About a year ago the Singapore marketing community was alerted to an ambitious new project: The Marketing Group, a loose merger of four disparate marketing services agencies, was listed on the junior Swedish stock exchange First North under the ticker TMG.
Speed to market – for brand owners and marketers, it can be elusive, frustrating and, at times, seemingly impossible to achieve.
Today’s complex, matrix and resource-constrained organisations may contribute to internal and external communication issues that stall the progress of bringing even the simplest of brand collateral to the market. As you may know, the effects can be… (Contributed by Jesse Moen, Director, Client Solutions, SGK)
To gain brand share of a rapidly expanding e-commerce market, marketers need to provide customers with an experience online that’s as true as possible to the product they choose at the physical store shelf. It’s time to regain control of the way your brand is… (Contributed by Bruce Miller, Vice President of Product Development, at SGK)
Australian Telco Telstra acquired Ooyola, an On Demand Video distribution and content monetisation platform. Steve Davis, General Manager APJ at Ooyola thinks this combination is ideal. Here is why.
Today’s marketers are tasked with generating demand for their brands, products and services and their marketing budgets are being scrutinised and squeezed like never before. Agency spend always ranks high within these tight budgets. Improving the agency selection process, which is usually missing or outdated, can yield great returns… (Contributed by Carrie Golvash, Client Solutions Engagement Manager, SGK)
Oracle announced a global partnership with Eyeota a few months ago. What does Eyeota do and why is the partnership important for Oracle? We meet with one of the co-founders of Eyeota, Kevin Tan, CEO and co-founder of Eyeota to get a better understanding.
Wherever my day takes me, I’m always analysing the customer journey.
Whether I’m in the deli line trying to understand why my local grocery store would allow me to wait so long for cheese, or I’m admiring the outstanding journey I experience when purchasing… (Contributed by Rachelle Sokan, Client Solutions, Engagement Manager, SGK)
We had the opportunity to interview Philip Thomas who led 10 editions of the famous Cannes Lions and is currently the CEO of Ascential Events. Ascential is the organiser of festivals such as Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx, Eurobest and closer to home, the annual Spikes Asia. He has some interesting views on marketing, fintech and the size of London as a city.
Market leaders and innovators have been talking about “next practices” for at least 10 years, but it can be difficult for many in their audience to know what steps to take or how to identify the results of successful next-practice campaigns. That’s because next practices, when they prove… (Contributed by Michael Leeds, SVP Client Engagement, Americas, SGK)
For any digital marketer, visuals can make or break audience engagement. Case in point, recent research shows that on average, total views increase by a whopping 94% if a published article contained a relevant image compared to one without. High quality images can further lead to positive… (Contributed by Jason Hatch, Senior Director, Product Management, Web Experience, Asia Pacific & Japan, Akamai Technologies)
