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Mark Ritson14 min read

Bud Light’s ad backlash shows the complexity of mass marketing

An endorsement by trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney promoted the beer’s inclusivity, but ...
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Mark Ritson6 min read

Brands’ biggest AI opportunity is in making customers believe the bullshit

Artificial intelligence is mostly a distraction from marketing fundamentals – unless you ...
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Mark Ritson8 min read

Even sophisticated mass marketers need targeting

Targeting is one of the biggest challenges most marketers now face. Not despite the ...
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Mark Ritson7 min read

Toblerone’s brand image won’t be hurt by losing the Matterhorn

Removing the famous Swiss mountain from its packaging won’t stop the chocolate brand ...
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Mark Ritson10 min read

Don’t listen to the industry sages, they’re not your ad’s target

Advertising professionals’ view of what makes a good ad is not only biased, it’s usually ...
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Mark Ritson14 min read

How Guinness became Britain’s most popular pint

Guinness is the rare example of a brand with solid foundations in its product and brand ...
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Mark Ritson18 min read

Brand-building ads boost short-term sales, and now you can prove it

Ten years since The Long and the Short of It was published, new evidence shows that while ...
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Mark Ritson10 min read

Giving your brand a good death is an underrated marketing skill

Although we never talk about it, marketers kill as many brands as we create, and doing so ...
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Mark Ritson9 min read

Films no longer have sequels, they have sub-brands and franchises

What a Netflix whodunnit tells us about brand architecture, following a last-minute ...
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