
It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall
Tue 3 Nov · 18:00
Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol
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Lewis Dowling will deliver a talk titled It's probably not your marketing at Gather Round in Bristol on 3 November 2026. The session explores hidden reasons businesses stall and offers practical fixes, with tickets priced at £12.00.
Spending more on marketing, but not winning more customers? The real problem might be hidden elsewhere in your business.
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You've tried the obvious. More ads, different messages, a new brand. But you're either not growing fast enough or you've completely stalled. Maybe it is your marketing. But that's an assumption. What's really holding you back could be lurking elsewhere in the business.
In this talk, Lewis Dowling, Managing Director from Avapond, explains five less-obvious reasons businesses struggle to attract customers. And what you can do to fix each one.
What you'll hear
The biases that send you down the wrong path
Why a pyjama factory needed to listen to its employees
How a single field on a form cost a company millions
What you'll leave with
The five hidden reasons and how to spot them in your business
The research behind each one
Practical fixes you can start using tomorrow
Who's it for?
Founders ready to start growing seriously
Owners of businesses that have stalled (and can't work out why)
Teams spending more and more on marketing, but getting less back
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About Lewis
Lewis Dowling is co-founder and managing director of Avapond. He's been a consultant since 2012, starting at The Writer (one of the world's largest language consultancies).
He's worked from banking to gaming. Telecoms to energy. Regulators to wine merchants. Along the way, he's named products, helped companies win multi-million-pound bids, and trained thousands of people at clients like Barclays, BT, EA, and Unilever.
He's seen the same pattern again and again. The problems holding a business back are usually the ones nobody looks at. Now he helps businesses find them. And fix them.
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No sales pitch, just useful thinking with like-minded people. Your ticket covers drinks, snacks, and the room. The talk's on us.
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It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall takes place on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:00.
It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall is held at Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol in Bristol (15-16 Brunswick Square, Saint Paul's, BS2 8NX).
Tickets for It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall are priced at £12. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.
Yes — hotels within walking distance of Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol can be compared using the accommodation search further down this page.
Tickets for It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall can be booked via Eventbrite using the "Check Tickets & Live Prices" button on this page, which opens the official booking site in a new tab.

It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall
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Lewis Dowling will deliver a talk titled It's probably not your marketing at Gather Round in Bristol on 3 November 2026. The session explores hidden reasons businesses stall and offers practical fixes, with tickets priced at £12.00.
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Organiser’s full description
Spending more on marketing, but not winning more customers? The real problem might be hidden elsewhere in your business.
---
You've tried the obvious. More ads, different messages, a new brand. But you're either not growing fast enough or you've completely stalled. Maybe it is your marketing. But that's an assumption. What's really holding you back could be lurking elsewhere in the business.
In this talk, Lewis Dowling, Managing Director from Avapond, explains five less-obvious reasons businesses struggle to attract customers. And what you can do to fix each one.
What you'll hear
The biases that send you down the wrong path
Why a pyjama factory needed to listen to its employees
How a single field on a form cost a company millions
What you'll leave with
The five hidden reasons and how to spot them in your business
The research behind each one
Practical fixes you can start using tomorrow
Who's it for?
Founders ready to start growing seriously
Owners of businesses that have stalled (and can't work out why)
Teams spending more and more on marketing, but getting less back
---
About Lewis
Lewis Dowling is co-founder and managing director of Avapond. He's been a consultant since 2012, starting at The Writer (one of the world's largest language consultancies).
He's worked from banking to gaming. Telecoms to energy. Regulators to wine merchants. Along the way, he's named products, helped companies win multi-million-pound bids, and trained thousands of people at clients like Barclays, BT, EA, and Unilever.
He's seen the same pattern again and again. The problems holding a business back are usually the ones nobody looks at. Now he helps businesses find them. And fix them.
---
No sales pitch, just useful thinking with like-minded people. Your ticket covers drinks, snacks, and the room. The talk's on us.
Description supplied by the event organiser.
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Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol15-16 Brunswick Square, Saint Paul's, BS2 8NX
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It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall is held at Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol in Bristol (15-16 Brunswick Square, Saint Paul's, BS2 8NX).
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Tickets for It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall are priced at £12. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.
Is there anywhere to stay near It's probably not your marketing: five hidden reasons businesses stall?
Yes — hotels within walking distance of Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol can be compared using the accommodation search further down this page.
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