Coverage of the ANA Digital & Social Media Conference
The ANA Digital & Social Media Conference brings together marketing leaders to examine how digital, social, and emerging technologies are reshaping culture, commerce, and brand growth. As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates content creation and new models for engagement and conversion take hold, the conference focuses on helping marketers rethink how they earn attention, build trust, and drive measurable results.
This collection highlights key insights, strategies, and learnings drawn from the conference, capturing how leading brands are navigating streaming, commerce, agency management, creator marketing, and AI to adapt to a rapidly changing digital landscape.
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The Retail Media Phenomenon: Shiny Object or the Next Big Thing?
Event Recaps July 20, 2022Nikhil Lai from Forrester discussed the retail media landscape, detailing its potential role and value in a brand's marketing mix, and providing guidance on how brands can make the most of retail media by thinking and operating holistically and with a long-term outlook.
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The Retail Media Phenomenon: Shiny Object or the Next Big Thing?
Conference Session Videos July 20, 2022In this video, Nikhil Lai from Forrester discussed the retail media landscape, detailing its potential role and value in a brand's marketing mix, and providing guidance on how brands can make the most of retail media by thinking and operating holistically and with a long-term outlook.
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Transforming Social Platforms into Launchpads
Event Recaps July 20, 2022Chipotle was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative companies in branding in 2022 for their work in digital advertising, citing that Chipotle "may well be the single-best brand at leveraging emerging social platforms and finding highly creative ways to use them for maximum impact."
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Transforming Social Platforms into Launchpads
Event Soundbites July 20, 2022Chipotle’s digital strategies for supercharging brand fandom include thinking culture first and moving beyond the expected.
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Transforming Social Platforms into Launchpads
Conference Session Videos July 20, 2022In this video, learn why Chipotle was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative companies in branding in 2022 for their work in digital advertising.
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Across the Airwaves: A Journey Through Media’s Digital Transformation
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Google shared data-driven insights demonstrating the benefits of leveraging video.
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Advertising Winners and Losers: A Wall Street Perspective
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Laura Martin from Needham & Company shared analysis on ad-driven public companies in the streaming, content, and tech industries.
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Advertising Winners and Losers: A Wall Street Perspective
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video, Laura Martin from Needham & Company shared analysis on ad-driven public companies in the streaming, content, and tech industries.
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ANA's Influencer Marketing Measurement Guidelines
Event Recaps July 19, 2022This session previewed the ANA’s newly-released organic Influencer Marketing Measurement Guidelines. Learn how the new guidelines will help bring greater clarity and consistency to key performance metrics and engagement rate calculations across the major platforms used for influencer marketing.
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Denny’s Feeds a New Generation of Creators
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Denny’s used an AI-powered tool to identify a group of influencers who would help it develop a new brand platform that would win over younger audiences, while not alienating the brand’s loyalists.
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Denny’s Feeds a New Generation of Creators
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022In this video, learn how Denny’s used an AI-powered tool to identify a group of influencers who would help it develop a new brand platform that would win over younger audiences, while not alienating the brand’s loyalists.
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Denny’s Feeds a New Generation of Creators
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video, learn how Denny’s used an AI-powered tool to identify a group of influencers who would help it develop a new brand platform that would win over younger audiences, while not alienating the brand’s loyalists.
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Destination: Metaverse
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Marriott Bonvoy explored the metaverse, including what it is, how it evolved, and how brands are entering the space.
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Destination: Metaverse
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022Takeaway: Marriott entered the metaverse space with an “optimize for today but build for tomorrow” philosophy.
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Destination: Metaverse
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video, Marriott Bonvoy explored the metaverse, including what it is, how it evolved, and how brands are entering the space.
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From Beginners to Experts: How Miller Lite Launched a Dynamite Metaverse Activation
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022Miller Lite’s Sofia Colucci discusses how she and her team researched and learned about the metaverse and some key insights they used to launch The Meta Lite Bar in a matter of weeks.
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Gaming Is Bigger Than You Think
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022Winning, identity, collaboration, progression, and exploration have made gaming a highly engaging platform.
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Gaming Isn’t TV: Why Your Brand Needs to Think About In-Game Ads in a New Way
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022Fernando Machado, CMO at Activision Blizzard, discusses why it’s important to adjust your marketing approach when marketing in a video game.
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Miller Lite Turns Virtual Cheers into Real-Life Beers in the Metaverse
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Unable to be an official real-world participant in Super Bowl LVI due to a competitor holding the exclusive sponsorship rights, Miller Lite decided to turn to the virtual world, taking its first foray into the metaverse by launching The Meta Lite Bar.
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Miller Lite Turns Virtual Cheers into Real-Life Beers in the Metaverse
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022To take advantage of Super Bowl buzz, Molson Coors set its sights on creating the first big beer brand in the metaverse.
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