Think pieces

Smart-thinking Durex SOS campaign hijacked

Joss Davidge, business director of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly search for great marketing ideas.

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Good old fashioned advertising

I know I carry a torch for the new stuff, you know, digital, new media, the collision of marketing and

Words are hooks, words are levers

There's a debate raging in my town over whether or not to replace the existing planted-grass school football field with

Living between the Two Ages

So I am sitting having breakfast in San Francisco and talking with a friend about this being The Age of

Settle Stories: How to market the art of storytelling?

Settle Stories, a charity based in Settle, North Yorkshire seeks to lift the spirit, engage the mind and stimulate

Marketing to students – a shifting paradigm

It can be easy to assume that students as a demographic have limited purchasing power, especially in this day and

Another golden summer

Summer 2012 will be remembered for the Olympics and Paralympics. The recent Anniversary Games and media coverage of London 2012

adidas gets londoners leaping

This week I came across this great, simple and brilliantly on-brand pop-up activation from adidas. To launch the new Derrick Rose signature trainers, adidas created a pop-up shop in London where fans could have a go at leaping 10ft in the air, in a bid to grab a pair off the shelf.

What should brands do about anti-social media?

Where do you stand on the debate about whether brands, in their role as advertisers, should use their influence to

Big data changes everything – especially ads

'Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive.' Morpheus, The Matrix

Predictive modelling

You may remember the

Ideas should have a ‘Best Before’ date

Time is the enemy of ideas. This is well understood isn’t it? Give the agency too little time to respond to a brief and it’s hard for them to properly explore.

Caution: Digital advertising and Big Data

‘Brands under threat’ is one of those regularly occurring headlines that alert marketers to a new development in the business

Long copy isn't back

Apple has just released a series of long copy ads with the help of advertising agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab, USA

It's a matter of life and death

Sonic the Hedgehog

When my son was very small he asked me about death.
We were driving along on a sunny day.
Suddenly

10 tips for marketing sustainability

Giles Robertson, managing director of Green Banana Marketing and associate Sustainability Practitioner, Kim Bailey, took part in a Google Hangout

Theatrical brand experiences

Joss Davidge, business director of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly search for great marketing ideas.

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Rugby, refs and opticians

Right place, right time, right cognitive engagement - Like many rugby fans (‘nut’ might be a better description) I was so excited that the British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia had finally arrived.

Nivea’s man of the match experience

Joss Davidge, business director of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly search for great marketing ideas.

This week

The art and science of online engagement

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it. Life of Pi

Old school

Things may be looking up - but we're all looking down

As I write this on an early morning Eurostar, newspaper talk is of green shoots. So are all the faces

Purpose-driven branding

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it,” Simon Sinek famously said. Marketers are all taught