The Water Horse viral marketing campaign is one of those case studies that gets cited more than it gets understood. The 2007 film used a combination of grassroots seeding, partnership activations, and fan community building to generate word-of-mouth well ahead of its release, producing genuine earned media at a time when most studios were still…
Ecommerce competitor analysis is the process of systematically studying your competitors’ pricing, positioning, traffic sources, product strategy, and customer experience to inform your own commercial decisions. Done properly, it tells you where the market is underserved, where rivals are vulnerable, and where you should not bother competing at all. Most ecommerce brands do a version…
Competitive advertising is when a brand directly or indirectly references a rival to position itself as the better choice. Done well, it sharpens your positioning, steals share of mind, and forces competitors onto the back foot. Done badly, it makes you look desperate and hands your rival free attention. The examples worth studying are not…
TV advertising remains one of the most commercially effective channels available to marketers, particularly for brands that need to build awareness at scale, shift perception, or reach audiences that digital alone cannot reliably cover. The advantages are structural, not nostalgic: broadcast reach, emotional impact, and the trust premium that comes with appearing in a premium…
Rebranding done well is one of the highest-leverage moves a business can make. It realigns perception with reality, clears away commercial baggage, and gives a business permission to compete in markets that were previously closed to it. Done poorly, it is expensive theatre that confuses customers and demoralises the people who have to sell the…
Amazon brand protection is the practice of monitoring your product listings, seller activity, and pricing across global marketplaces to prevent counterfeits, unauthorized resellers, and listing hijacks from eroding your revenue and reputation. Done properly, it is not a one-time audit. It is an ongoing commercial discipline that sits at the intersection of legal, operations, and…
B2B brand experience is the sum of every interaction a buyer, user, or stakeholder has with your company, from the first Google result they click to the renewal conversation two years later. Done well, it builds the kind of familiarity and trust that makes commercial decisions easier. Done badly, it creates friction at exactly the…
B2C lead generation is the process of attracting individual consumers and converting their interest into a measurable commercial action, whether that is an email sign-up, a quote request, a trial, or a purchase. Done well, it connects the right message to the right person at the right moment in their decision cycle. Done poorly, it…
Brand positioning strategy and search engine marketing are usually treated as separate disciplines. Positioning lives in the brand deck. SEM lives in the performance dashboard. Keeping them apart is one of the more expensive habits in marketing. Search engine marketing gives you something most brand strategy exercises do not: real-time evidence of how people actually…
China content marketing requires a complete rethink of how you approach audience, platform, and message. The frameworks that work in Western markets, built around Google, LinkedIn, and long-form blog content, are structurally irrelevant in China. The platforms are different, the algorithms behave differently, and the cultural expectations around brand communication are different enough that transplanting…
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