8 strategies for conveying clear messages to your audience

A strong brand message is one that doesn’t get muddled along the way.

BMW: Sometimes Electric Always BMW

Bumble: Dating These Days

Bumblers have unfiltered conversations with loved ones about dating in 2020.

Tramontina: Tartamudos (Stutterers )

Radio campaign for Tramontina Knives.

Bedre Nætter: Hotel Bedre Nætter

Many Danes suffer from sleep problems and do not know what to do to get a night of better sleep. Bedrenaetter.dk (eng: Better Nights) has a mission to help Danes sleep better, but since they only exist online, it is difficult to gain trust from consumers when they cannot physically experience their products. How can Bedrenaetter.dk prove that they can help consumers achieve the best night’s sleep and that good sleep changes everything? A good life requires good sleep. Therefore, we developed a hotel room that provided the framework for the best night’s sleep. The right temperature, colors, plants, scents, literature, food, and beverages as well as activity rooms such as yoga, meditation, and spa. All of which have been proven to create the best sleep; developed uniquely for this experiment. We launched the hotel on AirBnB and in less than 2 days we were fully booked from 10 Feb – 10 May. It cost 299 DKK and you had to enter personal information, so you got the right mattress for the bed.

Volvo Captures the Joy, Exhaustion and Constant Dangers of Parenting

Parenthood, if Volvo’s new PSA is anything to go by, is exhausting, funny and fraught with moments of danger–where your role becomes stopping your kids from climbing out of a cot, falling downstairs or banging their heads on sharp corners while trying to get them to eat and sleep. In a new global campaign for…

Spotify to First-Time Voters: Play Your Part

Spotify kicked off Play Your Part Wednesday, describing it as a nonpartisan initiative to provide resources for first-time voters prior to November’s U.S. presidential election. The streaming platform teamed up with artists, creators and influencers including Alaina Castillo, Chloe x Halle, Conan Gray and King Princess on the initiative. Spotify’s Voter’s Booth hub will provide…

Where Does Fairness, Transparency and Aspiration Live in Today’s Data Market?

Many of us are familiar with the concept of fair trade coffee, where farmers are compensated for their hard work, and transparency is created throughout the entire value chain–starting with the farmer and ending with the consumer. This trend of fairness and equality has also found itself at the heart of the strategy of many…

Oscar anuncia novos critérios de diversidade para disputa de Melhor Filme

A Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas anunciou no fim da noite desta terça-feira (8) uma nova regulamentação para elegibilidade no Oscar de Melhor Filme que estabelece padrões de diversidade e inclusão a todas as produções interessadas em buscar o prêmio máximo da entidade. A emenda nos critérios é fruto de reuniões de uma “força-tarefa” …

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IPG Mediabrands names first global chief culture officer

Hermon Ghermay comes from executive search firm Grace Blue, where she’s been a director since 2015.

Durex Destigmatizes Anal Sex; Meet the IAB’s New CEO: Wednesday’s First Things First

Welcome to First Things First, Adweek’s daily resource for marketers. We’ll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. Durex Challenges the Stigmas Around Anal Sex, Which It’s Not…

Road to Brandweek: Walmart’s Janey Whiteside on Adapting to a Pandemic and Connecting With Consumers

When the pandemic hit the U.S. in March, Walmart was one of the essential retailers that had to quickly pivot to meet customer needs. That meant not only leaning into existing services like curbside pickup, but adding a two-hour Express Delivery service and a Walmart+ membership program, along with community-focused initiatives like drive-in movie theaters…

Halloween brands make a spirited attempt to save the COVID-haunted holiday

It doesn’t get spookier than Halloween during a pandemic, but marketers are trying to capture sales with digital and DIY offerings.

Why Clean & Clear is joining a growing brand movement supporting mental health

As pandemic creates a mental health crisis for young people, J&J brand joins therapy-matching startup Frame for Instagram campaign.

Apple countersues Epic, and major brands are still boycotting Facebook: Wednesday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you’re reading this online or in a forwarded email, here’s the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. 

After 14 Years, IAB Is Getting a New CEO

The Interactive Advertising Bureau today announced that David Cohen, the trade organization’s current president, will take over for Randall Rothenberg as chief executive officer of both IAB and IAB Tech Lab on Sept. 15. Rothenberg will stay on as executive chair through 2022. Cohen joined IAB in March from Magna, Interpublic Group’s centralized media intelligence,…

Coke, McDonald’s, Nike still boycotting Facebook, but it's no longer just about hate

Crusading against the social platform’s missteps over hate speech and disinformation likely now plays second fiddle to the practicalities of budget-planning.

Study suggests contextual ads are more cost-efficient than behavioral advertising

A new study from GumGum sought to answer the question, and worked Dentsu Aegis and brands such as Sephora to find out.

IAB's new CEO David Cohen takes over and already sees ways to modernize the NewFronts

Longtime leader Randall Rothenberg makes way for new boss, but still has plenty of lobbying to do.

Oracle to Shutter Third-Party Data Services in Europe

Oracle will stop offering third-party data targeting services across Europe beginning next week, as the software giant continues its first-party data strategy and faces a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit alleging General Data Protection Regulation violations. Oracle Data Cloud representatives began contacting partners this week informing them its data marketplace will no longer offer third-party audience segments…