‘Sweatshop or social club’: The pitfalls of building a startup marketing team
Ian BurrellFrom inflated job titles and learning humility, to balancing flexibility with accountability, startups have a lot to consider when building a marketing team.
From inflated job titles and learning humility, to balancing flexibility with accountability, startups have a lot to consider when building a marketing team.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Elon Musk sacking Tesla’s 40-strong marketing team to McDonald’s shining a light on the power of ‘stillness’, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
The FMCG giant is looking at “new category opportunities” as it looks to regain market share and tackle the threat of private labels.
Morrisons CMO Rachel Eyre describes loyalty as a two-way street so says the supermarket must be “hyper-personalised” in its offer to get more people “voting with their feet”.
Marketers may like to be believe they can identify with a wide range of people but, in reality, they are as likely to be led by their biases as anyone else.
Is a lack of financial savvy holding marketers back from ascending to the top jobs in business?
People’s view of their personal finances improves in April but hides a general flatness to consumer confidence that is taken a while to shift.
The rules of content marketing are evolving faster than ever – here’s why.
Unilever is aiming to grow its brands through innovation that “scale and build categories”, rather than simply delivering “new news”.
Sainsbury’s reported higher than expected profit growth and increased optimism for its Nectar loyalty proposition, which it says is strengthening its retail media offer.
The sixth CX50 list of the UK’s top 50 customer experience professionals reveals the key trends in a complex and highly regulated sector.
Wise has driven much of its growth to date through word of mouth, but having evolved its proposition, the international banking platform believes now is the time to launch its first global brand campaign as it looks to build awareness.
Some CMOs are “selfish” staying in their posts too long and not letting others progress, suggests Asahi CMO Grant McKenzie.
While the UK’s ad market grew 6% in 2023, total growth when discounting high inflation rates was -1.2%, according to the latest report from the AA and WARC.
Inclusive marketing drives meaningfulness and differentiation for Lego, says brand boss Carolina Teixeira, measures closely linked to price inelasticity.