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WHY SEGMENTATION ANALYTICS IS A POWERFUL ENGAGEMENT TOOL

Picture this: it’s a high school, where the hierarchy is shown by the grade of your class. This doesn’t necessarily showcase peoples shared interests but merely illustrates the organisational structure. Let’s take a walk into the canteen, where we see segmentation in action; we see a cross-population sitting together with others who share the same interests. It is here in which we can find out how to approach specific topics or communicate differently depending upon which group is being targeted

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BLACK FRIDAY: AN AMERICAN HANGOVER OR VITAL SHOT TO OUR ECONOMY?

Of all the things to inherit from our American cousins, a day dedicated to cutthroat sales should be the least surprising. While Thanksgiving itself has become a novel holiday that ex-pats and Americophiles (a disappointingly less elegant term than expected) increasingly make the most of this side of the Atlantic, it’s Black Friday that the British have truly welcomed with open arms.

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MARKETING TRANSFORMATION: EMBRACING CHANGE

Marketing practitioners are facing a big problem. Change is happening at an increasingly rapid rate — and it’s not getting any easier to keep up. It’s become apparent that marketing departments aren’t addressing this need to adapt and, as a result, they’re quickly becoming unfit for the future. Part of this issue stems from the fact that they’re not placed in a particularly strong position or empowered to enact meaningful change in their surrounding environments.

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HINDSIGHT IS 2020: A DECADE OF WORK

The future of work: what does it look like to you? Thankfully, the current reality isn’t like the rather depressing scenes in this infamous Accenture video from the early 2000s (or at least, it isn’t for the majority of us — sorry Amazon). But while we’ve (mostly) moved on from the trope of offices being home to foosball tables and holographic conferences, the last decade has been full of ‘innovations’ that have come and gone.

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AN HOUR OF ADVERTISING WITH JAMIE ELLIOTT

Matt Williams interviews The Gate London's CEO, Jamie Elliott, on learnings, fuck-ups, the changing craft of account management and hopes for the future.

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HOW SHOULD MARKETERS APPROACH THE NEW SPORTS REVOLUTION?

The Gate's Comms Planning Manager, Jamie Kenyon, discusses marketing in the new sporting landscape

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MIND THE GAP

The importance of that infamous gap between intention and action is discussed by our comms planning manager, Flo.

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PODCASTS: THE GENERALIST'S SECRET WEAPON

As podcasts continue to evolve, as brands even get in on the act by creating their own, & as the format can help you become a better account person, Jamie Elliot, CEO of the Gate London introduces us to five of his favourites.

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BEYOND THE FREE FRUIT BOWL: WHAT THE AD INDUSTRY REALLY NEEDS TO DO ON MENTAL HEALTH

The Gate's creative, Beth Grace, challenges the industry norms surrounding employees' and their mental health.

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GRAD TEAMS, THINK SMALL

Our creative, Rickie, discusses the benefits of starting your advertising career in a smaller agency.

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Giving Artificial Intelligence Creative License Leads to Uninspired Advertising

Trevor Robinson OBE, founder and executive creative director of Quiet Storm, discusses the role of technology in advertising and whether you lose something important when artificial intelligence takes the place of human intelligence entirely.

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Why craft matters in advertising

Trevor Robinson OBE, founder and executive creative director of Quiet Storm, examines how craft in advertising has changed in the digital age, but why it remains essential to creating emotional and effective campaigns.

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Trevor Robinson OBE:

A creative idea is worth nothing if it can't be brought to life, and to reflect this Cannes Lions launched the Industry Craft Lions in 2018. An addition to the Film & Digital Craft categories, "the Industry Craft Lion celebrates the creative artistry, talent and skill required to deliver a beautifully executed solution and bring a creative idea to life". As the president for the category 2019 Trevor Robinson OBE shares his thoughts on what he's aiming to achieve with the category this year.

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MINDBOMBING

With choice proliferation in even the simplest categories and an ever-fragmenting media landscape pumping out thousands of brand messages every day to reach people who's attention span is now just 8 seconds, how do we engage people effectively?

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Being unafraid to go against the grain can work wonders for your profile

When we work with brands, we start by celebrating the truth of who they are and the people who are really going to love them. We mark ideas by their ability to trigger strong emotional reactions to grab attention.

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WANT BULGING CONCEPTS? IT'S TIME TO HIT THE GYM

Our copywriter, Claire Sutherland, discusses the relationship between creativity and staying active.