Opinion

An open letter from one PR industry intern to another 7

Agencies need to learn to market themselves during the pitch process 1

Sorrell’s consolidation may have been a disaster, but the industry is empty at the top without him 1

P(l)aying for big bucks – why TV networks rely on sport 6

Brands, stop trying to muscle in on Anzac Day 37

Is mediatech the new fintech?

Seven and Foxtel snag cricket rights, meaning more content but maybe not for free 1

Advertising has become the Sean Spicer of capitalism 1

The AI doomsayers will fail, and it’s nothing to do with robots 1

Would regulation cement Facebook’s market power? It’s unlikely

The weird world of SEO is even weirder after Google’s algorithm change

What ageism looks like from where I sit 19

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook apology is the linguistic equivalent of ‘shit happens’ 3

The hunger for digital content is feeding Australia’s creatives well 2

Today’s creative departments lack a sense of pride in the job 5

How you helped create the crisis in private data

AI will mean the end of customer segmentation as we know it 1

Adland needs to learn to embrace mothers, just as mothers need to embrace adland 5

Unless creatives and planners upskill and upgrade, AI will take away their jobs 4

After more than a decade of practice, brands are still failing at social 3

LinkedIn’s #compulsory hashtags are a step #backwards 3

What marketing without the crutch of Facebook’s third party data will look like 4

Diet Coke have pulled off one of the best satirical marketing campaigns ever… I hope… 6

Marketers are willing to play Russian Roulette at the FIFA World Cup this summer 2

Facebook’s chatbot ban is a chance to finally get our legislation in order 1

Why streaming won’t destroy the relationship between sport and mass media 7

Facebook has stopped Messenger bots – here’s what you need to know 5

Cambridge Analytica’s ‘secret’ psychographic tool is a marketing ghost from the past 4

Channel Nine’s tennis deal will be obsolete by the time it runs out 19

Outlawing fake news will chill the real news 3

Snapchat might be about to make the same mistake as Facebook

Instagram’s shoppable tags aren’t a free ticket to e-commerce success

Viewability is the most meaningful metric buyers have ever had – but it needs to be used wisely 9

Positive news is the new fake news, and brands need to take advantage 1

Oi, Dr Mumbo! Leave Australia’s deleted subs alone 12

After years in ad tech, here’s why my next role wasn’t in adland 1

How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked – according to the person who built it 1

Time is up, because Google’s mobile-first world is finally here

Sponsors like Magellan shouldn’t walk away from Cricket Australia 9

Calculating ROI is growing increasingly ‘complex and painful’ for marketers

What job descriptions can tell us about murky adtech practices 1

Why I’m not ashamed to work in advertising 11

Why the business model of social media giants like Facebook is incompatible with human rights

Changing a brand name can salvage the reputation of crisis-ridden companies 2

The great debate: Facebook and Google versus the world 1

After Cambridge Analytica, there is nowhere to hide

Sinking the ship and jumping overboard: Is the end of the Yahoo7 venture what Seven needs?

Don’t buy the hype: Voice search won’t change SEO 14

Cricket Australia’s early response to cheating doesn’t pass the crisis comms test 11

Brand Steve Smith will survive, and it all comes down to love 15

Anthropology holds the key to how Cambridge Analytica played with our minds

Google and Facebook cosy up to media companies in response to the threat of regulation

Despite public outrage, sponsors should avoid pulling cricket spend in haste 7

Why retailers’ ads targeting millennials with Afterpay loans is a brand risk 12

My first mistake: When SEO goes very, very wrong 4

I deleted Snapchat, despite the consequences 17

Why marketers are so obsessed with following fads 1

Brands must act fast to convert shoppable Instagram into sales

Beyond the buzz: Blockchain’s real world applications 7

Cambridge Analytica: Stop worrying, because you can’t escape being a pawn 21

The Makana Swim fiasco is a reminder to pay attention to your T&Cs

Adland needs to stop stereotyping generations 2

The digital standard is changing for the better elsewhere – when will it here?

Prepare for the agency bloodbath as digital advertising matures 5

No country for old men: Joining a digital agency at 60 15

Australian brands have gone political, but it’s time to step outside the ‘Zone of Acceptability’ 1

The curious case of the Stefanovic brothers and the non-existent Uber tapes 5

The Stefanovic story: Where are Uber and New Idea’s PR crises? 6

Why an influencer gets more likes than one of Australia’s top surfers 14

Influencers using fake followers to attract ad dollars may amount to fraud

‘Social is the next tobacco’ is an extreme line, but a fitting one 1

The Cambridge Analytica scandal: Proof advertising is a major menace to society

The definitive reason why definitive guides aren’t really definitive

What publishers should do when Nielsen misrepresents their industry 6

What is differential privacy and how can it protect consumer data? 1

What I learned in my first 100 days at Buzzfeed 8

It’s time for charities to stop being afraid of their marketing spend 5

What resigning from my comms job taught me about motherhood and being my own boss 21

How CMOs lost their mojo 2

In defence of online marketing – let’s not give up just yet

Content marketing is immune to digital advertising’s cold 6

Snapchat’s 120 engineer layoffs are a symptom of the platform’s wider issues

When ‘good things’ turn sour: Coles’ shift towards the community isn’t the problem 6

How to direct an ad featuring one car, one take and 4,000 litres of water 1

Advertisers should remember ordinary people don’t care about advertising 5

Voice assistants will have to build trust before we’re comfortable with them tracking us

Aussie marketers are falling behind their APAC counterparts in adopting new tech 2

The television sector has to combine and align – or lose the bigger battle 2