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Using Radio to Drive Growth in Local Markets
Supporting and connecting with local communities can pay dividends for brands, studies show
Cheetos launches World’s First Fingertip Sponsorship with Global Superstar Becky G to Celebrate Return of Deja tu Huella Campaign
Artists have often been the face of a brand, but Cheetos®, famous for its iconic orange Cheetle® dust, is launching its latest Deja tu Huella campaign by doing something no other brand has done – sponsoring a musician's fingertips.ertip Sponsorship with Global Superstar Becky G to Celebrate Return of Deja tu Huella Campaign
Marias Gamesa launches campaign featuring US Women’s National Team Newcomer Sofia Huerta
Part of PepsiCo, Marias Gamesa partners with American professional soccer player, Sofia Huerta— formerly playing for the Mexico Women’s National Team and now for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team—to star in a series of short digital spots for its “Love from Everywhere” campaign that feature Marias Gamesa® cookies.
The Ultimate Guide to Trigger Marketing
In today's highly competitive business landscape, marketers are constantly seeking innovative strategies to captivate their target audience and drive meaningful engagement. One approach that has gained significant traction is trigger marketing.
Retail reset: A new playbook for retail leaders
It now sounds like a cliché, but that doesn’t make it any less true: the retail sector has experienced as much disruption in the past five years as it has in the previous 25. Consider this: perhaps never before in the history of the industry has every single one of retail’s primary stakeholder groups—customers, suppliers, employees, and investors—dramatically changed their behavior and expectations, all at the same time.
Cannes Wrap-Up [REPORT]
At this year's Cannes Lions Festival, companies around the world helped set the benchmark the future of creativity. The Cannes Lions Official Wrap-Up Report will help you get a head start with the industry's biggest learnings and trends.
The Brands Fighting for Inclusivity
Brands wield tremendous power and influence; thus, a brand has the power to promote inclusivity and create change in positive ways. This feat can be accomplished through creative content, messaging, and partnerships. It only takes one voice to provide support, relief, and connection.
Will AI Modernize the Insights Industry? Here Are the Pros and Cons [PODCAST]
In this episode of The New Mainstream podcast, Rick Kelly, Chief Strategy Officer at Fuel Cycle, discusses the impact of AI on the insights industry and Fuel Cylce’s new partnership with ThinkNow to amplify multicultural audiences.
The Most Intimate Brand Family Rankings [REPORT]
See which conglomerates are best at establishing emotional connections and how they leverage their brands to build bonds with consumers. Read our new article and watch our Brand Family rankings video highlights.
Next wave measurement: Marketing mix modelling in the age of retail media [REPORT]
This report, developed with Amazon Ads, explores how MMM is evolving, and how they are now being used with a particular focus on the impact of retail media.
The State of DEI 2023: What marketers need to do to close inclusion gaps
Cannes Lions 2023 winners demonstrated that creativity can help make brands more inclusive. Discover how learnings from the winners can help you close the inclusion gap in your advertising.
Awareness of Sustainability Issues Shapes Advertising Industry: 4As’ Marla Kaplowitz [VIDEO]
The advertising industry’s carbon footprint was a major topic at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, with plenty of discussion about how marketing professionals can include sustainability issues in their decision making.
Exploring New Media Channels for Your Brand
Many brands who invest in paid social media use Meta channels, Facebook and Instagram, as their go-to channels. These platforms reach billions of users, and they are mature in the sense that they have reliable data and tools for advertisers. That said, depending on your business goals and the audience you're trying to reach, it's worth exploring other channels to convert users to customers.
Almost Half of Marketers Do Not Trust the Reliability of Their Data Due to Fragmented Tools and Poor Integration
Zeta Global announced a Forrester Consulting Opportunity Snapshot, “Elevate Your Integration Strategy for Maximum Business Impact.” This study was commissioned by Zeta Global to examine the current state of marketing technology and the biggest challenges that brands face in their quest to improve customer experiences and accelerate growth.
Marco’s Pizza appoints Denise Lauer as Chief Marketing Officer
Marco's Pizza has appointed seasoned brand marketing leader Denise Lauer as Chief Marketing Officer. This appointment comes at a pivotal time as Marco's focuses on aggressive franchise development, product innovation, and accelerates unit level sales strategy.
What Is Audience Segmentation?
A one-size-fits-all approach won't suffice when it comes to capturing and retaining the attention of your audience. This is where audience segmentation comes into play — a powerful strategy that enables you to divide your target audience into groups, allowing for personalized and targeted marketing efforts.
Are we underestimating the long-term effects of advertising?
I am sure that is true, but does econometric modeling capture all those indirect effects? No matter how sophisticated the model, I suspect much of the indirect, multiplicative effects of advertising go unmeasured. By Nigel Hollis
Conditions are ‘Still Moving in the Right Direction’ Even With Slower Growth Expected
Consumer spending – which makes up 70% of GDP – increased at an annual rate of 4.2% in the first quarter, which was four times the 1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the fastest growth since mid-2021 despite strong headwinds from interest rates and inflation.
De Los, Powered by the Los Angeles Times
De Los, a new brand and multimedia platform exploring everything Latinidad. De Los, a community-driven brand and platform powered by the Los Angeles Times, launched. Created as a space to explore all things Latinidad – in Los Angeles and across the country – De Los offers reporting and commentary, graphic comics and topical social videos, a forum to celebrate or critique the news of the day, and a way to connect through a shared sense of culture and identity.
Is this really the 3rd age of effectiveness?
I have just watched The 3rd Age of Effectiveness presentations. Kudos to Les Binet, Dr Grace Kite, and Tom Roach for their compelling, empirically-based presentations and the IPA for making those presentations available to those of us not at Cannes. By Nigel Hollis
