Avidly
Activates
UK 2025
An Avidly HubSpot Solutions event
2024 was amazing, 2025 will be event better.
At Avidly Activates 2024 we had talks and insights from marketing, sales and personal development leaders.
The day focused on getting the motivation and ideas to make 2025 your year of customer-led growth.
Details for 2025 coming soon
Limited space
Brought to you by Avidly Hubspot Solutions
10.00 - 16.00 | Date TBC
Venue TBC
Activate customer-driven growth at your business
Join a room of just 75 sales and marketing professionals who intend to make 2025 their year of customer growth.
Come for the industry-leading insights and advice; stay for the music and free drinks. Leave with the motivation and inspiration to make 2025 your year of customer growth.
Since 2018, this event has been helping people and companies grow
It began as Love Inbound. The name is now Avidly Activates. But what else is new?
The event has grown up.
Last year, plenty of you mentioned how inspiring and helpful some of the talks in particular were. And what a positive feeling the day created.
So, that's what we've leaned into even more this year.
Reasons why people attended Avidly Activates UK 2024
Ten featured speakers
On a single stage
Learn why it's more important than ever to activate customer-led growth, and how to market and sell to your customers. At the same time, be inspired by amazing stories and insights from people who've been there and done it.
An immersive experience
In a beautiful location
A fresh venue at the same location. We've moved the event to Everyman Cinema, Holmes Mill, Clitheroe. The perfect space for creative thinking, stepping out of the day-to-day and immersing yourself in a day of strategising, learning and inspiration.
Keynote talks & advice
On marketing, sales and leadership
Keynote speakers and industry leaders bring insights from HubSpot, Google, Girls in Marketing and more. Get first-hand learnings from on the Avidly Activates stage.
Bitesized learnings and breakout sessions
Short talks, 1-1 sessions, troubleshooting booths & more
Besides the main stage talks, you can make the most of 1-1 sparring sessions and troubleshoot your sales and marketing efforts. We're also offering dedicated sessions with certified HubSpot experts.
Leave with more than learnings
Music, memories and motivation
From high-quality free swag to new connections made over a free mocktail or beer, you'll get more than just the amazing learnings. Enjoy the DJs, special guest performance and other free treats.
2024 event was in partnership with:
Our 2024 Agenda
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09:30 - 10:00 Doors open
Grab a coffee and your welcome pack once you sign in. Get settled and take your seat in the stunning main screen of Everyman.
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10:00 - 10:15 Action! Setting the scene with host Luke Staton
One of the hottest names on the business event circuit, a true inspiration and multiple-times speaker at previous events is this year's host. He opens proceedings with a scene setting talk to start the day right.
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10:15 - 10:50 The mindset of a Champion with Luke & Ronnie Staton
From getting up off his deathbed to completing some of the world's toughest ultramarathon races, Ronnie Staton now inspires people around the world with his story.
Listen to how these inspiring brothers are motivating people to be the best they can be and set yourself up for a day of learning. -
10:50 - 11:30 Keynote address from HubSpot's VP of Sales & MD EMEA
Mark Barry is focused on empowering businesses to grow using HubSpot's customer platform, while leading the overall GTM strategy in the EMEA business. Mark boasts over 25 years of experience working with brands including Google, Stripe and Vodafone.
The perfect keynote speaker to really contextualise why activating your customer-led sales and marketing is vital in 2025 and beyond.
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11:30 - 11:55 The importance of an omnichannel experience with James Marriott
Today's audiences expect a seamless experience across different communication channels. Consumers are used to a company's customer support having access to their account information and (ideally) their previous interactions.
This expectation bleeds into B2B and B2B2C comms too.
Hear how this can be achieved with tools like HubSpot and Mitto and get advice from a technical expert, James Marriott.
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11:55 - 12:15 Public support available for your business - Andrew Leeming
The brilliant Andrew Leeming, Senior Project Officer at Boost, will be highlighting the support options available from your local public body.
This can mean financial support, connections, mentoring and loads more besides.
Andrew will explain how these schemes work and have a team on-hand at lunch for you to follow up with.
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12:15 - 13:00 CUT! That's lunch
Enjoy a tasty lunch or make the most of our troubleshooting and sparring stations. Check there are no fires on your emails and get some fresh air, ready to take on the afternoon.
Or just browse through the Everyman listings and plan which films you'll be seeing first if you win the membership prize.
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13:00 - 13:15 SHORT: And stretch with Elle Calvert
All day meetings and workshops are always fun with Avidly's very own Elle Calvert in charge. Here's how she does it and keeps the energy up.
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13:15 - 13:45 How to keep customers happy pre- and post-sale with Johanna Sjölin & Therese Olsson
Arriving all the way from Sweden and with more years in customer management than they'd like us to mention, meet Johanna and Therese.
These two Avidly legends will bring you an energy-filled, actionable talk that will give you practical tips to make your customer experience the best.
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13:45 - 14:15 Turning data into engaging stories - Thierry Ngutegure
We're drowning in data when working in sales and marketing. Making sure your findings are engaging is one of the best ways to make sure your ideas get buy-in and your wins are communicated.
Thierry is a master at this and will be sharing his secrets.
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14:15 - 14:30 CUT! Back live in 15
Time for a comfort break and maybe a special performance by a brilliant spoken word artist. Well. Worth. Seeing.
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14:30 - 15:15 The importance of community and how Girls in Marketing did this - Olivia Hanlon
Explore the success of Girls in Marketing, a true community sensation with 300,000 members from across the industry.
The Girls in Marketing founder-CEO and Forbes 30 under 30 2024, Olivia Hanlon will be sharing why building a community is vital and how you can do it.
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15:15 - 16:00 That's a wrap! Turning today into action by Luke Staton
Encapsulate the learnings, recap the best bits and tie it all together with this closing address to make sure you leave the auditorium with everything you need. You know Luke will make it all make sense.
As Chris Holt, attendee from last year described him, "He's a real master of his craft."
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16:00 - 17:00 Wrap-party upstairs
Head upstairs to Avidly's UK headquarters. The workspace will be repurposed for post-event chats, relaxation, drinks (alcohol and alcohol free) and nibbles. Come and join us to end the day in style.
Frequently asked questions
This event was formerly known as LOVE INBOUND and has been running since 2018. It's a free event to help sales and marketing professionals grow.
We bring inspiring thought leaders to a single stage and give you the motivation and learnings to grow your business, reach your goals and be the best version of yourself.
When: 10am-4pm on the 14th November 2024
Where: Everyman cinema Holmes Mill, Greenacre Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1EB
Registration begins at 9.30am and the wrap party (after party) will start at 4pm in our office above the cinema.
Sales and marketing professionals who have the drive to improve the business the represent and the desire to grow as people.
We also have business owners and founders in the audience.
Often, managers or team leaders will bring some or all of their team along too for the experience.
Well, LOVE INBOUND originated back in 2017. The company was then called Digital 22 and the world was a different place.
The event has grown beyond just being inbound related so we felt the name was too restrictive.
And then, once Digital 22 became part of Avidly, we wanted to rebrand the event anyway and make it part of the Avidly content ecosystem.
The result: Avidly Activates.
This is the UK 2024 event and we plan to take it to our other countries in the future.
For the 2024 event, we've made some changes and other additions to previous events. These include,
- Moving to the Everyman cinema at Holmes Mill to make for a more immersive and creative environment
- Mixing up the talk formats to include bite-size short talks and breakout sessions
- Bringing more fun to make it an extra special day: DJs, spoken word performances, better swag... and more
The event will not be streamed live. This is an in-person and live once event.
There may be highlights from talks and snippets shared on social media - but you'll only get the full learnings by being here in person.
We offered a limited number of VIP seats. Like when you attend the cinema and choose the VIP seats, you get a few extras thrown in:
- Priority seating
- Extra swag and merch
- Full HubSpot audit / Marketing gap analysis with a video presentation of our findings
- Extra free drink tokens
- 5x EXTRA entry into the Everyman subscription competition
UPDATE:
VIP seats were all snapped up at the start of July. Other seats are filling fast so register now to avoid missing out.
Yes. The event is 100% free to attend.
Learning and sharing is important to us. We would want our team to attend an event like this anyway, so why not put it on ourselves so that you can enjoy the learnings too.
We invest in the cost of the event but do not charge entry.
This event is organised by the internal marketing team here at Avidly HubSpot Solutions.
Emily Yates, Marketing Manager, is the leader of the event and has been putting on events like this for years.
She is helped by the 30-odd legends who work with her from our UK studio in Clitheroe.
Paul, our Head of Marketing, will probably be stood at the free bar "networking."
Of course! All we ask is that you register your guest in advance so that we know how many people to cater for.
If you have a group of people you want to register, feel free to message one of us directly: emily.yates@avidlyagency.com or paul.mortimer@avidlyagency.com
You’ll just need to bring your notepad and your laptop.
Oh, and your thinking cap.
We’ll provideeverything else.
Yep, if you come to the event, we’ll send you the slides afterwards. Please sign up using the email you will use to register on the day.
Need to convince your boss to let you attend?
We understand your company or your boss might need more than "it's free" as a reason for you to attend. Check out this blog post for other ways the business will benefit from you attending Avidly Activates.
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SMarketing for business growth
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Evolving your content strategy
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