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I'm serious. Quit while you're ahead. Or rather, quit while you're not as far behind as you will be if you keep reading. Apart from its arguable entertainment value, it will not enrich your life, make you cleverer, funnier or wealthier. Or even feel...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
By Ashley Morrison Considering that words and the effective use of them takes up pretty much my whole working life, I don’t read enough of them. No, cancel that - I do read enough of them, just not the right ones. Last night, I found a largely...
Posted by: Creativepool
Last Wednesday, when Google announced their new “Inbox” app, which heralded a supposedly radical new approach to email management, very few people were 100% sold on it. Early reports from beta-testers, however, has been incredibly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of our "Five Minutes with..." Annual 2018 judges series, meet Alex Ayling. Tell us what you do for a living? I’m Head of Digital Studios for BBC Worldwide. What does that involve? Mostly making fun internet content (videos and...
Posted by: Heather Deacon
Today one of my clients told me that they were winding down for Christmas. Lucky them, I thought. Five weeks to go and they’re already winding down. I mean, we haven’t even had Black Friday yet. (I for one can’t wait to watch the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Over the summer, I was working for a client in southeast London. I’ll be honest: the travel was a pain in the butt. We were in that ridiculously hot stretch of the summer where it was hotter in London than in most of Europe. The tube was...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
B2B marketing has been evolving, and you’ve probably noticed it. In the last few years, there’s been a shift towards the use of entertainment in B2B marketing. This is something that takes many forms: branded entertainment, branded content,...
Posted by: Novagram
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? As Founder, you have tons of different roles, and as the agency has become more established, you zone in on your strengths and weaknesses. My typical day looks at new business, how...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’ll have escaped the attention of nobody that AI has been the chief disruptive trend of 2023. The way things are going, it might end up being the chief disruptive trend of the century. But while there are so many catastrophising the end of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s finally happened. 2023 has been, and always will be remembered as, the year when AI finally entered the mainstream conversation. To say its evolution has been swift would be a dramatic understatement, with the emergence of AI tools like...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Not at all. isla is quite a one-of-a-kind organisation and we don’t have a blueprint to follow, so the team and I are on a steep, but exciting learning curve as the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
While Christmas typically offers a brief break from work, whether that's a day off spent with family and friends or a much-needed vacation, the period leading up to the festive holiday can intensify burnout as workers juggle end-of-year...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A multi-skilled, creative-thinking photographer specialising in a wide range of content production. Jack Archer’s primary focus is on automotive photography working with both private and commercial clients. He is also, however, an experienced...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Did you know that 46% of consumers in the US only buy from businesses they can trust? Only after they do research and read reviews to get familiar with the company do they consider buying. The first step in all this is finding out about your brand....
Posted by: Alina Tytarenko
For this week’s member spotlight, we turn our focus to Alan Parry, a “a post-production nerd turned video production swiss army knife.” He freelances under the name Velvet Pig and specialises as an editor and motion graphics...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Well, there’s a thing. A few articles up (the one about yellow) I made a rather tongue-in-check prediction about ‘next years colour’ and yesterday afternoon what drops into my inbox? “Colour of the Year 2023 - Wild...
Posted by: Richard
For this week’s getting to know feature, we’ll be sitting down with Abb-d Taiyo, Co-Founder and Design/Production Director at design and impact agency Driftime. A man that styles himself as a “mentor and ethical design...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The great fear behind artificial intelligence is that it will somehow end up replacing us entirely. Until recently, I would have said these fears are unfounded but then I stumbled upon the incredible horror that is NVIDIA GauGAN - an AI that can...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I consider myself more a realist than a royalist but that doesn’t mean the Platinum Jubilee has completely passed me by. I mean, as a freelancer I’m not getting any time off and the constant TV coverage is started to frustrate me even...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
December is a bit like the Valentine’s Day of freelancing - a chance to show appreciation to your significant clients for everything they’ve done for you since you first met. This may involve sending freelance holiday cards, gifts and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The Annual 2021 wrapped up in early September, with some of the most exciting winners in the history of Creativepool. Who are these amazing people and why do they represent the best of the best in the realm of creativity? A quick look at...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As we move towards a new normal of hybrid workforce and increasingly virtual environments, pitches also move to the virtual scene and agencies will soon be required to up their game in a yet fiercer and more competitive environment. When you look at...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Many charities and associations out there have an outstanding story at the roots of their foundation. The ANAIS Association isn't much different, and with just a quick glance at the interview below, you can tell it is deeply rooted in an incredibly...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’ve all witnessed the push to sustainability in the past decade. What were once talks in the realm of the ‘nice to have’ or some barely formed concerns about the health of our planet have now transformed into sheer fear for some...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Among the various consequences of Covid-19, travel restrictions were the one that left us the most with an insatiable yearning for adventure. As audiences around the world felt the need to reconnect with nature and adventure, the Jeep brand...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Facebook made it quite clear that the company isn’t fine with Apple allowing users to opt out of personalised ad tracking with iOS 14. Of course, that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody. Some context first: Apple has officially...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
When the pandemic hit, Steve Thone was one of the many creative professionals who were forced to move to a freelance life for a living. His resilience serves as a testimony to the strength of the overall industry - as well as a reminder of his own...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I know, I know - it's February already. Where did the first month of the year go? Most likely, in loads of planning for the year to come, and a healthy amount of procrastination too. As usual, the New Year came with its usual amount of hopeful...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Surely Executive Creative Director of ITV Creative Tony Pipes knew that someday his Space Monkeys would lead him to love everything and anything creative. What he probably didn't know was that he would become such a successful leadership figure in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tons of emails find their way into our inbox - as it is true in most cases. Amongst all this noise, it is just natural that one or two things may not be exactly relevant for all our needs. And no, we're not just talking about spammy international...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Do you actively think about how your visitors come to you? If you’re still relying on erratic websites and referral traffic, the mercy of social media algorithms, and Google - where over 50% of today’s searches result in zero clicks - you...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
5 ways to collaborate better with your new client When starting out as a freelancer, it’s not uncommon to think that the hard part will be getting new clients in the door. While that’s certainly no easy feat, making those clients...
Posted by: OpenText Hightail
With the end of 2019 imminent, the conversations around what the marketing industry can expect in the coming year are well underway. Technology is expanding and developing at a rapid pace, and marketing is no exception. In the past year, we have...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It may surprise some of you to learn that the job of creating new business opportunities within an agency, or any company for that matter, is the most difficult, misunderstood and vital. Here are three reasons why. Winning new business is...
Posted by: David Alexander
This week, on May 25, data protection rules across Europe will undergo the biggest change in the last two decades. It's a change two years in the making. In April 2016, after years of negotiations and legal tussling, officials agreed upon the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
RSA Films RSA Films has added filmmaker and acclaimed actor Ewan McGregor for commercial representation globally. The film, theatre and TV actor, who won a Golden Globe this year for Best Actor in FX’s “Fargo,” is also a natural...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial