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In today's hypercompetitive digital landscape, brands are constantly seeking innovative ways to stand out and connect with their target audiences on social media platforms. Enter artificial intelligence (AI), a game-changing technology that is...
Posted by: The PHA Group
TikTok’s popularity has soared to new heights over the past few years. The short-form video app, downloaded by over a billion users, has recently started offering cheaper ad rates compared to its rivals. The PHA Group's Paid Social Account...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Claire Lancaster, head of social media at IF Agency, starts the year with her prediction of the key trends that will define the next 12 months in social media, content and influencer marketing. "I expect reach, dialogue and influencers to all reduce...
Posted by: If Agency
The Oscars are, whilst almost as large a televisual draw as that 'other' big event in February, largely free from the burden of expectation when it comes to advertising. The fact is that nobody really talks about the ad breaks of the Academy Awards,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
2022 has been quite a year for social media platforms with the likes of TikTok booming and Twitter facing uncertainty following Elon Musk’s takeover. Hayley Jones, the Head of Social at The PHA Group has shared her thoughts on this year in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Billy Jones, Senior Director of Brand Marketing of Hootsuite, takes us through the creative process and gives us an exclusive peek behind the curtain on the social media management platform's latest rebrand. Social media is a dynamic, polarising and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Let’s look at an all-too-familiar scenario. The deadline - which was already tight - got moved up. The brief that you’d agreed to got changed as their client added more aspects to it. But in the interests of professionalism you cut all...
Posted by: Ant O'Neill
UPDATE: Since this article was first posted, Pepsi have decided (wisely in my opinion) to pull the ad from YouTube. A Pepsi spokesperson said in a press release: "Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Don’t you just hate it when they take something pure, and put sponsored ads all over it? Not that Instagram is the purest social media platform; it has been co-opted readily by A-List celebrities who just want to rebel against Anna...
Posted by: Jade French
Whenever financial commentators comment on the fiscal possibilities of social media, the focus falls of Facebook. Understandable, I suppose. A fifth of the world's population has an account and the whole platform seems permanently balanced between...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In today's digital age, social media plays a crucial role in enabling businesses to engage with customers, enhance brand visibility, and drive sales. As platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn continue to evolve, the role of a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Social media holds a mirror up to our society, reflecting both our best intentions - and our worst habits. TikTok, Instagram, X, and Pinterest aren’t just platforms for sharing; they’re powerful tools for driving cultural and behavioural...
Posted by: Social Chain
Social media is a lot of things. It’s a digital gateway drug for children, an advertiser’s parallel dream/nightmare and a tool for brands who want to get greater returns from minimal effort. That’s the cynic in me speaking, of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In an era dominated by hashtags, emojis, and viral trends, the way we communicate has undergone a seismic shift. Social media platforms have become our digital playgrounds, where words happen instantly but leaving lasting impressions on. For brands,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Haleon and The Wild by Jungle have launched the new VoltarolNaturals gel with ‘Release the Tension’, a campaign encouraging people to own those awkward situations where the discomfort of post-workout discomfort clashes with social tension...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
While much of the online discourse this year has surrounded the rise of AI and its increasing relevance, social media remains the engine that keeps the fires of the internet burning. Of course, AI will shape the future of social media but how and why...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Over the past year, it’s been hard not to notice some pretty spectacular and bizarre advertising-stunts - from Maybelline’s mascara brush on the front of tube trains to Jacquemus bags cruising the streets of Paris. The surge in AI...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Given we are working in a hybrid model, and with the constant changes and surprises in talent work, there really is no typical day but rather a typical week as we’re always...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Social media has changed the way we live. That might sound like grandstanding for a second, but if you truly take some time to step back and analyse the incestuous way Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have managed to wean their ways into our shared...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In recent years, social media controversy has become a potent tool in the arsenal of modern marketing strategies. Companies, influencers, and even public figures have utilized controversial content to grab attention, generate engagement, and boost...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week we caught up with Dan Keefe, Head of We Are Social Studios, to discuss what it truly means to be a specialist agency in 2023. How was Studios born and where are you based? Studios is based at We Are Social’s London office in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Lemon8, TikTok’s sister-app is an innovative social media platform that aims to revolutionise the way users connect and express themselves online. Described as a romance of Instagram and Pinterest, with its unique blend of visual and written...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Life stages and identities are more elastic than ever before. We’re less able to fit into the boxes of old; people are having fewer children, doing it later in life or not at all, living longer and ageing better, changing careers and embracing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
New Stance is a creative-first social and influencer marketing agency, specialising in the lifestyle, entertainment, and sports sectors that uses a strategic and data-led approach. This approach has resulted in highly successful campaigns for global...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Social media has become a crucial part of any business’s marketing strategy. It’s an effective way to reach a large audience, build brand awareness, and engage with customers. However, managing social media accounts can be time-consuming...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Andrew Trotman is CEO and Founder of KOMI Group, the award-winning social media marketing, talent and content licensing agency who, as well as providing exceptional service to clients, owns its own social media brands such as It’s Gone Viral....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With new, in-app shopping functionalities being unveiled by social media platforms regularly it’s easy to see how social commerce has become widespread practice so quickly. Gone are the days where consumers had to google a brand or product an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter” Nope, not a pithy framing of social media, but the definition of a genre of serialised storytelling from the last Century, known as pulp fiction. Pulp was named after the cheap paper it was...
Posted by: Richard
Be The Fox is a production agency who works with Samsung, Huggies and Bulldog. Diana Ellis-Hill, ex BBC, who now is Co-Founder and Director at Be The Fox, is passionate about creative that challenge stereotypes, empowerment for women and offer real...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Craig Peasley, VP Product Marketing at VidMob tells us why he believes that social success depends on creative that's fit for the platform. Brands are facing a double creative control headache. While adhering to their own brand and creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Billy Jones, senior director of brand marketing at Hootsuite, takes us through the platforms bold new rebrand, developed in-house and by design agency Prophet, which aims to rethink the brand without losing its identity. What was the brief for the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
New research from creative agency Impero today reveals that Gen Z consumers are moving away from traditional social media in favour of inward facing community platforms. In fact, over two thirds (65%) said they feel more confident online when using...
Posted by: Impero
The role of social media in marketing is usually underestimated only by those who have never dealt regularly with blogs or business pages. Simply put, if you are the owner of any new commercial organisation or you do anything that can generate...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
Many industries had to move their entire networks online overnight in March of 2020, however, there is no doubting the impact a well-run live event can have for brands of all shapes and sizes. However, with all COVID restrictions having now lifted,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Social media doesn't exist in a vacuum. Tapping into the needs of an ever-connected audience means recognising the true power of social ads - and if there's anything the pandemic has taught us, it is that consumers are increasingly turning to online...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Among the many sectors which felt the Covid-19 crisis, business tourism was certainly one of the loudest. However, as vaccinations proceed steadily and most central hubs reopen around the world, YesMilano saw an opportunity to relaunch Milan as a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial