Paul Marden
@paulmarden.bsky.social
CEO @rubbercheese.com & @carbonsix.digital | Host @skipthequeue.fm | Trustee Kids in Museums | Primary School Governor | Umbraco 2x MVP
We've been getting the Klingons name all wrong all these years
July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We've been getting the Klingons name all wrong all these years
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K3 MStore (formerly Merac) has officially joined the Crowd Convert family 🙌
Full story over on blooloop: blooloop.com/technology/n...
Congratulations, Andy Povey and Paul Marden 👏
#AttractionsIndustry #DigitalGuestExperience #VisitorAttractions #RehumaniseCommerce #Ticketing #RetailTech #Merac
Full story over on blooloop: blooloop.com/technology/n...
Congratulations, Andy Povey and Paul Marden 👏
#AttractionsIndustry #DigitalGuestExperience #VisitorAttractions #RehumaniseCommerce #Ticketing #RetailTech #Merac
Crowd Convert | acquires K3 MStore | blooloop
Crowd Convert has acquired K3 MStore, a comprehensive ticketing and retail platform, from K3 Business Technology Group.
blooloop.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
K3 MStore (formerly Merac) has officially joined the Crowd Convert family 🙌
Full story over on blooloop: blooloop.com/technology/n...
Congratulations, Andy Povey and Paul Marden 👏
#AttractionsIndustry #DigitalGuestExperience #VisitorAttractions #RehumaniseCommerce #Ticketing #RetailTech #Merac
Full story over on blooloop: blooloop.com/technology/n...
Congratulations, Andy Povey and Paul Marden 👏
#AttractionsIndustry #DigitalGuestExperience #VisitorAttractions #RehumaniseCommerce #Ticketing #RetailTech #Merac
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🎙️ LATEST @skipthequeue.fm EPISODE 🙌
“If we've been able to do it, then why can't they? Why can't you? Why can't we all do it?” -Jeremy Mitchell FRSA, Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Recorded live from the #MandH show floor
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/mus...
“If we've been able to do it, then why can't they? Why can't you? Why can't we all do it?” -Jeremy Mitchell FRSA, Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Recorded live from the #MandH show floor
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/mus...
May 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎙️ LATEST @skipthequeue.fm EPISODE 🙌
“If we've been able to do it, then why can't they? Why can't you? Why can't we all do it?” -Jeremy Mitchell FRSA, Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Recorded live from the #MandH show floor
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/mus...
“If we've been able to do it, then why can't they? Why can't you? Why can't we all do it?” -Jeremy Mitchell FRSA, Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Recorded live from the #MandH show floor
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/mus...
Reposted by Paul Marden
💻 NEW IN THE BLOG 🙌
What does best in class museum retail look like with Catherine Pinkerton, Group Retail Manager of Amgueddfa Cymru – #MuseumWales
Guests:
Anya Kirkby
Arantxa Garcia
Nia Elias
Guy Veale
Amy Samways
Kate Eden
legacy.rubbercheese.com/insights/bes...
What does best in class museum retail look like with Catherine Pinkerton, Group Retail Manager of Amgueddfa Cymru – #MuseumWales
Guests:
Anya Kirkby
Arantxa Garcia
Nia Elias
Guy Veale
Amy Samways
Kate Eden
legacy.rubbercheese.com/insights/bes...
What does best in class museum retail look like? - Rubber Cheese
Paul Marden is joined by Catherine Pinkerton, from Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales, about Amgueddfa Cymru’s new approach to museum retail. With other people who have participated in the project
legacy.rubbercheese.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
💻 NEW IN THE BLOG 🙌
What does best in class museum retail look like with Catherine Pinkerton, Group Retail Manager of Amgueddfa Cymru – #MuseumWales
Guests:
Anya Kirkby
Arantxa Garcia
Nia Elias
Guy Veale
Amy Samways
Kate Eden
legacy.rubbercheese.com/insights/bes...
What does best in class museum retail look like with Catherine Pinkerton, Group Retail Manager of Amgueddfa Cymru – #MuseumWales
Guests:
Anya Kirkby
Arantxa Garcia
Nia Elias
Guy Veale
Amy Samways
Kate Eden
legacy.rubbercheese.com/insights/bes...
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See us at #MandHShow 2025 at Olympia London!
@rubbercheese.com + @crowdconvert.co.uk will share how we help attractions rehumanise commerce + build remarkable digital systems
Catch @paulmarden.bsky.social + @mrticketeer.bsky.social hosting Theatre 4
🎙️ Recording @skipthequeue.fm live
@rubbercheese.com + @crowdconvert.co.uk will share how we help attractions rehumanise commerce + build remarkable digital systems
Catch @paulmarden.bsky.social + @mrticketeer.bsky.social hosting Theatre 4
🎙️ Recording @skipthequeue.fm live
May 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
See us at #MandHShow 2025 at Olympia London!
@rubbercheese.com + @crowdconvert.co.uk will share how we help attractions rehumanise commerce + build remarkable digital systems
Catch @paulmarden.bsky.social + @mrticketeer.bsky.social hosting Theatre 4
🎙️ Recording @skipthequeue.fm live
@rubbercheese.com + @crowdconvert.co.uk will share how we help attractions rehumanise commerce + build remarkable digital systems
Catch @paulmarden.bsky.social + @mrticketeer.bsky.social hosting Theatre 4
🎙️ Recording @skipthequeue.fm live
Bore da. I'm at @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social Big Pit National Coal Museum today recording a special episode of @Skipthequeue.fm about the new museum gift shop experience that has opened at Big Pit
April 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bore da. I'm at @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social Big Pit National Coal Museum today recording a special episode of @Skipthequeue.fm about the new museum gift shop experience that has opened at Big Pit
Reposted by Paul Marden
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Mark Bishop, CEO of #DynamicEarth, who talks about the legacy of the Millennium Commission — from funding the Millennium Dome to launching science centres like Dynamic Earth
youtube.com/shorts/G4edh...
#Attractions
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Mark Bishop, CEO of #DynamicEarth, who talks about the legacy of the Millennium Commission — from funding the Millennium Dome to launching science centres like Dynamic Earth
youtube.com/shorts/G4edh...
#Attractions
What Stories Does Dynamic Earth Tell? | Mark Bishop | Dynamic Earth
YouTube video by Rubber Cheese
youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Mark Bishop, CEO of #DynamicEarth, who talks about the legacy of the Millennium Commission — from funding the Millennium Dome to launching science centres like Dynamic Earth
youtube.com/shorts/G4edh...
#Attractions
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Mark Bishop, CEO of #DynamicEarth, who talks about the legacy of the Millennium Commission — from funding the Millennium Dome to launching science centres like Dynamic Earth
youtube.com/shorts/G4edh...
#Attractions
Reposted by Paul Marden
🚀 Get early access to the 2025 Visitor Attraction Website Survey!
Join our new Discord to share ideas, shape the future, and get exclusive updates.
👉 discord.gg/BjvNP5Jx
#AttractionWebsiteReport #VisitorAttractions #ShapeTheFuture
@rubbercheese.com | @skipthequeue.fm | @crowdconvert.co.uk
Join our new Discord to share ideas, shape the future, and get exclusive updates.
👉 discord.gg/BjvNP5Jx
#AttractionWebsiteReport #VisitorAttractions #ShapeTheFuture
@rubbercheese.com | @skipthequeue.fm | @crowdconvert.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🚀 Get early access to the 2025 Visitor Attraction Website Survey!
Join our new Discord to share ideas, shape the future, and get exclusive updates.
👉 discord.gg/BjvNP5Jx
#AttractionWebsiteReport #VisitorAttractions #ShapeTheFuture
@rubbercheese.com | @skipthequeue.fm | @crowdconvert.co.uk
Join our new Discord to share ideas, shape the future, and get exclusive updates.
👉 discord.gg/BjvNP5Jx
#AttractionWebsiteReport #VisitorAttractions #ShapeTheFuture
@rubbercheese.com | @skipthequeue.fm | @crowdconvert.co.uk
Reposted by Paul Marden
Museums, galleries and heritage charities have been urged to apply for a programme that aims to boost recruitment of young trustees and diversify their boards
Museums to benefit from young trustee programme
Charities will be supported to develop a more inclusive board culture and diversify their trustee pool
www.thirdsector.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Museums, galleries and heritage charities have been urged to apply for a programme that aims to boost recruitment of young trustees and diversify their boards
Reposted by Paul Marden
@paulmarden.bsky.social reveals key insights from the 2024 @rubbercheese.com Visitor Attractions Website Report!
Which content management systems are dominating the visitor attractions sector based on the 2024 survey respondents and data?
📥 Download the full report
rubbercheese.com/survey/
Which content management systems are dominating the visitor attractions sector based on the 2024 survey respondents and data?
📥 Download the full report
rubbercheese.com/survey/
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@paulmarden.bsky.social reveals key insights from the 2024 @rubbercheese.com Visitor Attractions Website Report!
Which content management systems are dominating the visitor attractions sector based on the 2024 survey respondents and data?
📥 Download the full report
rubbercheese.com/survey/
Which content management systems are dominating the visitor attractions sector based on the 2024 survey respondents and data?
📥 Download the full report
rubbercheese.com/survey/
Reposted by Paul Marden
We're looking for a Marketing Campaign Officer to join our marketing team, to help us spread the word of what we do and how you can experience it.
Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below.
#jobs #careers #marketing
maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below.
#jobs #careers #marketing
maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - The Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
maryrose.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We're looking for a Marketing Campaign Officer to join our marketing team, to help us spread the word of what we do and how you can experience it.
Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below.
#jobs #careers #marketing
maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below.
#jobs #careers #marketing
maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Meeting Tom a real highlight of the trip
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode live! 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
February 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Meeting Tom a real highlight of the trip
Reposted by Paul Marden
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode live! 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
February 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode live! 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
@paulmarden.bsky.social was live at the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen now
buff.ly/4gvqK5Q
#FarmAttractions
i had such a lovely time recording this episode
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode live! 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social ocial takes you inside the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/far...
@paulmarden.bsky.social ocial takes you inside the #NFAN Conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens 🌿🎡
With expert guests, they talk about how farm attractions are thriving & why 2025 is the Year of the Tulip Festival! 🌷✨
🎧 Listen
skipthequeue.fm/episodes/far...
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
i had such a lovely time recording this episode
I'm excited for this one to come out... I hear from Steve the Podcast editor that its a great episode
🎙️ Next episode on @Skip.the.Queue! 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social takes you inside the NFAN Conference at Winter Gardens, Blackpool! 🌿🎡
Featuring:
🌟 Tom Pearcy
🌟 Helen Bull
🌟 Stuart Beare
🌟 Phil Pickersgill
🌟 Adam Goymour
🌟 Olly Reed
🎧 Subscribe now 👉 skipthequeue.fm
#NFANConference
@paulmarden.bsky.social takes you inside the NFAN Conference at Winter Gardens, Blackpool! 🌿🎡
Featuring:
🌟 Tom Pearcy
🌟 Helen Bull
🌟 Stuart Beare
🌟 Phil Pickersgill
🌟 Adam Goymour
🌟 Olly Reed
🎧 Subscribe now 👉 skipthequeue.fm
#NFANConference
February 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm excited for this one to come out... I hear from Steve the Podcast editor that its a great episode
Reposted by Paul Marden
🎙️ SKIP THE QUEUE EPISODE 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing
Anita Waddell talks about the importance of digital advertising to your visitor attraction
Listen in: buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing
Anita Waddell talks about the importance of digital advertising to your visitor attraction
Listen in: buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing
January 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🎙️ SKIP THE QUEUE EPISODE 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing
Anita Waddell talks about the importance of digital advertising to your visitor attraction
Listen in: buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing
Anita Waddell talks about the importance of digital advertising to your visitor attraction
Listen in: buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing
Reposted by Paul Marden
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing.
Liz Dimes dives into using Employee-Generated Content as a strategy to boost your attraction's customer engagement.
Check out the full conversation here:
buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing #EGC
Liz Dimes dives into using Employee-Generated Content as a strategy to boost your attraction's customer engagement.
Check out the full conversation here:
buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing #EGC
January 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Anita Waddell and Liz Dimes from Agility Marketing.
Liz Dimes dives into using Employee-Generated Content as a strategy to boost your attraction's customer engagement.
Check out the full conversation here:
buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing #EGC
Liz Dimes dives into using Employee-Generated Content as a strategy to boost your attraction's customer engagement.
Check out the full conversation here:
buff.ly/3Ww0iSf
#AttractionMarketing #EGC
This was a great interview, with lots of ideas for marketers at regional attractions. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or go to skipthequeue.fm
January 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This was a great interview, with lots of ideas for marketers at regional attractions. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or go to skipthequeue.fm
Reposted by Paul Marden
WIN a book from the latest @skipthequeue.fm Podcast episode this 2025 📚
Listen in to new episodes for your chance to win the books our guests love! ❤️
Listen to skipthequeue.fm
Brought to you by @rubbercheese.com
#Podcastforattractions
Listen in to new episodes for your chance to win the books our guests love! ❤️
Listen to skipthequeue.fm
Brought to you by @rubbercheese.com
#Podcastforattractions
Skip the Queue
Skip the Queue is for visitor attraction owners, directors and suppliers who want to improve their organisations and deliver a better experience for their guests. Each episode we speak with inspiring ...
skipthequeue.fm
January 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
WIN a book from the latest @skipthequeue.fm Podcast episode this 2025 📚
Listen in to new episodes for your chance to win the books our guests love! ❤️
Listen to skipthequeue.fm
Brought to you by @rubbercheese.com
#Podcastforattractions
Listen in to new episodes for your chance to win the books our guests love! ❤️
Listen to skipthequeue.fm
Brought to you by @rubbercheese.com
#Podcastforattractions
This was a lovely interview for the podcast recorded just before Christmas. We learn about Abi and her Lit Lab London popup science and sip events. They sound like a real blast.
🎙️ Next week on the @skipthequeue.fm Podcast 🙌
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Abi Fafulo, founder of Lit Lab London. Join them as they discuss how Abi is redefining fun—with her mission to get adults to drink in science labs. 🧪🍸
Stay tuned 🎧
skipthequeue.fm
@paulmarden.bsky.social is joined by Abi Fafulo, founder of Lit Lab London. Join them as they discuss how Abi is redefining fun—with her mission to get adults to drink in science labs. 🧪🍸
Stay tuned 🎧
skipthequeue.fm
January 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This was a lovely interview for the podcast recorded just before Christmas. We learn about Abi and her Lit Lab London popup science and sip events. They sound like a real blast.
Reposted by Paul Marden
📢 Callout: are you a solo museum manager? Running a one-person ship? We want to hear from you!
We're looking to speak to individuals who are managing a museum in the UK by themselves for a feature in Museums Journal 📰
If that's you, please email journal@museumsassociation.org 📩
(Please share!)
We're looking to speak to individuals who are managing a museum in the UK by themselves for a feature in Museums Journal 📰
If that's you, please email journal@museumsassociation.org 📩
(Please share!)
a woman says i 'm riding solo in a pink jacket
Alt: GIF of a woman in a pink jacket saying 'I'm riding solo'
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
📢 Callout: are you a solo museum manager? Running a one-person ship? We want to hear from you!
We're looking to speak to individuals who are managing a museum in the UK by themselves for a feature in Museums Journal 📰
If that's you, please email journal@museumsassociation.org 📩
(Please share!)
We're looking to speak to individuals who are managing a museum in the UK by themselves for a feature in Museums Journal 📰
If that's you, please email journal@museumsassociation.org 📩
(Please share!)
Reposted by Paul Marden
@paulmarden.bsky.social , CEO @rubbercheese.com , is at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today for the Association of Cultural Enterprises Networking Event! 🎉
Excited to connect, share ideas, and explore new ways to support cultural organisations. Say hello and chat with Paul 🤝
#ACE2024
Excited to connect, share ideas, and explore new ways to support cultural organisations. Say hello and chat with Paul 🤝
#ACE2024
December 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
@paulmarden.bsky.social , CEO @rubbercheese.com , is at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today for the Association of Cultural Enterprises Networking Event! 🎉
Excited to connect, share ideas, and explore new ways to support cultural organisations. Say hello and chat with Paul 🤝
#ACE2024
Excited to connect, share ideas, and explore new ways to support cultural organisations. Say hello and chat with Paul 🤝
#ACE2024
Great article on light walks in my little corner of the South Downs, including a stop in my local pub
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
An eco-light trail, bracing walks and Jane Austen: how to get festive in Hampshire
From Christmassy Regency houses and steam train rides to the best grub and places to stay, here’s how to have a high time in Hants this winter
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Great article on light walks in my little corner of the South Downs, including a stop in my local pub
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
That's an alarming amount of time trying to learn Danish
December 2, 2024 at 10:58 PM
That's an alarming amount of time trying to learn Danish