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The Need for Conscious Creative on Social Media #SustainabilityMonth

Social media holds a mirror up to our society, reflecting both our best intentions - and our worst habits. TikTok, Instagram, X, and Pinterest aren’t just platforms for sharing; they’re powerful tools for driving cultural and behavioural...

Posted by: Social Chain
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Inspiration

How do you sell a sofa in a box? #BehindTheIdea

Sofa-in-a-box brand SNUG launched its first out of home (OOH) campaign in March with the tag line ‘Sofas to fit big, little or awkward spaces’, created by krow Group. The campaign aims to show Londoners they don’t have to sacrifice...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Enduring Brands vs. Fading Stars: Standing the Test of Time #Brand Month

Not every brand can be an icon and even those that achieve iconic status are not guaranteed immortality. Of course, changing consumer and economic trends are always going to play an important part in whether a brand sticks around for months, years or...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

When AI Marketing Goes Wrong: The Willa Wonky Washout #MarketingMonth

For over a year now we’ve been waxing lyrical on this site about the creative potential of AI, but we’ve also never shied away from highlighting the potential pitfalls. One of those pitfalls was underlines quite spectacularly this week...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Whisking up a storm with Amy Still #GettingToKnow

Amy Still is Founder & CEO at Whisk. With over 15 years of experience in digital and social-first advertising, she’s witnessed the shift from mass broadcast platforms to niche community-driven spaces, where people seek more authentic and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Super Bowl 2024: Ad Roundup

While most of the media seem to have focused almost all their attention on the off-pitch romance between Kansas City Chiefs tight end (chuckle) Travis Kelce and most famous person on the planet Taylor Swift, last night’s Super Bowl was a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Creative Trends That Will Dominate 2024 #YearInReview

We’ve already looked back at the year that was 2023 and what a year it was. But what kind of magazine would we be if we didn’t also cast our sights on the next 12 months? Of course, there are a few trends you can expect to see pop up...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Mischief Mode: How a new era of absurdity is reshaping the social web

Over the past year, it’s been hard not to notice some pretty spectacular and bizarre advertising-stunts - from Maybelline’s mascara brush on the front of tube trains to Jacquemus bags cruising the streets of Paris. The surge in AI...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

All the best Christmas 2023 ads in one place #HolidaysMonth

Christmas exists, in my opinion, to soften the blow of winter. The nights seem endless, the days are barely given time to breathe, and the weather is reliably dour for most of us, so we need it really. Even as someone that doesn’t really care...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Love it or Hate it - The History of Marmite Marketing

“I’m a bit like marmite, you either love me or hate me.” How many times have you heard somebody literally compare themselves to a condiment? Probably more than you’d like to admit. But such is the popularity of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

The real potential of 3D printing in 2023 and beyond

While it might not have taken off in quite the way that was once prophesised, 3D printing technology has certainly come a long way since it was first introduced in the early 1980s. What was once considered a niche technology is now gradually becoming...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Top 5 marketing blogs you should be following #MarketingMonth

Marketing is an ever-evolving field that requires constant engagement if you want to keep up with the latest trends and strategies. Marketers are always learning and always evolving as the form itself shifts with changing trends. One of the best...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Workshop

How to write compelling copy that actually sells | #MarketingMonth

No matter your line of business, you’ll need to create engaging copy - the words you use to promote your services online.  Whether you’re trying to catch the attention of passers-by with a poster, convert leads into customers with...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

ChatGPT - Who will be next to join the chatbot race?

As Alphabet throws its billion-dollar hat into the ring, the race is on to put chatbot AI on the map. The breakthrough technology made headlines last year when OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool went public, but how could this usher in a new age for...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to Get a Job in Advertising

There is a lot of competition in the advertising industry. If you want to make a living as a marketing professional, whether as a graphic designer, copywriter, creative director, or something else entirely, you'll need a lot of practice, natural...

Posted by: Creativepool Partner
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Features

Are you Wired for Sound? If not, then listen up | #PredictionsMonth

If you ask anyone in my family to identify my mum, they’ll refer to the jingle jangle of the mass of gold bracelets on her wrists. That metallic cacophony to me, more than a look or smell, is the truly evocative sound of home, and of love. So...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Can Twitter clean up its act in the Elon Musk era?

The deal to acquire Twitter is done. Elon Musk has now completed his $44bn takeover of the social media company. But while many of us have been distracted by the ‘will he, won’t he?’ headlines over recent months, perhaps what we...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Top 10 most exciting copywriters on Creativepool

The written word is a funny thing. It’s something `almost all of us have a basic understanding of and use every day to reply to emails, forward distracting memes to our co-workers and message our significant others about dinner. But how often...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Context is queen - The power of contextual advertising

There’s an adage in online media that you’ve probably all heard a thousand times before - “content is king.” But the thing is, content without context is just words and pictures. If content is king then context is...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Seeing the world differently with Virgin Atlantic | #BehindTheIdea

The first work for Virgin Atlantic created by Lucky Generals launched last month introducing the the new endline “See the world differently”, which acknowledges the travel industry is entering a new era. The campaign is headlined by a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow B-Reel's innovative and eccentric creative director

An experienced creative director versed in advertising and design. Pieter Konickx comes from a background in graphic design but has spent his career elevating his skillset on broader capacities to allow him to climb the ranks within the industry....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The Green Claims Code in a nutshell | #SustainabilityMonth

Some 28% of consumers stop purchasing certain brands or products for ethical or sustainability-related concerns. To help that sink in, it’s nearly 1 in 3 consumers, and definitely more than a quarter. These findings by Deloitte shook the agency...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

How your creative campaigns can help fight climate change

Earth Day 2022 is this week, and as we all slowly return to the usual routine of our normal lives, it's undeniable we have been forever changed by a global pandemic to think about the world on a much larger scale. Talk to any creative professional...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The Big Issue lets people know sellers are still here | #BehindTheIdea

Forever Beta launched a campaign this month to support Big Issue vendors after the difficulties they have faced over the last two years. Created in partnership with Ocean Outdoor, the “I’m here” campaign draws attention to Big...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Have you already seen Christmas ads go up? Here's why

There’s been an ever increasing sense of unease around the industry in the past few weeks, as a number of retailers announced that supplies have been slow to come, and there is a labour and stock shortage in the UK expected to last until...

Posted by: Antonino Lupo
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Features

It’s okay if you don’t want that six-figure freelance life

‘How I became a six-figure freelancer’. ‘The reality of being a six-figure freelancer’. And perhaps the worst of all: ‘Here’s exactly what I do every day to earn six figures as a freelancer’. You’ve...

Posted by: Antonino Lupo

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