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I rarely, if ever, blog about television programmes I happen to like - largely because it would be a bit off-brief if I did. This is, after all, a blog that is specifically supposed to appeal to Creativepoolers, with features, advice or opinions on...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The other day, I was told to reach out to someone. Reach out. Reach out as if I’m dangling Hollywood-style by my fingertips from a cliff, with Stallone looking all Botoxy-slumpy-faced in front of me, telling me to HANG ON! What I was actually...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The UK’s most trusted savings site has announced the first step in its wider growth strategy for 2024, a new visual identity by Naked Ideas. The bolder look is designed to connect with consumers on a deeper level, putting the brand and the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nearly two thirds (64%) of women aged 18-35 years old are not checking their chests regularly every month but 1 in 7 women are affected by breast cancer in their lifetime. Superdrug has taken matters into its own hands and launched a new unique...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Curiosity is the key to any creative professional's success. The willingness to learn and improve your own knowledge over time is an essential soft skill to have and one that will take you far in your journey in the creative industries. It is also...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I honestly thought Amazon had already taken the idea of streamlining online ordering as far as it could possibly go with their Express Checkout service. But it transpires I was wrong, as word recently emerged from the states that the online retail...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a world overloaded by cold vectors and Helvetica copy cats, clients are now looking for that much-needed personal touch for their branding. Hand lettering is being embraced by the design world to create logos, packaging, and global ad campaigns...
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I tried Corsodyl once. My mum had a bottle in her bathroom cabinet and, as it said it was a mouthwash, I took a liberal swig. It was very much like rinsing with floor polish and Polo mints. But it is a 'medicine' and the worse a medicine tastes, the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
For all intents and purposes, your PR agency is your public face to the working world, at least in a B2B sense. It’s the middle ground between you and the wider world and it exists to contextualise and communicate your successes and your...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The charity tees are available to buy at www.jargontees.com with all proceeds donated to the agency’s local charities. LONDON, 25 OCTOBER 17: HAPPY Friday. Please see below. As previously mentioned, let’s touch base to flesh out the minor tweaks...
Posted by: Munch
Last week, I posted one of my most successful blogs this year. "Top 10 worst corporate phrases" was for all you folk out there who hate ugly jargon such as “reach out”, “touch base” and “push the envelope”. You...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
by Ashley Morrison. As a copywriter, a major part of the job revolves around using the right words to convey the right message in the most effective and persuasive way possible. If you're selling a product, you want the customer to read the copy and...
Posted by: Creativepool
There are few sports as glitzy and glamorous as Formula 1. It's like rock'n'roll without the drugs but with everything else. A multi-billion dollar industry with fast cars (er, obviously), dashing men in shades, 'pit babes' (apologies to the...
Posted by: Creativepool
So, what is a brand, and why is having a distinct identity so important? Marty Neumeier helpfully defines a brand as ‘a customer’s gut feel about a company’. It’s a simple definition which rightly expresses that a brand isn’t just a logo...
Posted by: Catch A Fire Agency
Leading home-fragrance brand Air Wick has released an innovative new plug-in device designed to make scents last longer alongside a new range of ‘Vibrant’ fragrances. As part of a wider strategy to build a more premium layer into its...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We live in a dangerously divided world where politics, branding, and capitalism continue to collide. Fueled by social media’s immediacy, vast reach, and influence, and a society stoked by activism, we’ve never been more socially...
Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
Artificial intelligence (AI) has soared back into the spotlight. Although still only used by 15% of UK businesses, its rising real-world applications are sparking global attention; most obviously the lightning fast evolution of generative AI, in the...
Posted by: VidMob
In today's fast-paced, opinionated society, where trends and attitudes change with lightning speed, creating lasting brand legacy is the ultimate marker of success. This mission is being made harder to achieve by the current reactionary social...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Long before digital marketing started to suffocate emotional creativity in favor of unnecessarily complex, performance-based blindness, my agency presented a TV spot for a high-end audio brand. We were excited. We had a powerful concept, and we...
Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
Draw is a UK-born architectural interiors and branding agency whose mission is to “bridge the gap between in-house design and creative studios.” From new interior schemes to visual identity and packaging design, it works with leading...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Alicia Van der Meer, digital marketing manager of Monumental, explains the evolution of influencer marketing in the last five years, with insight into how brands can get it right. With personal accounts from today’s influencers, Alicia dissects...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Multia is an Indian creative consultancy born in 2006. They are a forward-thinking agency that “have used the power of design to help brands stand out in the market.” Constantly experimenting with the most advanced technology in order...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fernando Amaral, VP of Marketing at Landbot and host of the Ungated Marketing Podcast, tackles how we are shifting to a moment-based marketing approach with the bi-directional experience, building the next generation of marketing. Fernando is a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Playing the long game is a concept that might be unfamiliar to ‘old-school’ marketers that were more bothered about getting results ASAP than building a long-lasting brand. But the consumers of 2022 have longer memories than their...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Online shopping is here to stay. A global healthcare and social crisis has changed drastically the habits of consumers worldwide, and particularly in the UK, it has become clear that nearly 1 in 2 people will shop mostly online this...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
This may be the most colourful and lovely identity you'll see today. Once known as Freaks of Nature, dairy-free dessert range Over the Spoon has recently relaunched with a new identity by strategic branding agency Robot Food - and we're loving the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For someone with an interest in gaming, Wayne Leonard's career can only sound incredibly inspirational. Wayne, now VP & Account Director at George P. Johnson, has been in the industry for decades, going as far as the production team for the first...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is one of those figures who will always be remembered for leaving an everlasting mark in the history of design, technology and creativity. Save for the late Steve Jobs, there is no one who had more relevance in the history of...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
It was just over the weekend that Discord announced its new brand. A “Blurple” brand, not quite blue, not quite purple, re-envisioning the iconic mascot Clyde to render it more print-friendly and… well, cute. Discord’s new...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Have you ever heard of a no-waste designer? Creative Director of Misfit Creative Pete Brady might be a first. Pete believes that everything in design must have a purpose. There is no room for wasted space, no way that any part of a design may be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A guide to freelance music composition rates, with tips and advice from experienced professionals in the industry Musicians and composers set the mood of the stories we love and cherish the most in our hearts. Without musicians, horror films would...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The year we’ve just been through will certainly make history. We’ve seen society move from globalised, frenetic and somewhat overcrowded streets to the unforgiving solitude of our own houses pretty much overnight. And the ways we coped...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
It takes guts to find the courage to start from scratch. It can go either way. Too many have fallen under the weight of poor planning, but those who have succeeded give us hope that we can do the same. Cheddar Creative is a prime example of that. In...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You can always count on a good burger to help you smile. In a world shaken by a pandemic, Burger King has already distinguished itself a few times - the most recent being just last week, when the company encouraged its customers to order from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There is a crisis of creativity in advertising. You have probably heard these very words or a variation in the past few years. Campaigns striving to touch on the same key points, unoriginal tropes used over and over again - things are starting to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial