Brands advocating vaccinations for all are working to present themselves as good citizens with a leadership role in the community that enables them to give consumers, and often their staff, advice on what we ought to do. Here’s a sample of the ways a dozen brands are approaching this controversial topic.
Digital Marketing
Brands that ignore the coronavirus crisis in their advertising do so at their own peril, according to the latest stats on pandemic advertising.
Leadership
Finder has released a solution for secure online identity verification for banking details in its new app, a very timely solution given the current necessity for Australians to self isolate.
Digital Marketing
Submissions are now closed following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC’s) draft report highlighting a number of concerns about customer loyalty programs, in particular the sharing of consumer data without consumer knowledge.
To a lot of Finder’s potential customers, Finder was a nice little soundbite, and nothing more. Its challenge was to turn awareness into usage. To tackle this head on, marketing came up with the campaign “Be a Finder”.
Measurement & Analytics
A redesigned website, fresh insights into competitive opportunities and growing audience engagement and conversion are just some of the wins Finder is having after investing in a new brand and consumer experience measurement platform.
Leadership
It is a remarkable achievement that someone so young has had such a varied career across four different countries, even if it did involve firing herself at one stage.
Digital Marketing
When Google first demonstrated its Duplex service in mid-2018, it stunned the world by making relatively complex bookings over the telephone using a system that sounded very close to how a human might sound. It also breathed new interest into a technology that has become both increasingly prevalent in consumer devices, and an increasing source of frustration – the voice-based user interface.
Digital Marketing
People’s subconscious drives 95 per cent of their purchasing decisions. This is not necessarily something marketers want to hear, but true nonetheless, said Arron Child, head of neuromarketing at Finder, at the recent ADMA Global Forum.
As our customers exhibit growing desire to be recognised for their preferences and passion points, ...
In the third and final episode of our 3-part CMO50 video series exploring modern marketing and why it’s become a matter of trust, we’re delighted to be joined by Telstra’s former CMO and now digital services and sales executive, Jeremy Nicholas, and Adobe VP Marketing Asia-Pacific and Japan, Duncan Egan.
Flash back to the classic film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Television-obsessed Mike insists on becoming the first person to be ‘sent by Wonkavision’, dematerialising on one end, pixel by pixel, and materialising in another space. His cinematic dreams are realised thanks to rash decisions as he is shrunken down to fit the digital universe, followed by a trip to the taffy puller to return to normal size.
Why is it there is no shortage of leadership development materials, yet outstanding leadership is so rare? Despite having access to so many leadership principles, tools, systems and processes, why is it so hard to develop and improve as a leader?
As a nation united by sport, brands are beginning to learn money alone won’t talk without aligned values and action. If recent events with major leagues and their players have shown us anything, it’s the next generation of athletes are standing by what they believe in – and they won’t let their values be superseded by money.
