Episode 267: Chris Kelly
Thu Feb 05 2026
Today's guest is Head of Marketing at John D Wood & Co, a company that was founded in 1872 and has 30 offices across London and the South of England.
He joined on a growth agenda to accelerate the John D Wood & Co. brand from an awareness and lead generation perspective and has led all marketing and brand efforts as part of the senior leadership team, reporting to the MD, building and retaining a high performing 8 person marketing team across Digital, Content, PR, and Media.
During his time at John D Wood & Co. he has built new performance marketing channels, which increased market appraisals by over 50% in a two year period, increased brand awareness by 35% and brand quality by 30% over a two year period.
He also delivered successful campaigns including the rebrand of APW/CHK brands, John D Wood & Co. Halloween campaign and "Little black book" campaign and lead the marketing on all branch new openings including Beckenham, Herne Hill and Winchester.
Lastly, John D Wood & Co. was shortlisted for best marketing campaign at the Negotiator Awards 2024.
With a CV as impressive as that, I'm sure you can agree we are speaking with a marketing expert.
In our conversation, we discuss how to build successful teams, how to get buy in from senior leadership team/board room, and how to show effectiveness of what marketing you’re doing, plus loads more.
Make sure to tune into this episode if you want to hear from one of the most senior marketeers in the estate agency sector.
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Today's guest is Head of Marketing at John D Wood & Co, a company that was founded in 1872 and has 30 offices across London and the South of England. He joined on a growth agenda to accelerate the John D Wood & Co. brand from an awareness and lead generation perspective and has led all marketing and brand efforts as part of the senior leadership team, reporting to the MD, building and retaining a high performing 8 person marketing team across Digital, Content, PR, and Media. During his time at John D Wood & Co. he has built new performance marketing channels, which increased market appraisals by over 50% in a two year period, increased brand awareness by 35% and brand quality by 30% over a two year period. He also delivered successful campaigns including the rebrand of APW/CHK brands, John D Wood & Co. Halloween campaign and "Little black book" campaign and lead the marketing on all branch new openings including Beckenham, Herne Hill and Winchester. Lastly, John D Wood & Co. was shortlisted for best marketing campaign at the Negotiator Awards 2024. With a CV as impressive as that, I'm sure you can agree we are speaking with a marketing expert. In our conversation, we discuss how to build successful teams, how to get buy in from senior leadership team/board room, and how to show effectiveness of what marketing you’re doing, plus loads more. Make sure to tune into this episode if you want to hear from one of the most senior marketeers in the estate agency sector.