6 Essential Elements for Cross-Functional Marketing Team Success
Cross-functional teams were once the domain of short-term or discrete projects – set up for a few months or a couple of years, and disbanded once the job was done. But the need for greater agility...
5 Signs Your Marketing Planning Process Needs an Update
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” That’s the claim of time management guru Alan Lakein. So why don’t more marketers look forward to...
4 Ways AI Will Make Creative Briefs Better
Ad man David Ogilvy once famously said: “Give me the freedom of a tight brief.” A tight creative brief to agency creative teams eliminates time-wasters and tangential information, making it faster...
4 Marketing Technology Trends that will Transform Higher Education Marketing
“There’s a tsunami coming.” So said John Hennessy, President of Stanford University in a now-famous interview with The New Yorker in 2012. He was referring to how technology was about to radically...
3 Mistakes to Avoid at Your In-House Agency
As big brands like Optus and CUB embrace the concept of bringing creative work in-house, the discussion around the rise of in-house studios and internal agencies becomes a hot topic once again. It’s...
10 Steps to Refreshing Your Brand Guidelines
Brand guidelines are the cornerstone of any successful brand. For any marketing team — especially as your company grows — it would be impossible to build a consistent brand without them. And without...
The Creative Brief: ‘It’s the Platform, Not the Rocket Ship’
The Creative Brief: ‘It’s the Platform, Not the Rocket Ship’ Many marketers struggle to write the creative brief for their agencies. So we asked a high-profile creative director for their...
The Role of the Business Problem in the Marketing Brief
The Role of the Business Problem in the Marketing Brief “If you don’t know the question, the chance the answer’s going to be right is pretty slim.” Too often, marketers brief a campaign in to...
