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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.
Secretos De Las Indomables arrives exclusively on Canela.TV
Canela Media announced that their new original series, ‘Secretos de las Indomables’, will premiere on Canela.TV, the company’s free Spanish-language platform, on August 17. The series will consist of 10 episodes, with new episodes available weekly.
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
Generative AI: A Creative Revolution in the Marketing Landscape
Over the past several months, the increased availability of high-quality generative artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way we write and create. Epitomized by systems like ChatGPT and Midjourney, this new game-changing technology is having a ripple effect across all industries, actively bestowing on us the ability to generate content, solve problems, and answer questions faster and often more accurately than most people can manage.
Beyond belt-tightening: How marketing can drive resiliency during uncertain times
With the economy still sending mixed signals, it’s no great surprise that companies are feeling skittish and cutting costs. Unfortunately, the marketing budget is often the first to go. In December 2022, we surveyed nearly three dozen chief marketing officers (CMOs) of major North American consumer companies. On average, they told us that their company boards demanded an 8 percent reduction in marketing expenditures over the previous 12 months. In some cases, marketing budgets were cut by as much as 10 to 20 percent. One large public company even slashed its marketing budget by more than 20 percent.
Mexican consumers seek value and convenience—and find it online
Consumers in Mexico are feeling slightly more optimistic about both their country’s economy and their own ability to meet financial commitments in the coming year—but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped looking for ways to spend less. In fact, their persistent quest for value is the main reason many of them continue to shop online: e-commerce still has a larger market share than it had before the COVID-19 pandemic. These are among the findings of a ConsumerWise survey conducted in early 2023 among more than 1,000 Mexican consumers across income groups. The following five charts show highlights from the survey.
Cesar Conde upped at NBC Universal and now will once gain oversee Telemundo.
NBC Universal has added more responsibilities to Cesar Conde now chairman of the NBC News Group. He will add oversight of Telemundo as well as NBC Universal Local TV.
Mic Drop: Global Artist Camilo Joins Ritmo y Color McDonald’s, Inviting Fans Nationwide to Vote for Concert Destinations
Fans across the country are in for the hottest music and art mashup of the summer with the return of Ritmo y Color. This year, McDonald’s USA is taking the third annual celebration of Latino pride and culture to a whole new level with a fiery lineup featuring three headline performances by Colombian singer-songwriter and five-time Latin GRAMMY® winner, Camilo, plus augmented reality art installations by seven visual artists across select U.S. McDonald’s restaurants.
