ABOUT GORDON
About
GORDON GLENISTER
Helping you connect to your audience through
Influencer Marketing and Membership Expertise
Gordon is a highly experienced sales and marketing professional; who has worked with a number of recognised businesses over the years including many household names. Gordon's main area of focus is membership, influencer marketing and promotional merchandise.
Gordon's journey started at the age of 15. He was always the entrepreneurial type and made his first £1,000 selling plants and servicing gardens in Essex. A few years later, Gordon was thrust into the world of business, with an eye for detail and opportunity. Gordon's first sales job was working for the match giant, Bryant and May where he was told again and again that he over-achieved.
After a while, Gordon moved onto a bigger role, working for Grants of James. During his time at Grants of James, he consistently beat his sales incentives and was one of the top salesmen in the team. From there, Gordon moved to join cider and beer giant, HP Bulmer as one of the youngest ever regional sales managers. At just the age of 26, Gordon managed a £21 million Whitbread account!
INCENTIVES INDUSTRY
Gordon always dreamt of owning his own business and in 2000, he launched an incentive and rewards company. A few years later, in 2007, Gordon sold the business and moved onto a role as Director General for the British Promotional Merchandise Association where he headed up a number of exciting projects, including launching the first ever online educational academy.
Additionally, Gordon covered the company’s first major conference and supported the first collaborative exhibition at Silverstone. All projects were highly successful, particularly the Silverstone exhibition with participants leaving rave reviews!
Gordon is often invited to events to deliver speeches as he is a proficient and experienced speaker, very engaging too. Gordon also spoke at international promotional product events and presented the industry awards.
THE MEMBERSHIP INDUSTRY
More recently, Gordon launched his own Membership Consultancy aimed at supporting Membership Bodies and Trade Associations. Gordon has his own podcast and blog, called Membership World (do have a listen!) where he gives his own views and advice as well as interviewing Thought Leaders in the sector. Gordon continues to regularly speak on the international stage about membership and community engagement.
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE MEMBERSHIP SECTOR
Over the past few months, Gordon was commissioned to research the impact of Covid-19 on the membership bodies, associations and charities sectors. You can read his findings here. Hope they’re interesting and valuable to you.
INFLUENCER MARKETING
Gordon is heavily involved in the Influencer Marketing sector, an area that is rapidly growing and shows no sign of slowing down. Gordon launched the first association arm of the Branded Content Marketing Association, designed especially to support the influencer marketing industry and he regularly speaks and hosts panels on this topic. Additionally, Gordon runs “Influence”, the global podcast on influencer marketing. Gordon was also the brains behind the creation of Pitch Influence, a competition to support the creative industry.
With numerous connections in the influencer marketing industry, Gordon partners highly influential influencers with brands and recommends powerful influencer marketing strategies for business success. Gordon is the author of the award winning book Influencer Marketing Strategy which was published in March 2021 and then the new edition published in July 2024.
THE ARTS
Gordon is a director of the development board of the Arcola Theatre, he has a deep love of the arts, particularly the theatre, film and music industries and has made valuable connections as a result. Gordon is privileged to say he is often invited to attend many prestigious events.
TIMELINE OF SUCCESS
1980 PART-TIME GARDENING BUSINESS, MAKING HIS FIRST £1,000 AT JUST 15 YEARS OLD!
1989 YOUNGEST EVER REGIONAL SALES MANAGER AT HP BULMER, MANAGING A £21 MILLION CUSTOMER
2002 LAUNCHED HIS OWN INCENTIVES AND REWARDS AGENCY
2007 HEADHUNTED FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE BRITISH PROMOTIONAL MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATION
2008 LAUNCHED MERCHANDISE INDUSTRY ONLINE, AN EDUCATION PROGRAMME AND THE FIRST EVER OF ITS KIND
2009 VOTED INDUSTRY PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
2009 LAUNCHED THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION, FOR PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS
2014 CREATED PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS WEEK
2017 BECAME A PUBLISHER FOR PRODUCT MEDIA AND GAINED FINALIST STATUS FOR MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
2018 LAUNCHED HIS OWN WEBSITE, GORDONGLENISTER.COM AIMED AT ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN MEMBERSHIPS
2019 RAN THE FIRST OF MANY MYSTERY MEMBER PROJECTS, GOING UNDERCOVER IN THE MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY
2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, FACILITATOR AND PANELLIST ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AT TECHSMART
2019 LAUNCHED THE BCMA INFLUENCE AND INDUSTRY BODY, DEDICATED TO INFLUENCER MARKETING & A GLOBAL PODCAST
2019 APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF A DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF ARCOLA, A LONDON THEATRE
2019 FACILITATED AND SPOKE ON INFLUENCER MARKETING AND MEMBERSHIP AT OVER 20 INDUSTRY EVENTS
2020 LAUNCHED THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL COMPETITION, PITCH INFLUENCE, AIMED AT THE INFLUENCER COMMUNITY
2020 PUBLISHED RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 TO MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS
2020 LAUNCHED HIS MEMBERSHIPWORLD PODCAST
2020 WROTE A BOOK ON INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY, PUBLISHED BY KOGAN PAGE A REPUTABLE PUBLISHING HOUSE IN SPRING 2021
2021 (MARCH) LAUNCHED INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY BOOK TO GLOBAL AUDIENCE
2021 (JULY) STARTED FACEBOOK GROUP – INFLUENCER MARKETING SECRETS GROUP
2021 (JULY) CO-FOUNDER OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION
2021 (DECEMBER) ONLINE COLUMNIST FOR THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD
2022 (JANUARY) APPOINTED CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCER AGENCY AUDIENCE2MEDIA
2022 (FEBRUARY) SPONSOR AND HOST OF LONDON FASHION WEEK AFTER PARTY
2022 (30th MAY) LAUNCH OF NEW BOOK IN PORTUGUESE AND INFLUENCER MOVIE PREMIERED IN SAO PAULO
2022 (JUNE) BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY
2022 (JULY) LAUNCH OF GORDON GLENISTER VIP EXECUTIVE INFLUENCER MARKETING PROGRAM
2022 (SEPTEMBER) KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND PANELLIST AT TECHNOLOGY FOR MARKETING SHOW LONDON
2022 (OCTOBER) APPOINTED LECTURER AT NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY AND RUN INFLUENCER PROGRAM WITH 500 MARKETING STUDENTS AND 20 BRANDS
2022 (NOVEMBER) FEATURED INFLUENCER COLLABORATION WITH THE ALGARVE CONVENTION BUREAU
2022 (NOVEMBER) LAUNCH OF THE 2ND TOP 100 INFLUENCER CAMPAIGN WITH THE NATIONAL HAIR & BEAUTY FEDERATION
2022 (NOVEMBER) B2B MARKETING EXPO – KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND PANEL HOST IN LONDON
2023 (JUNE) FEATURED PROGRAM WITH BRISTOL AND BATH CONVENTION BUREAU
2023 (JULY) NEW CONTRACT TO WRITE 2ND BOOK ON INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY
2023 (SEPTEMBER) NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH OF MEMBERSHIP WORLD AND SOLUTIONS CENTRE
2023 (SEPTEMBER) KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND PANEL HOST AT TECHNOLOGY FOR MARKETING SHOW ALONG WITH PRESENTER FOR THE TOP 100 MARKETING INFLUENCER AWARDS
2024 (FEBRUARY) HOST OF LONDON FASHION WEEK AFTER PARTY AND SPONSOR TO FASHIONS FINEST SHOW
2024 (MARCH) LAUNCHED NEW INFLUENCER AGENCY GGA
2024 (JUNE) DIGITAL MARKETING WORLD FORUM INFLUENCER MARKETING CONFERENCE HOST AND PANEL MODERATOR
2024 (JUNE) NEW SOLUTIONS CENTRE LAUNCH FOR THE MEMBERSHIP WORLD COMMUNITY
2024 (JULY) 2ND EDITION OF INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY LAUNCHED
2024 (AUGUST) BETA TEST OF GORDON GLENISTER NEW INFLUENCER MARKETING ACADEMY
2024 (SEPTEMBER) PRESENTER OF THE TOP 100 MARKETING INFLUENCER AWARDS, TECHNOLOGY FOR MARKETING SHOW, LONDON