In case you missed it, GDPR is now enforceable as of last Friday. You probably knew it was coming, because your inbox may have experienced an explosion of “We’re Changing our Privacy Policy” emails. Whilst GDPR will affect different business in different ways, all businesses...
We learned at a young age that wishing for something nasty to go away didn’t necessarily make it go away. The annoying little brother, homework, green vegetables, they all stuck around despite our desire for them not to. So to adblocking: advertisers have been putting...
In the 1975 classic Jaw’s, there is a scene where Roy Scheider’s character, Brody, has just witnessed the Apex Predator up close. Stunned, he say’s to Quint, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”. Remarkably, the line was unscripted in the film, but it stuck nonetheless. It’s...
This week served up a sober reminder of how the majority of the world’s population don’t recognise that they are sharing valuable information through online social platforms and even more worryingly, they aren’t aware that their information is being used to influence their behaviour with...
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by constraints? Distribution is squeezing you, legislation hurt you, budget cuts frustrate you or a lack of resource is crippling? We’ve all experienced the feeling of being constrained by factors largely beyond our control, but it is how we react...
You may not know Tim Flattery, but there’s a good chance you know his work… Most recently he launched WPP’s content specialist Wavemaker in North America (before MEC and Maxus folded into it). Tim’s content creation credentials are impeccable – he created and sold the...
Do you remember what it was like being a teenager? The constant pressure to fit in, striving to be popular, to say the right thing, to wear the right thing, to have the latest thing, talking about yourself constantly, airing your ill-informed opinions on whoever,...
Some of the most prestigious, respected award bodies in the global marketing industry are missing something important and it has been bothering me for some time. Let’s start with the good news: they are getting much better at acknowledging efficacy as a factor in deciding...
The best marketing isn’t really marketing at all. It’s logistics, customer service, operations, commerce, experiences...
Around this time of year the global marketing press is caught up in predictions for the year ahead, what might, what could, what should happen next. So here at Sonder we thought we’d be bold, throw ifs, maybes and mights to the wind and state...
