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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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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Miller Lite Turns Virtual Cheers into Real-Life Beers in the Metaverse
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video, get an insider's view into how Miller Lite hosted the first-ever bar in the digital universe, the Meta Lite Bar, when it was unable to be an official real-world participant in Super Bowl LVI due to a competitor holding the exclusive sponsorship rights.
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Opening Remarks of the 2022 ANA Digital & Social Media Conference
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this session, ANA CEO Bob Liodice walked through what the ANA is doing to create greater measurability, transparency, accountability, and safety for marketers and drive meaningful industry change.
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The New Reality of Sports: How IBM and Disney Are Fueling Fans Through Fantasy
Event Recaps July 19, 2022Disney and IBM shared key insights on how both brands engage fantasy sports players and partner to enhance the experience of those players. The group also reviewed key takeaways and distinct trends from Disney Advertising’s proprietary study, “Generation Stream: Sports Edition,” which examined the future of sports culture.
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The New Reality of Sports: How IBM and Disney Are Fueling Fans Through Fantasy
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video, Disney and IBM shared key insights on how both brands engage fantasy sports players and partner to enhance the experience of those players. The group also reviewed key takeaways and distinct trends from Disney Advertising’s proprietary study, “Generation Stream: Sports Edition."
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Why the Metaverse Matters for Multicultural Audiences
Event Recaps July 19, 2022During a session at the ANA’s 2022 Digital and Social Media Conference, Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson explained why the metaverse will likely hold a very strong appeal for multicultural users.
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Why the Metaverse Matters for Multicultural Audiences
Event Soundbites July 19, 2022Marketers need to be aware that the metaverse attracts a diverse audience because there is no dominance hierarchy.
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Why the Metaverse Matters for Multicultural Audiences
Conference Session Videos July 19, 2022In this video from the ANA’s 2022 Digital and Social Media Conference, Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson explained why the metaverse will likely hold a very strong appeal for multicultural users.
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Advancing Black-Owned Media Businesses
Event Recaps July 18, 2022This discussion dove into issues including how current CPM, measurement, and payment models are limiting for independent publishers as well as how such publishers can really shine when providing customized content — yet buyers need to be flexible in order to take full advantage.
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Advancing Black-Owned Media Businesses
Conference Session Videos July 18, 2022In this video, presenters dove into issues including how current CPM, measurement, and payment models are limiting for independent publishers as well as how such publishers can really shine when providing customized content — yet buyers need to be flexible in order to take full advantage.
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Driving Visibility (and Boosting Opportunity) for Black-Owned Beauty Brands
Event Recaps July 18, 2022Sephora shared its efforts to spotlight the Black beauty community, from its first-ever Black-owned brands campaign to elevating Black beauty entrepreneurs and the products they offer via a multitude of storytelling platforms and an expansion of Sephora's product line.
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Driving Visibility (and Boosting Opportunity) for Black-Owned Beauty Brands
Event Soundbites July 18, 2022Sephora has learned to drive supplier diversity by doing before saying; and growing where it’s planted.
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Driving Visibility (and Boosting Opportunity) for Black-Owned Beauty Brands
Conference Session Videos July 18, 2022In this video, Sephora shared its efforts to spotlight the Black beauty community, from its first-ever Black-owned brands campaign to elevating Black beauty entrepreneurs and the products they offer via a multitude of storytelling platforms and an expansion of Sephora's product line.
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What We’ve Learned in the Past Year
Event Recaps July 18, 2022The 2022 ANA Digital and Social Media Conference kicked off with a brief summary of what we've learned about supplier diversity in the past year.
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What We’ve Learned in the Past Year
Conference Session Videos July 18, 2022The 2022 ANA Digital and Social Media Conference kicked off with a brief summary of what we've learned about supplier diversity in the past year.
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Creating a Better World Through Powerful Storytelling
Event Recaps July 21, 2021How do you tell a story that’s never been told before? When Shift4 Payments tapped Known to help develop the branding and comprehensive marketing for Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to space, a historic moment unfolded.
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Creating a Better World Through Powerful Storytelling
Event Soundbites July 21, 2021Social media was a key tool in selecting the crew for the first all-civilian mission to space.
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Creating a Better World Through Powerful Storytelling
Conference Session Videos July 21, 2021How do you tell a story that’s never been told before? In this video, learn how a historic moment unfolded when Shift4 Payments tapped Known to help develop the branding and comprehensive marketing for Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to space.
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