Marketing

Mastering Marketing’s New Era with CPG [PODCAST]

ANA's Marketing Futures Podcast returns with another episode recorded on the ground at the 2024 ANA Brand Masters Conference in Carlsbad, California. Host Mike Berberich's guest is none other than the host of this year's Brand Masters Conference, CPG Marketing Expert Fernando Herrera. Berberich and Herrera discussed the evolution of omnichannel marketing over the years, and the challenge marketers face syncing the digital and physical worlds. They also shared their thoughts on AI's role in the marketing function and talked about how to leverage the new hybrid/remote workforce to your advantage.

Intersectionality in Marketing

From "diversity" to "inclusivity," no other term has been arguably misappropriated, misused, and co-opted in the business world than the concept of intersectionality, coined by renowned Black feminist legal scholar Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. Whenever I have worked alongside clients and marketing colleagues as a consultant, it was common to hear the term "intersectional" used to describe an array of things: Brands, marketers, research participants, or approaches to strategy.

CMO Checklist for Better Agency Results

Great strategy is only great if it is executed well. PowerPoint, Word documents and board room discussions don’t build awareness or connect your product and services with the target audience across their buying journey or close any sales. Great strategy is only great if it is executed with distinction. The work is what works.

Revealed: The Critical Role of Brand Strategy in Business Success [PODCAST]

In this episode of The New Mainstream podcast, Darren Horwitz, Founder of TenTen Group, delves into branding basics and the role brand strategy plays in achieving business success.

THE END OF AN ERA : Eduardo Caballero passes – se te extraña

Eduardo Caballero The Godfather of Hispanic Marketing & Radio in our Industry passed in 2023. For those that work with Eduardo Caballero and those that knew Eduardo will be eternally impacted by the man, the professional, the pioneer and the Industry Advocate.

Is there a solution to the advertising disconnect?

Advertisers are desperate to get their audience's attention. Most of that audience would prefer not to see advertising and do their best to avoid it. This is the digital advertising disconnect. So far, few brands have figured out an effective solution to the problem. So, what is a brand to do?  By Nigel Hollis

Recommendations for U. S. Multicultural Marketing: A data-informed approach

As time progresses, we can see the impact that multicultural groups have on marketing and business operations. Specifically in the U.S., we can see the strides that marketers have made to ensure the U.S. maintains its status as a leader in multicultural marketing. Just as the U.S. has shifted its demographics away from being solely a nation of individuals with white skin and of European descent, this rise in multi-ethnic and multicultural communities has shaped the ways we operate and engage with people.  By Derrick Raphael Pacheco - Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Florida State University

Agency Compensation Models: It’s About Time

The advertising industry has long wrestled with the challenge of determining the optimal manner and level of compensation between advertisers and their agency partners.

What is Multi-Culti+ ?

At DangerTV, Multi-Culti+ is both a vision and a mission to provide the very best in adventure and adrenaline content that both reflects and spurs the growing diversity of our country to explore (regardless of ethnicity)....everything!. At DangerTV, Multi-Culti + recognizes that adventure and adrenaline have invited you to get the best out of life, regardless of where you are from. Our content is your invitation. With shows from around the globe featuring diverse people rising to occasion after occasion, you start to realize that the brand is actually a metaphor for what sooner or later we all face: overcoming adversity.  By Javier Saralegui, Founder and CEO, Danger TV, LLC

Text Marketing: Highly Regulated and Needs Permission

Self-regulation and ethical marketing are at the core of building consumer trust and loyalty. This ethics update series focuses on key consumer marketing issues to highlight the ethical standards of applicability and to assure best practices are communicated and followed. This is not intended to replace legal advice and counsel. Please consult with your counsel on compliance to ensure you are following the laws specific to your organization.

2024 Annual Marketing Report – Maximizing ROI in a fragmented world [REPORT]

Nielsen released its sixth global Annual Marketing Report, revealing marketers’ priorities and plans to improve ROI in 2024 and beyond.

Profit Ability 2 – The new business case for advertising

A vast new study of advertising effectiveness has proven that advertising is a profitable driver of business growth and that all forms of advertising pay back, especially when their sustained effects are measured.

Navigating the Complexity of Marketing Capability Measurement

A marketer attends a training session, they learn new skills and apply them in their day-to-day role. As a result, their own and their teams’ behaviors change and the company sees improved effectiveness and ultimately achieves its financial aims and goals. Brilliant! Now the only job left to do is to prove the link between the learnings and business results… *Sigh*

The business case for ad budgets – in language the business understands

Head of International Effectiveness, Mike Campbell, reflects on the impact of the work that we do in partnership with both national and transnational advertising industry bodies. By helping to up the marketing effectiveness game of the CMO – and by ensuring the CMO speaks the language of the CFO – Ebiquity’s research-led thought leadership content, based on industry good practice, can raise all ships and drive ROI.

Peaks and valleys: Ad spending trends around the world

Where should I advertise and when? This is probably one of the most frustrating questions in the marketing book.

The undeniable value of integration

The value of integration in marketing is undeniable and multifaceted. Yet, to the detriment of client and agency effectiveness across the globe, it is not currently the industry norm. Distilling this value takes constant rigor and steadfast commitment, but the payoff is worth it.

Modelo Spiked Aguas Frescas teams up with Francia Raisa and Juixxe to Honor the Street Vendor Community

Following a successful Las Vegas test launch, where Modelo Spiked Aguas Frescas was the #1 new Flavored Malt Beverage multipack and single serve*, Modelo is celebrating the expansion of Modelo Spiked Aguas Frescas to strong Modelo markets across the country by once again honoring the street vendor community that made traditional aguas frescas a beloved cultural staple. Partnering with actress Francia Raisa and Juixxe, a changemaker famous for uplifting the street vendor community, Modelo surprised the owner of Oxnard, CA-based Las Aguas 805, Salvador Gutierrez, with a new, custom-built street cart and a $5,000 cash gift to help him fuel the fiesta in his community with delicious aguas frescas for years to come.

CMO Tenure Study 2024: An Expanded View of CMO Tenure and Background

For 20 years, Spencer Stuart’s annual CMO Tenure Study has tracked the tenure and backgrounds of chief marketing officers from the top 100 advertisers in the U.S. This report highlights the challenges CMOs face and the opportunities for increasing their impact. We continue to enhance our tenure study, expanding our analysis to include new data points and, in 2022, we began incorporating data from the broader list of Fortune 500 CMOs into the analysis.

A Field Guide to Modern Marketing

Brand and marketing executives at consumer products companies have confronted big shifts in the playing field in recent years. More consumers expect more personalized content, convenience, and fair-trade sourcing. People shop, research, and check out content at any hour, through multiple channels. Determining which e-commerce platform merits the next advertising dollar has become more complicated. As a result, traditional marketing playbooks that depend on what has worked historically become less applicable to these emerging consumer trends.

A Simple and Effective Guide to Segmenting Your Hispanic Market Research Sample

Conducting market research in the Hispanic market can be challenging, especially for researchers unfamiliar with the community or living in another country. Here is a quick guide to building a representative sample and obtaining accurate results.

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