Industry Insights
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Simon Au of Kraft Heinz on Taking Risks
Industry Insights January 19, 2024What will it take to have your work make it to the winners’ circle? ANA’s Judges’ Journals features a series of Q&A sessions with leading industry executives participating on 2024 ANA Award juries. Gain insight from the judges on what they will be looking for and what makes the difference between a good vs. award worthy submission. In this segment, Denise McDevitt, SVP of award programs at ANA connects with Simon Au, executive creative director at The Kitchen @ Kraft Heinz and 2024 ANA In-House Excellence Awards Top Jury Judge.
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Skincare Creative Elements That Drive Performance on Meta
Industry Insights January 19, 2024Knowing that ads and influencers matter a lot, brands want to make sure that they’re developing creative that resonates and achieves business goals. VidMob researched the effect of different creative decisions of 803 creatives across 3.6 billion impressions on Meta properties including Instagram and Facebook; we’ve uncovered high-performing creative strategies for skincare advertisers that appeal to Meta audiences. Below are some of our findings.
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Account-Based Experience and Beyond: Transforming Martech in the Pursuit of Revenue
Industry Insights January 18, 2024Earn more revenue with Account Based Experience (ABX) and Lifecycle Revenue Marketing. Transform your B2B marketing strategy with a unified approach.
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How These Two SMBs Supported the LGBTQ+ Community on a Shoestring Budget
Budgeting Brilliance (Campaigns ≤ $400,000) January 17, 2024Learn how the Los Angeles LGBT Center and Taimi navigated budget constraints to deliver meaningful campaigns that supported the LGBTQ+ community.
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Prioritize Time and Focus Where It Matters
Industry Insights January 17, 20242024 is here! A new year means new numbers to hit for marketers. As responsible marketing leaders, we’ve held our strategy and budgeting sessions and identified our 2024 goals.
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Marketing Performance Versus Business Performance: What to Prioritize?
Industry Insights January 16, 2024The alignment of marketing strategies with overarching business objectives is becoming increasingly crucial in a business landscape more obsessed than ever with ROI. Traditionally, marketing performance has been evaluated through channel-specific metrics. However, this approach often overlooks the broader business objectives.
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Russ Meyer of CVS Health on Driving Action
Industry Insights January 16, 2024What will it take to have your work make it to the winners’ circle? ANA’s Judges’ Journals features a series of Q&A sessions with leading industry executives participating on 2024 ANA Award juries. Gain insight from the judges on what they will be looking for and what makes the difference between a good vs. award worthy submission. In this segment, Denise McDevitt, SVP of award programs at ANA connects with Russ Meyer, executive director of brand strategy and innovation at CVS Health and 2024 ANA In-House Awards Top Jury Judge.
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How to Boost Engagement and Deepen Consumer Relationships
Industry Insights January 15, 2024In marketing, consumers are at the core of every strategy. Boost consumer engagement and foster meaningful consumer connections with these expert tips.
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These Marketing Experts Shared Tips on Strategy
Industry Insights January 12, 2024ANA events bring together some of the smartest and most-talented marketers in the industry to share insights and best practices that help ANA members get the most out of their own marketing efforts.
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Retail Media Measurement: Addressing the Problems
Industry Insights January 11, 2024Resolving issues in retail media measurement begins with standardization. Discover growth challenges of retail media and how transparency boosts ROI.
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What Advertisers Really Need to Know About SVOD Viewership
Industry Insights January 11, 2024Is it too obvious to state that advertisers can only run commercials on platforms that allow advertising? And is it too much to ask that marketers can access information showing them how many viewers can and cannot view ads on SVOD platforms?
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The Key to Measurement Is the IP Address
Industry Insights January 10, 2024The industry’s well-documented drama surrounding the end of the third-party cookie is finally here. Now that is finally real – we need to acknowledge that this is going to be a big disruption to the status quo, upending years of investments that call into question a very large number of innovations, systems, brand workflows and business model decisions.
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Kimberly McNeil-Downs of Deloitte on Brand Vision
Industry Insights January 9, 2024What will it take to have your work make it to the winners’ circle? ANA’s Judges’ Journals features a series of Q&A sessions with leading industry executives participating on 2024 ANA Award juries. Gain insight from the judges on what they will be looking for and what makes the difference between a good vs. award worthy submission. In this segment, Denise McDevitt, senior vice president, award programs at ANA connects with Kimberly McNeil-Downs, managing director of marketing excellence leader at Deloitte and 2024 ANA B2 Awards Top Jury Judge.
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Advertisers Need to Implement Campaign Setup Governance
Industry Insights January 9, 2024In a world where digital advertising is increasingly complex and fraught with challenges, the role of robust campaign governance has never been more critical. Recent well-publicized research from Adalytics brought to light glaring issues in digital ad placements, including significant budget waste on Google video partners and the inadvertent placement of adult ads on children's channels. The latest in this series exposes grave brand safety violations, where advertisements of globally renowned brands have been spotted on fraudulent sites and adjacent to disturbing content.
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5 Ways to Leverage Influencers in B2B Marketing
Industry Insights January 8, 2024Partnering with people of influence to promote a product or service is nothing new. Social media influencers have been leveraged by B2C brands for over a decade – but now, B2B brands are trying to catch up as buying habits have shifted.
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Michelle Chin, Starbucks VP, Discusses What Makes a Successful Brand Activation
Industry Insights January 5, 2024Michelle Chin, VP of Teavana category and integrated marketing at Starbucks Corporation, is participating in ANA’s 2024 ANA Award juries. Denise McDevitt, SVP of award programs at ANA, spoke with Chin to discuss what the judges will be looking for and what makes the difference between a good versus award worthy submission.
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Using Testimonials, Endorsements, and Consumer Reviews in Marketing
Ethics Issue Alerts January 5, 2024Self-regulation and ethical marketing are at the core of building consumer trust and loyalty. This ethics update series focuses on key consumer marketing issues to highlight the ethical standards of applicability and to assure best practices are communicated and followed.
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What’s on Tap at CES 2024 for ANA Members?
Industry Insights January 5, 2024As 2024 commences and today’s top advertising, business and cultural storylines evolve,” CES is once again upon us next week and many ANA members will trek out to Las Vegas to kick off the year together and get inspired.
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Advertisers Emerge the Winners in the 2024 AI Arms Race
Industry Insights January 4, 20242024 will see a massive arms race across all corners of the market. From creative production to audience targeting to analytics and content creation, AI will become pervasive. Advertisers have the most to gain, including lower prices, more efficiency, more precision and better insight.
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How Brands Need to Enhance Their Omnichannel Messaging
Industry Insights January 4, 2024For years, marketers have recognized the need to eliminate the destructive competition between their online and offline sales teams. But just because retailers have largely stopped pitting teams with separate P&Ls against each other to drive revenues doesn’t mean brands have realized ways to synthesize their omnichannel messaging and strategy.
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