It's Probably Not Your Marketing: Five Hidden Reasons Businesses Stall

A practical business talk by Lewis Dowling (Avapond) exploring five less-obvious reasons businesses struggle to attract customers and how to fix them.

Spending more on marketing but not winning more customers can indicate that the real problem sits elsewhere in the business. In this in-person talk, Lewis Dowling (Managing Director at Avapond) explains five less-obvious reasons businesses stall and what can be done to fix each one.

What attendees will hear

• The biases that can send teams down the wrong path
• Why a pyjama factory needed to listen to its employees
• How a single field on a form cost a company millions

What attendees will leave with

• The five hidden reasons and how to spot them in a business
• The research behind each point
• Practical fixes to start using immediately

Who it is for

• Founders ready to start growing seriously
• Owners of businesses that have stalled
• Teams spending more on marketing but getting less back

Date and time
Tuesday 3 November 2026, 6:00pm–8:30pm

Location
Gather Round | Brunswick Square | Bristol, 15-16 Brunswick Square, Saint Paul's, Bristol BS2 8NX

Agenda
6:00pm Doors open, drinks and introductions
6:30pm Talk: Five hidden reasons businesses stall
7:15pm Questions and open conversation

Notes
Ticket includes drinks, snacks, and room hire. No sales pitch is indicated.