The world is a complicated place. Even more so if we are talking about media and all the diverse platforms that are cropping up around every corner. Just recently Instagram reached one billion monthly active users. One billion. Let that sink in. Just to put this into perspective, Facebook (as of Q1 2018) has two […]
My name is Sarah and I’m a Prime addict. Admit it: you are too. We’re all hooked on the sugar-rush thrill of one-click deliveries. And the cult of speed is about to get faster. With the upcoming launch of Air Prime, deliveries will land by drone just 30 minutes after you click. About time. I […]
It’s 10 April 2018 and a nervous Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, stands before the US Congress. It’s the turn of 84-year-old US senator and Republican high-tech task force chair Orrin Hatch to ask the questions. Facebook is at the centre of a scandal after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a British data firm hired […]
Speaking as a disrupter myself, having set up a new type of global agency that was the first to be 100% transparent on production costs with no mark-ups, I can see both where the big boys went wrong and where the challengers got it right. Eight years ago, Martin Sorrell wrote a piece on LinkedIn […]
Brands and marketing execs are coming under fire for using animals in advertising, particularly fashionable flat-faced dogs like Pugs, Frenchies and English Bulldogs. Heinz, Costa, Comic Relief, HSBC and most recently Three UK with their Snapchat ‘Puggerfly’ have attracted criticism for using these breeds in their ad campaigns. Many claim they’re adding to the […]
As marketers we draw inspiration from the world around us – whether it’s a place, object or person. This guidance from others is important for us to learn, improve and succeed in the workplace, but what is often overlooked is the role our mental health and wellbeing plays in our career development. A recent survey […]
It seems that rarely a week goes by without a new statistic showing just how low consumer confidence has dropped thanks to Brexit. This isn’t great for brands, but this issue seems fleetingly short term compared to the almost equally prevalent statistics about the fragility of young people. The latest report from the annual UK […]
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has recently launched its public consultation on new ways to regulate advertising containing gender stereotyping and as the lead on This Girl Can, I’ve been asked quite a lot for my opinion on it. When we launched This Girl Can in January 2015, it was the first campaign […]
Recently I was given the opportunity to take on a new role at GSK HQ in London. Living here again after 15 years my first impression is that not much seems to have changed – great curries, crammed Underground, pre-occupation with the royal family, lengthy and repeated discussions on the weather (remains a national pastime) […]
My car recently came due for servicing, which ultimately delivered a rather interesting experience. I took the vehicle to the service centre on the designated day, but several things went wrong, and I didn’t get it back as planned. Needless to say, I was anything but happy. Why am I telling you this? Well, things […]