Marketing

The world’s most valuable brands have seen their total brand value increase by 5.9% despite the economic, social and personal impacts of COVID-19, according to the 2020 BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released by WPP and Kantar. The total brand value of the Top 100 global brands reached US$5 trillion, equivalent to the annual GDP of Japan. It has increased by 245% since 2006, when the total brand value first reached US$1 trillion.

When was the last time you reconsidered your approach to consumer monitoring? Your usual methods of tracking consumer trends may work well under typical, everyday market conditions—but these are not everyday market conditions.

Last week I posted about an update of the Mastering Momentum analysis, which found that brands which over-performed across different stages of the buyer lifecycle grew an average of 48%. The time frame used for the analysis was an interval of three years, making it one of few studies to study brand growth over a longer period of time.  by Nigel Hollis

It’s a bit of a business this blogging lark. You write a piece on Facebook and the various companies who have decided in one shape or form to pull funds from the platform, only for Mark Zuckerberg to change the rules thus rendering out-of-date most of what I’d written. If you see him, have a word with him for me, would you? Thanks.  By Brian Jacobs

IPG Mediabrands released its 10 Media Responsibility Principles (MRP) as part of a larger effort to balance brand safety and brand responsibility in advertising. While “Brand Safety” protects the brand, “Brand Responsibility” protects the communities that a brand serves, weighing the societal impact of the content, the publishers and services, and the platforms being funded by advertising. IPG Mediabrands’ MRPs are a call to action for companies to hold themselves to higher standards more broadly when it relates to brand safety and brand responsibility matters, not just in media.

United by their mutual skepticism about attempts to define “Total Market,” indeed wary of the concept itself, Pedro de Córdoba /  Eventus  and David Morse /  New American Dimensions began a regular correspondence via e-mail and text about a month ago. The following is a distillation. [We previously published this article on 4/25/2015 and is worth republishing]

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, most of us are trying to understand how to honor this critical moment in our country and evolve. The consequences are many and will continue to impact us as individuals, and as business leaders.  By Isaac Mizrahi –  Co-President of ALMA

Why an identity-based approach is the future of marketing in a post-cookie world

Why EQ, AI, and creativity are the most crucial factors in the new era of marketing

What do marketers need to focus on in order to regain momentum? We assess how experience, exposure and activation can be optimised.  by Nigel Hollis

Walton Isaacson CEO says a ‘seemingly benign idea’ has turned into ‘a brutal affront to our communities’

Four weeks ago when most America when into lockdown, marketers worried about the future of their marketing to mom campaigns. What they soon discovered however was that homebound moms searching for products, educational tools and entertainment created opportunities for sales growth.  [A great blueprint for the US Hispanic advertising, marketing, media, public relatins and research Industry]

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” It’s one of Warren Buffet’s most famous quotes. And it goes to the heart of the calculation of return on investment (ROI), which, of course, is at the core of marketing success. Brand storytelling with sight, sound, and motion comes with a growing price. Video production costs run the gamut from very low (user-generated content) to very high (multiday shooting, with expensive talent). To bolster and exceed their ROI goals, marketers need systems and processes that enable their teams and partners to leverage produced assets without friction or slowdowns.

Multicultural Excellence Award winners showcase insight and learning from the brands taking the strategic steps to ensure their engagement with multicultural consumer segments is relevant, creative and compelling.

​The expansive role of the chief marketing officer is filled with possibility, but many CMOs lack the confidence to truly engage with the C-suite. How can CMOs build confidence to elevate their influence and fully realize their role’s potential?

The famous “Got Milk?” campaign started with a deprivation experiment. You can find the history here, but, in essence, participants in a focus group were asked not to consume milk for a week prior to the research. It occurs to me that the Great Lockdown has forced many of us to give up our normal behaviour and brands. The question is: what happens when lockdown ends?  By Nigel Hollis

I’ve been working in multicultural market research for over twenty years. I remember, in 2000, when Hispanics overtook African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States. I remember the Language Wars, when we all argued about what the right language was to reach LatinX people (Hell, we certainly didn’t see the term LatinX coming in 2000!), a population that was becoming increasingly U.S. born. I chimed in during the whole Total Market debate, the “we can reach everybody” phase; it never seemed right to me.  By David R.Morse – New American Dimensions

Marketers, looking for increased productivity and transparency in their media investments, are calling for sweeping changes and improvements in the media ecosystem. This includes transformative changes to the upfront marketplace.

Every day we are thinking about how to drive growth by conditioning demand in the market for our brand(s) over the other brands that we compete with.  By Bill Pink – Head of Global Analytic Leads / Kantar

To become more inclusive and LGBTQ+-friendly, brands need to lead with actions rather than just words. Making statements isn’t enough anymore. Instead, culture needs to change from within a brand, not just within its creative copy.  How can this happen?