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Richard Shotton

Richard Shotton

Verified

Founder, Astroten

Herne Hill, London

Biography

Richard is the author of The Choice Factory, the best-selling book on how to apply behavioural science to marketing. The book has won praise from industry figures such as Mark Ritson, Rory Sutherland, Dave Trott and many others. He started his career in advertising 17 years ago, working on accounts such as Coke, 118 118 and comparethemarket.com, before moving into research. Richard is interested in how findings from behavioural science can be applied to advertising. He writes about the behavioural experiments he runs for titles such as The Independent, Campaign, The Drum, Admap and Mediatel. He tweets about the latest social psychology findings from the handle @rshotton.

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Behavioural science and social psychology and their application to marketing

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Total articles 552

  • Awareness vs familiarity: Nokia on the challenge of transitioning from B2C to B2B

    By Jasper Baumann, Richard Shotton| Marketing Week Verified There is a clear opportunity for brands to help redefine masculinity but a single campaign won’t cut it. It must come from a deeper, collective effort across everything from the stories they tell and the behaviours they normalise to the identities they promote.

    By Jasper Baumann, Richard Shotton · Marketing Week

    Apr. 03, 2025

  • Coca-Cola’s European CMO: AI ads will become ‘the norm’

    By Niamh Carroll Verified, Richard Shotton| Marketing Week Verified Coca-Cola’s European CMO: AI ads will become ‘the norm’ Coca-Cola used AI to recreate its famous ‘Holidays are Coming’ ad at a tenth of what it would have cost it otherwise. Coca-Cola’s European CMO says that advertising produced through generative AI will become the “norm” in the not too distant future.

    By Niamh Carroll Verified, Richard Shotton · Marketing Week

    Apr. 03, 2025

  • Coca-Cola’s European CMO: AI ads will become ‘the norm’

    By Niamh Carroll Verified, Richard Shotton| Marketing Week Verified Coca-Cola’s European CMO: AI ads will become ‘the norm’ Coca-Cola used AI to recreate its famous ‘Holidays are Coming’ ad at a tenth of what it would have cost it otherwise. Coca-Cola’s European CMO says that advertising produced through generative AI will become the “norm” in the not too distant future.

    By Niamh Carroll Verified, Richard Shotton · Marketing Week

    Apr. 03, 2025

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