Whilst watching the Facebook Marketing Conference in New York the other day (you can catch up with all the talks on the LiveStream link here), I was enormously happy to hear Nigel Morris (@NigelDMorris) from Aegis’s comments on how ad agencies need to adapt for social. Watch the video below and listen particularly to Nigel’s…… Continue reading Social is going to be digital all over again for ad agencies
Author: Lex Bradshaw-Zanger
A global brand leader and digital innovator, Lex Bradshaw-Zanger is Chief Marketing & Digital Officer for L’Oréal SAPMENA, based in Singapore. With experience spanning leading roles at L’Oréal, McDonald’s, Facebook, and major agencies across Europe, the US, and the Middle East, he’s recognized for driving marketing transformation, championing multicultural teams, and mentoring the next generation of industry talent.
The Social Agency Ecosystem
As the work we do becomes more and more social – even to the extent that it is ‘social by design’ I set out the other day to try and define the structure of the ecosystem in which agencies exist, to be able to define an efficient MO for what are now termed as social…… Continue reading The Social Agency Ecosystem
Why content marketing will be hard for agencies
One of the major changes in online marketing for 2012 will be the rise of content. A brand’s content strategy will be a key weapon in breaking through the clutter of ‘old school’ advertising, engaging with the consumer and delivering a brand message. But moving from advertising to content will mean major changes for…… Continue reading Why content marketing will be hard for agencies
Learning to love big data
I love data, I get excited by datasets that have hidden meaning, data that is trying to deliver an insight and is just waiting for me to tabulate and cross-match, or plot it on a chart to ask the right question and weed out the insight behind the figures. But I’m a geek, and beyond…… Continue reading Learning to love big data
Marketing Predictions for 2012
At this time of year we see a multitude of articles about predictions for the year to come – some obvious and some less evident – I’ve tried to keep my list short and focussed this time around as we marketers have only a limited bandwidth to evolve our increasingly complex ecosystem. Some elements may…… Continue reading Marketing Predictions for 2012
Death to the email
I was very pleased to read an article recently on French tech firm Atos who are stopping the use of internal email, CEO and ex French Finance Minister, Thierry Breton, hasn’t sent an email since 2008 and wants to increase efficiency by eradicating this ‘long form’ of internal communication. He is moving employees away from…… Continue reading Death to the email
Going Viral Visualized [INFOGRAPHIC]
Infographic designed by Voltier Digital via Mashable.com
Turning on Social: Google+, Facebook Timeline & Unthink
With the launch of Google+ pages for business last week, we’re starting to get a little lost in the tornado of social platforms that are a ‘must-have’ for business, I remember the days when brands were still deciding whether they really needed a website, and today the question is more about a Facebook page, a…… Continue reading Turning on Social: Google+, Facebook Timeline & Unthink
Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]
I particularly liked this infographic from Voltier Digital as it lays down in very clear terms the old vs. the new. In the amusing and beautiful design there are some very key points that relate to one-way messaging and looking for consumers as opposed to understanding that they are in control and that it is…… Continue reading Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]
Follow The Money – Focussing on Inputs or Outputs
Deep Throat said it to Bob Woodward in 1976, and it’s still true today – if you want to understand, if you want to really get to the truth, you need to follow the money. And this is is just as true in the advertising business as we try and evolve an ageing traditional, TV…… Continue reading Follow The Money – Focussing on Inputs or Outputs