The challenge for many leading brands is staying relevant in categories where functional claims and pricing pressure can erode brand value. As part of our Effie Awards South Africa series, which explores marketing and advertising effectiveness with leading marketers and advertising trailblazers, I spoke to Elizabeth Mokwena, Executive Marketing Director at Unilever, about why emotion still matters. Conversation Highlights Emotion as a driver of marketing effectivenessHow Vaseline’s “Mntana ka...
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The challenge for many leading brands is staying relevant in categories where functional claims and pricing pressure can erode brand value. As part of our Effie Awards South Africa series, which explores marketing and advertising effectiveness with leading marketers and advertising trailblazers, I spoke to Elizabeth Mokwena, Executive Marketing Director at Unilever, about why emotion still matters. Conversation Highlights Emotion as a driver of marketing effectivenessHow Vaseline’s “Mntana ka...
The Bookmarks and Why Boring Advertising is Costly
The Lead Creative
1 hour 2 minutes
3 weeks ago
The Bookmarks and Why Boring Advertising is Costly
Award-winning creativity takes courage, trust, and deep insight. In this episode of The Lead Creative with Bizcommunity, Steph van Niekerk (ECD, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris) and Carl Willoughby (CCO, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and Chair of Creative Circle SA) unpack what makes campaigns like City Lodge’s Save Our Stay (SOS) and Savanna #TryJanuary stand out. They discuss why brave client partnerships matter, how humour and humanity connect with audiences, and why boring work is the most expensive kind. What y...
The Lead Creative
The challenge for many leading brands is staying relevant in categories where functional claims and pricing pressure can erode brand value. As part of our Effie Awards South Africa series, which explores marketing and advertising effectiveness with leading marketers and advertising trailblazers, I spoke to Elizabeth Mokwena, Executive Marketing Director at Unilever, about why emotion still matters. Conversation Highlights Emotion as a driver of marketing effectivenessHow Vaseline’s “Mntana ka...