Think pieces

Our generation's D-Day

What are we sacrificing for future generations? Should this anniversary also be a wake up call...

We’re in the people business

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at a great event in the Lake District called Learnfest. With a

Save more money in four easy steps

Here in the UK we don't save nearly enough money. According to the latest statistics, many of us are living hand to mouth...

Bud Light’s heavyweight brand experiences

Beer giant Bud Light has built up a strong reputation for its outsized experiential activations. Aimed at young and predominantly male drinkers...

Giving makeup a meaningful makeover

Makeup is being used as a hook by an inspiring social enterprise to help teenage girls to build their confidence

Three marketing lessons from Broadway

Almost all the casting, play selection and advertising done for Broadway shows is designed to appeal to tourists...

Two can do (almost) anything

This legendary campaign by SH Benson for Guinness first saw the light of day in the late 1920’s, with none

The conscious consumers of America

According to a recent report by BBMG, nearly nine in ten Americans say the words 'conscious consumer' describe them

Suspicious Minds!

Coca-Cola posted this video on 7 May, a short film made by Y&R in Dubai. When I last looked, it had been viewed more than 2 million times.

Are you feeling it?

Mark Twain once said that 'Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary'. This statement was substantiated by Daniel Kahneman who famously determined that human...

3 clever World Cup ambush ideas

Joss Davidge, Managing Partner of brand experience agency BEcause, is always on the look out for clever marketing campaigns that stand out from the crowd.

Simply not the best

George Best was undoubtedly one of the greatest footballers ever.
He had a talent like no one else, before or

Now that’s what I call an idea

The concept of a compilation of recent hit singles is not new; since the early 1970s two telemarketing companies, K-tel

His name was Diversity...

The middle of nowhere takes a long time to get to. Especially when it’s in Devon, and you’re in London. But it was worth it.

In Notes: Nudge and steer charitable giving

In regular Marketing Society blogger Crawford Hollingworth's recent article Five Insights from Behavioural Sciences to Nudge and Steer Charitable Giving

Experiential for automotive

Volkswagen used a hard-hitting experiential activation to drive home its road safety message in China this week.

Worldview and stories

Why did McDonald's post signs saying, 'More than a billion sold'? Why do some people pay big money to go to galas...

Yes, we Cannes (and we should)

The Cannes Festival is upon us. And therefore so is the usual social media frenzy of folks in adland slagging it off.

I have just come out of a fantastic meeting

You are quite right. I made it up. People simply don’t talk that way – fantastic meetings are rarer than hen’s teeth.

Innovation - not quite what you think?

On 20 May, we hosted another dinner for The Marketing Society B2B group. The evening’s discussion focused on innovation and disruption in B2B marketing...

The problem with hit radio

When you only listen to the top 40, you're letting the crowd decide what you hear. And if you consume nothing but...