Ben heads up the Performance & Social Team at Linney and has more than 10 years of experience across all digital marketing disciplines, including social media, paid advertising and SEO.

He’s passionate about the way in which our online lives can shape culture at large, alongside driving results for clients using the latest in performance tactics.

Unsuccessfully farming bees

Unsuccessfully farming bees ▶︎

For years, trends forecasters have been predicting the slow death of bricks-and-mortar retail. After Covid, Amazon and TikTok Shop, the latest potential threat is shopping via AI. But does it represent a fundamental shift in behaviour or just another step on the way on to a frictionless future? Ben Meakin and Alex Smith chatted over the practical and the principles with Collide.

Slave to the algorithm

Slave to the algorithm ▶︎

Ben Meakin makes a song and dance about the lack of a track that sums up the summer. What’s going on?