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Golden Brands of 1999

In 1999, the Guinness ‘Surfer’ TV ad campaign, inspired by Moby Dick, won more awards than any other commercial that year with its story of the surfer taking on the perfect wave.
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The evolving agency model

In our ever-changing industry, business models are always shifting. The notion of creating a ‘new agency model’ is thought up every five minutes.
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Fatuous forecasts and getting things done

I try to keep abreast of what readers of the more prestigious business journals are blogging about.
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Almost Human’s Twitter Android

This week he takes a look at the latest experiential activation for cult sci-fi show Almost Human.
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The Marketing Society at Advertising Week Europe

This year we participated in Advertising Week Europe in a big way: our sessions included a spirited debate on why (and why not) all business failures are marketing failures, a discussion with CRITEO on the new frontier of digital advertising, a pa
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Give it a name (any name)

I’ve done quite a few 'naming workshops' over the years – for new products, services or companies. There are many good books written on the subject...
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Farm Heroes Saga’s urban farming pop-up

Joss Davidge, managing partner of brand experience agency BEcause, is always on the hunt for ripe and healthy examples of experiential marketing.
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Keep dreaming

Picture yourself in a trends workshop, innovation brainstorm or scenario planning day, one day in the not-too-distant past.  Your task is to help an automotive company see what sort of vehicles people in Europe will want in the future.
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Doing is believing

Perhaps the biggest irony of Daniel Kahneman’s work on intuitive, System 1 decision-making is that it isn’t very 'System 1' itself – it works against our natural sense of what is right.
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Habits - the holy grail of marketing

Much of our daily lives are dictated by our habits, whether they are behavioural, emotional, linguistic or even our thought processes. Social psychologists estimate that 45% of our daily behaviour is habitual.
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