Industry Insights
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Marketing Luminaries Weigh In
Pulse November 28, 2023Marketing Futures Podcast host Mike Berberich shares top marketers’ thoughts on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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5 Trends to Sharpen Your Brand's Social Media Strategy in 2024
Leading Edge November 27, 2023Though we cannot predict exactly what 2024 will have in store, we can certainly make a few educated guesses. Consider these macro trends when planning your brand’s 2024 social media strategy.
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What Is a Single Customer View? A Guide
Leading Edge November 23, 2023In today’s data-driven world, businesses strive to understand and connect with their customers on a personal level. This connection goes beyond mere transactions; it’s about building meaningful relationships.
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Why Cultural Innovation Is the Next Frontier of Inclusive Marketing
Leading Edge November 22, 2023Marketers have now spent considerable time discussing why inclusivity is the future of marketing. By now, the term has become a staple part of the business lexicon. Brands are slowly evolving, with inclusive messaging no longer being confined only to isolated cultural moments.
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Don’t Be Afraid of AI
Leading Edge November 21, 2023People are scared of AI, and it's our collective responsibility to try to understand this fear. Because, after all, as experience has suggested in the past, it is through the act of making sense of the unknown that we are able to move beyond our existential anxieties regarding it.
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The Keys to an Effective Brand/Agency Relationship
Pulse November 21, 2023Leslie Miller of Unilever and Smita Reddy of Edelman spoke to Marketing Futures Podcast host Mike Berberich about the keys to their strong, effective partnership.
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Designing Multi-Sensory Experiences for Your Brand Activation
Leading Edge November 20, 2023Sights and sounds have always been part of branding and marketing. However, modern brand activations need to include a multi-sensory experience for customers and potential customers. By using sensory marketing efforts, you can appeal to a wider range of customers and better influence purchase decisions and brand loyalty.
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Equality & Inclusivity Drive Brand Growth and Offset Potential Risk
Leading Edge November 20, 2023In 2020, more than 500 companies and marketing executives signed the ANA AIMM Pledge, doubling down on eradicating systemic inequities and achieving equity in the marketing and advertising industry. In the years that followed, there were remarkable transformations, increased investment in diverse media, improved representation behind and in front of the camera, a rise in inclusive marketing and authentic cultural portrayals in ads and content, and far-reaching commitments to diversifying talent.
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3 Practical Tips for Unlocking Programmatic’s Potential in 2024
Leading Edge November 17, 2023With 2024 on the horizon, the challenges presented by the market’s unhealthy addiction to cookies and the limitations posed by misguided investments in walled gardens like Google and Meta have shifted from constant chatter to clear and present danger for those who have not shifted practices to hit their goals. The good news? The gaps that will increasingly prevent those invested in programmatic from reaching their full potential are evident and addressable.
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Data Principles That Could Help Brands Regain Trust with Consumers
Leading Edge November 17, 2023Three principles are crucial in changing ad experiences for people. The first is what I call Less is More. Over time, we have allowed the Big Data approach to guide our thinking. Big Data is data led and looks for insights without any assumptions. Prior to that the approach was based on hypothesis testing; it still exists but our data strategies are led by the Big Data approach. The Big Data approach works with volume; hence the focus of most organizations has been on collation of data and investment in infrastructure to process these large datasets.
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The Power of Niche Marketing for Small B2B Businesses
Leading Edge November 16, 2023Niche marketing can be the game-changer for your small B2B business with many benefits including a higher return on investment (ROI) and more personalized customer interactions. In this article, we'll look at real-life examples of successful niche marketing, and offer actionable tips to help you identify and reach your own niche market effectively.
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These Industry Leaders Will Lead Discussion on DEIB, Branding & Technology
Leading Edge November 16, 2023Extreme industry-wide demand for talent development prompts the launch of ANA’s latest Global Day of Learning - with participants from around the world. The ANA's Global CMO Growth Council will hold its fifth and final Global Day of Learning in 2023 to offer master class-level insights, innovations, and best practices from leading marketing experts around the world. Global Day of Learning is available at no cost to anyone in the marketing industry, including interns, students and professors.
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Winning Gen Z Hearts: 15 Tips to Rock Your Marketing
Leading Edge November 16, 2023By 2025, 85 million U.S. customers will be in the gen Z age group, according to MarketSplash. Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, is a generation that’s reshaping the rules of engagement between brands and their audience. Born into a world of smartphones, social media, and instant connectivity, these digital natives approach shopping and brand interactions in unique and innovative ways.
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How AIMM Is Helping Foster Inclusivity in Front & Behind the Camera
Pulse November 15, 2023AIMM explores its impact on driving multicultural marketing and investment, its pledge for systemic interventions, and resources and tools its providing marketers and suppliers to advance diversity across the marketing ecosystem.
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Why Omnichannel Creative Is the Future of Advertising Effectiveness
Leading Edge November 15, 2023As advertisers grapple with the phasing out of essential signals like Mobile Ad IDs (MAIDs) and third-party browser cookies, a renewed emphasis on creative optimization becomes inevitable. To harness this burgeoning opportunity, brands are required to use creative management platforms that not only offer omnichannel support but are also attuned to emerging formats and the impending elimination of cookies.
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Concerns Around Automation and AI
Pulse November 14, 2023While AI holds many promising capabilities to enhance the marketing function, there are clear causes for concern if AI is deployed irresponsibly. R3’s Craig Stein joined the Marketing Futures Podcast to discuss.
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How to Move the Privacy Needle Without Really Trying
Leading Edge November 14, 2023Many organizations have adapted to a privacy-centric world by addressing several fundamental aspects of consumer data privacy, including cookie notices, privacy policies, and managing complaints. Focus has often been on the first State regulations in the U.S.: the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act.
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What Fashion Marketers Need to Consider When Expanding Their Affiliate Programs Internationally
Leading Edge November 14, 2023As so many companies can attest, affiliate and partner marketing programs can generate tremendous ROI and serve as a core monetization method within a company’s broader portfolio. One way to make the most of this opportunity is to expand such efforts in a multinational capacity. This global orientation is especially useful for the aspirational fashion marketer — namely those inclined to follow the playbook of luxury brands who’ve gone all in on partnership marketing.
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The Simple Question That Gives Your Brand a Competitive Advantage
Leading Edge November 13, 2023From one industry to the next, there’s no question that business success relies on innovation. Innovation grows a business, and helps it stay ahead of the competition. While many marketers begin their quest for innovation by asking “what,” more and more of today’s highly successful businesses are the result of those asking “how?” Their objective is to identify ways to change up how consumers do things – the stuff of daily life – to make these activities easier, more convenient, or better.
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Addressable Advertising: A Guide to Political Advertising in 2024
Leading Edge November 10, 2023When then-presidential candidate Eisenhower broadcast the first political ad spot campaign in 1952, it marked the beginning of television’s reign as the go-to advertising medium for reaching key voters en masse. While “I Like Ike” may be catchy, the traditional TV media landscape that helped Eisenhower clinch the White House is now long gone.
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