How FedEx’s Founder Revolutionized Shipping With a Mediocre College Term Paper
In October 1987, all eyes were on the small town of Midland, Texas, where an 18-month-old girl named Jessica McClure had fallen 22 feet to the bottom of an abandoned water well. Rescuers decided the...
View ArticleThis Creative Shop Thinks It Has the Formula to Perfect Experiential
If social media ceased to exist, experiential marketing would, too. That's according to experiential-focused NA Collective, a New York indie agency described as half production studio, half creative...
View ArticleAB InBev’s Breckenridge Brewery Celebrates Colorado in First National Campaign
Breckenridge Brewery is launching its first national ad campaign in its 28-year history. Founded in 1990 in Breckenridge, Colorado as the state's third craft brewery, Breckenridge Brewing expanded two...
View ArticleYouTube Is Working With Wikipedia to Add Context to Conspiracy Videos
The past 18 months have been tough for YouTube. Between discovering Russia-linked propaganda ads and dealing with brand safety issues that are a result of the platform's sophisticated programmatic...
View ArticleNielsen Social Content Ratings, Week of March 5: iHeartRadio Music Awards Rock
TBS' presentation of the iHeartRadio Music Awards tallied 10.858 million interactions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, dominating the Nielsen Social Content Ratings for the week of March 5. The...
View ArticleIPG Mediabrands’ Ad-Tech Unit Cadreon Appoints First Female Global CEO
Today Cadreon, IPG Mediabrands' ad-tech specialist unit, announced the promotion of its first female global CEO. Erica Schmidt takes on the role after previously serving as executive vice president and...
View ArticleRelying on Social Marketing? Give Outdoor Advertising Another Look
When I was expansion manager for grocery delivery service Instacart circa 2014, I ran into a problem: declining effectiveness of our social media and online ads. The market was simply too saturated,...
View ArticleFacebook IQ: Keep Your Eyes on the Calabaza
Facebook users were hungry for calabaza in February, as conversation volume about the West Indian pumpkin--as well as related terms cheese, chicken, empanada, flor, flowers, ham, onion, quesadilla,...
View ArticleHow Lyft Prepares for the Surge in Demand During South by Southwest
As droves of people arrive in Austin, Texas, for the music portion of South by Southwest, Lyft is gearing up for its biggest time of the year, when thousands of out-of-towners pile into cars. According...
View ArticleHeadspace Provides SXSW Attendees With a Quiet Place to Completely Disengage
From sessions to experiences to films to music, there's plenty to check out at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas--and the week can go from stimulating to overstimulating before you know it. That's...
View ArticleForrester Says Only 15% of B-to-B Marketers Are Fully Compliant With GDPR
The advertising industry's digital day of reckoning is a little more than two months away, when the European Union's wide-ranging regulations for data protection and privacy go into effect on May 25....
View ArticleNike Shoppers Can Now Test-Run Sneakers on a Treadmill Hooked Up to a Video Game
When you're running on a treadmill like a compulsive little hamster, or just going about your daily business, you may imagine yourself as the star of your own modern Super Mario-style video game,...
View ArticleWhy the Meal Kit Market Is Probably Overheated and Overhyped
Meal kit companies promise to make consumers' lives easier by eliminating the drudgery of grocery shopping and meal planning, but they also pitch themselves as friendly kitchen companions who can make...
View ArticleVideo: A Day at SXSW Browsing Some of the Best Activations
Walking through South by Southwest is like going to a giant, over the top, sometimes futuristic carnival. This year we've stumbled upon baby goats, robotic dogs and a giant head of lettuce. Adweek...
View ArticleOculus Celebrates Socially Conscious Virtual Reality Films at SXSW
Virtual reality: great for intense gaming experiences and apparently, immersive and socially important films. At least that's what Oculus is trying to create with its VR for Good's Creators Lab...
View ArticleStorytelling and the Myth of Diminishing Attention Spans
For some time now, we've heard that in marketing, shorter is better. From video to copy, snackable is now the preferred adjective for everything. The accompanying narrative goes like this: People are...
View ArticleWomen Encounter Their Way Cooler Doppelgängers in This Springtime Pursuit Ad...
Ever see Sliding Doors? It's this movie where Gwyneth Paltrow misses her train and kicks off an alternate storyline to her life. The other Gwyneth doesn't miss the train, and for the rest of the movie...
View ArticleReal State Farm Agents Help Things ‘Go Right’ in DDB’s Kooky New Ads
Imagine, if you will, your she-shed--a gal's special place of refuge from the frenzied world--getting zapped by lightning and going up in flames. Oh my, what would you do? Well, if you bought coverage...
View ArticleMedia Audiences Know What They Like. Are Brands Listening to Them?
Social media is an integral part of media brands' marketing and promotion. But accurate measurement and analysis remain a significant pain point in these efforts. Social listening and analytics tools...
View ArticleGrindr Sponsors a Queer ‘Edit-a-Thon’ of Wikipedia at SXSW
For many around the world, Wikipedia is the first source of information they learn about a topic. That's why WNYC's Nancy podcast and Grindr teamed up to "queer the internet" and hosted an...
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