Imagine if every time you spent £1, you wasted 43p.

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Crazy, right?

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But this is what many brands do these days.

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They make dull ads, on dull media, and do dull pitches.

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The problem? A recent study showed the cost of this dullness. For every £1 businesses spend, 43p goes down the drain*.

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It’s crackers.

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So let’s suppose you were to introduce some humour — the opposite of dullness — into your business.

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What results would you see?

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For a start, in your marketing, brands that run humorous campaigns get over 100% more ROI compared with non-humorous campaigns*.

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So more bang for your marketing buck.

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In your sales, 77% of people are more likely to buy from someone who shows they have a sense of humour*.

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So you win more deals.

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And in your workplace, managers with a sense of humour are seen as 23% more respected*.

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So you have a happier, more productive team.

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In short, you might like to consider humour a serious tool in your business.

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I’m an expert in this field, with 25 years’ experience in business and an MA investigating humour. I provide 100% expertise and 0% fluffy nonsense.

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And these are the kind of brands I work with:

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They’re nice people. They say nice things — things like…

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‘What Paddy Gilmore doesn’t know about humour and business, frankly, isn’t worth knowing,’ — John Lyon, CEO, Wilkins Harley-Davidson.

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I can help you to boost your marketing ROI, convert more sales or inspire your people.

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So if you want to find out how, just book a free 30-minute consultation, here.

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And if you want to see the kind of results I’ve got for big brands, like Three, WPP and AIB, just pop here.

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I think you’ll find they’re anything but dull.

Many brands I work with — such as HSBC, Weavr or Iress — start working with me on the back of a masterclass.

It’s quick, low-budget and you come away with a toolkit you can use immediately.

For each one, I include a satisfaction guarantee.

In other words: unhappy with the outcome? You get a full refund.

It’s as simple as that.

* Point #4: Morgan, Adam & Nelson-Field, Karen: The Eye-Watering Cost of Dull Media, eatbigfish.com, 16th June 2025.

Point #8: IPA Databank (for profit cases only 2012-2022, reporting a ROMI figure n=95 humorous n=116 non-humorous), analysing 1,500 advertising campaigns.

Point #10: SME Today: The Impact of Humour on Sales, 22nd October 2024.

Point #12: Aaker, Jennifer & Bagdonas, Naomi: Humour, Seriously, Penguin, 2020, p. 29.