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Why 'Think outside the box' is the worst advice in advertising

The Creativity Crisis Challenge

By Gerry Farrell

Gerry Farrell
Top brands like Tesco and Specsavers don't waste time thinking outside the box, they've created a box worth thinking inside - a perfect creative platform to guide everything they say and do.

Creativity: A Luxury of the Successful or the Essential Solution in Crisis?

The Creativity Crisis Challenge

By Lex Bradshaw-Zanger

Lex Bradshaw-Zanger
L’Oréal SAPMENA Region Chief Marketing & Digital Officer and The Marketing Society, Singapore Board Member, Lex Bradshaw-Zanger breaks down marketing creativity in today's world concluding in challenging times we need to remain open to reinventing what creativity truly means.

Why TV is the Safest Bet in the Digital World

Card Game
Contrary to common assumptions, TV advertising is one of the least risky and most profitable marketing investments, according to the Profit Ability 2 report by Thinkbox and with traditional barriers like high costs and slow execution dissolving through AI and BVOD tech, TV offers far greater predictability in comparison to the supposedly 'safe bet' digital channels.

Case studies

2016 winner: M&S, Building Marketing Capabilities - case study

2016 winner: M&S, Capabilities

At the start of 2013, the M&S Food Marketing Team found themselves faced with a plethora of external and internal challenges...

2016 winner: P&G, Global Marketing - case study

2016 winner: P&G, Global

Who would want to be associated with periods?
 
A great idea proved that you can make a feminine hygiene brand more popular. But it surely was no easy...

2016 highly commended: O2, Employee Engagement - case study

2016 commended: O2, Engagement

In Q3 2013 O2 launched our 4G network, 12 months behind the market leading network EE.

Podcasts

What's the future of marketing in a cookie-less world?

Unilever's Global Marketing Workstream Lead, Pranay Rao, thinks that brands will need to go back to creating complex client experiences on their websites once... https://podcasts.marketingsociety.com/episode/whats-the-future-of-marketing-in-a-cookie-less-world 27:09 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:09:00 +0100

The Whole Marketer Ep66 - Empathy with guest Mimi Nicklin

Episode #66. Today’s topic is a soft and technical skill – empathy. Empathy is building an understanding of another human, an integral skill for marketers, not... https://podcasts.marketingsociety.com/episode/the-whole-marketer-ep66-empathy-with-guest-mimi-nicklin 29:13 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Videos

Mark Earls, The Herdmeister, donned his best glittery jacket and presented a host of marketing an

Countdown with #IPASocialWorks

What do you get when you cross a future astronaut and a renowned psychologist and broadcaster wit

Mental manifestos

Former Vice President Al Gore sat down with Empire Editor-in-Chief Terri White on March 23 to discuss An Inconvenient Sequel: Tru

Empire Presents: Al Gore in conversation