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Deeds, not words: Stop the mantras, start marketing that matters

Marketing experts counsel caution saying that Gen Z “attitudes can’t be ignored” because they “have the power to make or break a brand”.

Authenticity, inclusivity, sustainability, and community – all great words. But what happens when these words don’t translate to action, especially with an audience not afraid to call brands and marketing campaigns out?

To set the scene: A few years ago, many of us who fall into the “older generation” category (it’s hard to accept, isn’t it?) of Boomers, Gen X, and millennials had a lot of good, bad, and ugly opinions about brands, marketing campaigns, and creatives – whether it was an annoying radio jingle or an awkwardly written billboard.

Yet, many of those opinions were brought up only over lunch with work colleagues, at the dinner table with family, or at a gatheri


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.