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  • How Better Understanding Fans Can Help Festival Brands Recover From the Pandemic

    How Better Understanding Fans Can Help Festival Brands Recover From the Pandemic

    While it’s disappointing that festivals and concerts haven’t been able to attempt hosting events in-person amid the pandemic, it’s important to remember the struggles and lessons that various sports teams have learned throughout the process and how they’re essentially paving the way for other industries to successfully commence again.

  • Introducing AWMoms

    Introducing AWMoms

    AWMoms are women focused on creating conversations, increasing collaborations and supporting actionable initiatives which will help find real solutions to parenting issues in the workplace.

  • 5 Key Considerations for Launching Your Brand in China

    5 Key Considerations for Launching Your Brand in China

    Consumer spending in China could more than double over the next 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley. But Chinese consumers are already buoying retailers that offer compelling products.

  • Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Intent

    Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Intent

    In order to reach audiences with something stronger than a numerical probability, advertisers are going to have to look for entirely new ways to connect with individual consumers.

  • How To Take Your Agency’s Strategy From Fuzzy To Future-Proof In 2021

    How To Take Your Agency’s Strategy From Fuzzy To Future-Proof In 2021

    The impact COVID-19 had on business rendered agencies’ strategic plans obsolete and disrupted their clients’ pre-existing marketing and branding roadmaps. After spending the past year scrambling for new business and adjusting to remote work, agencies finally have a little breathing room.

  • Listen Up: Mental Health is the New Wealth

    Listen Up: Mental Health is the New Wealth

    This past year has forced me as a founder and CEO to redefine several constructs I used to regard as dogma. Take the concept of wealth: in the traditional sense, wealth is an abundance of money or earthly possessions.

  • Why TV Advertising Hasn’t Moved Into Digital As Fast As It Should

    Why TV Advertising Hasn’t Moved Into Digital As Fast As It Should

    TV advertising and offline media budgets have yet to change much. The advertising budgets certainly haven’t fully transitioned into the digital arena as quickly as they ought to be to match consumer behavior migration.

  • The Ultimate Guide to Video

    The Ultimate Guide to Video

    Global online video views are at an all-time high and rising 100% every year. The widespread accessibility of high-speed internet allows users to watch live and on-demand videos more than ever before.

  • Audio OOH: Ads That Don’t Overstep

    Audio OOH: Ads That Don’t Overstep

    The privacy bubble is starting to burst and advertisers and marketers alike are quickly pivoting their efforts to include Audio OOH technology in their marketing strategies to reach customers in a privacy-conscious world.

  • Executive Q&A: Up Close and Personal with Lenovo’s Ajit Sivadasan

    Executive Q&A: Up Close and Personal with Lenovo’s Ajit Sivadasan

    As Global Head, Vice President, and General Manager of eCommerce at Lenovo, Ajit Sivadasan is focused on managing the customer’s experience with the brand as well as the purchasing experience on Lenovo.com. We sat down with Ajit to ask him about Lenovo’s experience over the past year and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.

  • We’re Still in the Early Innings of Advertising on Amazon

    We’re Still in the Early Innings of Advertising on Amazon

    While Google and Facebook’s dominance has long seemed insurmountable, the past two years have seen the rise of a third major online advertising player.

  • All You Need to Know About Building a Powerful Brand Identity

    All You Need to Know About Building a Powerful Brand Identity

    Branding is the way a business owner communicates his or her business’ identity to customers. It’s beyond what you sell; it’s your mission, company values, aesthetic, and tone of voice. It’s essentially how customers emotionally experience your company.

  • The Pandemic, One Year Later: 5 Takeaways on Shifting Consumer Sentiments

    The Pandemic, One Year Later: 5 Takeaways on Shifting Consumer Sentiments

    The past 12 months have been a personal and professional rollercoaster for all Americans, and brands have been doing their best to ride the ups and downs with them.

  • Omnichannel Creative: Q&A with handsome COO Jennifer Allen

    Omnichannel Creative: Q&A with handsome COO Jennifer Allen

    We sat down with Jennifer Allen, COO of handsome, to discuss the rise of digital creative during COVID, the dangers of ‘too much’ digital, and the present and future of omnichannel.

  • Brand Suitability In Video Means Going Beyond The Basics

    Brand Suitability In Video Means Going Beyond The Basics

    Video, by its nature, is highly subjective. Ten people might watch the same video and have varying perceptions of what it is about, which makes it hard to ensure safety and resonance at scale.

  • The Economics of Marketplace Ad Monetization

    The Economics of Marketplace Ad Monetization

    When considering the ways marketplaces can generate revenue, there are three basic options available to operators: subscription fees for membership (for buyers or sellers, or both), transaction fees (charged to buyers or sellers, or both), or advertising/media fees.

  • 5 Ways Your Brand Can Champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond Black History Month

    5 Ways Your Brand Can Champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond Black History Month

    With such a fine line between authenticity and performative activism, how can we help ensure brands approach these important conversations in a way that moves the needle forward, not only for business success but for the progression of the movement?

  • Build Your Communications Strategy Around the Customer Journey

    Build Your Communications Strategy Around the Customer Journey

    Back in March 2020 when the pandemic first forced businesses to shift to WFH and brands were examining how they talked to customers that demonstrated empathy, clients started asking a lot larger purpose-related, brand strategy-type questions. 

  • Amazon’s Goal Isn’t to be the World’s Biggest Store

    Amazon’s Goal Isn’t to be the World’s Biggest Store

    The parochial view of Amazon is they’re a high-volume store that struggles with thin profit margins. Water cooler stock experts marvel at its high stock price and crow about its measly profits.  Here’s some free advice: don’t listen to the arm-chair experts.

  • Six Ways Marketers Can Use Segmentation to Improve ROI

    Six Ways Marketers Can Use Segmentation to Improve ROI

    In marketing, the more precisely you can define your audience, the more accurately you can predict whether that audience contains your best prospects – and the more quickly you can use that knowledge to find and convert more customers. And one key tool that helps you do that is segmentation.