Has Gillette’s brand purpose film back-fired? (UPDATED!)
Is Gillette’s new purpose-led film, We Believe, “The worst marketing move of the whole year,” as Mark Ritson suggests (1), or an inspired bit of ‘culture-shaping’ [...]
Focus on fundamentals in 2019, not shiny new toys
January is the time for bold predictions about how the world of marketing will be revolutionised in the year ahead. But Tom Fishburne’s timely cartoon reminds us of the risks of becoming [...]
Nike’s Kaepernick ad: provocative PR, not purpose-led branding
Nike’s new Colin Kaepernick advert* has been effective at provoking the desired political controversy and polarised opinion: 30% of US consumers feel more positive about Nike after seeing the ad, [...]
Rejuvenating the Royal Enfield brand from the ‘inside-out’
Royal Enfield (RE) is a great example of a company successfully addressing one of the biggest challenges in marketing: rejuvenating a brand in trouble. Back in 2000, the Indian-based RE motorbike [...]
Effective corporate brands sell benefits, not values
Only 29% of corporate brands are distinctive compared to their competitive set, according to a global survey by CEB of 1,250 stakeholders from different fields (employees, managers, influencers [...]
By David Taylor
In 'Turbo Charged' Marketing Plans, Brand Vision, Positioning & Purpose, Consumer Insight, Distinctive communication
Posted Snickers ‘You’re not you when you’re hungry’: the best global campaign ever?
Research for a recent project highlighted what is perhaps the best global marketing campaign ever: ’You’re not you when you’re hungry’, by Snickers. We tipped the campaign for the top [...]
2017 in review: Rebooting branding for a digital age
As we approach the end of the year, its time to look back and do a quick review of 2017. We’ve done another 100 blog posts this year, posting every week, like we have since the blog started back [...]
How Airbnb use brand purpose to build the business: brandgym book post 3
In this third post inspired by our new book, the brandgym: A Practical Workout to Grow Your Brand in a Digital Age, we look at how to use brand purpose to sell more stuff, using Airbnb as an [...]
Start with WHAT, not WHY
It seems I’m one of the only people to dare question the logic in Simon Sinek’s ‘Start with why’ approach to brands and business. So it was refreshing to read someone else [...]
Putting Pot Noodle back on the boil
Post by Jon Goldstone, former UK VP of marketing for Unilever, now brandgym Managing Partner, Global At the recent Marketing Society Effectiveness awards I was proud to see some of my old team [...]