Sam Robson
Opinion
01 February 2021
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Integrating primary data and identity solutions at scale is critical for marketers that want to better connect with today’s multi-screen consumers, argues Xandr’s Sam Tan.
Opinion
21 January 2021
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The backlash against the popular messaging app’s privacy policy changes won’t destabilise either WhatsApp nor parent firm Facebook, but it points to the high cost of trust when you haven’t built it – Sam Peña-Taylor.
Opinion
09 December 2020
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During the pandemic, digital-first living has been accommodated in many situations, but schools have had to overcome some of the greatest challenges. Sam Mercer makes the case for greater brand involvement in education.
Opinion
03 September 2020
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With the announcement of a new health-tracking device, Halo, Amazon takes a step in the direction of probably the most disruptable marketplace, healthcare.
Opinion
28 July 2020
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The discussion over the ban on ads for HFSS products is a particularly unedifying example of eye-catching tactics over the difficult business of strategy.
Opinion
13 July 2020
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The questions swirling around the suitability of Facebook’s open platform for advertising mask a different debate: whether advertising has forgotten its role in ensuring a healthy media ecosystem.
Opinion
01 July 2020
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The Creative Effectiveness Lion is one of the most prestigious awards to win at Cannes – here, the 2021 jury president explains what she will be looking for.
Opinion
22 June 2020
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As Lions Live begins, WARC’s reporter looks back at what Cannes Lions has always been about and what this year’s digital event shows: advertising is all about solving problems.
Opinion
25 May 2020
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Lockdown has changed the daily routines and behaviours of many, if not most, people. Marketers need to update their personas accordingly, says Sam Robson.
Opinion
15 May 2020
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There will be winners and losers in the current crisis and big tech isn’t going to be in the latter group; Sam Peña-Taylor heard Professor Scott Galloway’s take.
Opinion
13 April 2020
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As the industry contemplates the likelihood of severe spending cuts, Mark Ritson argues for strategists to spot an opportunity to overtake their competitors and plan to grow market share.
Opinion
25 February 2020
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Firms want professional-level advanced analytics, on a global scale and on a budget. But how brands know what they know is less of a discussion at IIeX as knowledge-sharing takes centre stage (and top sponsor billing), says Sam Peña-Taylor.
Opinion
14 February 2020
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Sustainability is about survival – the subject needs to overcome the semantic bleaching that makes it a corporate nice-to-have, says Sam Peña-Taylor - a startup is working toward solving the chronic market failure of food waste in the face of global hunger.
Opinion
07 February 2020
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Climate change is on the agenda as never before. MediaCom’s Pauline Robson calls for the advertising industry to play its part in tackling the crisis.
Opinion
26 November 2019
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Black Friday remains big business, but its nature is changing and the most effective campaigns approach it from the angle of problem-solving – WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor considers the options.
Opinion
31 October 2019
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Twitter’s announcement that it will stop running political ads places the spotlight squarely on its rival, but what, if anything, does it solve?
Opinion
16 October 2019
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Subscription models are becoming increasingly interesting propositions to non-traditional companies entering this space. Manifesto Growth Architects’ Sam Jordan, explores why customer experience is at the core of the most successful membership brands.
Opinion
16 September 2019
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The myth that humans now have shorter attention spans than goldfish has been repeated until it’s started to resemble truth. WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor looks at the myth that just won’t die.
Opinion
29 August 2019
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Following the wild popularity of TikTok across the world, Twitter is surely feeling a pang of regret at the missed opportunity that was Vine. WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor looks back on a bizarre and often beautiful experiment in video art.
Opinion
20 June 2019
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Though the CMO is a powerful position in the business, it requires constant adaptation to survive. At Cannes Lions, WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor heard executives from Tencent and LVMH explain their view of the future for the profession.
Opinion
19 June 2019
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A campaign by Forsman & Bodenfors for Volvo has won the Grand Prix in the new Creative Strategy Lions. WARC’s Sam Pena-Taylor gets the low-down from the judges.
Opinion
28 May 2019
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At the APG’s Noisy Thinking, planners and strategists got to discussing the business of strategy and what makes it stick in people’s heads, what makes it interesting. WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor was there to hear.
Opinion
18 April 2019
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What’s a modern football fan? A recent report sheds light on how young fans are watching, what they’re watching for, and how the relationships between fans, players, and the game itself is changing.
Opinion
20 March 2019
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At Advertising Week Europe both WPP’s Mark Read and his predecessor Sir Martin Sorrell spoke about their respective positions in the industry. It came down to a question of control.
Opinion
07 March 2019
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Mark Zuckerberg wrote an essay about Facebook’s new privacy direction. Here are the bits that should allow you to talk about it in the pub and sound like you’ve read it.
