Think pieces

Support Growing Better – an urban farm improving mental health

This month Pimp My Cause is featuring Growing Better, a social enterprise dedicated to creating better mental health through growing edible produce.

The new NEW media

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The advertising industry has always structured itself around media. As new media emerged, new skills developed in order to service

Expert tips for getting started on your branded video strategy

Branded video content has become one of the staples of digital marketing through social media. Users are able to engage

What can you learn from coconut water?

It may seem like semantics, but in every different kind of business today, creating – or recreating – a category is the most effective winning strategy.

Letter from Singapore: Myanmar, India and Japan

CMOs in the Asia Pacific region that succeed understand the takeoff points that make or break categories

Finding gold amongst the garbage

Simon Cowell (reality TV judge), Eddie Jones (England’s rugby coach), George Anders (author and business journalist) all have something in

The future of social: why you should be looking East

There is no escaping it. Surveying the marketing press over the past year it has become clear

Transcreation vs translation: the art of adjusting the message between markets

Your campaign produced great results and you’re ready to take the plunge into a new market, but the copy needs

Blurring lines of ‘wellness’ brands

There was a time when health & wellness used to be mean the opposite of partying & fun. Good vs

Licked. Not Stuck.

Now you can send your letter to Hermione with David Bowie’s image on the envelope.

Who wants to be a millennial? Me.

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Perhaps I’ve got a bad case of confirmation bias, but recently I’ve noticed ‘the problem with millennials’ coming up more frequently in conversation.

It isn’t magic: what Harry Potter can teach marketers

The Philosopher’s Stone hit the shelves in 1997.

How I beat the impostor syndrome

I'lll say it first. I used to have it all the time.

Do you sincerely want to make millions of pounds?

I am very conscious that the advice and tips I regularly offer might have helped you in some way (at

Pop culture for peace

This recent article from Fast Company caught our eye, as it detailed how The Flash Drives For Freedom project secretly sends cultural content across the border of North Korea

Print is dead. Long live print.

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In an artisanal independent coffee shop down the road (stay with me, it gets more interesting I promise)...

Creating YouTube ads in Hong Kong with the 'skip' button in mind

Marketers are living in a time of innovation and paradox...

Hong Kong's Foodpanda

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Tucked away in a modest, but incredibly busy office in the Western district of Sheung Wan...

Paper Boat: a brand that was born distinctive

Building distinctiveness around a big brand idea to drive penetration is an important theme on the brandgym blog...

Inspired by Indian brands...

Whilst multi-faceted Tata still leads the way, HDFC has risen from 6th place in 2014, to rank 4th with a 15%

Why is Singapore’s workforce so unhappy?

Singapore recently emerged at the bottom of a survey on the happiness of workforces around the region...