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The point of no return
We’re not going back. The way we work in 2020 and 2021 looks nothing like the way we worked in 2019. We might sail back a little towards the ‘old world’ after the Covid crisis, but not back into port. … Continue reading
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Play for Today
I had a nice surprise the other day. A play I’d written for a Greenwich Theatre short play writing competition has been chosen to be directed, read and posted online by the theatre. You can see it…. here (15 mins) It has … Continue reading
Friday Lyric Quiz: Ten Types of Responder
Every Friday, on Twitter, I publish a Friday Lyric Quiz. The format is simple; guess the lyric. There’s no prize, just the joy of getting it right. I first started it ten years ago when I got the idea from … Continue reading
Holiday mCommerce – the new Jackie Collins
This week I presented at a breakfast conference given by JC Decaux Airport to mark the launch of their new “Possibility Guaranteed” proposition to the market. When I was helping myself to coffee before the event I spoke to someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Airport, downloading, holiday, Jackie Collins, JC Decaux, mCommerce, Sun lounger
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What do city investors think about brands, ad spend and media? Take outs from the Citi Research paper at the @Newsworks_uk Shift conference
The Newsworks Shift 2018 conference began with a particularly interesting, scene setting presentation from Citi Research’s Catherine O’Neill. It was billed as, “what investors really think about brands, advertising and marketing.” Below I’ve listed what, to me, were the key … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Citi, newspapers, NewsWorks, Shift, spend
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The changing role of media insight teams
This month I was asked to guest lecture to the MBA students at Henley Business School. I asked fellow media research freelancer, Ozoda Muminova, to co-lecture with me. When I worked at The Telegraph she was at The Guardian, a … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, analytics, Henley business school, insight, newsbrands, newspapers, research
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The characters of UK cities and out-of-home ad exposure
Earlier this year I delivered my second piece of analysis for Route Research Ltd. My first project for them had looked at the topic of commuting and the impact of commuting on out-of-home (OOH) ad exposure. This time around I … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Edinburgh, GPS, London, Nottingham, OOH, OOH advertising, research, Route
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Will we accept robots on holiday?
Imagine the following scenario. You walk into a hotel after a long flight and the person behind the hotel desk isn’t a person at all but a robot. The scenario sounds futuristic but there are already robot receptionists in some … Continue reading
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