How fashion brands are taking Instagram from gimmick to strategic
For many fashion brands, Instagram is no longer just a ‘gimmick’ used during fashion weeks to create a buzz, but a serious part of their social strategy.
Instagram: Competing with TV or complementing it?
Sarah VizardInstagram continues to pitch itself to brands and agencies as a complement to TV campaigns but with its cheaper prices and more personalised offering experts believe it could steal ad dollars, as long as brands understand its points of difference.
Instagram to become ‘shop window for brands’ this Christmas as it debuts new ad targeting tool
Thomas HobbsInstagram has launched a new targeting segment for advertisers, which allows brands to reach people who are highly engaged with content related to Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas purchases.
Fashion brands struggling to find the right social influencers
Lucy TesserasMost fashion and beauty brands plan to up their budget for influencer marketing as the prominence of social media content creators continues to grow, but they face a challenge in finding the right face to fit their brand.
Confidence in marketing jobs edges up
Matthew ValentineAlthough still negative overall, expectations around marketing jobs has improved thanks in part to the government’s extension of the furlough scheme.
‘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.