How online real estate brand Opendoor is building awareness

The VP of marketing at real estate company Opendoor discusses how the brand is building awareness on a recent episode of the Marketer’s Brief podcast.

Track and Field Chases Athlete QR Codes in Race to Popularity

Grant Holloway is a world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 110-meter hurdles. He’s also had a doughnut named after him at a shop near his training grounds in Gainesville, Fla. Elle St. Pierre is a U.S. indoor champion in the 3,000 meters. She also works a dairy farm in a corner of Vermont…

Highlighting female and minority voices, Allison Wolf creates a sense of belonging for clients and colleagues

Planner helped to develop Mindshare’s LatinX PMP, an initiative that amplifies the voices of Hispanic and LatinX journalists.

Prose and Lauren Ridloff ‘Curl Outside the Lines’ to Launch Styling Gel

For the launch of its newest hero product and marketing initiative, the team at Prose enlisted an actual superhero. The personalized haircare brand partnered with actor, producer and “curl advocate” Lauren Ridloff for its “Curl Outside the Lines” campaign, which launched Aug. 9. Ridloff is the breakout star of Marvel’s Eternals, in which she made…

Doritos debuting ketchup, spicy mustard flavors in U.S. e-commerce play

PepsiCo tests U.S. appetite for ketchup chips, which are a Canadian hit.

How Publicis’ Epsilon PeopleCloud Helps Smucker’s ID Its Customers and Tailor Messages to Them

Note: To make sense of what is quickly becoming a vast and complex agency technology ecosystem, Adweek is reporting on each of the major platforms. This story is the fourth in a series covering agencies’ audience management platforms. Previously, Adweek reported on Omnicom’s Omni, Horizon Media’s blu. and Havas’ Converged. Most people know The J.M….

Alyssa Bush helped bring Molson Coors to the metaverse

The Meta Lite bar hosted more than 40,000 visitors, becoming the most successful brand activation in metaverse history,

This Snack Bar Doesn’t Want Consumers Going Overboard on Health and Wellness Kicks

With health and wellness a major focus among consumers in recent times, plant-based British protein bar Perkier has released a campaign that shows how some people are going to extremes to be good to themselves. The three 30-second spots in the “So Good You Don’t Have To Be” campaign from creative agency 10 Days aim…

Nielsen reveals national TV panel growth as talks of alternatives heat up

Nielsen, in a statement today, said its national TV panel has reached 42,000 households, up from 41,000-plus previously.

Pew on Teens’ Use of Social Platforms: YouTube Dominates, TikTok Rises, Facebook Falls

YouTube is tops, TikTok is surging and Facebook is plummeting when it comes to usage by teenagers 13 through 17 in the U.S., according to the new Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 study from Pew Research Center, released Wednesday. Pew used Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel to survey 1,316 U.S. teens from April 14 through May 4,…

Phoebe Sloane and Huei Yin Wong are supporting women in creativity

Sloane and Wong have paired more than 500 women in various stages of their careers to become mentors and allies.

Meagan Funt led the campaign for TikTok's first crowdsourced movie

The account manager also helped launch a Chipotle-themed makeup collection for e.l.f. including limited-edition products.

4 Music Trends That Defined the Second Quarter of 2022

Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment of Beats, Bytes and Brands, a monthly column on the newest trends and activations converging across the music industry and brand marketing. The second quarter of 2022 was defined by uncertainties hitting the economy from all angles, resulting in nearly three-fourths of consumers to be concerned about a…

Can ‘House of the Dragon’ Be HBO’s Next ‘Game of Thrones’?

The stakes are high for the first “Thrones” spinoff, which could determine nothing less than the future of the franchise.

‘Family, hustle and community’ play an integral role in Eno Oduok's identity

Strategist collaborated with HBO to amplify its documentary “The Legend of the Underground.”

This Campaign’s Advice for Helping a Friend in a Crisis? Do Nothing

When someone is experiencing hardship, it’s not always easy to know what to say. Hopeful words can come across as meaningless platitudes and it may be difficult to find the value in activities that once sparked joy. However, in many cases, simply being present could change crisis outcomes and create a better tomorrow. Acknowledging the…

What to Know About ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel

HBO’s new “Game of Thrones” prequel takes us back to the land of Westeros, hundreds of years earlier. We’ve got your cheat sheet.

Mindshare's new AI tool measures how toxic news is to help brands decide where to advertise

The Impact Index “addresses the pervasive toxicity online and the role that advertisers might play in monetizing that rhetoric.”

Publicis Health Media and Meta Find Legacy Interest-based Targeting Less Effective in Healthcare

Meta threw what could be a potential wrench in healthcare marketing plans when it announced in November 2021 that it was deprecating detailed targeting. Starting January 19, 2022, marketers could no longer target based on peoples’ interests around certain health causes such as “lung cancer awareness,” “world diabetes day,” or “chemotherapy,” in an effort to…

Hunting for Voter Fraud, Conspiracy Theorists Organize ‘Stakeouts’

A nascent effort to surveil drop boxes for potential fraud is taking shape in at least 10 states, worrying election officials and law enforcement.