Author: ‘Ethical Marketing & The New Consumer’.
Creative Director & Board Director of Saatchi & Saatchi.
Board member of Europe’s largest marketing trade body, the DMA.
Chairman of both the DMA Agencies Council and the Creative Council.
Founder of The Feel Agency (left 2009) and more recently, a new generation of ad agency CREATIVE ORCHESTRA (world’s first ‘not for profit’ ad agency) www.creativeorchestra.com.
Blogs on ethical marketing issues on Brand Republic.
Written for many titles, including Creative Review, FT, Third Sector magazine, Canvas 8, and many more. Writing books on ‘Maverick Brands’ and ‘THUNK (a different way to think)’.
Written several micro books, ‘Why Women Shop on Venus & Men Shop on Mars’, ‘Open Minds’ (D&AD) and writing 100 Cals.
Appeared on TV many times as advertising and brand expert – BBC Watchdog, BBC Working Lunch, BBC 4, Channel 4. As well as several online TV programmes.
Lectures around the world on advertising, branding, ethical marketing, and creativity.
In my spare time I play in the ‘plunderphonics’ band The Perrinormal.
Lives in Crouch End.
Social media as a phenomenon is successful because it satisfies a few basic human needs. We are all programmed to connect, to gossip, to show off our status to the pack and to want to know what everyone else is doing.
I recently read an article that suggested all users were the same mindset, a totally ridiculous idea as there are many types.
So forget Myers Briggs, this is myer’s blog guide to social media types. I have no idea what bird Twitter’s logo is, but here’s 10. Which one are you? Read more »
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