isn't killing restaurants, but it is changing how customers decide where—and whether—to eat. Here's why restaurants need to stop competing on convenience and start giving people an experience worth leaving home for.
Jay Leshark
Sep 2410 min read


Emotional Marketing. Stop Selling Your Product. Start Selling What It Feels Like.
Your customers probably don't care about your product as much as you do. They care about what it does for them. Learn why great marketing sells the feeling first—and uses the features to prove it.
Jay Leshark
Sep 226 min read


Stop Watching Your Competition. Go and Experience Them. Competitor analysis for businesses
Want to know what your competitors are doing better than you? Become their customer. Mystery shopping your competition could reveal the small customer-experience gaps that become your biggest competitive advantage.
Jay Leshark
Sep 189 min read


Your Customers Don't Experience Your Business. They Experience What Their Brain Tells Them.
Your customers don’t experience your business objectively. Their brains combine expectations, reviews, visuals, pricing and countless other signals to create their perception of the experience.
Jay Leshark
Sep 157 min read


Customer expectations in marketing - It's a Game of Expectations — And Phuket Is a Perfect Example
Great marketing isn't about making the biggest promise. Discover how managing customer expectations can build trust, improve reviews and create better customer experiences.
Jay Leshark
Sep 107 min read


Phuket High Season Marketing Series
Tourists have already chosen Phuket. Your job is to win a piece of their holiday. Discover why smarter Phuket tourism marketing focuses on moments, context and timing.
Jay Leshark
Sep 86 min read


Phuket Padel Clubs: Time to Step Up Your Game
Phuket’s padel scene is growing fast, but better courts aren’t enough. Discover how hospitality, community and tiny customer-experience details can turn first-time players into loyal regulars.
Jay Leshark
Sep 37 min read


Your Phuket High-Season Marketing Should Have Started Already
Waiting until high season to start marketing? You’re already late. Discover why Phuket businesses should build SEO, content, audiences, reviews and visibility months before demand peaks.
Jay Leshark
Sep 16 min read


The Shark 13: 10 Marketing Predictions for 2027… Plus One Extra
What will marketing look like in 2027? Jay Leshark from Shark 13 Productions makes 10 predictions covering AI, SEO, social search, authenticity, influencers, micro-communities and the future of digital marketing – plus one bonus prediction.
Jay Leshark
Aug 188 min read


The Psychology Behind FOMO in Marketing - Why Humans Fear Missing Out
Why do we suddenly want something more when we think we might miss out? Explore the psychology behind FOMO marketing, scarcity, urgency and human buying behaviour.
Jay Leshark
Aug 183 min read


Phuket High Season Marketing Series
Your high-season customer may choose your restaurant, hotel, tour or experience before they even arrive in Thailand. Discover why Phuket marketing needs to start months before the tourist lands.
Jay Leshark
Aug 176 min read


Perception vs Reality: Why Marketing Starts Long Before Anyone Meets You
Customers form an opinion of your business long before they meet you. Discover why perception often becomes reality and how great marketing ensures the two are aligned.
Jay Leshark
Aug 123 min read


This Restaurant Lost Me Before I Even Walked In - Pricing Psychology matters
Discover how confusing pricing creates friction, increases customer anxiety and costs businesses sales. Learn why clarity is one of the most powerful marketing strategies.
Jay Leshark
Aug 104 min read


Autonomy Bias in Marketing: Why Customers Buy More When You Stop Selling to Them
What if the best way to sell more was to stop selling? Discover how autonomy bias influences customer behaviour and learn simple ways to make your marketing feel more like a helpful conversation than a sales pitch.
Jay Leshark
Aug 84 min read


Experiential Marketing Ideas for Restaurants
Advertising interrupts people. Experiences bring them together. Discover how experiential marketing creates memorable moments that customers naturally share with friends.
Jay Leshark
Aug 44 min read
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