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Placement can work with TV spot ads
Marketing WeekRoger Llewellyn is quite wrong to try and promote interest in product placement on British TV screens by raising the spectre of ad-skipping (MW 6 January). Product placement serves very different brand objectives to TV ads – this is demonstrated by Ipsos, which has research from the US that shows TV spot advertising integrated with […]
Social media marketing’s shot in arm
Marketing WeekThe launch of Asos.com’s fully-transactional Facebook shop, allowing people to buy from within the social network (MarketingWeek.co.uk, 18 January), is a huge vote of confidence for social media marketing. And with more people happy to carry out online transactions via social platforms, affiliate marketing will inevitably begin to reach out to this channel too. We […]
Charities lead way when it comes to flexible working
Marketing WeekRichard Madden’s piece about what commercial marketers can learn from charities (MW last week) was a refreshing change from the patronising and uninformed attitude I often come across when individuals from the commercial sector share their skills and knowledge with the charity sector as if the latter is staffed by unprofessional do-gooders. I then turned […]
Allwyn on its plan to dial up the distinctiveness of the National Lottery’s key brands
Niamh CarrollAllwyn took over the National Lottery licence from Camelot in February and is aiming to inject some “magic” into the Lottery’s individual games to recruit new and lapsed players.
Is this applicable to B2B marketing? Please stop asking
Mark RitsonThis week our marketing columnist asks and then answers the most annoying question of them all.
Heinz on its mission to move ‘at the speed of culture’ to create an ad in five days
Matthew ValentineSince launching its global platform ‘It has to be Heinz’, the food brand has been able to move at pace to respond to local trends, allowing it to create its latest ad in record time.
Almost half of large businesses leaning on innovation to grow
Niamh CarrollDespite indications that large businesses will invest in innovation and marketing to drive growth, cost-cutting and efficiencies are still top-of-mind for many, according to a new report.