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That special ingredient

Someone gave my wife a 1960 edition of Vogue Magazine (yes you can figure out why but please keep your inferences to yourself) and I could not resist having a quick thumb through purely to check out the ads.
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Top 5 innovative campaigns from 2013

With the arrival of 2014 we thought it might be interesting to look back at some of the UK’s most innovative marketing campaigns from 2013.
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Do you love your customers?

There are two ways people think about this:
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How to draw an owl

The two circles aren't the point. Getting the two circles right is a good idea, but lots of people manage that part.
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The night before Christmas: a behavioural audit

We all know The Night Before Christmas, the famous poem by Clement Clarke Moore. It’s a beautiful fable of the holiday season. But what can it tell us about human behaviour and how we analyse it?
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Mobile in the car buying process

We all know people use their mobile phones for many things – they check their email and the weather, read news and buy books and music on the go.
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Marketers need to understand thought leadership

About 10 years ago I was working with a financial services company newly launched in the UK. They had neither money nor experience to advertise but did have an asset management approach for pension funds that was unique.
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Client-agency relationships: improving relations

I mentioned in my last post that an old boss of mine asked me (when I returned from client-side after a very enjoyable and enlightening three-year stint as a client at BT) to write a presentation on how it was oh-so-very-different working for an
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Ungiven Gifts - an experience that drives a clear message home

Joss Davidge, managing partner of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly quest for great marketing ideas.
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