advertising

May 22, 2018

MAKING GREAT ADVERTISING IS REALLY SIMPLE. IT’S ALSO REALLY HARD.

by Lucian Trestler Before I worked in advertising I thought it’d be the easiest job in the world. I thought that because 99% of ads are shit, all you need to do to be successful is be like the not-shit 1%. That is to say be emotional, be punchy, be provocative, be…. anything, just be different to the boring boring...

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May 9, 2018

MANAGING THE UNMANAGEABLES. TIPS FROM AG, HEAD OF STRATEGY AT BBH LA.

Leading a team of strategists is the ultimate torture test of your management skills. Imagine a gaggle of introverted, smart, and hyper-critical individuals whose default setting is to judge you unworthy of their time. I like to think that once you’ve managed strategists, you can manage anything, writes AG Head of Strategy at BBH LA. Picture from 2000 EDS commercial...

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May 3, 2018

WHAT THE FUCK IS GDPR?

In this episode we nerd out on GDPR, the data regulation revolution that is set to have a gigantic impact on the relationship between brands and consumers in the UK. ‘Get it wrong and you could be fined up to 20mil euros or 4% or a firm’s global turnover, the board could even go to jail.’ And yet it still seems to...

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February 18, 2018

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE CULTURE YOU NEED UX

Relying on policy alone to create an inclusive culture and more effective workforce misses cultural subtleties that can damage the individual and the industry, lessons from User Experience can help us progress towards real inclusivity, writes BBH UX Strategist, Amy Andrews. Photo credit: Gerome Viavant on Unsplash Advertising and tech are historically exclusive industries. But this is not necessarily about diversity- whether...

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February 6, 2018

ENTERTAIN OR DIE?

The best way to experience our brand spanking new monthly podcast is to immediately stop reading this and hit play below, writes BBH Editorial Director Richard Cable. If you’d like to know a little more before you commit, read on. Today we are the launching the new BBH Labs podcast. Each episode we’ll be asking a different, burning question about the...

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January 22, 2018

FORGET ‘MANIFESTOS’. BRAND ADS SHOULD BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.

For some time brands have broadcast lengthy ‘manifestos’ to differentiate themselves from the competition when perhaps less is more, writes Lucian Trestler, Strategy Director at BBH and Editor of BBH Labs. I’ve got a few problems with brand ‘manifesto’ ads. With a couple of notable exceptions, they are just strategy set to a mood film. They over explain something that...

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December 18, 2017

HAVE WE LOST THE ABILITY TO MAKE WHAT WE MAKE INTERESTING?

So many brand/comms ideas feel so similar nowadays and it’s not just because everyone reads the same reports and does the same research. It’s because we, as a profession, have lost confidence in our ability to make what we make interesting, writes Shai Idelson, Strategy Director and Creative, BBH. I love end-lines. The delicate art of capturing a meaningful thought...

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December 4, 2017

MOST MARKETING IS BAD BECAUSE IT IGNORES THE MOST BASIC DATA

Despite data being one of marketing’s current obsessions, most brands aren’t extracting value from 11 of the most basic data-points available to everyone, writes Tom Roach, Managing Partner, Effectiveness, BBH. ‘How did Facebook, which prides itself on being able to process billions of data-points…somehow not make the connection that electoral ads paid for in roubles were coming from Russia. Those...

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November 23, 2017

THE POWER OF DIFFERENCE IS ALL IN OUR MINDS

It’s been said that advertising has a creativity problem and that diversity is the answer. The industry’s continued lack of cognitive diversity – people who think differently to each other – hurts the work, makes you less effective and could ultimately threaten your agency’s survival, writes BBH Editorial Director Richard Cable. If you work in a UK ad agency, you...

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November 13, 2017

IGNORE ‘BEST PRACTICE’ AND MAKE COMMUNICATIONS HARDER TO UNDERSTAND

Many brands try to cut-through the cacophony of communication by deliberately asking as little as possible from their intended recipient. John Harrison, Managing Partner at BBH London, argues that the most effective communications are those that force people to make a mental leap. It is sometimes said that there are only two types of people in this world: Those unable...

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October 30, 2017

THE MOST VALUABLE ADVERTISING COMMODITY ISN’T REACH OR MEDIA SPEND, IT’S ATTENTION.

As media continues to evolve, grow and fragment, our attention has become more discerning and harder to hold. Advertising, however, continues to behave as if reach alone equals influence, and in doing so is in danger of being tuned out entirely, writes Hamish Cameron, Strategy Director at BBH LA. Early on in my career I was told a story by...

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October 16, 2017

STEREOTYPES ARE LAZY, DAMAGING AND INEFFECTIVE. HERE’S THE SOLUTION.

For decades advertising has been notorious for perpetuating stereotypes, but their continued use leads to ineffective work and damaging cultural norms. Here Madeleine Young, Strategist at BBH, outlines 4 practical steps agencies must to take make a positive impact on the work and the world. I was sixteen when I first appreciated the capacity of advertising to make my life...

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