We all get into a mental rut sometimes. The same commute, the same magazines, the same pictures of someone else’s dessert flowing through your Facebook page (sigh). Creativity really doesn’t prefer to manifest itself under those kinds of conditions, says Peter Rivera*. To remain as creative…
Video is one of the most versatile and valuable tools that modern marketers can have in their box of tricks. It enables you to craft a message that you’re happy with and enables that message told the way you want to tell it, consistently and…
Native advertising is the phrase on everyone’s lips in digital circles right now. A glance at the agenda for The Guardian’s forthcoming Changing Advertising Summit is proof enough; in its agenda summary it states that native advertising “has arrived and is getting the industry excited”….
A recent study by leading management consulting company McKinsey & Co confirms what so many of us already know – that Big Data is big news. In this article, Carsten Kraus, from Fact-Finder, explains how retails may get the most from Big Data. The report,…
Marketing activity has always traditionally centred around campaign cycles, with activity peaking and troughing throughout the year. But thanks to the digital age in which we now live, consumers are demanding a constant and consistent 24-hour, seven-day a week engagement with brands. This means that…
The wide reaching popularity of games such as Angry Birds or Candy Crush, coupled with the rapid adoption of tablets and smartphones in several markets, have ensured that gaming is now available everywhere and very much part of our everyday lives. On top of this,…
Lately, I’ve heard lots of talk in our industry about how digital advertisers are beginning to really take a look back at traditional methods and apply them to their work. Why do I say this? Because the online advertising landscape is so cluttered and crammed…
One in four of the world’s population regularly accesses games on the Internet, while in the US alone there are 145 million casual gamers – around 50% of the population – according to a recent report from global strategy consultants Roland Berger. And this already…
I was recently involved in a client discussion about producing an online video series based around a list of the company’s services. To cut a long story short, at the end of the meeting everyone agreed that, as consumers themselves, if the project were to…
Online gaming is on the rise, presenting a huge opportunity for savvy marketers in the process. Age Sluis, Director Advertising Europe, Spil Games, looks at the current trends around this growing medium. According to a recent report from global strategy consultants Roland Berger, one in…