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When Empathy Converts: A Smarter Model for Nonprofit Marketing
Leading Edge July 8, 2026A stigma-first creative strategy helps TBC's awareness campaign for the Obesity Association reach 45 million impressions and drive 300,000 site visits. The results may reframe how agencies approach nonprofit marketing — and what disciplined, empathy-led work can achieve.
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Sports Marketing Beyond the Field
Trends and Technology July 6, 2026Fan engagement is moving off the field as brands chase audiences through social media, docuseries, and multiyear athlete deals. Shifting sports consumption habits may be reshaping how marketers reach — and retain — younger and female fans.
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AARP'S Edna Kane Williams on the Importance of Connecting Inclusive Marketing to Business KPIs
Pulse July 6, 2026Edna Kane Williams, EVP at AARP and 2026 ANA Multicultural and Inclusive Marketing Excellence Awards Grand Juror, shares what separates exceptional inclusive marketing from work that merely acknowledges diverse audiences. Her perspective on cultural depth, measurable results, and strategic investment could reshape how marketers approach submissions — and their broader growth strategies.
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Mike's Hot Honey Partners with The Roots' Tariq Trotter for New Marketing Effort
Marketing News July 2, 2026Mike's Hot Honey debuts a short film starring Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of The Roots as the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign. The effort shifts from awareness to ambassador recruitment, inviting fans to join a commission-based community that could reshape how the brand drives sales.
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Dove Partners with 'Legally Blonde' Prequel Series to Celebrate Pink Beauty Bar
Marketing News July 1, 2026Dove is partnering with the Prime Video series "Elle," the "Legally Blonde" prequel, to weave its Pink Beauty Bar into the show's 1990s storyline. The deal — spanning in-show integrations, creator collaborations, and a live experience — reflects a growing trend of brands embedding into TV narratives.
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How Marketing's Most Confident Leaders Make a Financial Impact
Leading Edge June 30, 2026A new ANA and NewtonX report finds that 59 percent of senior B2B marketers can now measure and defend marketing's financial impact — up from 39 percent in 2025. A persistent "Vocabulary Gap" around pipeline, attribution, and effect may still be limiting how much finance is willing to trust marketing's numbers.
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Reddit Debuts New Campaign Celebrating Human Connection
Marketing News June 29, 2026Reddit launches "People Are The Best," a new campaign celebrating authentic human conversation amid the rise of artificial intelligence and chatbots. The campaign, developed by Mischief, may signal a broader industry shift toward brands championing real connection over digital noise.
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Evolution Over Revolution: Why the Strongest Brands Are Rejecting Reinvention
Leading Edge June 29, 2026Brand evolution is overtaking reinvention as leading brands prioritize equity, clarity, and stability, according to Fratzke's 2026 Brand Strategy Playbook. Survey data shows marketers favor research, storytelling, and strategy over sweeping rebrands that could dilute trust.
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Marketing News Quiz for June 2026
Marketing News Quiz June 26, 2026In this month's marketing news quiz: a media spending survey from Gartner, a new brand campaign from Indeed, a federal privacy proposal regarding consumer data, and more.
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Anibal Casso of Ogilvy on the Importance of Human Truth in Marketing
Pulse June 26, 2026Anibal Casso, chief strategic officer at Ogilvy North America, shares what separates exceptional multicultural work from work that merely gets the surface right. His perspective as a 2026 ANA Multicultural and Inclusive Marketing Awards Grand Jury member may reshape how teams approach insight, risk, and cultural fluency.
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TikTok Debuts New Agentic AI Tools for Marketers
Marketing News June 25, 2026TikTok unveils Symphony Agent at Cannes Lions 2026, bringing agentic artificial intelligence to ad creation, creator discovery, and content scaling. The tools may reshape how brands engage with the platform's more than 1 billion users.
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Keeping the Brand-Agency Spark Alive: Whirlpool's In-House Story
Event Recaps June 25, 2026Whirlpool's in-house studio, WoW Studios, is rewriting how internal creative teams earn bold mandates — from immersive trade show environments to a Big Boi sweepstakes that drove measurable market share gains. The studio's "anti-manual" approach may signal a broader shift in what proximity to a brand could make possible.
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An ANA In-House Award Winner Explains How Culture Is What Drives Stellar Creative
Event Recaps June 25, 2026Bruce Bildsten, who led Best Buy's in-house agency to ANA In-House Agency of the Year honors, argues that culture — not tools or process — drives breakthrough creative work. His framework for recruiting talent, protecting craft, and building inspiration rituals may reshape how in-house leaders think about their role.
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Building Creative Culture From Nothing — and What Happens When the Plug Gets Pulled
Event Recaps June 25, 2026At the 2026 ANA In-House Agency Conference, Todd Miller shared a candid account of building The Cooler, Experian's in-house agency, from scratch into a high-performing creative operation — and what happened when it ultimately got shut down. His session offered practical lessons on culture, creativity, business integration, and the realities of operating inside complex organizations.
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How Wolverine Worldwide Built a Scalable In-House Engine
Event Recaps June 25, 2026The Wolverine Worldwide in-house creative and production model now handles about 90 percent of campaign work across 11 footwear and apparel brands. The integrated structure — combining strategy, studio space, and embedded talent — could redefine how brand teams measure creative capacity.
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The Futureproof Project: AI Is a Friend, Not a Foe, to in-House Agencies
Event Recaps June 25, 2026At the 2026 ANA In-House Agency Conference, Lauren Evans and Adam Kleinberg of Traction shared how in-house teams can turn AI into a strategic advantage. Drawing from insights from the Futureproof Project community, they explained how to integrate AI into operations, redesign organizational structures, and build scalable systems that enhance both efficiency and creative output.
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Chris Crawford of Elite Media on What Marketing Drives Real, Sustainable Growth
Pulse June 24, 2026Chris Crawford, founder of and CEO at Elite Media, shares what separates exceptional multicultural marketing from work that merely acknowledges culture. As a 2026 ANA Multicultural and Inclusive Marketing Awards Grand Jury member, Crawford reveals what sustainable growth, real insight, and creative accountability look like in winning submissions.
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Authenticity Is the New Advantage in Award-Winning Work
Leading Edge June 24, 2026A marketing awards judge shares what separates good entries from category leaders — connecting insight to business impact, proving ROAS, using precision with purpose, and prioritizing authenticity, equity, and scalable strategy over stunts.
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Welcome to Saatva House: Building a Scalable System for Premium Brand Video
Event Recaps June 24, 2026At the 2026 ANA In-House Agency Conference, David Link, chief creative officer at Saatva, explained how the brand built "Saatva House," a scalable in-house production system designed to support premium video content across channels. By shifting from campaign-based production to system-based execution — and combining senior talent with AI — Saatva is redefining how brands approach creative output at scale.
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How to Drive Consumer Engagement in a Market Dominated by AI Mediocrity
Event Recaps June 24, 2026As artificial intelligence floods the market with competent but forgettable content, brands face a new threat: invisibility by mediocrity. Jason Boyer of Aquent Studios argues that human judgment and creative scarcity may be the last true differentiators.
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