Marketing for the new normal
Thoughts on the future of marketing
Marketing (and everything else) in 2022's new normal
As we find our way back to normality (or what now passes for it in 2022), agencies have had to do something they should have been doing for the past five years: work out how to give their team's the flexibility to have lives outside of work. From a client perspective, the shift has been equally stark.
News, paywalls and the tabloid quandary
We totally understand the rationale behind a newspaper paywall. With traditional print ad revenues in terminal decline and ad-blockers hammering their online cousins, it's the obvious choice for a publication with a heavy talent overhead to manage.
Now that's how you handle copycats #54
Last week Aldi made an IPA. This wasn't just any IPA, this was Aldi Anti-establishment IPA, with fruity notes, a citrus nose and a clean, crisp aftertaste.
Just how good is the NY Times?
There’s no point hiding it. For a long, long time we’ve been huge fans of the NY Times’s interactive content. Take, for example, its What Happens to Viral Particles on the Subway article from last week – a brilliant, well-researched piece of writing backed up by some beautifully animated graphics that come to life as you scroll. It’s stunning.