The term ‘experience economy’ has gained traction in recent years, as more consumers shun material possessions in favour of unique, multisensory experiences. What is the experience economy? It was American Authors Joseph Pine and James H. Gilmore who came up with the term ‘experience economy’ when they published a book of the same name in
If you find yourself wishing for the creative freedom of a campaign when you’re writing your bid, you’re not alone. The RFP process is, at best, limiting. At its worst, though, it’s stifling. Many bid teams we work with struggle to bring their value to life in a prescriptive Q&A format that seemingly offers little
If a brand can’t adapt it won’t survive: this is and has always been the case. But it’s no longer enough to take your evolutionary cues from new circumstances as and when they crop up. Successful evolution in 2017 requires a healthy dose of contextual awareness, future-gazing and, yes, risk. Constantly assess your relevance Preempting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All businesses are engaged in a quest to provide ever greater value for their clients. But the sheer size and speed of available information means delivering it has become more challenging. The key to overcoming this is knowing the universal constants that span all industries and all clients. Here are three pillars that, if realised,
Given the hard work, time and resources businesses put into developing value propositions, it’s galling to learn that only 14% of B2B buyers notice a difference between suppliers’ offerings and see that difference as worth paying for. Extracting and amplifying that difference can be a daunting challenge. But it’s one the JPC team routinely tackles
Hold your hats and hallelujah! Protein World’s morally languid Beach Body campaign has actually done some good. After a year of formal discussions, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has announced they’ll be implementing a crackdown on adverts that promote offensive or false stereotypes. Before you start celebrating though, here’s a little rain for your
In a recent marketing stunt, Volvo used an ‘unboxing video’. Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it seem as though it were only yesterday that these videos were odd little creatures, tucked away in the rarely-traversed depths of YouTube? Perhaps just by casually referencing them, I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s altogether possible you don’t
Maybe it isn’t what you want to hear, but business creds are often done badly. Numerous, and perhaps harsh, assessments have begun surfacing ranging from ‘They’re all as bad as each other’, by Stephen Fair of Econsultancy, to ‘Most ad agency new business presentations stink. Period’, by Mike Fromowitz, who writes for Campaign. Harsh, yes,
If your house kept getting burgled because you’d been leaving the key under the same flowerpot, you’d probably think deeply about why it happened and how you’d make sure it would never happen again. Why have so many businesses failed for so many years to think deeply about their cyber security strategy? You might blame
We should all have been surprised to read that a third of all organisations based in the UK have no digital transformation strategy whatsoever. We weren’t, of course, and not only because a further 21% of respondents said they were ‘just getting started’ with their own strategy and another 24% said their strategy was, if
Have a skim over any corporate Twitter feed and you’re likely to encounter a healthy dose of diversity messaging. While few are doing anything as disastrous as Pepsi’s recent faux pas, much of what appears is little more than a box-ticking exercise with no real substance behind it. For me, this represents a huge missed
At the risk of disrespecting Carter Wilkerson, you probably haven’t heard of him—-assuming you have heard of him––because you’re a member of his thriving and expansive social circle. Carter Wilkerson is the proud poster of one of the most liked, retweeted and replied-to tweets since the birth of Twitter in 2006. The wording of the
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that a man was dragged from his seat on a United Airlines plane on Sunday evening because his flight, which was bound for Kentucky, was overbooked. An eyewitness said the man was a ‘Chinese American doctor’ who refused to leave his seat when asked because he had to be
Pepsi’s short-lived controversial advert shows why values should drive diversity How did Pepsi get their latest advert so wrong? Criticism for the ad ranged from ‘absurd’ to ‘disrespectful’ and even ‘a sick joke’. Some have called for a boycott of all Pepsi products. The ad begins with Kendall Jenner modelling at a photoshoot while a
What does a good agency look like to you? Pretty much every agency website you visit promises to deliver simplified content, engaging designs and strategic responses. So, do you go for the disruptors, the innovators, or the safe pair of hands? The answer is: none of them. You should be on the lookout for the
