Struggling to get deep work done?

Marketers like you juggle endless tasks, meetings, and distractions—leaving no time for real focus.

But what if just two hours of deep work could put you in the top 1% of marketers?

And what other productivity strategies can help you reclaim your focus?

In this episode, Oskar Eklind, a productivity personal trainer and former marketer, shares how to:

✅ Build deep work habits that maximize efficiency

✅ Time-box tasks to beat procrastination

✅ Use productivity tools like Focus Mode & Notion

✅ Protect your best energy hours for high-impact work

Oskar’s methods helped him recover from burnout and completely transform his productivity.

Now, he’s helping marketers do the same.

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🕰️ Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro + Why Productivity is a Struggle for Marketers

01:06 - Oskar’s Story

03:32 - Managing Priorities

07:07 - First Steps to Crushing Procrastination

09:09 - Time-Boxing

10:47 - Why You Keep Procrastinating (And How to Stop)

13:19 - How to Build Momentum in 5 Minutes

18:31 - Just 2 Hours of Focus Can Put You in the Top 1%

20:49 - Best Productivity Tools

24:12 - Team Agreements - Work smarter within a team

💜 About Marketing Mondays with Maria

Marketing Mondays with Maria is a podcast series where marketing leaders share real-world challenges and creative solutions to inspire and empower fellow marketers.

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Ever been in a marketing meeting thinking… what is HAPPENING? 😅

Yeah. I think every marketer's been there.

Which is why I had to bring on Dan Holt — Managing Director of the marketing agency Boss Digital & the mastermind behind Mary’s Marketing Adventures, aka the most painfully relatable marketing comic on LinkedIn.

We got into:

→ The origins and behind the scenes of the series

→ Why and how Dan started his agency at 23

→ Why marketing teams struggle with focus (& what to do about it)

→ The short-term vs. long-term marketing tactics debate

→ How to make marketing & sales actually work together

This episode is brutally honest, hilarious, and packed with tough to swallow marketing truths everyone needs to hear. Enjoyyy!

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🕰️ Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction

00:35 – Dan's journey into marketing

02:27 – How he started his agency

04:00 – The struggles of getting first clients

06:00 – LinkedIn & content marketing

08:30 – The birth of Mary’s Marketing Adventures

12:30 – The problem with modern marketing

15:00 – Why marketers lack focus (and how to fix it)

17:00 – The marketing vs. sales relationship

19:45 – Long-term vs short-term marketing tactics

22:00 – Continuous learning + resources

27:00 – Final thoughts

💜 About Marketing Mondays with Maria

Marketing Mondays with Maria is a podcast series where marketing leaders share real-world challenges and creative solutions to inspire and empower fellow marketers.

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Hiring the right people is hard. Leading them? Even harder.

One day, you’re a marketing executive. The next? You’re hiring, leading, and making decisions that impact the entire company... on top of your daily work. No one really prepares you for this 😅

That’s why I sat down with Marija Hammon, Marketing Director at Relax Gaming, who’s grown her team across multiple countries – and learned some hard lessons along the way.

We cover:

👉 How to structure a marketing team for scale (without chaos)

👉 The biggest hiring red flags that cost you time & money 🚩

👉 How to balance leadership & execution as a marketing leader

👉 What makes a great hire?

👉 How to step up and grow into leadership

If you're figuring out how to build and lead a high-performing marketing team (including the first-ever hire!), this episode is packed with real, no-BS advice from someone who’s been there.

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🕰️ Timestamps

0:00 – Marija's journey to marketing director

3:57 – Scaling a Marketing Team

5:44 – How to Structure a Marketing Team for Long-Term Growth

7:29 – The Biggest Leadership Lesson

10:54 – Hiring Red Flags You Should NEVER Ignore

12:17 – Common CV Mistakes

15:41 – Onboarding Done Right

17:52 – How to Balance Leadership, Strategy & Execution Without Burnout

19:39 – The Toughest Part of Managing People

21:59 – Keeping a Team Motivated in Hard Times

23:43 – Marija’s #1 Career Advice

💜 About Marketing Mondays with Maria

Marketing Mondays with Maria is a podcast series where marketing leaders share real-world challenges and creative solutions to inspire and empower fellow marketers.

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