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How to make virtual as effective as face to face

If you're considering virtual sessions or classrooms, here are a few principles on how to make them as impactful and effective as possible, based on our experience of having run several hundred successful virtual sessions for many of our clients.

The truth(s) about Most Contagious 2020

Inspirational. Aspirational. Motivational. These are some of the words I heard people using at the recent NYC Most Contagious event. While the topics and marketing activities varied considerably, I kept coming back to one consistent idea.

How to make your eCommerce destination stand out from the crowd

In part 3/3 in our series on optimising your digital ecosystem, we looks at leveraging your differentiators – how you can set your brand/consumer experience apart.

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How can we make the newest and most promising drugs affordable?

It’s a topic that’s featured in almost every recent article about the evolution of healthcare markets. So what shared experiences can we bring together to support the discussions commercial Pharma teams will inevitably have in 2020?

Basics in Place? Time to drive qualified traffic and ignite eCommerce sales!

In part 2/3 of our series on optimizing your digital ecosystem, we look at how to ensure your product is getting the attention it deserves by amplifying you brand in search, both organic and paid.

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How Wendy’s engaged their audience in the right place, at the right time, with the right message

At Contagious’ legendary Most Contagious event in December, Wendy’s recent Cannes award winning Keeping Fortnite Fresh campaign was showcased for its brilliance in engaging with the audience, right where they are, with relevant content.

Using e-commerce as a transactional sales channel is only HALF the story

In the first of three articles, we will share some essential (yet basic) advice on how to nurture and grow your eCommerce knowledge…and business

My three big lessons about brand purpose from Most Contagious 2019

The Most Contagious event looks at the most important campaigns and trends in marketing, technology and consumer culture from the past year. Here are the three big things relating to brand purpose that I took out of Most Contagious 2019...

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Contagious ideas – how to tackle 2020's brand challenges head on

Last week we attended Most Contagious 2019, the signature event from our partner Contagious that showcases the big brand movements of the year and a heads up on what will shape the year ahead. Throughout the event, three themes stood out:

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5 lessons we can learn from Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook innovated in how we travelled, where we travelled and how we paid for hotels. The cause of Thomas Cook’s collapse is well documented. But, the question is this… is it inevitable that long standing brands in evolving sectors are at risk?

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Drive a perfect launch with inspirational brand development and agile deployment

Smart organisations are continuously looking for ways to reduce or eliminate friction and create smooth hand overs - here are the challenges and opportunities we see today.

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Pharma Leaders: best practice Brand Development

Launch excellence - how to get the most out of your Brand Development Capability through both inspirational, innovative brand development and agile launch deployment.

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Publications

Offensive Marketing: An Action Guide to Gaining the Offensive in Business

Offensive Marketing is the best source for competitive executives who are serious about strengthening their marketing skills and producing new outcomes. The authors bring the acclaimed POISE (Profitable, Offensive, Integrated, Strategic, Effectively Executed) framework to a North American audience.

Even More Offensive Marketing

This book is a substantially revised edition of Davidson's previous book, Offensive Marketing, and shows how to achieve tomorrow's best practice today, and how to make your competitors followers.

The Committed Enterprise

It is easier to describe vision and values than implement them. However this updated paperback edition of The Committed Enterprise shows how to achieve success by understanding the needs of stakeholders and maximising them.

The Financial Times Guide to Social Media Strategy

Despite 80% of business leaders thinking it important to make the most of social media, 70% admitted that their efforts are currently ineffective - CMI SURVEY. The FT Guide to Social Media Strategy will help you understand how social media works, how to use it to build your networks and deliver business growth.

Loose: The Future of Business is Letting Go

The way we do business has to change. One of the greatest weaknesses of many organisations is the delusion of being in control. The future is loose - loose organisations, loose management styles and loose ways of working. Author Martin Thomas describes how more open ways of thinking and operating are beginning to pervade even the largest and most complex institutions, from global corporations to government departments.

Crowd Surfing: Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Consumer Empowerment

The way people buy has gone through a massive revolution in recent years: thanks to blogs, review sites and chat rooms, we no longer have to rely on what a company says about its products and services - we can read what our fellow consumers think about what they've bought, and make our own decisions bearing those views in minds. The result? Empowered customers who know exactly what they want and who can now explore many ways to get it.

The Contagious Commandments - Ten Steps To Brand Bravery

Contagion may alarm doctors but marketers thrive on it. Some concepts are so compelling you have to share them. But what makes an idea so infectious you can't keep it to yourself? And how can brands produce these kinds of ideas intentionally rather than by chance?