Colgate-Palmolive, Kellogg, L’Oréal, Microsoft and PepsiCo are just some of the leading brands to be judged as among the most ethical in the world, according to a new report that also includes several less-known names. Compiled by the Ethisphere Institute, an Arizona-based organisation that promotes ethical practices in business, the full list includes 124 companies …

Andy Briggs has just been promoted from CEO of Aviva’s life insurance division to head its combined life, general and health insurance businesses. He has over 25 years’ experience working in finance and insurance having previously been CEO at Scottish Widows, the life business of Lloyds Banking Group and the Prudential Group’s Retirement Income business. While …

Advertisers able to reach consumers when they’re in the right mood could increase the impact of digital advertising by as much as 40%, according to new research. Yahoo’s Receptivity of Emotions study was based on quantitative research among 600 people aged 16-54 in the US and UK who used a custom-developed smartphone app to complete …

If you want to get your content noticed, you need to pay more attention to one social network, and I’m not talking about Facebook. LinkedIn has seen explosive growth in the number of articles published on the platform. It also plays an increasingly significant role in content distribution for articles published on other domains. For …

Onlangs was ik te gast bij Fast Moving Targets om te vertellen dat uitgevers meer zouden moeten focussen op impact om de noodzakelijke switch naar lezersinkomsten te kunnen maken. Tijdens dat gesprek kwam ook contentmarketing ter sprake. Ondanks dat contentmarketing een vies woord is in de journalistiek – wat zeg ik, het woord content zorgt al voor …

The algorithm may have fast become global shorthand for the brutal simplicity to be found in data-driven marketing, but the growing focus on emotional analytics is proving that the algorithm can in fact have a heart. It is a shift that will be of great importance for brands and, inevitably, has spawned a new rash of …

The effectiveness of digital advertising is increasingly being called into question as marketers’ concerns over transparency, measurement, ad fraud and viewability compound. The debate ramped up when Marc Pritchard, chief brand officer at the world’s largest advertiser Procter & Gamble, made a speech earlier this year on the subject, heralding a new era in digital …

Some 15 campaigns from last year have been recognised for their creativity and effectiveness in the latest industry study from the Gunn Report. But its Cases for Creativity 2016 report also noted that just six of the total were campaigns on behalf of commercial brands – the others being not-for-profit or corporate social responsibility – …

Marketers need to be warier and demand more openness when it comes to digital metrics, says News UK’s chief marketing officer for The Times and Sunday Times Catherine Newman. Ad fraud and ad viewability are dominating the headlines this year, with Procter & Gamble’s chief brand officer Marc Pritchard recently urging the industry to clean …