I need a sales rep (or ten) to do the selling so I can do my work. And investors to put up the money so I can do my work.
Just leave me to do my work!
Think pieces
Why Lua Cooper is working with the Octavia Foundation
We caught up with Lua, marketing manager at Active International, to get her thoughts on supporting the Octavia Foundation.
Big Bang marketing
Grabber of a headline but probably not what you think. I was running a strategy session in New York last week...
Hot creative campaigns from the Nordics
The Nordics have experienced a wellspring of creativity, innovation, and technology over the past decades.
Mercedes-Benz reaches out to a younger audience with art and music
Joss Davidge is always on the lookout for creative experiential marketing.This week: Mercedes-Benz’s music art mash-up.
The discounter revolution shakes up the high street
A woman in an airline uniform sits in a bar by herself watched by a man a few tables away.
Disentangling customer misunderstandings
Markets are conversations. That’s what the Cluetrain Manifesto proclaimed confidently back in 1997.
Orson Cart
Orson Welles knew the studio didn’t want him to direct the picture.
He was brilliant but difficult.
That was why he couldn’t get any work in America.
Why Jerry Wright has been helping 3FF
We caught up with Jerry, chief executive of ABC UK and president of the IFABC, to get his thoughts on
Wheelchair Laser Tag: How marketing can build disability awareness
Developing greater empathy for people with physical and mental disabilities is a key to unlocking tremendous social value. Playing Wheelchair
This is ours
The challenge we have in the connection economy spaces is that some people persist in acting like it belongs...
Listen, learn, earn
Social media listening is a powerful addition to a brand’s strategic toolkit, providing insights that can add value throughout the organisation.
The Advertising Association is taking the case for advertising to Holyrood
What would Scotland look like without advertising? Our streets would be less colourful, certainly...
A lesson from Allianz on how to market ‘boring’ products
This week, he highlights this clever catalogue revamp from insurance provider Allianz, which teaches us a thing or two...
Golden brands of 1993
'Right from the beginning, I said I wanted to be more famous than Persil Automatic,' said Victoria Beckham. In 1993
Good news, bad news and plain pointless advertising
Most advertising is not downright dishonest, or even deliberately misleading. Some of it is just plain pointless.
Why Clare Baker is helping Sky Badger
We caught up with Clare, marketing director at Absolute Radio, to get her thoughts on supporting Sky Badger.
What
Distinctive products and avoiding zombie and cannibal hordes
One of the things I’ve learnt about surviving a catastrophe is that groups of things that look and act the same...
Taking his daughter's name
You may not know the name Emil Jellinek but it is highly likely that you know the name of his daughter.
Pro bono designs support Global Tiger Day
July 29th was Global Tiger Day. So we are highlighting the important issue of the rapidly diminishing wild tiger population...
Experiential marketing highlights at Comic-Con
This week, the array of brand experiences at San Diego’s Comic-Con hit his inner-nerd’s soft spot.