How a shift in brand positioning saw donations fly for charity MyTenNights
Matthew ValentineMyTenNights, which automates donations during Ramadan, cut through charity chatter with a donor-centric campaign resulting in a 153% rise in donations.
How one charity is bringing marketing up the business agenda
Molly FlemingHow do you convince people that marketing is not a cost but an investment? Rewilding Britain is using a three-part strategy to win over sceptics.
Greenpeace follows up ‘Rang-tan’ with campaign taking aim at the meat industry
Molly FlemingGreenpeace wants to take on the meat industry in the same way it took on fossil fuel companies to create the link between its actions and climate change.
Meet the ‘transformative’ brand-NGO partners pushing for systemic change
Matthew ValentineCorporate-NGO partnerships have become increasingly important as brands seek to live up to their purpose during a year characterised by Covid-19 and global calls for social justice.
Cancer Research UK: Don’t create a culture that cripples creativity
Matt BarkerCreating a culture of effectiveness doesn’t necessarily mean being a slave to KPIs and other metrics, argues Cancer Research UK marketing boss Philip Almond.
Covid-19 forces brands to ‘step up’ with strategic approach to societal issues
Molly FlemingBrands are taking a more strategic and holistic approach to social and environmental issues, putting pressure on NGOs not to focus on one issue to the exclusion of everything else.
NSPCC: We’ve found what can be done when everyone throws out the rulebook
Sarah VizardFrom speeding up campaign creation to trying fresh tactics to engage supporters, the charity has found new ways of working due to Covid-19 it hopes it can keep going forward.
‘You’ll be out of business in six months’: How EasyJet proved the doubters wrong
Molly FlemingTwenty-five years on, EasyJet’s third employee looks back at how a mixture of bombastic ads and guerilla marketing helped the airline overcome its ‘David versus Goliath’ struggle.
Consumer confidence drops again as ‘world turned upside down’
Matt BarkerDespite a slight upturn in confidence last month, the latest lockdown and increased restrictions have put a serious dent in any hopes for a more optimistic outlook going into 2021.
Marketers on furlough offered ‘golden ticket’ to learning hub
Lucy TesserasThe Marketing Academy has created an online learning platform, which is available to its global community and sponsors, as well we 1,000 marketers who have been made redundant or are on furlough.
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Three axioms and three questions that summarise all of brand strategy
Mark RitsonBrand strategy is not complicated, it’s just the systematic application of the basics all marketers are taught. Here’s a simple way to be sure you’re taking the right steps – in the right order.
How Tesco’s customer focus enabled it to be ‘faster, quicker and sharper’
Marketing Week ReportersThe supermarket’s UK CEO and chief customer officer share how putting consumers at the heart of what it does enabled Tesco to adapt at speed during the pandemic.
Marketers search for ‘green shoots of recovery’ as budget cuts continue
Matthew ValentineThe latest IPA Bellwether data finds the worsening pandemic and Brexit reality took a toll on marketing budgets during the fourth quarter, but optimism is growing that the sector will bounce back.
Futurist Tracey Follows on the tech that will impact marketing in the ‘postnormal’ era
Marketing Week ReportersFrom the digital after-life to the growth of synthetic media, futurist Tracey Follows sets out the key trends that will shape the marketing industry over the next five years.
Brands rally behind mentoring initiative to serve marketing’s ‘lost generation’
Charlotte RogersThe School of Marketing is launching Mentoring Gen Z, which aims to connect young people with marketing leaders from brands including Boots and Direct Line in a bid to avert the “ticking timebomb” of youth unemployment.