The Real Risk Is Not Trying

It feels like our industry is losing its optimism and succumbing to a postmodern form of cynicism. We are allowing our distrust in tech and other companies that have misused it to drive our vision for how it could be used creatively.

More Than A Celebrity – Tony Hawk

Advertising week recently sat down with Tony to discuss with him his approach towards skateboarding, facing his fears on and off the board.

AI and Web3 – Dance Partners Towards a Customized Future

For marketers looking to capture the next frontier of creativity and effectiveness, it’s not about choosing to use AI or enter into the metaverse, it’s about dancing with these technologies and imagining new worlds where there’s no boundary on what’s possible.

Tour de France – A New Arena for Marketers?

What with the recent release of Netflix’s latest sports series ‘Tour de France Unchained’, and the conclusion of the Tour 2023 this weekend, it might be time for brands to start considering whether they’re making the most of an excellent marketing opportunity. 

Unlocking the Metaverse: A Programmatic Guide

According to a 2022 report, 87% of U.S. consumers believe the metaverse will play a significant role in the way they interact with brands and 69% of marketers stated they were looking to build more experiences in metaverse-like environments in 2023.

We Need to Talk About Trust

From police forces to politicians to TV presenters, trust in the establishment has sunk to an all-time low. Mike Foster, founder and strategic creative director at Straight Forward Design, asks how brands can step into the breach.

WTF Is a Digital Twin of a Customer?

Marketers were once able to rely on third-party cookies and other identifiers but, as these fade away and privacy regulation grows, they need to consider ways to continue delivering relevant advertising while ensuring they keep customer data safe.

The Power of Audio as a Full-Funnel Channel

With the global digital audio advertising market expected to leap beyond $10 billion in spending this year, it’s clear that advertisers are waking up to the success that digital audio formats can deliver for their businesses.

Q&A with Pierre Naggar, Director of Sales, UK at MINT

We sat down with industry veteran Pierre Naggar, Director of Sales, UK at MINT to discuss the key challenges for brands in managing digital advertising workflows, why brands should focus on campaign metrics vs audience data, and why AI is not coming for your job.

Conversations with Chris Paul

NBA Star Chris Paul sits down with HBCU students from across the country to discuss his upcoming book, Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court.

GA4: The Countdown Is On

It’s a bit late now to be considered an early adopter, but there’s still time to switch over to GA4 before Google forces everybody to.

Double Trouble: How to Avoid PPC Pitfalls

As well as Google’s own algorithm changes, there are also developments in third-party cookie regulations that marketers need to be aware of, and the developing capabilities of AI.

Claritas: The 2023 U.S. Asian Market Report

Mining the quantitative and qualitative data on Asian American consumers can result in the understanding needed to engage this coveted population segment in an authentic manner.

The Rise of the Creative Technologist

By identifying problems and using the appropriate technology as a tool to solve them, there is the opportunity for brands to deliver innovative solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Is Your Sonic Identity, or Lack of, Sabotaging Your Goals?

A sonic identity is the essence of your brand translated into sound. It’s the idea that sound or a set of auditory elements are essential to distinguishing your brand and building a preference for it because it has something interesting to say or add, and is worth paying attention to.

Why the Future of Work Depends on VoIP

As a more flexible, feature-rich, and cost-effective solution, cloud calling is poised to carry enterprises into the next phase of hybrid work and empower tomorrow’s businesses to perform at their best.

The Magic of Pitch Theatre

While most of us are now comfortable being back in the room, the halfway house of hybrid chemistry meetings and pitches seems here to stay.

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AWAsia 2023 Future is Female Awards 審査員の発表 / Announcing the AWAsia 2023 Future is Female Awards Judges

Advertising Week Asiaは、第1回AWAsia Future is Female Awardsの審査員を発表いたします。審査員は、多くの優秀な応募者の中から最終選考に進んだショートリストの中から、10名のファイナリストを選出します。受賞者は、6月6日に開催される「Future is Female Awards」の授賞式で発表される予定です。 今年のAdvertising Week Asia「Future is Female…

Deadline Extended for the First-Ever Future is Female Awards at AWAPAC

Advertising Week is thrilled to announce that we’re launching our Future is Female Awards at this year’s AWAPAC! We are searching for outstanding women leaders — the emerging stars of our industry — to apply for the Awards, which are presented in partnership with LinkedIn.

Unlocking Creative Effectiveness With AI

With advertisers increasingly vying for consumer attention in a saturated market, finding a competitive advantage is essential for brands to stand out from the crowd. 

Data Detachment

People are hyper-conscious of privacy – but are not always changing their habits

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Framing the 25 Year Paid Search Story

We will experience a historic renaissance for the TV industry, creating a boon for content producers and publishers and more and better content choices.

Why We Need to Help AI Help Us

We shouldn’t be dismissive of where AI will go. Time savings, manual labor – it’s great that AI will help us with these things.

Dealing With a Recession

As we move into 2023, the uncertainty and speed of change for businesses that started in 2022 shows no sign of letting up.

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QuickFrame’s Guide to Video Production

QuickFrame’s Guide to Video Production teaches the vocabulary needed to communicate and collaborate with videographers, content creators and production teams.

The Gold Dust of Brand Experience

If there’s little relevance to context and people are left confused, your brand may still be remembered, just not for the right reasons.

String of Lights

If we think of our memories as a string of lights, sensory immersion, intensity of engagement, and contextual relevance determine which bulbs burn brightest.

What Is Social Out of Home?

Is your brand getting all it can out of its campaigns?  How about maximizing real-world campaigns with online buzz.

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The Golden Rule of Marketing in Gaming: Listen to the Fans

For many, the idea of people watching others play games or an ‘Influencer’ being someone who spent all day inside playing games and talking into a microphone was alien. To shift advertising dollars or investment capital into this space was seen as a foreign and unproven concept.

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Who is the Mint Mobile Fox?

The Mint Mobile team joins PopIcon, and Advertising Week, in answering every question we’ve ever had about the Mint Fox

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Content is Key But Curiosity is King

By applying the curiosity lens, marketers can understand what drives consumer behaviour, and use the insights to bring brand stories to life.

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The Upside of Digital Audio Advertising in a Downturn

And as the number of people who consume traditional media keeps declining, it’s giving small businesses greater opportunities to reach younger and more diverse audiences. Their next generation of customers.

Game On! Mr. Peanut Is Heading To Super Bowl LVII!

Do you remember the last time you saw Mr. Peanut at the Super Bowl? The brand mascot’s last appearance at Super Bowl LIV in 2020 when the character sacrificed his life for pals Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes.

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2023 Predictions for Marketers

At year-end, we’ll look back to see how accurate our soothsaying was. We’ll measure our hits and misses and then, as always, make a new set of predictions for 2024.

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Podcasts Are a Pick ‘N’ Mix for Audio Consumers

For advertisers already tapping into commercial radio or streaming audio, it makes perfect sense to add podcasts to the mix to strike that deeper connection with a message that is proven to be more memorable.

Representation Matters: The Power of Inclusion in Advertising

Representation Matters: The Power of Inclusion in Advertising

Getty Images collaborated with Citi to develop global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Imagery Toolkits, setting a standard for authentic representation, celebrating identity, and improving our understanding of different cultures, including cultural nuances in Mexico.

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Reinventing the Ad Experience: From Content to Cart

With industry changes unfolding that will impact how advertisers reach consumers, the strategic use of content can help brands continue to deliver ad experiences customers actively want to engage with.

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The Behaviours That Defined 2022

Brands can look to help people justify their instincts for self-preservation through emotional spending, and positioning themselves and their products as a way to fuel that self-gratification many will be craving throughout 2023 and beyond.

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How Cinema Became Measurable

The cinema advertising transformation is very much still underway. As they say in the ‘biz, the camera is still rolling.

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A Bitter Tweet Goodbye

Only time will tell if Musk’s recent interventions have shaken the foundations of the social media marketplace or proven to be little more than a storm in a Tweet cup.

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A Complete Guide to Influencer Outreach

There are so many types of creator programs to choose from when considering what works for you, including unpaid user-generated content all the way up to working with celebrities.

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Under One Roof: Know Me, Know My Household

Understanding household composition, from occupant life-stage to individual habits and preferences, is the new battleground for data integration and interpretation.

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Behind the Work: Girls Rise Up

We hope this brings the case and its related issues to a wider audience. VayNoire is eager to take on any future projects which tackle the issues faced within society by the Black community.

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AWNewYork 2022 Trends Report

Download the AWNewYork 2022 Trends Report, featuring the best quotes, high-level takeaways and overall highlights from this year’s event.

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Ecommerce’s Sustainability Problem Needs to Be Addressed

If marketers truly want to strive towards a more sustainable future, they need to ensure they’re not only providing traffic that is high in value, but are also implementing techniques that truly optimise the user journey.

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3 Clues to the Mystery of Creativity

Respectfully wander through the New Jersey Pine Barrens’ forests to find a surprising variety of scenery, habitats and species in this island of biodiversity, but you won’t encounter the Jersey Devil.

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Now Is the Time to Embrace Creativity

To explore the future impact of transformational changes in the creative realm, Google is partnering with Contagious, Benedict Evans, Bain & Company, and 25 industry trailblazers on the Open Creative Project

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Social Media Success – Leveraging It the BeReal Way

The best plan for brands intending to leverage BeReal during Golden Quarter and beyond is to stay abreast of the updates so they can fully understand how they may impact their strategy surrounding the app.

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Four Fundamental Shifts in Advertising and Media

In the wake of the pandemic, brands must navigate complex and sensitive issues, from intensifying political polarization to calls for social justice and a looming economic recession. Meanwhile, whether it’s the deprecation of the cookie or the launch of new platforms, technological change is accelerating.

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Is Creative … Dead?

I’m confident in the future of our creative industry for a few reasons, but the big one is represented by the one thing that AI cannot replicate: nuance.

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Why Marketing’s Love Affair with Specialists Must End

The ultimate test is to challenge everyone to have accountability in the outputs they oversee. This will keep skills developing, engagement high and your team operating like a best-in-class marketing organization.

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The Power of Personalization without Prying

Using a few simple generic attributes like time, location, and genre, it’s possible to deliver dynamic and personalized content that aligns with a listener’s interests and immediate circumstances.

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Meet Ruby the Roo, Australia’s New Tourism Ambassador!

Tourism Australia has never had an animated ambassador until now. In a new global campaign, Tourism Australia is encouraging travelers to “come and say g’day” and join their unofficial national mascot Ruby the Roo in finding adventure across Australia.

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A Brave New World

So, to be a brave client doesn’t mean you have to be risky or loud as a brand, doing something silly or obtuse.

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Creepy by Any Other Name Is Still Creepy

Because creepy is still creepy by any other name, the cookie is not coming back. But adtech companies, advertisers, and publishers do not need to cry over spilled milk.

The NIL Academy at AWNewYork 2022

Seeing NIL featured with the “NIL Academy” sessions was another important step in the evolution of the NCAA student athletes monetizing themselves.

Google & YouTube Morning Show

Tune in to Advertising Week New York to find out about how Google and YouTube are helping to get your business ready to drive results today and build resilience for tomorrow.

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Finance On Air: Navigating Uncertainty

Navigating Uncertainty will focus on the importance of brand in this moment, and include a deep dive into the power of creatives and a discussion with State Farm.

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Rebuilding Consumer Trust in Skincare

Across skincare, beauty, and broader health & wellness, audiences want information they can trust. But all too often, they get a skewed version of reality from social media, or encounter misinformation in online resources.

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Pandemic Parenting: A Crisis in Well-Being

In our report, we explore what people need for relief — and how we, as health and wellness marketers, can better reflect their experiences and provide actionable resources. 

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Small Steps for Maximum Impact in Health & Wellness

Audiences are more focused than ever on building their overall, long-term well-being. But many people experience a gap between intention and action, showing they need greater support in setting and reaching their goals.