As the creator economy matures, more reliable metrics should emerge for marketers. But, marketers say, it’s still a challenge to make informed decisions when picking creators to work with. Data about whether a creator’s audience syncs with a brand’s customers, or whether the creator receives sufficient interactions on their posts, is hard to come by….
Data clean room companies, which help publishers securely match their audience’s first-party data with that of marketers, are aiming to capture more market share as the ad industry seeks more privacy-focused ways of targeting. Partly, this will come from offering more interoperability between players, as shown by the recent announcement from data clean room tech…
Advertising agency network Publicis Groupe has named GroupM’s CEO for EMEA Demet ?kiler as its chief operating officer (COO) for EMEA. ?kiler, who was also the country chair for WPP in Turkey and a member of GroupM’s global leadership team, will join the rival agency network and be charged with scaling and delivering new cross-culture…
TikTok’s attempt to increase transparency–and woo Washington lawmakers and civil society organizations to remain operating in the U.S.–has caught the attention of some marketers. But the platform’s audience growth and targeting capabilities will continue to be its selling point, rather than any outcomes of these political tensions. Still, more transparency in how its algorithm works…
Ahead of the World Economic Forum at Davos taking place this year, environmental group Greenpeace released a visual campaign to highlight the hypocrisy it believes is taking place around discussions of the environment by people taking private planes to travel there. Each year, the Geneva, Switzerland-based event welcomes political, business and cultural leaders from around…
It started with a moment of boredom. While waiting for a lunch to begin, Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun put his hand on his chin and neck. There, he felt a bump. In a car ride afterward, he pointed it out to Carla Serrano, global CSO, and Michelle McGowan, evp, corporate communications in the U.S.,…
Welcome to Marketing Morsels, Adweek’s weekly sampling of the most delectable brand stunts and campaigns we saw this week (but weren’t able to cover elsewhere). This week, discover offerings from Fetch, Banza, Duolingo, Hardee’s and more. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: This brand made Fetch happen Regina George can shove it: Shopper rewards platform Fetch…
For many, mental health can not only be a challenge in itself, but can oftentimes be a lonely battle. For PAWS NY, a nonprofit pet organization, pets are not just great companions, but are powerful healing aids. To highlight the mental health benefits pets can provide, PAWS NY and agency Klick Health launched a heart-tugging…
As one of the biggest financial payment processors in the world, Mastercard has the potential to play a major role in the future of the constellation of cryptocurrency-adjacent technologies known as web3. That’s why Raja Rajamannar, the brand’s chief marketing and communications officer and healthcare business president, said he is still overall bullish on what…
To celebrate the arrival of 2023, Messenger released a “Happy New Year” chat theme that adds fireworks to a conversation’s background. When this theme is activated, the conversation’s emoji will automatically change to the party popper emoji. In addition, four word effects will be added to the conversation for the words “cheers,” “fireworks,” “midnight” and…
The last few months of 2022 have seen some unusual market dynamics, including an increasingly murky future for Twitter with forecasts of it shedding users, CTV ad spend continues to see grow while the long-awaited ad business from Netflix takes a wobbly turn, and rumors swirl of Apple building its own demand-side platform. Ahead of…
Snapchat+ is Snapchat’s subscription service that gives subscribers access to exclusive features on the social networking platform. One of these features is the ability to change the appearance of the capture button on Snapchat’s camera screen. Our guide will show you how to Snapchat’s capture button if you’re a Snapchat+ subscriber. Note: These screenshots were…
Snapchat’s Snapchat+ subscription service allows subscribers to customize the look of each conversation on the social networking platform with a different background wallpaper. Our guide will show you how to change a chat’s wallpaper in the Snapchat mobile application. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Snapchat app on iOS. Step 1: On Snapchat’s “Chats”…
Tens of thousands of industry professionals will descend on Las Vegas this January for the first full-scale in-person Consumer Electronics Show in three years. After an all-virtual show in 2021 and a scaled-down version last January, organizers expect this iteration of the tech industry’s largest trade show to be a return to form with at…
As travel became a polarizing topic in the depths of the pandemic, Kayak decided to take a risk. Backed by artificial intelligence that revealed that “denialism” was a hot topic online, the travel booking site waded into potential political controversy with a set of spots that poked fun at conspiracy-minded debates playing out across the…
Welcome to Marketing Morsels, Adweek’s weekly roundup of the marketing news you may have missed. In this week’s selection, sample stunts and campaigns from Turo, Uber Eats, Instacart and more. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: Watch Yeezy shoes burn for eight flaming nights In light of Kanye “Ye” West’s antisemitic remarks earlier this year and…
American consumers may have lost some of their appetite for faux meat, but they’re still snapping up non-dairy ice cream, veggie-centric snacks, grain-based milks and egg substitutes at grocery stores, restaurants and fast food chains. As the $7.4 billion U.S. industry has continued to grow, it has seen an explosion of products, meaning that distinctive,…
As virtual try-on continues to redefine how makeup brands are reaching consumers, MAC Cosmetics is rolling out a new augmented reality (AR) tool that lets customers sample multiple styles at once through their phones. The feature is designed to replicate the experience of sitting at a makeup counter with built-in looks and tutorials from the…
Dell is unveiling a new proof-of-concept laptop that offers a glimpse at how gadgets of the future could be designed with electronic waste minimization in mind–if and when the company begins to mass-produce the type of easily repairable and recyclable components the computer contains. The prototype laptop is a new iteration of Concept Luna, the…
There’s a scene from the Golden Girls–season 1, episode 22–in which Blanche (Rue McClanahan), Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Rose (Betty White) are commiserating at the kitchen table. Raiding the refrigerator for a suitable late-night snack, Blanche pulls out a chocolate cheesecake. The staccato exchange that follows was a signature element of the show. “You bought…
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