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AI and Big Data
Naturally Smart Writing, Beyond the Artificial
This piece is about proposing a framework for smart human writing. There’s such a flurry of social media content on AI one can legitimately feel bewildered. Every day we are overwhelmed with new GenAI tools, all deemed more “revolutionary” than those we had the day before. But do these tools really make…
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Marketing & Innovation
Luxury Venues during the 2024 Paris Olympics
What if hiring luxury venues during the 2024 Olympics were a good opportunity for brands, even small ones? The Olympic Games are only six months away from now and I was wondering how much of an opportunity it was for brands and which ones. To find out I invited Tanya…
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Breaking News
Top 25 Marketing Opinion Leaders
We’re publishing a short message today to say that we’ve joined the club of the world’s top 25 opinion leaders in marketing. We are not doing this out of hubris, but to say a big thank you to our readers and our 100+ clients. So you’ll find a badge on…
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AI and Big Data
The AI ‘revolution’ will not take place
Just like the Trojan war, the AI “revolution” will not take place*. Today’s topic is the inevitable generative AI. This is the perfect opportunity for us to discuss what a technological revolution is or isn’t. Here are our thoughts, and we might as well warn you that we are putting our…
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digital marketing
CSR: a survival guide for the depressed responsible marketer
How can a responsible marketer survive when the world around us is crumbling? Or at least when experts are telling you that it is. Three years to the day, the French association of marketers Adetem asked Visionary Marketing to join its CSR responsible marketing initiative, and naturally we welcomed the opportunity. That…
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AI and Big Data
Surviving the Content Shock In The Age of GenAI
Will marketers survive the content shock in the age of AI? The Omnes Education Group launched a cross-organisational programme in English called “Content creation in the age of AI” to help its students better understand GenAI. Close to 1,000 students will be certified in this program by early February 2024.…
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Content Marketing
GEN AI and Content Marketing: Learning from experience
Are Gen AI and content compatible? Adobe organised a round table discussion on that subject during their Experience Makers conference in Paris in early November. The debate brought together a few digital experts. During this discussion, I mentioned that there were limitations to Gen AI images and that they weren’t…
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CRM and CX
PIMs at the heart of Customer Experiences
Product Information Management (PIM) systems are a driving force behind a good customer experience. A 2023 survey entitled “Elevating customer experiences with product experiences”, sheds light on how product information can greatly enhance CX. Virginie Blot, Product Experience Management evangelist at Akeneo, gave us her point of view and analysis…
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Web, Internet and the Economy
Forrester’s Green Market Revolution
The green market revolution (impacts, how to adapt and change retail business models and organisations) was the title of Forrester‘s Thomas Husson’s Keynote at the Paris Retail Week 2023 Trade Show. A topic of vital interest to our readers and ourselves. We interviewed Thomas to better understand how urgent the…
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Breaking News
Promoting employees increases risk that they leave
A recent research led by HR software vendor ADP shows that promoting employees might be bad for employee retention. Even if this is counter intuitive, this research shows that HR hell may be paved with good intentions. The research also provides other interesting insights, namely about the number of promotions. …
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Breaking News
Visionary Marketing gets a makeover
The Visionary Marketing site is getting a facelift as 2023 draws to a close. Twenty-eight years after its inception, and four years after obtaining our press accreditation by the French Ministry of Culture, we’ve listened to our readers. On the agenda, we improved the site’s legibility, visibility and look and…
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