The Olympic Games Paris 2024 have arrived; a two-and-a-half-week festival of sport and an enormous stage for many of the world’s biggest brands. Poised to be the most-watched summer games in years, in the marketing world, it will be all Olympics all the time for the next few weeks. Prepare for the thrill of brand…
Cottagecore, balletcore, gorpcore … just a few of the many labels that seemed to dominate the discussion in the last few years, causing brands to look for new ways to capitalize on the emerging trends of the moment. But in a recent breakdown from trend forecaster @thedigifairy, these “cores” have faded just as quickly as…
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics are officially underway and if brands are smart, they’ll capitalize on the trending event by creating content that proactively (and authentically) engages their audiences. NBC Universal is planning to air 7,000 hours of coverage of the Games, with 5,000 hours available via its streaming platform Peacock. Back in 2020, more…
Given the state of American politics, the next three months are set to be some of the most important and fascinating times for those of us who tell stories and build communities for a living. Never before have we had the tools and opportunities available to appeal to a population that is deeply segmented while…
Adtech is no stranger to hype–and hysteria. In an industry that moves as fast as digital advertising, marketers are understandably on guard for policy and technology shifts that could upend their status quo–not to mention their ROI. The continually delayed–and now completely dead–deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome is a perfect example of the advertising…
If you want to start an agency, now is the time. So many new creative, media, strategy and analytics shops are popping up everywhere. My co-founder and I could not be more proud to be part of the many who bring new business models and ways of working to fruition. I just officiated my co-founder’s…
By deciding to keep third-party cookies in Chrome, Google delivered the latest punchline in its years-long comedy of errors. And no one is laughing. As the chief technology officer of an adtech measurement company, I’ve spent years in the trenches of W3C meetings about the Privacy Sandbox, poring over documents and even submitting an API…
It’s been a tough few days for CrowdStrike and its biggest customer brands. Microsoft, Delta and others were directly impacted by the global outage on July 18, with many citing the blue screen of death as a sign that Y2K was finally happening in 2024. The incident unfolded when a faulty CrowdStrike update compromised 8.5…
Today, people are more skeptical of traditional marketing hype and are seeking pragmatic value from less obvious sources. A new phenomenon of brand is commanding these audiences’ attention: the If You Know You Know, a less “seductive” but more discerning breed of labels slowly emerging to shake things up. Epitomized by brands like Costco’s Kirkland,…
According to Snaxshot founder Andrea Hernandez, the newsletter subscription platform Substack was like handmade sourdough bread in 2020; everyone was doing it. So when she shouted into the online void, she never expected it would shout back. But her tweets during the pandemic about the new kids in the pantry aisle, such as non-alcoholic beverages,…
Over the past few years, sonic branding has evolved from a niche, nice-to-have marketing asset to a must-have for any complete brand ecosystem. Forward-thinking companies realize they must use sound and music to stand out both in traditional media and on audio-first platforms like TikTok, Spotify and other social media and streamers. However, knowing your…
Apple. Coca-Cola. Nike. McDonald’s. OREO. Liquid Death. These brands have built design systems that have seamlessly woven from product to campaign through the funnel. The systems have wedged into our minds, refrigerators, closets, desks, emails and TikToks. The need for comprehensive design thinking is undebatable in a world that has become increasingly global and digital….
Futbol in the U.S. is experiencing unprecedented growth; high-profile tournaments such as the CONMEBOL Copa America and Leagues Cup this year are warming the country up for the highly anticipated 2026 FIFA World Cup that will be taking place in 16 stadiums across North America. This surge in futbol’s popularity has left fans, particularly those…
Who doesn’t love a meme or pop culture moment? Especially when it seems like all of the internet wants to be a part of a collective memory or joke. Leveraging trending pop culture references can be a goldmine for brands looking to connect with their audience. As I’m writing this, you may have someone from…
From Million Dollar Listing to Zillow Gone Wild, I know firsthand about the rise of real estate content. And its popularity continues to increase thanks to the demand from fans who can’t get enough, whether it’s captivating content around home renovations or programming that takes an inside look at the high-stakes transactions real estate agents…
In the volatile world of cancel culture, who holds the power to make amends? Mistakes are bound to happen now and again; some are more forgivable than others. Recently, soda brand Poppi faced a lawsuit alleging its gut health claims are falsely advertised. The brand is trying to make a comeback from the allegations, saying…
As a child of the ’80s and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, every June I get a bit nostalgic. I get to observe my LGBTQ+ friends and broader network be a bit more themselves and unabashedly queer. And they do this, consciously or unconsciously, because it’s Pride Month and rainbows are popping up…
The next 6-to-12 months present marketers and brands with a potent concoction of phenomena that are sure to, at a minimum, cause shifts in media economics and, at a maximum, completely upend entire advertising programs and their measurement models. Add to the mix the emotional instability these events cause in us as consumers, and we’re…
Oracle Advertising’s recent news that it’s shuttering its business is a notable milestone in the ongoing disruption and transformation of adtech and martech. Despite their many acquisitions, Oracle failed to integrate these pieces into a marketing cloud stack that worked at a level that could compete with the likes of Adobe or Salesforce. Oracle faced…
As a CFO in the advertising industry, the one constant that I’ve come across is change. Maybe it’s a recency bias, but the past few years have been seemingly more volatile than at any point I can remember. The challenges have been harder and more ill-defined, the answers weren’t straightforward and the outcomes have been…
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