Issue 8 | September 2009

The 6-minute briefing

Insightful communications. By John Brown

The gentle art of persuasion

2 minutes

What’s ‘customer magazine’ in Eskimo?

2 minutes

News: latest wins

30 seconds

What brands will do next

1 minute

Online essentials

30 seconds

Extra time

Win

We have five brand
new copies of Rick Stein's
Far Eastern Odyssey cookbook
to give away


Total reading time: 6 minutes

More time? Visit www.johnbrownmedia.com

Face time? Contact Andrew Hirsch

Next time? Out in November

The gentle art of persuasion

As choice becomes more personal, communication is becoming infinitely more subtle, writes Alec Marsh

Back in 1994, the year of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Parklife, a print advertisement hit the nation’s billboards that still carries just as much instant recognition today as it did then.

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What brands will do next

Charlotte Putnam, head of planning, on current trends in the wonderful world of branded content

Retailing is finally becoming rock n roll. Well at least borrowing cues from performance art and ending up with performance retailing.

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What’s ‘customer magazine’ in Eskimo?

Alex Silcox on the challenges facing brand communicators in
overseas markets

How do you go about communicating across cultures? What are the dos and don’ts of emerging markets? Our Managing Director of new business and international development has the answers.

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Online essentials

Our .NET developer Mandar Punaskar on his top five essential
web bookmarks

From tech to networking, these are the sites rocking our world this month.

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News: latest wins

New projects for John Brown this autumn

New research reveals a generation of Sassy, Wise and Grown-up modern women

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Redesigned Orange magazine is The Business

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New John Lewis customer magazine launches

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More time? Visit www.johnbrownmedia.com

Face time? Contact Andrew Hirsch

Next time? Out in November

Copy; John Brown 2009