Holiday Marketing – Striking the right balance
How easy is it to take advantage of holiday themes and emotions in marketing? For example, promoting the romantic joy of Christmas – the scenes of happy families gathered around
World Cup Madness
Qatar and Ecuador kick off the FIFA Men’s World Cup on November 20 at the brand new Al Bayt Stadium with an estimated global audience of five billion expected to join the four-we
The power of humour in marketing
In 1923 Claude Hopkins wrote a book called Scientific Advertising that sold in enormous quantities and influenced generations of marketers. Admirer David Ogilvy, the British advert
Thought leadership and the art of op-ed articles
When Elon Musk tweets, the share price of Tesla often does a little jig – up, down or sideways, depending on what the outspoken CEO has posted to his army of followers. It’
Going loco with your logo
Your logo needs to be perfect – a distinctive combination of colours and shapes and ideally a magical X-factor that sums up your story. It should be, too, after all those meeting
Marketing sustainability successfully… and sustainably
Lord Nelson stands (on one leg) atop Trafalgar Square and surveys (with one eye) a grey and drab cityscape of slate grey buildings, grey pigeons, traffic jams and solemn commuters.
The marketing message in war? Do the right thing!
The art of communicating beautifully comes naturally to some. Just watch Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian leader, once the voice of Paddington Bear, has transfixed
What’s the purpose of brand purpose?
Terry Smith – a bland name for such an outspoken uber-rich mega-fund manager – was not a happy man. Fundsmith Equity, the operation he runs from his sunny Mauritian idyll, had
Seven marketing trends of 2022
It’s time to polish the marketing crystal ball and gaze into the mysteries of 2022. Fingers crossed, we’ll see the pandemic loosening its grip as we start to adapt to a new
#HowTo Write a Good Hashtag
All brands dream of the moment their carefully-crafted content campaigns suddenly take off and set social media alight. Marketing teams can then sit back and relax as an expanding