The Brief is Broken: How to Write One That Doesn’t Suck
The Brief is Broken — Here’s How to Write One That Gets Results If you’re a marketing lead juggling multiple projects, stakeholders, and expectations — this is for you. You’ve probably experienced this: you’ve briefed an agency, given them the logo, the deck, the download. Weeks later, the work comes back… off. It ticks the […]
Why Brand Activations Work (Even When You Can’t Measure Them Easily)
Experience builds memory. Memory builds preference. And that’s not always quantifiable — but it’s always valuable. The key to a good brand activation isn’t just doing it “because it’s fun” or “for awareness.” It should be grounded in either measurable commercial goals or intangible brand goals that guide strategy and performance measurement. If it doesn’t […]
Maximising event publicity – it’s all social these days.
In 2025, getting attention for your event means doing more than just putting up a Facebook post and hoping people rock up. Publicity today is about experience, influence, tech, and most of all — strategy. Here’s how to elevate your event’s visibility and make sure your effort (and budget) pays off. 1. Craft a Compelling […]
What marketing lessons can we learn from the recent election?
No matter which way you voted, it was back to work on Monday after the unforeseen election results. As everyone settled back into the daily grind, we took some time to reflect on the weekend’s events. Of course, being a marketing agency, we couldn’t help focusing on the marketing lessons arising from this year’s election. […]
Times up on gender inequality – Navigating gender in advertising
Any conversation on the topic of gender is a minefield these days. It requires an up to date point of view, a sense of compassion and a belief in equality for all. Either that or you risk the full wrath of the female population, their male allies, and anyone who’s rejected the gender binary code. […]
Workplace Identity – how your workplace is perceived
Identity is a word of monumental proportions, with definitions a plenty, including i). displaying certain characteristics; ii). in reference to self; or iii). reference to social category. For the purpose of defining workplace identity, let’s look at the first option; displaying certain characteristics. That leads me to my first question: how do you present these […]
Smoke and mirrors
Smoke and mirrors is actually a classic technique in magical illusions that makes an entity appear to hover in empty space, sometimes passed off as conjured spirits. There’s a simple “sciencey” explanation for this. Sounds cool – huh? Since this technique was documented in 1770, we have gone on to incorporate the phrase into real […]
Can you survive on word-of-mouth alone?
The short answer is no. What!? A blog that answers the initial question in the first line and doesn’t make you read all the way through to the call to action at the end? Crazy right!? Make sure you tell all of your friends how crazy we are. WHY IS THE SHORT ANSWER NO THOUGH? […]
The true cost of false advertising
“You’ll feel better on Swisse.” This is the slogan that Swisse, a Melbourne health and wellness company, was forced to defend against false advertising claims. In March 2012, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) forced Swisse to cease using the slogan as it could not be proven that people did actually feel better when using the […]
Why SOME newsletters fail
Let’s get straight to the point and define what the success of a newsletter looks like and how this success can be measured. Before we do so, it’s important to note that today 99.9% of newsletters are emailed and no longer sent in the post. And horse drawn carriages are no longer the primary form […]