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While marketing to diverse groups has always been a successful strategy for some brands in order to sell products, it’s now become a priority for all major brands who want to stay relevant. But how well do brands navigate the difficult...
Posted by: Hanover
Everyone wants to feel like the belong somewhere. It’s one of the fundamental things that makes us human. The world of advertising, however, as been seen by many as a pretty elitist environment, a sentiment that the industry has been trying...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Matt Hay, CEO at Bulbshare, on why gender-based marketing is fast becoming obsolete amid a new non-binary consumer landscape In the heyday of advertising, brands were clear about who they should market to. Things like cars, whiskey, cardigans,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Quite some time ago, I decided to move away from my old business name (Severn Agency) and am now working under my new studio name &Something. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the process, the reasons why, and how I went about...
Posted by: Tony Clarkson
As long as I can remember, I’ve always been a “Mac person.” Ever since my first gloriously blue iMac G3 that I bought back at the tail end of the 90s in a vain attempt to kickstart my musical career, the thought of going back to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Until recently alcohol-free beer was seen as something of a joke and there was a definite and unnecessary stigma attached to it. But over the last few years there’s been a genuine concerted effort towards creating decent alcohol-free beers that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Voltarol recently announced the launch of its new campaign “More than Movement” to promote the brand in partnership with Channel 4 and GAY TIMES. The partnership, brokered by Publicis Media’s platformGSK and Publicis Media Content,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ask anyone my age (yes, I’m a millennial) and they’ll probably tell you the pandemic changed the way they think about work. For me, very little honestly changed. I’ve been a freelance writer for my entire professional life and have...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Making it easier to consume more sustainably is far from easy but changing why we consume requires us to unpick and then serve human motivation in new, more sustainable ways. So why do we buy? Obviously, sometimes we buy because we need...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mimicking nature in man-made product designs has led to some of the greatest and most enduring inventions or products that exist today. In the modern era especially, designers are open to ways they can work together with our environment- rather than...
Posted by: Matter Of Form
Content sharing is now easier than ever before. On social media like Instagram and others, content can be forwarded in a matter of seconds. But who is paying the consequences of this increased convenience and connectivity online? Of the 3 billion...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was 18th January, 1970, when The New York Times ran a full-page ad to announce “A national day of environmental education.” Interestingly, that day would be several months down the line: April 22. Earth Day. That’s right -...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Virtue signalling is by no means a 21st century invention. For decades people have been popping their heads up above the pulpit to loudly add their voices to the genius of the crowd to make themselves look good. It’s good PR, frankly. But we...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We’ve all been talking a lot about the metaverse this month. But whereas most of the content seems to revolve around what it can’t do and questioning its limits, I thought I’d close out metaverse month by looking at one subset of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I have something of a conflicted personal history with Hermes. My long-suffering other half is a serial online shopper - one of many habits that blossomed over lockdown - so our local delivery driver has become a familiar face over the last two...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Never did I once think that in my lifetime we’d be seeing war in Europe and never did I think we’d see a historical figure in our midst that echoed the pure despotic evil of Adolf Hitler. But here we are, two weeks into a completely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new digital era is on the horizon as the metaverse evolves from sci-fi concept into reality. While online channels have been the driving force of connectivity between businesses and consumers over the past couple of years, many are now...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There aren’t many studies examining how frequently people lie. It is lunacy to assume that respondents will truthfully answer questions about how truthful they are. Neither is it socially desirable to brand yourself a liar - even in an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“Immersion” is a very popular word right now. Immersive experiences are all the rage and brands are falling over themselves to talk about it. But one agency that’s been all about the immersion game for a while now, predating the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s been almost a week now since Vladimir Putin did the unthinkable and plunged Ukraine into a war they didn’t ask for in a move that still feels like the megalomaniacal equivalent of throwing your toys out of the pram. It’s dark...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For time immemorial, human beings have enjoyed putting things into their bodies that are bad for them. It’s why the McDonald’s arches are as recognisable as the Christian cross. Advertisers have always known this and have been peddling...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Just when you thought all of the year’s trends had been discussed, dissected and digested, here’s one final piece of insight from some of the leading female voices in advertising. Pulled from a report by Digital Leading Ladies (the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a (failed) musician, few names conjure respect quite like Rick Rubin. Despite being a self-trained producer with little in the way of technical prowess (legend has it his engineers do all the dirty work) the man has managed to become that rare...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Great news: according to The Collins Dictionary, NFT was the word of 2021, which means there now exists a go-to way to explain these elusive virtual tokens to your grandparents... Defined as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a...
Posted by: Matter Of Form
Formed over 30 years ago, STB (Stocks Taylor Benson) Graphic Design is an agency with a defiant “no bullshit approach” to the process. In their own words, there’s “no pseudo-science, waffle or jargon” when it comes to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Following the turbulence and uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s no secret that businesses throughout the UK have been forced to adapt to the evolving demands of the new normal. Although strategies have differed depending on sector and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has today announced the winners of its ‘Concrete in Life 2021’ global photography competition, which celebrates the beauty, importance, and sustainability of concrete - the most widely...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Trends. January is always going to be the month of trends and trend think pieces. It’s inevitable and it makes sense and while some might baulk at the idea of reading yet another thousand words of ponderous prattle, if there’s one company...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s well known that video is a highly effective marketing tool - it’s the language of the modern internet, supporting storytelling, learning and talking to each other. But video’s unique ability to engage with people means...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After the terrific display of creative prowess from the industry in 2020, 2021 could only be a further step up for advertising campaigns all over the creative & mar-comms field. With campaigns to push vaccinations and groundbreaking ideas from brands...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
There’s been an ever increasing sense of unease around the industry in the past few weeks, as a number of retailers announced that supplies have been slow to come, and there is a labour and stock shortage in the UK expected to last until...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Among the many sectors which felt the Covid-19 crisis, business tourism was certainly one of the loudest. However, as vaccinations proceed steadily and most central hubs reopen around the world, YesMilano saw an opportunity to relaunch Milan as a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Google Chrome has announced that it will drop support for third-party cookies entirely by 2023. That may sound like a long time, but it's truly behind the corner - and other tech giants are mostly moving in the same direction. Apple has been taking...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With an increasing number of customers flocking online, many brands and advertisers were looking to capitalise on this new digital exodus caused by the pandemic. Except they couldn't. With an over-reliance on automated keyword blocklisting, many...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Annual 2021 winners have been announced, and not without a few pleasant surprises. One of them was the introduction of a Grand Prix, a project which was able to secure a perfect score (10/10) out of all the judges on the Advertising: TV...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Have you scrolled through the Discover page on TikTok lately? Interesting and inspiring trends for sure - but as we know, TikTok only ever works well with very short content. Instagram and other social platforms have all followed the same route,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial