Think pieces

What 2.7M YouTube ads reveal about gender bias in marketing

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Geena Davis, Academy Award winner and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University...

10 digital marketing predictions for 2020

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What are the changing consumer behaviours, new technologies, and industry trends that are set to disrupt marketing in 2020?

Brands becoming destinations

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Welcome to the store that doesn’t contain a single product. Last month, Canada Goose launched a new experiential store in Toronto.

Challenger brands to watch in 2020

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Welcome to eatbigfish’s annual list of the challenger brands you need to know about in the year ahead.

Neuroscience and context in a changing media landscape

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Getting advertising in front of the right consumer used to be a much simpler affair than it is today, with TV taking pride of place as the most coveted platform.

When brands’ language reveals their darker sides

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CEO and ‘Head of Voices’ at Verbal Identity, Chris West, takes a look at the language of banks – the traditional and the challengers - revealing how they use language...

When to change the channel

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Recently, someone sent me an email asking for advice.

It went into great detail, but I’ll shorten it here, roughly

Flawed Beauty and Awkward Truths

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'I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.' Choreographer, George Balanchine

Why voice will be big in 2020

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The great thing about the future is that no one can know exactly what’s going to happen. That’s why the

Framing: expanding the framing toolbox

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Kahneman’s quote above neatly summarises the well-known concept of framing, first illustrated by Kahneman and his long-time collaborator Amos Tversky in 1981.

Return of the cookie monster!

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As a child I wasn’t the biggest fan of Sesame Street’s cookie monster, it would frustrate me how it never actually ate the cookies

99 cents or less, 99 cents or more

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There’s a ninety nine cent store in the East Village, part-concealed by scaffolding that neither seems to be connected to building work, nor ever comes down.

Why the Conservatives need to re-brand the party

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Tony Blair was the last politician to lead a major party rebranding with the “New labour” project.

1 step back, 2 steps forward

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Year-end holidays are a time for self-introspection. With 2019 wrapped up and as the world jumps head on into a new decade, back-to-work brand execs can now focus on how 2019...

How to strike it rich in 2020 in the Influencer Marketing Wild West

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At the beginning of 2019, it was estimated that Influencer Marketing would be worth $10 Billion by 2020. Business Insider last month released a report estimating the channel...

'Not really new' CRM trends for 2020

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Are you tired of hearing the same cliché as me: The world is changing; customer needs are changing … this is no new news!

Everything’s different but nothing’s changed

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How was it for you, the decade with no catchy name? It was my second full decade in the industry and it felt very different from the first.

Will your brand be blind-sided by cultural change in 2020?

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My copy of The Economist now comes in a see through non-plastic wrapper that is “100% compostable” and can be “put in the food waste bin”.

Absolute Nonsense

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Our desire to make bold proclamations about our industry’s future often stunts its ability to actually grow

Top Marketing Society content of 2019

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It's been an interesting year in terms of content. Our network has written about culture, leadership styles, challenger brands, toxic

What did the election teach us about advertising effectiveness?

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So – how did that happen? And what can the marketing and advertising worlds learn about effective communication from the Tories’ overwhelming victory last Thursday?