Think pieces

Building brands with purpose

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The increased role of brands in public life provides a potential win for them and society.

It’s not personal, it’s business

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Depending on how long you’ve worked in marketing, you’ll likely have heard this phrase quite a bit

The year B2B marketing went human and how you can too

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In the book Humanizing B2B, Paul Cash advocates five universal principles of how companies and marketing teams need to start thinking.

Fewer, bigger, better – putting theory into practice

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In last month’s Empower publication we discussed the importance of businesses facing into post-lockdown challenges by doing ‘fewer, bigger, better’.

A playbook for creating collective rituals

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Rituals are co-created from the bottom up: brands can only create the conditions, trigger the situation, and encourage the movement.

Can brands create social change at lightspeed?

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Beyond product re-engineering, brands require consumers to take action to accelerate the change.

Kindness, empathy... and a long, hard look at ourselves

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We now expect that kindness to be reflected back at us by the businesses and brands we invite into our lives.

For Marketers in search of growth, China is calling

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Global companies are putting more focus on markets or regions where there is greater growth potential.

Eight Things to Know About Open Talent

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Just as the future of the workplace is being reshaped, so is the future of how teams will be staffed.

Putting the Great Back into British Brands

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UK businesses are not realising return on investment from their biggest assets – brands.

There's no point teaching advertising

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Nowadays a ‘creative’ doesn’t have time to think, thinking just gets in the way.

No laughing

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Laughter is a powerful motivation but, in current advertising, laughter is looked on as trivial

How to create the best brand experiences

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In categories where many brands are essentially selling the same product or service, the only ostensible difference is the experience.

Sharing, storytelling and starting inside

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All businesses should be talking about how to better balance profit against more people- and planet-positive behaviours

Allyship and action

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The last week has made the need for allyship and action feel more urgent than ever. We’ve seen horrendous news stories regarding women, dismal stats about the gender divide...

How to use your time as your greatest form of value creation

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How do you win at marketing? You find ways to create value.

I love being a woman, but...

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International Women’s Day comes but once a year. But, I’m a woman all year round. 

Bank marketing = Big data + Hyper-personalisation

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Customers increasingly expect that interactions with their bank will be as sophisticated, immediate and personalised as their experiences with other industries – such as retail (e.g., personalised recommendations), transport (e.g., ride hailing) and hospitality (e.g., home-sharing platforms).

Starcom's look ahead to what 2021 might hold...

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In a year that is to set be unpredictable, Starcom outlines the key tensions consumers will be facing, in latest insight report.

What does D&I in 2021 look like for Adland?

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Adland realised more than ever the importance and impact of advertising on society.

Thinking of starting your own business? Be prepared...

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It’s like that old story about Mike Tyson – “everyone has got a plan until they get punched in the face”.