Advertising

When Don Draper Met the Modern Marketing Machine: Creativity in the Age of Pace and Scale

Imagine Don Draper, the suave, cigarette-wielding ad man from the golden age of Mad Men, waking up in 2025. His smooth pitches, once delivered in smoky boardrooms, now collide with AI dashboards, creator collectives, and rapid-fire multi-asset campaigns all happening in real time. Instead of a single brilliant idea, Don now wrestles with dozens of…… Continue reading When Don Draper Met the Modern Marketing Machine: Creativity in the Age of Pace and Scale

From Job Hopper to Strategic Advantage: Why My “Squiggly” Career Was Actually Perfect Training

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” – Lao Tzu For years, I carried this quote as both shield and sword. But sometimes, those who’ve traveled many paths have stories worth sharing – especially when those paths were once criticized as unfocused, inconsistent, and lacking commitment. The Case Against Generalists…… Continue reading From Job Hopper to Strategic Advantage: Why My “Squiggly” Career Was Actually Perfect Training

Navigating the Short Attention Economy: A Marketer’s Guide

In today’s digital era, attention has become the rarest and most valuable commodity. We asked our Members what keeps them up at night and 69% of people in our first pulse survey with Play Verto said “winning attention”. So we asked Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, L’Oréal Groupe, SAPMENA Region and Singapore Board Member to…… Continue reading Navigating the Short Attention Economy: A Marketer’s Guide

Why Emerging Markets Are the Blueprint for Marketing-Led Growth

In boardrooms around the world, there’s a growing expectation that marketing will not just build brand equity—but drive real, measurable business growth. Yet most frameworks for marketing transformation are still rooted in legacy-market thinking: slow, siloed, and overly focused on media efficiency rather than market creation. The truth is, the future of marketing-led growth won’t…… Continue reading Why Emerging Markets Are the Blueprint for Marketing-Led Growth

Why you don’t need a digital strategy, but you need an HR strategy

What’s the point in having a different strategy for your digital world than the rest of it? Does your brand offer different products and services online than off? Are your consumers split into those that only go to stores and those locked in their basements on a laptop? It doesn’t make sense – yet we…… Continue reading Why you don’t need a digital strategy, but you need an HR strategy

Content Marketing & Service Design are the future of Branding

Buy One, Get One Free; Only $9.99 with free shipping; Washes whiter than ever. These are the ad slogans of the past, there is a major shift in the way that brands communicate driven by the digital revolution. Two major changes are driving this, the first is the proliferation of marketing messages through multiple channels…… Continue reading Content Marketing & Service Design are the future of Branding

Thoughts on the Publicis Groupe reorganisation

Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis, made a major announcement about the organisation of the Publicis Groupe yesterday – see the video below: There have been a swath of article and opinions over the last 24 hours regarding whether this is the right or wrong move, comparing to Martin Sorrell’s organisation of client teams at WPP…… Continue reading Thoughts on the Publicis Groupe reorganisation

A new vision for CRM

Direct marketing, email newsletters and CRM seem like tactics from a bygone age in today’s communication world; but within brands and marketing departments the arguments still rage as to whether an organisation needs to build its own customer database and harness its audience, or whether the major online ecosystems of Google, Facebook and Apple now…… Continue reading A new vision for CRM