How Strong Agency Partnerships Can Drive Performance

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Any marketing leader will understand that a well-defined marketing strategy plays a big part in business growth and sales. The impact of your marketing output can drive and enhance your business’s overall development. The question, however, isn’t if, but how can this be achieved? As a CMO, your business leaders will be looking to you…

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Why marketing People & Skills is more important in 2023?

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The marketing landscape is forever evolving and changing. Often, brands are playing catch up to get the right capabilities and skills in place. There’s no denying that we have work to do to close the skill gaps organisations are facing. Currently, the number of skills required for a single job is increasing by 10% year…

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The Secret to Using AI in Marketing

Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming a topic of conversation and a reality. No more is it a far-distant eventuality or a fantasy movie plot about robots. AI offers many opportunities to marketers to leverage technology to carry out tasks normally done by humans to improve the customer journey and the output and efficiency of the…

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Flock Marketing Operations Roundtable

On the 17th November Flock had the pleasure of hosting Marketers from the consulting, automotive and FMCG sector at our round table lunch in Covent Garden We spend most of our working lives inside our own organisations so when the opportunity surfaces to gather and be able to speak cross-category, it is always a treat.…

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Top 5 Takeaways from ProcureCon Marketing US 2022

Flock Associates had the opportunity to sponsor and attend ProcureCon US Marketing 2022 this month at Palm Springs. For those not familiar with ProcureCon Marketing US it is a conference solely dedicated to the unique challenges of marketing procurement and the sourcing of marketing services. It is an incredibly valuable event for the industry to…

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Black History Month at Flock

We have come to the end Black History Month, a time to celebrate black excellence and remember the struggles that the community have faced.  Last year at Flock we spent the month focusing on cognitive bias and looking at ways we can be reflective and accountable when it comes to the bias that we all possess. When celebrating…

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How to Authentically Represent Marginalised Groups

Evolution of Representation

Pride month has arrived with celebrations and parades taking place across the US and UK throughout June/July. This presents the perfect time to discuss the representation of marginalised groups and share our DOs & DON’Ts that brands need to take into consideration when attempting to interact with individuals of their target audiences.  In recent years…

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8 Key Marketing Procurement Observations Made at ProcureCon 2022

Flock was delighted to be an event sponsor at the ProcureCon Marketing Conference this year. In addition to having continuous one-on-one meetings each day Flock hosted a roundtable discussion on advanced remuneration techniques. After attending many seminar sessions and interactions with fellow attendees, we have pulled together a list of key observations: Inflation and Recession…

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The Independence of Data Measurement in Marketing

In America, July 4th has historically been a day to commemorate the Declaration of Independence and a way to create unity amongst the people. We find that in recent years, certain events have somewhat shown to be contradictory to this sentiment and so we understand that the holiday this year will feel and look different.…

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Platinum Jubilee: A CMO Perspective

On 6th February 2022, Her Majesty the Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, set to take place over a special four-day bank holiday weekend, will mark a major milestone in the reign of the Queen, celebrating her life and service. Now, if we flip this on…

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