Successful mobile messaging

Successful mobile messaging

Mobiles are personal devices and by invading this space with untargeted ads marketers risk cutting consumers off permanently.

How to avoid 'graymail'

How to avoid 'graymail'

How to keep your email marketing campaigns front of mind and away from the inbox filters. Here are his tips to refresh your email campaigns.

Why is food is 'nearly as popular as babies'?

Why is food is 'nearly as popular as babies'?

Unilever director of global innovations, Asad Rehman, is using Facebook to help users in South Africa decide what to have for dinner. He also explains why food is just behind babies in popularity...

How to... find out who's tracking your website

How to... find out who's tracking your website

The ePrivacy Directive has prompted an explosion of tracking audit services. Companies are now pushing for clarity on how sites are using tags and cookies to collect consumer data.

All marketers should be activists

All marketers should be activists

Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres director of sector reputation, Mark Linder, discusses his concerns about the industry, why we’re in a critical time of conflict and how marketers can protect themselves against threats.

Al Moffat

Small steps to compete with giant agencies

When you can't 'out Nike, Nike', which stones do you throw to beat Goliath?

The evolution of influence

The evolution of influence

One-time head of creative at MySpace, Bexy Cameron, explains how brands become cultural icons and why 'T-shirt Steve' was so special.

Four critical steps to publishing on the iPad

Four critical steps to publishing on the iPad

With nearly 12 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2012 alone, the Apple iPad is revolutionising publishing. Here are the four critical steps for anyone planning to use the iPad as a publishing platform.

Groupon or off?

Groupon or off?

With consumer spending still in the doldrums, it's hardly surprising that businesses have been tempted by dynamic deal sites like Groupon. So why are these portals suddenly falling out of favour?

6 social media and email traps to avoid

6 social media and email traps to avoid

Examples where hype and hubris can trump common sense -- to the detriment of your success.

A useful Instagram and Pinterest campaign

A useful Instagram and Pinterest campaign

This case study shows how an SME got ahead of the competition by making the most of the latest social media tools.

Jaguar discusses innovation

Jaguar discusses innovation

What's important for the Jaguar brand? What innovations are important to the company? And what are the challenges that it faces? We speak to Jaguar global digital marketing manager about his advice for marketers.

Remember your right to be forgotten

Remember your right to be forgotten

There's been a lot of fuss around the EU's proposed 'right to be forgotten'. Some big voices are claiming that the right, which is a core part of the European Commission's data protection regulation, is simply unworkable.

Crossing the chasm between sales and marketing

Crossing the chasm between sales and marketing

The recent CIM report on sales and marketing fusion suggests the two departments aren't perfectly in synch. This article analyses the report, and the realities.

Lego's Life of George

Lego's Life of George

Lego has become noted as a smart user of social media. The company's first social media strategist Lars Silberbauer explains how the company engaged fans and created value through an augmented-reality game.

'Engagement': Fashionable yet bankrupt

'Engagement': Fashionable yet bankrupt

'Engagement' is a totally mis-used, over-used, generally abused word in our business, argues Martin Weigel. Here's his insight and reasons why.