‘Sweatshop or social club’: The pitfalls of building a startup marketing team
Ian BurrellFrom inflated job titles and learning humility, to balancing flexibility with accountability, startups have a lot to consider when building a marketing team.
‘High support, high challenge’: Marketers on how to manage teams in 2024
Ian BurrellFrom setting the vision in a hybrid world to learning to play for “club and country”, marketers discuss the nuances of management.
‘We’ve never had this access to talent’: SMEs on recruiting to chase growth
Ian BurrellFrom nurturing T-shaped talent to benefitting from specialists on the job market, SMEs are looking for new ways to recruit their way to growth.
Remove the ‘drudge work’: How is AI changing market research?
Ian BurrellAI: Beyond the Hype. Generative AI has the ability to transform market research, removing menial, time-consuming tasks. But tools need to be briefed “rigorously and comprehensively”, and results must still be “validated and interpreted by qualified humans”.
‘It’s not a slam dunk’: How will AI impact segmentation and targeting?
Ian BurrellAI: Beyond the Hype. Generative AI has the potential to streamline the way marketers approach segmentation and targeting, but it’s not without its limitations, according to marketers who have been experimenting with its use.
Is brand building the secret to solidifying the growth of private label?
Ian BurrellPrivate label products have been eating into the market share of branded labels for years now. It can be argued, though, retailers are not doing enough to solidify this trend by engaging with what will make them stick around long-term: brand building.
‘A numbers game’: What does qualitative research look like in 2023?
Ian BurrellOur market research series continues with a look at why marketers are moving away from qualitative research – and what the common pitfalls are that have led to its decline.
How to ensure product launches have the best chance of success
Ian BurrellFrom tapping into an unmet consumer need and settling on the best communications strategy to finding the right timeframe for measuring impact, the art of the successful product launch is highly-nuanced.
‘The lights went out’: Why a flurry of brands are calling time on long-term agency partnerships
Ian BurrellWith a number of brands parting ways with their creative agency since the beginning of the year, when is the right time to terminate a previously successful partnership and does it always lead to better ads?