Opinion

PR agencies, it’s time to end the charade of pre-supplied questions 4

Coles’ new strategy is going ‘Down Down’ the wrong path 13

The power of consumer habit: why businesses often struggle to expand overseas

Emotional AI provides a new hope for our messed up relationship with technology

The comms industry needs to start taking analytics training seriously 3

‘Down down’ and ‘cheap cheap’ are gone gone: why supermarkets are moving away from price 1

Jacinda Ardern is brand New Zealand’s breath of 100% Pure air 3

Passion and hard work are the only requirements to break into journalism

It’s bananas – Woolworths’ thoughtless PR debacle 27

Can we stop with the app updates please? 1

Mainstream news outlet readers are happier than their fake news reading counterparts 2

It’s time for Australia to finally join the mobile programmatic party

Orthodox thinking will be the death of agencies’ agency 5

Why our industry desperately needs an inclusion rider

Tech has a lot to learn from PR about attracting female talent 3

If someone fucked you, why would you trust them again after 30 seconds? 12

Killing unconscious bias is the only way to solve advertising’s gender problem 18

Airplanes and adtech: The simple lesson that aviation has for digital advertising 2

Justin Trudeau’s India debacle shows the pitfalls of ‘nation branding’ 1

Purpose is now a comms must-have, but it’s got to ring true to label 2

Advertisers should be poets, but they don’t know it 3

P&G and WPP: How the shit hit the fan in digital marketing 28

Working from home: is it (honestly) working? 11

First price is a terrible move for the programmatic industry 14

Calling your customer ‘babe’ is taking personalisation a step too far 7

#BoycottFedEx marks a shift from brand safety to human safety 2

It’s time to stop reanimating your zombie media campaign 4

The comms lessons to be learned from the media’s cycle of uprisings

Changing your logo for a week won’t convince customers you’re serious about purpose

Consumers can always smell greed and will punish you for it 3

Making the transition from CMO to CEO 1

What KFC taught us about crisis management 2

The Kylie Jenner fiasco is a reminder of Snapchat’s need to differentiate itself 2

When the media cover mass shootings, would depicting the carnage make a difference? 1

‘Head, heart and home’: Why direct consumer relationships are changing the marketing rules 2

Ad agencies and holding companies need a Plan B – so just what exactly is that? 3

Why CX is not the answer you’re looking for 10

How the fake marketers used virtue signals to establish credibility 4

Journalists need to diversify, but that doesn’t mean selling your soul 3

A public broadcaster that bows to political pressure isn’t doing its job 4

Stop shouting at your customers – they can hear you just fine 1

Client collaboration isn’t the creativity killer you think it is

George Christensen’s PR train wreck is proof the ‘local’ media bubble has burst 10

How to communicate when you’re banned from saying anything

Welcome to the new (old) moralism: how the media’s coverage of the Joyce affair harks back to the 1950s 5

It’s time to take the digital out of digital marketing 5

Myer once stood for the aspirational middle class, but now it’s lost sight of who its customers are 8

Using Tinder addiction to explain the millennial skills gap 12

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to agency clients 1

How a Grow Super email ruined Valentine’s Day 7

More traffic doesn’t necessarily mean higher ad revenue 1

If stakeholders think there’s a racism crisis, it’s already happened

We are not the enemy: An open letter to journalists from a PR professional 15

You can’t buy a Google, so can you even call it a brand? 22

Why social media is in the doghouse for both the pollies and the public

When buzzwords attack, AKA we’re not going to publish your press release 23

Unilever’s digital ad ban threat is long overdue 3

Bots are getting stuff done, but think before you jump on the bandwagon

How one small word will subtly alter Australia’s ad industry for the better 6

Bad politics shouldn’t sink good ideas for public interest journalism 2

When PR goes rogue, everyone loses 1

The rise and fall of Ben Ean Moselle and what it says about Australian society 2

Google’s ad blocking changes herald a positive new era for publishers and advertisers 6

Is Barnaby’s baby a matter of ‘public interest’ or just of interest to the public? 10

How copyright law is holding back Australian creators 4

The Super Bowl’s ad line up proved nostalgia doesn’t have to make us cringe

The smart strategy behind Tourism Australia’s ‘Croc Dundee’ Super Bowl pitch to the Americans 2

Ad fraud might be as much your fault as it is the fraudsters’ 1

What went wrong with Yahoo7’s bewildering media release? 12

Why the #LadyDoritos fiasco might not be as bad as you think 8

How to maximise your awards chances 7

Elon Musk, the world’s best PR starman 15

Tourism Australia’s ad is the perfect reminder of why AVEs don’t work 5

Life after Fairfax: How I discovered the art of leaving 1

The Post is a reminder of Australia’s dangerously precarious press freedom 3

Craig McLachlan, defamation and getting the balance right when sexual harassment goes to court 1

Less than one third of 2017’s Super Bowl advertisers returned in 2018 1

A cool change is on the horizon for Facebook 1

Brands should think carefully about their stance on Australia Day 2

How Australia’s new data breaches scheme will impact crisis comms 1

The idiot’s guide to running a transparent agency

Lack of old school strategy is the reason for digital advertising’s struggles 5

Miserable men in shopping centres are a symptom of marketing’s gender problem 24

Unpacking Facebook’s Bitcoin ban

Creativity is the forgotten C in customer experience

The reputational risks lurking in your supply chain

New bill would make Australia worst in the free world for criminalising journalism 1

Google’s July mobile update could affect your brand’s SEO 2