Why Your Branded AI Needs a Soul
We trust people, not machines. Plenty of brands are racing to bolt AI onto their products, but very few stop to ask whether what they’re building actually feels like them. If your AI does not behave like a member of your team, your audience won’t trust and adopt it. So how do we solve this?
The Internet is too Generic by Design
What happens to your brand when most people never visit your website again? In a recent talk, R/GA’s executive creative director Rob Northam argued that the internet we’ve been designing for is built on assumptions that no longer hold, and that AI is about to make those faults impossible to ignore.
Alex Zeevalkink
Brandmakers with Áine Dundas, Head of Marketing, EMEA at Notion
Notion's Áine Dundas on why the brand leads with community and small, thoughtful experiences, how formats like Café Notion turn power users into the marketing engine, and what its evolving visual identity says about infinite use cases.
Hannah Bowler
Why Brompton's CMO is Pushing Back Against Content Landfill
While many brands are starting to act as publishers, one brand is taking the opposite approach. Worried about adding to a constant stream of brand noise, Brompton’s marketing boss is betting on fewer, better stories told by the people who actually ride its bikes.
Hannah Bowler
How Zalando’s Content-First Strategy is Closing the Gap Between Content and Commerce
Zalando is one of Europe’s biggest advertisers, but its ambitions stretch far beyond traditional marketing. Under James Rothwell, the company is pushing to behave less like a retailer and more like a publisher.
Hannah Bowler
Branded Entertainment’s Second Act
Branded entertainment didn't live up to the early hype. Now, with ad performance dropping off and entertainment financing under strain, brands and producers are starting to look for each other once more. But how can these partnerships truly work for both parties in the future? Hannah Bowler reports.
Hannah Bowler
What the Languages of Football Can Teach Brands About Cultural Nuance
Global campaigns don’t fail on grammar when it comes to translations, they fail on nuance. This piece argues that translation gets you on the pitch, but only real cultural fluency turns a global brand into a local one people actually care about.
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