Think pieces

Could chatbots eventually be better communicators than humans?

Chatbots are coming, but this does not mean that the end of marketers and creativity is nigh, argues Jamie Evans-Parker, founder and CEO of wayve.
 

Data-driven campaigns, done well

Manjiry Tamhane, WW CEO of Gain Theory, judged the Creative Data Lions recently at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.  Inspired

The Behavioural Economics Guide 2016

Last month we saw the launch of the 2016 BE Guide, following the very successful 2015 Guide

Elephants and Alien toys – salient behavioural reminders

How might toy aliens and elephants help us to follow through on our plans and intentions?

Escape the career pyramid in 101 Words

I'd been Managing Director of a big company for five years and was stuck.

The plan was to succeed the

Isn't it about time more brands got behind our future female athletes?

While it continues to dominate our world, how many of you are aware of the fact that women are outperforming men in golf?

Real lesson of Pokémon Go: today’s marketers on the bandwagon

I tried to resist as long as humanly possible. But the gravitational pull of Pokémon Go has pulled me...

 

Attention all marketers – your country needs you!

I want to skip past the politics quickly, firstly because I want...

3 types of challenger brand strategy

If you're reading this you probably own or work on a brand.

Letter from Switzerland: why market forces matter

What kind of goods come to your mind when you think of Switzerland?

Watch out for the ‘IKEA effect’

Source: Unsplash, Credit: Jueun Song

Back in March we showed you how IKEA Israel took over the Big Brother house in a unique marketing strategy

Singular isn't about scale

Tracy Chapman was outsold by the Doobie Brothers by 40:1.

Lies more lies

If you thought ‘£350m a week’ was an outrageous piece of fiction, you should take a look at Tesco’s range of ‘local farm’ produce.

nobody wants to read your sh*t

(I love this.

It’s an excerpt from a book of the same name by Steven Pressfield.

How do you get men to tell the truth in 101 words?

Men swear blind during focus groups they never watch television but moments later share detailed plot lines from Eastenders.

Watch out for David!

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I recently started reading “David & Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell.

Brands as units of social currency

So sings Maren Morris on her track “80s Mercedes” which reminded yet again of the power of brands as a form of social currency.

Marketing in times of uncertainty: Brexit & Brands

I think it’s fair to say that the Brexit vote took all of us by surprise: Agency and client.

Creativity and innovation through the eyes of Confucius

In March 2014, Harvard Business Review ran a story entitled “Why China Can’t Innovate” . It highlighted the view that

Brand purpose: Lived not laminated. Lessons from 10 brands

Purpose. Love it or hate it, it’s a concept that’s become part of marketing lexicon in recent years.

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