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Ambassador, rep, advocate or simply staff?

Callum Stanley and Adam Wakeford, Gottabe! discuss how definitions can effect the workplace All over the world, marketing brands are naming their promotional staff differently. Agencies are using ‘Brand Ambassador’, ‘Reps’ and ‘Brand Advocate’, to name just a few, as an alternative to the more generic ‘Promo Staff’. Why is this? What benefits does this […]

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Experiential conversion to sale

Camilla Felstead, client services director, GMR Marketing, discusses the shift to purchase Countless research studies show that real world brand experiences, offering consumers the opportunity to get their hands on a product and try-before-they-buy, can shift purchase consideration by up to 85%. As boardroom sales targets become more aggressive there is pressure on experiential activity […]

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Feature Blog – 4D Projection Mapping for Bentley

Projection mapping isn’t all about huge displays onto the facades of buildings… Projection mapping can be used in an engaging and memorable setting. Creative production agency Drive made a real impact in the auto industry with 4D projection-mapping making for a ‘radically different’ car launch experience in Bentley showrooms across Britain. Drive took to the […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top 100, number 1

1. CPM, GSK (2008, Client/Agency Relationship Award) ‘Relationship’ was a special award in many ways. It was a one off award that meant that some mega-teams could show off the whole of their history rather than just that of the proceeding year. It was an eye opening long and arduous session for the judges, with […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100, number 4

4 REL, Red Bull (2010, Brand/Store Relationship) Red Bull have celebrated their Team of the Year trio of wins and rightly so. They have set a new standard in team training and performance. This gold winner was perhaps more impressive again as it shows how all of that Red Bull team energy translates into a […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100 (10-6)

10. BEcause, Pampers (2005, Roadshow) A win at FMBE was the first award for a campaign that saw its most recent incarnation last year and has a huge track record of award success, peaking in 2006-7 when Sleep Like a Baby took over from this World of Babies tour. The agency and brand team defended […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100 (15-11)

15. Infinite Group, Sony (2008, Retail Training/Mystery Shopping) The older it gets the better this entry looks. The mystery shops were commissioned by Sony for Sony Centres and showed a big upturn in results whilst nicely motivating staff. This entry came to us on video as a hidden camera live mystery shop, filmed especially with […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100 (70-66)

70 Imagination, Sony Europe (2007, Brand Theatre) Imagination’s carefully constructed multi-brand press launch, that took over the centre of Rhodes and a big hotel, was certainly a sign of the times. It has been copied a lot. I’d say Imagination gets copied more than any other event agency, and this was a great example of […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100 (75-71)

75 IMS, The Guardian (2006, Tactical) When the Guardian decided to change paper size it supported the move with a big advertising push, but the move was also cloaked in mystery. It was a crucial time for the newspaper and for newspapers in general as modern lifestyles put a scourge on circulation figures. IMS were […]

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The FMBE awards – my personal top100 (85-81)

85 REL, Sainsbury’s (2006, Merchandising and Compliance) It was a major reveal, the culmination of work that had started in 2004 and which saw REL strongly bonded to the store in a relationship that has lasted and gained ground year on year since. The judges believed it would go forward. REL had been entrusted with […]

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