MAKING A MARKETER 2: MARKETING HAS A MARKETING PROBLEM

29. 10. 2024 The Marketing Festival team has released Making a Marketer 2, a documentary featuring luminaries from the current marketing scene. The team preparing the Marketing Festiva conference filmed a sequel to the marketing documentary and released it last week under the title Making a Marketer 2: A Marketing Festival Documentary. Following Tuesday’s cinema premiere, the documentary… Continue reading MAKING A MARKETER 2: MARKETING HAS A MARKETING PROBLEM

RITSON’S TOP 10 MARKETING MOMENTS OF 2023

29. 12. 2023 From Barbie’s brand extension and the Bud Light controversy to Tesla’s price drop and the rise of AI, Marketing Week’s trusted columnist reveals his biggest marketing moments of the year. It’s been a bit of a year. The headlines were varied and the takes have been hot. To help you make sense of it all,… Continue reading RITSON’S TOP 10 MARKETING MOMENTS OF 2023

CONSUMERS DON’T GET TIRED OF ADS, ONLY MARKETERS DO

8. 12. 2023 Data shows there’s no such thing as advertising ‘wear-out’, so save your new campaign budget and spend it on making your current ads effective for longer. We live in a fantastic marketing era where the rubrics of advertising effectiveness are known by more marketers, with more data and more certainty than ever before. We’ve never… Continue reading CONSUMERS DON’T GET TIRED OF ADS, ONLY MARKETERS DO

BRAND-BUILDING ADS BOOST SHORT-TERM SALES, AND NOW YOU CAN PROVE IT

1. 2. 2023 Ten years since The Long and the Short of It was published, new evidence shows that while sales-driven ads deliver few long-term effects, brand advertising achieves both. Everyone in marketing has heard about The Long and the Short of It (TLATSOI) and its authors Peter Field and Les Binet. But, as their grand theory reaches… Continue reading BRAND-BUILDING ADS BOOST SHORT-TERM SALES, AND NOW YOU CAN PROVE IT

BRAND-BUILDING ADS BOOST SHORT-TERM SALES, AND NOW YOU CAN PROVE IT

1. 2. 2023 Ten years since The Long and the Short of It was published, new evidence shows that while sales-driven ads deliver few long-term effects, brand advertising achieves both. Everyone in marketing has heard about The Long and the Short of It (TLATSOI) and its authors Peter Field and Les Binet. But, as their grand theory reaches… Continue reading BRAND-BUILDING ADS BOOST SHORT-TERM SALES, AND NOW YOU CAN PROVE IT

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AS A MARKETING OPPORTUNITY? 2023 DOESN’T HAVE TO CRIPPLE COMPANIES, BRAND LOYALTY AND A TOUCH OF EMPATHY ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS

5. 1. 2023 Analysts around the world are predicting a challenging year for business, with the cost crisis only becoming fully apparent in the coming months. But marketing experts say the crisis is also an opportunity for brands to strengthen their brand. Which brands are showing the right path to take in times of crisis?

THE GLOBAL TV GROUP GUIDELINE: LESSONS FOR ADVERTISING IN A RECESSION

5. 1. 2023 Research shows that cutting ad spend comes at a high cost to brand health and long term business results. Therefore the GTVG has put together a collection of insights from international industry experts to help you navigate uncertain time, and to ensure that the brand decisions you make today set you up for success tomorrow.

MARK RITSON: HOW BRANDS CAN SURVIVE THE RECESSION AND EMERGE STRONGER

4. 1. 2023 How should brands behave during a recession to get their company out of it in the best shape possible? Watch "Ritson on recession" webinar.

RITSON’S RECESSION PLAYBOOK: 9 STEPS MARKETERS SHOULD TAKE TO SURVIVE THE DARK TIMES AHEAD

21. 6. 2022 From retaining a long-term view and the importance of excess share of voice to making strategic changes to positioning and saying no to failure, Mark Ritson spells out how brands can navigate recession. With the tasteless timing of a drunk hitting on a widow at her husband’s funeral, marketers are in Cannes this week as… Continue reading RITSON’S RECESSION PLAYBOOK: 9 STEPS MARKETERS SHOULD TAKE TO SURVIVE THE DARK TIMES AHEAD

RITSON: DON’T STOP CAMPAIGNS IN RECESSION, YOU WILL INCREASE MARKET SHARE

23. 9. 2020 It is advisable to retain communication activity, especially in a recession, as it is important for a brand’s market share. This is a message conveyed to marketers by Mark Ritson. Nobody is able to predict now when the current recession relating to the Covid-19 pandemic will come to an end. The situation will calm down with vaccination, which… Continue reading RITSON: DON’T STOP CAMPAIGNS IN RECESSION, YOU WILL INCREASE MARKET SHARE

REPORT: TV ADVERTISING STILL REIGNS SUPREME WHEN IT COMES TO INFLUENCING BUYERS

22. 7. 2020 It’s the industry debate that simply won’t go away – the effectiveness of TV advertising. The digital camp protests that telly’s best days are behind it, while others (arguably headed by Professor Mark Ritson) argue there’s plenty of life in the old dog yet. And a new report would appear to validate putting your marketing… Continue reading REPORT: TV ADVERTISING STILL REIGNS SUPREME WHEN IT COMES TO INFLUENCING BUYERS

IF YOU’RE IN MARKETING, NOW IS A TIME TO SPEND, NOT BEND

6. 4. 2020 There are very few upsides for anyone right now. A record number of companies, big and small, find themselves just weeks from insolvency. Employees are being let go in record numbers. And the media is collapsing as advertising dries up and a long, difficult and painful ­recession lumbers into view. It’s a struggle to find even the faintest… Continue reading IF YOU’RE IN MARKETING, NOW IS A TIME TO SPEND, NOT BEND

MARK RITSON: THE MEDIA BATTLE OF THE DECADE WILL BE FOUGHT FOR THE TV SCREEN

3. 10. 2018 Mark Ritson, the Australian university professor and marketing expert, started his European tour in Prague on Monday. He delivered a presentation to the representatives of clients, media agencies and the TV market. His speech ranks among the most interesting presentations on the local marketing scene in the last few years. Ritson came to Prague at the… Continue reading MARK RITSON: THE MEDIA BATTLE OF THE DECADE WILL BE FOUGHT FOR THE TV SCREEN

MARKETING SUPERSTAR MARK RITSON WILL START HIS EUROPEAN TOUR IN PRAGUE

4. 9. 2018 The Association of Commercial Televisions has been continuing their education activities by organizing third conference aimed at marketing professionals in the fall. For the first time they will join forces with the Slovakia’s Association of Independent Radio and TV Stations (ANRTS) to give Czech and Slovak marketers the opportunity to hear one of the most… Continue reading MARKETING SUPERSTAR MARK RITSON WILL START HIS EUROPEAN TOUR IN PRAGUE