Thursday 18 May 2017

McDonald's Alistair Macrow: pulling bereavement ad was 'the only decision to make' | McDonald's 'dead dad' ad row: marketers have forgotten consumers don't trust them | Canon's marketing shift aims for the smartphone generation

Campaign: Brands

Campaign: Brands
May 18, 2017
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McDonald's Alistair Macrow: pulling bereavement ad was 'the only decision to make'
McDonald's Alistair Macrow: pulling bereavement ad was 'the only decision to make'

Simon Gwynn

McDonald's had no choice but to withdraw its now infamous "dead dad ad" after it provoked fierce criticism from the public and bereavement charities, the brand's top UK marketer has said.

McDonald's 'dead dad' ad row: marketers have forgotten consumers don't trust them
McDonald's 'dead dad' ad row: marketers have forgotten consumers don't trust them

Chris Arnold

Chris Arnold is the founder and creative partner of Creative Orchestra.

Canon's marketing shift aims for the smartphone generation
Canon's marketing shift aims for the smartphone generation

Emily Tan

Canon's new marketing strategy has moved from cameras to storytelling for millennials.

M&S wellbeing drive seeks to combat autopilot trend
M&S wellbeing drive seeks to combat autopilot trend

Simon Gwynn

Marks & Spencer is aiming to improve the wellbeing of Brits by encouraging them to snap out of "autopilot" behaviours, its top marketer has said.

The big picture has been lost to the short-term click
The big picture has been lost to the short-term click

Marcus Rich

The short-termism of corporations has trickled into their attitudes to marketing culture, which is losing sight of brand-building.

Why the Guardian is now turning its readers into customers
Why the Guardian is now turning its readers into customers

Emily Tan

If the Guardian is to survive, it has got to stop being complacent about having a large number of readers and start to figure out how to turn them into customers, David Pemsel, chief executive of Guardian Media Group said while speaking at Media360.

Short-termism is hurting us all
Short-termism is hurting us all

Claire Beale

Marketers don't tend to hang around very long. And this is just one example of the ruinous short-termism infecting our industry.

Limit collaboration to once a day, new study suggests
Limit collaboration to once a day, new study suggests

Emily Tan

Collaborative interactions between agencies and their clients should not happen more than once a day, new research has found.

Accuracy is absolutely key to voice search taking off
Accuracy is absolutely key to voice search taking off

Tanya Goodin

Voice will see wholesale adoption when the machines really understand us. By the chief executive of digital marketing agency, Tamar.

More than a third of Brits think robots will rule everything by 2030
More than a third of Brits think robots will rule everything by 2030

Emily Tan

More than one in three (36%) out of 2,000 Brits surveyed are convinced robots will be running our lives by 2030.

Six things we learned at Campaign Underground
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Six things we learned at Campaign Underground

Stephen Graves

Find out what happened when a small audience was invited to delve into consumers' subconscious by going underground for an evening of behavioural insights

Case study: how publishers can use data to identify new audiences
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Case study: how publishers can use data to identify new audiences

Georganna Simpson

FS magazine wanted to find new audiences to grow their online presence. We put them in touch with the audience insights and ad analyst experts Quantcast. Here's how they increased website traffic...


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