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The burgeoning national political season isn’t just about campaign promises and competing candidate agendas: It’s about advertising. According to Forrester Research, 82% of B2C marketing executives in the U.S. have concerns about marketing their brands during this year’s presidential election cycle. Advertisers, publishers and platforms will face additional challenges as an even greater deluge of…

Pinterest is celebrating the many ways the platform delivers inspiration with a quirky and visually stunning 2024 brand campaign. Developed in-house, the campaign features a trio of films that use fantastical imagery to illustrate real consumer use cases. “Find Your Aesthetic” is a riff on Alice in Wonderland where a woman tumbles down a rabbit…

In this episode of The Speed of Culture, Matt Britton sits down with Roxy Young, chief marketing and consumer experience officer at Reddit. They discuss the importance of mission-driven work, leveraging community engagement for brand affinity, and utilizing AI to enhance user and advertiser experiences. The landscape of social media and digital marketing is constantly…

We are still seeing the effects of the pandemic come to fruition, but one thing is very clear: We are all feeling more disconnected. The resulting epidemic of loneliness is well documented by health professionals, with 52% of Americans reporting that they feel lonely and 47% saying their relationships aren’t meaningful. According to US Surgeon…

There are countless videos across many online platforms catering to a wide range of interests. It’s fascinating how certain videos go viral and become widely viewed by millions of people across the globe, but it’s difficult to predict what makes a video successful. Creative company Viral Growth specializes in TikTok and has devised a formula…

As a content creator, Jayde Powell has completely immersed herself in the creative world. In the process, the influencer-writer-speaker has picked up a breadth of expertise, which has led to recognition by trades like ADWEEK, Business Insider and Hashtag Paid. She’s also built an engaged fanbase that not only understands her brand of humor, but…

There’s no one path to the chief marketing officer seat, and Taco Bell’s top U.S. marketer Taylor Montgomery is living proof. Having cut his teeth working on strategy for brands including Clairol and Always at Procter & Gamble, Montgomery joined Taco Bell in 2016 as senior manager of brand and marketing innovation. Now, several jobs…

John Deere is running a celebrity-driven social media campaign for the first time in its 185-year history, as it kicks off a contest to recruit a “chief tractor officer” who will create TikTok content for the brand. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy launches the search alongside fellow player Colton McKivitz. A promotional video for…

Younger consumers put a lot of stock in the opinions of their favorite influencers. That’s become increasingly evident in the era of social commerce, with 73% of Gen Z consumers and 68% of millennials saying they look to creators to inform their purchase decisions, according to a study by Northwestern University and commissioned by LTK….

Katherine Chan is Duolingo’s global head of social media, responsible for the outrageous social media stunts that make Duolingo a household name, and build brand affinity for its mischievous green owl mascot, Duo. On Tuesday, April 9, from 2:25 to 2:50 PM EDT, Chan will appear on a Main Stage panel at ADWEEK’s Social Media…