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The Real World Webinar – Episode 1: Unpopular Opinions

The Real World is a new webinar series from Creative Race where we explore a..

Being negative can be positive for your brand

The received wisdom in the world of marketing is that brand communication, from TV ads..

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CreativeRace’s ultimate guide to Black Friday

The arrival of this year’s Christmas adverts comes with the acceptance that the festive season..

CreativeSpace Webinar: 9 Trends for Spring 2023

Welcome to CreativeSpace, the new webinar from CreativeRace. CreativeSpace Episode 001: November 2022 Webinar ..

How to harness the ‘predictable irrationality’ of consumers

More sales. More awareness. More loyalty. More fame. Whatever you call it, marketing strategy is..

Honest marketing, accessible OOH & the continued rise of BeReal

It’s September, which means it’s time for #005 of CriticalReading – your resource for the..

5 ways marketers can harness that back to school feeling

New pens, a shiny new pencil case and the excitement and anticipation of what’s to..

When times are hard, brands win by making people’s lives easier

The cost-of-living crisis means we are all getting less for our money. For everyone, except..

Winning in a recession – a guide for marketing and brand managers

Emerging from a global pandemic. Combatting rising energy prices and skyrocketing inflation. Growing political uncertainty…

Stop worrying about your brand’s USPs

How many times have you heard this question (or read it in a brief template)…..

Making brave happen

No one likes being unpopular. In fact, for many of us, we’re more comfortable trying..

Stand out from the crowd by understanding your distinctive brand assets

Want a brand with supercharged ability to stand out? Then you need to understand your..

Unlocking messy tensions* (*it’s where the best insights are)

Strategy Director Victoria Aspinall discusses the subject of tension, and why exploring and unlocking tensions can help..

New year/new start… Or not?

With January well underway, Strategy Director Victoria Aspinall discusses 2022 predictions, long-term brand growth and success. It’s..

“Christmas is a f***ing pain”: Why championing unpopular opinions could be your route to success

Christmas has well and truly started, at least it has in the world of marketing…

Don’t be cool, be effective

As someone whose 40th year is not too far away and who finds themselves unconsciously drifting into..

In-depth analysis: connecting with consumers in the post-lockdown world

As we move out of lockdown people’s lives and their shopping behaviour are changing, and..

How offline retailers can overcome brand challenges right now

It’s July 2021, pubs and restaurants are open and so is non-essential retail. The chance..

Brand Strategy: why the fame game works

In the 1990’s American ad agencies hired lots of British strategists and soon after, US..

Ritual, habit, routine. Why brands should get the habits habit

As we reach (hopefully) the beginning of the end of COVID restrictions, everywhere you look,..

Wellness: thinking beyond the hype

‘Wellness’ is one of those buzzwords that people and brands love to chuck around. It..

Fortune favours the agile: how brands will win post-lockdown

As we reach the beginning of the end of COVID restrictions and allow ourselves to..

Weather: a marketer’s friend

Us Brits have a reputation for being a bit obsessed with the weather. And with..

The Future of Relationships Between Marketers and their Agencies

A CMO survey prepared by CreativeRace. Download PDF. At CreativeRace we’ll help you understand what..

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When it comes to data, better answers require better questions

I remember being so excited having email in my first job, it was like magic…

If you want your brand to be heard, start by listening

When I was 16, I was lucky enough to sit behind the scenes and watch..

Novelty bias, our friend and our enemy

We’re all quite used to Zoom meetings by now. No doubt you’ve experienced someone forgetting..

Fact, fiction or both?

Working in marketing you often read or hear bold statements about what people do and..

People want more value, not lower prices

Times are tough. Does that mean you should start cutting prices? The UK’s unemployment rate..

United you stand

Building a segmentation is a perennial marketing obsession. This can be useful of course, few..

Brand experience is not blind

Christmas is coming. Although the festivities will be different in 2020, people are starting to..

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It pays to be popular

Marketing, it’s about persuading people to do things. Right? Buy our new product. Visit our..

Seize the moment

I studied politics in the ‘90s. That’s right I’m old. Back then my faculty was..

Time for a change

What did you have for breakfast this morning? Toast? Cereal? Scrambled egg, maybe a smoothie?..

Marketing, it’s a mind game

Marketing is about people. More specifically, it’s about changing their behaviour. Strip away all the..

Real life is complicated, like it or not

You may have seen this article in Campaign Magazine. Or, you might have better things..

Did they help?

The Coronavirus pandemic has seen amazing humanitarian responses from organisations and individuals around the globe…

Don’t try to change the world

Quite a few of my leisure activities involve purposefully making life hard for myself. I..

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Do you really understand your audience?

As marketing people, we often like to think that we naturally ‘get’ our customers/audience/consumers, whatever..

More leverage please…

Out of the tragedy and loss that wraps the entire Covid-19 period, there has been,..

Punch above your weight

The marketing and media landscape has changed. Getting mainstream consumer attention used to be easy,..

Create space

It was only a month ago that we were in a very different world and..

COVID-19 on digital

COVID-19 on digital – The Trends, The Facts & The Winners Having worked in search..

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