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Most people reading this can remember what they were doing 10 years ago. But 10 years ago, the Apple iPhone had only just launched. It

Five ways to innovate as a marketer
We live in an age of technological acceleration and marketers are on the frontline. New ideas, new channels and disruptive technologies appear to be coming

Budgets – a time-consuming exercise of limited value & the most ineffective practice in management
To be frank, I see budgeting as a time-consuming exercise of limited value – and essentially, the most ineffective practice in management. Luckily, there are

Our biases causes us to be bad marketers
Whenever we try to figure out a future outcome — like ‘will this new product work when I launch it in the market?’– marketers enter

Recruiting: the myth of war on talent and where marketers should set-up
Hands up those of you reading this who have applied for a job, one that you thought you had the perfect mix of skills, qualifications

Chinese New Year: What we can all learn from China in the Year of the Fire Rooster
This last week of January and the first week of February marks Chinese New Year, called the ‘Spring Festival’ in China. Many millions of Chinese

Confessing to heretical marketing beliefs
I have a confession to make. A heresy that I will probably ensure that I get burned at the stake. Or, perhaps, the 21st century

Marketers obsess over new tech, tools & channels, but does we really have a clue?
One of the best books about Hollywood is ‘Adventures in the Screen Trade’ in which the screenwriter William Goldman asserts that “nobody knows anything”. He

What have the Romans ever done for marketing?
In Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ film, a rag-tag bunch of pseudo-revolutionaries called The People’s Front of Judea asked the question: “What have the Romans

Hate new-year predictions? Who cares? Here are mine!
At this time of year, you can’t move for articles pontificating about what will happen in the next 12 months. But if you can’t
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