Bryony
Thomas

Best-selling Author.

Award-winning Speaker.

Who is Bryony Thomas?

Bucket Lady. Elephant Spotter. Multi-Million Pound Cat Thief.

The Bucket Lady

The Bucket Lady

Bryony Thomas is one of the UK’s foremost marketing thinkers. She is the author of Watertight Marketing, which has been in its best-sellers list consistently for over five years, with no gimmicks. This ground-breaking book has been described variously as “the entrepreneurs’ essential marketing manual”, “a work of genius”, and “a licence to print money”. Centred on replacing the ubiquitous sales funnel diagram with a better metaphor of a Bucket, Funnels and Taps, Bryony is often known as The Bucket Lady.

The Elephant Spotter

The Elephant Spotter

She has a disarmingly honest working style, that means that people have often seen her as a marketing confidante more than a consultant. Landing as the divisional director of marketing for FTSE 100 company, Experian, at the age of 28, Bryony quickly developed a knack for asking the questions that matter. If there’s something that needs addressing, you’ll find Bryony pointing to it. This earned her the nick-name, The Elephant Spotter

The Cat Thief

The Multi-Million Pound Cat Thief

Bryony is also an in-demand professional speaker for business audiences wanting to understand how to deliver sustainable sales results. Whether it’s a boardroom, team day, or a large conference venue, Bryony can be trusted to inspire, engage and entertain. But, more importantly people will leave her talks with immediate actions to take. She has a unique and memorable speaking style, and is often heard describing how to build multi-million pound businesses in the same way as you’d steal your neighbour’s cat. And so, is known as The Multi-Million Pound Cat Thief.

Bryony’s Journey

In 2008, Bryony started the journey towards what is today the Watertight Marketing Methodology, working with ambitious growing businesses delivering 12-month marketing transformation programmes. Through her book, her speaking, her events and her hands-on support, Bryony Thomas now gives small business owners the clarity and the structure to step off the roller coaster. To get their marketing to put their business on a sustainable upward curve. Bryony Thomas is The Watertight Marketer.

She does all this part-time around her family, and can be often found playing in the sand pit with her daughter or snuggled up with her soppy grey tom cat, Dylan.

Oh, and, she also loves a strong cup of tea. Milk, no sugar. And, if you’re getting the biscuits in, Bryony will have a pink wafer!

Award-Winning Marketing Speaker for Business Events

Bryony Thomas is an energetic marketing speaker who shows businesses and entrepreneurs how to take calm, confident, control of their business growth. Her speaking style is no-nonsense and direct. She doesn’t shy away from tough subjects, and makes highly effective use of memorable analogies to make her advice stick. Bryony has a real skill for adapting her content to suit the needs of her audience, both through thorough preparation, and by being extremely quick-witted and responsive to the audience in front of her.

“I’ve described Watertight to colleagues in the past as really commonsense marketing. It’s the structure of it that makes it really clear for people to understand.”

Melanie Osborne Marketing Director, Nviro
Melanie Osborne

Peter is a refreshing change – most marketing people bang on about posting on Twitter 30 times a day, or how important one’s Facebook posts are. This workshop was the first one that actually delved into the reason BEHIND every marketing decision you make, with a goal as to what you’re trying to achieve, rather than simply a list of actions.

Matt Hills Travel Counsellors
Matt Hills

The Confidence & Clarity Conference put marketing in an understandable framework for anyone with an interest in it whatever the level. It redefined for me the profile of a “marketing person” to the extent that I can now see the possibility of me becoming one in a new career. The event cut right through the nonsense that ‘s cost so much in the past.

Greg Clements 
Greg Clements

“Excellent book for small businesses. East to read with really practical advice which anyone can implement, and loads of really valuable additional online material. Anyone who feels that their marketing budget is like sand slipping through their fingers Must read this book.”

Julie Peel Inspired Design
Julie Peel

“Well worth buying the 2nd edition for the extra frameworks the author has added and new examples of how the thinking is used in real companies. One of the new frameworks which is particularly helpful is the Purpose/Profit matrix which gives us a lens through which to view the clients we work with. A lot of the key concepts are also usefully explained in more depth to give readers a richer understanding of the approach and how to use it in practice. Of course, still at its heart is the same practical, highly valuable methodology that businesses of any size can use and apply – and thousands have already used it to great effect in their own companies. Clearly and thoughtfully written, Bryony speaks eloquently for an ethical, customer-centric, purposeful marketing approach. Essential reading for business owners and directors, marketers, sales people and anyone who knows (or wants to find out) how great marketing is the cornerstone of their business success.”

Rachael Wheatley 
Rachael Wheatley

Marketing Author

Bryony Thomas is a prolific and inspiring writer on marketing. Bryony’s articles range from highly instructive ‘how to’ style information, perfect for the marketer or business owner wanting to roll their sleeves up, to more conceptual missives for the marketing professional. Her articles regularly appear in the business press. Bryony is also the author of ‘Watertight Marketing – delivering long-term sales results’.

“[The Ask Almost Anything surgery] was an incredibly useful and valuable session – more than worth the membership fee for this alone!”

Rebecca Wise Marketing Manager, Premier Heating Solutions
Rebecca Wise

“A huge thanks you for your workshop on Saturday. It was a really engaging session and I came away with a clear idea of what to work on next and lots of ideas.”

Stephanie Martinez-Hill Events Officer of the ITI Western Regional Group
Stephanie Martinez-Hill
“Thank you Rachael, for an excellent and thought provoking presentation and debate – as always.”
Steve Fordham Technical Manager
Steve Fordham

“The Club helps me find the right time to do things and has really helped me focus on what needs to be done, when.”

Liz Davidson CMO, QRoutes
Liz Davidson

“Watertight gave us a common language to use in the business. It’s given the marketing and sales teams a language that they can understand, and they can use when working together.”

Simon King Director, Inside Travel Group
Simon King