Gary AndrewsinBetter MarketingDo you really need to have a metaverse strategy for your brand?January, 2022. Hordes of marketers, both client and agency side, arrive at their desks after the Christmas break, open their emails and see…5 min read·Jan 11, 2022--3--3
Gary AndrewsinBetter MarketingFacebook’s own data shows that brands have been doing social media wrong for many, many yearsOccasionally, just occasionally, Facebook comes out with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nugget that marketers really should pay attention to…8 min read·Oct 2, 2021--3--3
Gary AndrewsSix big marketing, tech, and media predictions and trends for 2021 that have a reasonable chance…If 2020 taught us anything, it was the sheer pointlessness of trying to predict the world ahead. A global pandemic was probably quite low…13 min read·Jan 12, 2021--1--1
Gary AndrewsWhy Journalists May Have a Big Problem With Making Money Through NewslettersNewsletters were, on the face of it, an unlikely candidate to be 2020’s hot new medium. They’ve been around pretty much since the internet…6 min read·Nov 1, 2020----
Gary AndrewsinUX CollectiveWhy striking the right tone matters in a world of uncertaintyIt seems somewhat superfluous to write about marketing issues in a time of Coronavirus. LinkedIn is a depressing mixture of friends and…9 min read·Mar 29, 2020----
Gary AndrewsMarketing, media, social and cultural predictions for 2020Trend articles can be strange beasts. Often they fall into breathless hyperbole, extreme optimism or absolute certainty that disciplines…18 min read·Jan 4, 2020----
Gary AndrewsWhat 20th century military officers can teach us about influencer marketingEt tu Instagram? As the influencer industry comes under attack on everything from engagement rates through to faked metrics, the platform…4 min read·Jul 22, 2019----
Gary AndrewsBrave, foolish, rational, confusing: why Lush quitting social media is a move full of…If cosmetics company Lush viewed success solely through the prism of hot takes in the marketing trade press then, by any measure, their…7 min read·Apr 22, 2019----
Gary AndrewsMarketing, media and journalism predictions for 2019If there’s one sure fire prediction in media and marketing, it’s the proliferation of predictions for the year ahead. Never one to break a…13 min read·Jan 1, 2019----
Gary AndrewsWhy Hal Robson-Kanu’s strike against Belgium is, and always will be, the greatest goal in the…If you were offered the opportunity to be President of the World for 24 hours, what would your first act be? My answer’s always the same…6 min read·Dec 16, 2018----