Allen Adamson
Forbes
New York, NY, United States
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Why Large Agencies Will Struggle To Survive After COVID
Large agency holding companies are headed for a downfall because over time they have lost the most relevant part of their offering. The ability to collaborate in order to provide fresh thinking and brilliant solutions clients require during times of massive market disruption. → Read More
Why Accenture's Purchase Of Droga5 Will Upend The Ad Biz
Accenture's acquisition of ad agency Droga5 will change the marketing services industry and put pressure on ad agency holding companies including WPP, Omnicom and Interpublic. → Read More
Five Surefire Ways to Boost Your B2B Marketing Content's Readership
To engage readers of your B2B marketing content, write like a journalist so you can quickly grab readers' attention with key points you want them to take away. See how else to engage your audience. → Read More
Between Dunkin' And WW, Only One Of The Name Changes Will Likely Succeed
Both Dunkin’ Donuts and Weight Watchers announced this week they are changing their names; Dunkin’ Donuts to “Dunkin’” and Weight Watchers to “WW.” Here's why one will succeed in its efforts to get consumers on board with the name change, and the other won’t. → Read More
How Benioff Can Reinvent Time In A Category Fast Losing Relevance--And Trust
Reinventing Time nagazine will take more than money, here is a roadmap on the challenges Marc Benioff faces in bringing brand relevance back to the newsweekly. → Read More
Stopping Downward Trends: Why Brands Tend To Get WORSE Over Time
In a 15-year study, only 25% of brands surveyed changed in a positive direction. Here's how to be one of those brands. → Read More
Consumers Are More Likely To Celebrate Brands That Celebrate Women Every Day
Does timing into Women's Day make sense? To make a real contribution to social causes, brands must take the long view and build solutions into how they do business 365 days a year. → Read More
2 Insights Entrepreneurs Can Take From Marty Crane and His Chair
That ugly, green recliner symbolizes the downsides of comfort, a reality entrepreneurs need to appreciate. → Read More
Winning Lessons From Nike, Patagonia And Other Marketing Hall Of Famers
How would you like to learn everything you need to know about being a successful marketer in one short, entertaining session? That’s kind of what happened the other evening for those lucky enough to have been in the audience at the 2015 Marketing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The four [...] → Read More
In The Wilds Of Africa, A Lesson In Simple, Brilliant Brand Execution
I’ve just returned from a safari in Kenya with my family. Our travel experience was, in all respects, the real deal. Certainly it was the real deal in terms of agenuine wildlife experience. But more than that, it was the real deal in terms of what makes for a superior [...] → Read More
Beware 'Activity-itis' And Other Insider Tips From P&G, General Mills, Google At ANA Confab
Feeling overwhelmed? Experiencing stress? Join the club. As a culture, we are overscheduled, overstimulated, oversubscribed, and over plugged-in. While we sit over our coffee, emailing, tweeting, surfing, texting, there is no time, it seems, to actually stop and smell the coffee. We are so consumed with daily activities we can [...] → Read More
Three Reasons The iPhone 6 Will Keep Apple On Top
Will the iPhone 6 prove that Apple still has what it takes to be the standard bearer in the category? I vote ”yes.” → Read More
Three Things Mondelēz International Has Learned About Success In China
Introducing a new brand to the marketplace is a challenge. Introducing an existing brand to a new marketplace is a challenge. Introducing an existing brand to a marketplace whose culture is poles apart from that of its home turf is an even greater challenge, still. How do you take what [...] → Read More
Lessons For Marketers From The Decade's Worst Super Bowl Ads
VideoThere’s always got to be one bozo at the party. The person who crosses the line, be it with tasteless jokes, less than tasteful clothing, or just moronic, “hey look at me” behavior. With the Super Bowl upon us, I thought about this nutcase-at-the-party scenario, and not just in terms [...] → Read More
What Picasso Knew: Branding Tips For Artists From An Art Basel Insider
Pablo Picasso 1962 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Tomorrow's inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong kicks off three big weeks of international acclaim for the industry, and reminds me of an anecdote about Picasso which, in a way, sums up a significant conundrum for those who make their living in the art world. Seems someone [...] → Read More