Pantone’s Colours of 2021 – A Match Made in Branding Heaven?

As most creatives know, every year American colour company Pantone announce a colour they predict will influence all design trends throughout that year, from interior and fashion, to graphic design and branding. For 2021, Pantone have treated avid followers to two colours of the year: PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating and PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray. After the […]

How Advertisers Can Keep Themselves on the Affiliate “Nice” List This Christmas

As Frank Sinatra once said in the 1977 musical drama, New York, New York: “Affiliate marketing never sleeps.” He was mostly right, but with Christmas seeing the world placed on pause for a few days, affiliate marketing campaigns can often be treated as an afterthought. A lack of clarity over the festive period can leave […]

Personalisation – Friend or Foe?

Thanks for reading, Jack! If you’re a Jack, that could seem pretty smooth. But if you’re a Jess, or anyone else for that matter, missing the mark would perhaps be an understatement. With personalised phrases like this becoming what seems a compulsory feature, it’s almost normal these days to feel as though you’ve become friends […]

A Laughing Matter? Humour in Advertising

Being funny is a fine art, you’ve either got it, or you haven’t. Humour in advertising is exactly the same. Whether we’re having a conversation or scrolling through social media, nine times out of ten we’re not really paying full attention to the TV. Humour grabs our attention and that’s one of the reasons it’s […]