Rob Oxborough
Founder, oXo Creatives
I run oXo Creatives full-time: an independent, founder-led marketing agency and consultancy that I founded in 2013. Until 2026 I ran it alongside senior in-house roles at Google, NatWest, King, PlayStation and Meta.
Before oXo was full-time
- Strategic Partner Manager, Meta, Reality Labs, 2024 to 2026
- Senior Manager, Digital Experience and Strategy, PlayStation, 2023 to 2024
- Digital Product Lead, NatWest Group, 2022 to 2023
- Marketing Product Lead, King, Activision Blizzard, 2021 to 2022
- Programme Lead, then Trainer, Google and Google Digital Garage, 2018 to 2020
oXo Creatives is the trading name of OXBOROUGH & SON LTD, and Rob is its director. The Companies House officer record shows the appointment. There is more on the work itself on the work page.
Marketing advice
- Bing's AI Performance report: how to see where Copilot cites your website 26 Sept 2026
- Do you still need a website, or is Instagram enough? 26 Sept 2026
- Fractional marketing director: what one does, what it costs, and when it is worth it 26 Sept 2026
- How to get your business on Bing, Bing Maps and Copilot 26 Sept 2026
- Google Business Profile suspended? Why it happens and how to get it back 26 Sept 2026
- How long does SEO take? An honest answer for UK small businesses 26 Sept 2026
- How much do Google Ads cost a small business in the UK? 26 Sept 2026
- How much does a small business website cost in the UK? 26 Sept 2026
- How much does SEO cost for a small business in the UK? 26 Sept 2026
- How to choose a web designer: questions to ask and red flags to spot 26 Sept 2026
- What an independent, founder-led marketing agency is, and when it beats a bigger one 26 Sept 2026
- Is Google Ads worth it for a small business? Do the break-even sum first 26 Sept 2026
- Is SEO worth it for a small business? How to work it out for yours 26 Sept 2026
- Questions to ask a marketing agency before you sign, and the answers to listen for 26 Sept 2026
- Why is my website not showing up on Google or Bing? A step-by-step diagnosis 26 Sept 2026
- What an SEO audit should include: a checklist for small business websites 26 Sept 2026
- What marketing costs in the UK: a price guide for small businesses 26 Sept 2026
- Who owns your Google Ads, analytics and domain? Check before you switch agencies 26 Sept 2026
- Agency, consultant, freelancer or fractional? How to choose marketing help 26 Sept 2026
- Do small businesses need to worry about AI search yet? 26 Sept 2026
- How do I know if my marketing agency is doing a good job? 26 Sept 2026
- What does a fixed-price marketing project actually include? 26 Sept 2026
- How much does a marketing consultant cost in the UK? 25 Sept 2026
- Do you actually need a digital marketing strategy? Seven signs you do 26 Sept 2026
- How much should a small business spend on marketing, and how should it be split? 26 Sept 2026
- SEO in 2026: what's changed now AI answers the search 26 Sept 2026
- Local SEO for UK small businesses: the complete checklist 25 Sept 2026
- Why your Google Ads aren't working: no impressions, no clicks or no conversions 26 Sept 2026
- Meta ads vs Google Ads: which is right for your business? 26 Sept 2026
- Nine homepage mistakes that quietly cost you enquiries 26 Sept 2026
- Landing pages that convert: the structure, section by section 26 Sept 2026
- Content strategy on a small team: publish less, earn more 26 Sept 2026
- Can you explain what you do in one sentence? How to fix your messaging 26 Sept 2026
- GA4 without the headache: the only five reports you need 26 Sept 2026
- Is ChatGPT recommending your competitors instead of you? 26 Sept 2026
- How to find and pitch the right brand partners 26 Sept 2026
- Choosing a social media agency: the questions to ask first 26 Sept 2026
Local business writing
- Business support in Somerset in 2026: the Growth Hub, the new hospitality grants and what else is open Somerset
- Business support in Surrey in 2026: what is open and what is not Surrey and South West London
- East Surrey Council: what the change in April 2027 means for Epsom businesses Surrey and South West London
- The Frome Independent: what a monthly street market means for the shops around it Somerset
- Shepton Mallet Sunday Market: what a new monthly market means for local businesses Somerset
- How a Somerset art gallery put Bruton on the map, and what it means for the shops next door Somerset
- The Bruton farmers' market, and what it does for the shops around it Somerset
- Bruton's independent traders, standing together on the high street Somerset
- One weekend a year: what Glastonbury Festival is worth to Castle Cary Somerset
- What Castle Cary's Market House says about investing in a town centre Somerset
- Castle Cary's Tuesday market, and the shops built around it Somerset
- How to choose which local networks are worth your time General
- How Epsom's businesses came together to fund their own high street Surrey and South West London
- Derby Day: what one race meeting is worth to the rest of Epsom's businesses Surrey and South West London
- Epsom's two weekly markets, the Sunday farmers' market, and who they're really for Surrey and South West London
- How independent businesses compete with national chains online General
- Surbiton Business Community: a networking group that actually gets people in a room Surrey and South West London
- Surbiton's farmers' market, sixteen years in Surrey and South West London
- Trading a mile from Kingston: what that means for an independent in Surbiton Surrey and South West London
- The town that gave a national company its name Somerset
- What a local business community actually does for a small business General
- What a shop with fans on every continent can still teach a small business Somerset
- What a town's business scene looks like when it is working, and when it is not General
- Why local search matters more than it did five years ago General
- Wincanton's high street, and the case for keeping it independent Somerset
- The South Somerset Circle, an introduction Somerset
- Was Bruton a media hype? Part two, social media Somerset
- Responses to Wincanton against Bruton Somerset
- Was Bruton a media hype? Part one, the locals Somerset
- Why Wincanton is the new Bruton Somerset
- An interview with Truffles Brasserie Somerset
- The Bruton Packhorse Fair 2015 Somerset
- Bruton. Media hype, or the real deal? Somerset