LinkedIn Beefed Up Its Messaging Features
LinkedIn added several new features to its messaging Thursday. Director of product, messenger and groups Chris Szeto provided details on all of the updates in a blog post. Users now have more...
View ArticleChatbooks’ Snarky Parenting Videos Are Viral Gold, But Fans Said Something...
Move over, Real Mom. It's time to make room for Real Dad. Until now, the witty videos for Chatbooks, a subscription photo book service, have featured a character dubbed "Real Mom" front and center as...
View ArticleHow Brands Can Use Research to Hone a Design or Logo
The role of research in the logo design process can be a contentious issue. At its best, research reveals customers' broader relationship with the brand, its strengths and gaps, possibilities and...
View ArticleLinkedIn: Here’s How to Save a Post as a Draft
LinkedIn now allows users to save an unfinished post as a draft and come back and finish it later on. Our guide will show you how this works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the LinkedIn...
View ArticleVersace’s New Ad Record May Not Be Real, But These Five Are
With 54 models of various genders and ethnicities lined up next to each other, including well-known stars like the Hadid sisters, Versace is claiming that it is the longest-ever image used in an ad....
View ArticleApple Agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab Welcomes New Managing Director in Los Angeles
TBWA\Media Arts Lab, TBWA's dedicated Apple agency, has hired Julian Cheevers as managing director for its Los Angeles office. In the role, Cheevers will oversee Los Angeles office operations,...
View ArticleDark Political Ad Suggests Russians, Neo-Nazis and Billionaires Are the Only...
Americans may claim to hate political ads (especially negative ones), but repeated surveys show that they work. Just ask Donald Trump and Facebook, which reportedly used the president's 2016 campaign...
View ArticleHere Are Our 10 Favorite TV-Themed Comic-Con 2018 Activations
Comic-Con 2018 is underway in San Diego, as hundreds of entertainment brands converge on and near the San Diego Convention Center in an effort to woo attendees. The event has become an essential stop...
View ArticleOkCupid CMO Says Its ‘DTF’ Campaign Boosted Buzz 50%, But Isn’t Welcome...
In the crowded category of dating apps, OkCupid has rarely been one of the most high-profile options, but its recent "DTF" campaign seems to be working at changing that. Created by Wieden + Kennedy New...
View ArticleInstagram’s Hippest Grandma Lives Large in a New Campaign for an Investing App
She's not your typical Instagram influencer, but 90-year-old Baddie Winkle might just be the most badass. Now, with her 3.7 million followers and penchant for posing in colorful swimsuits and lingerie,...
View ArticleDove Finds a Perfect Partner for Its Self-Esteem Message in Cartoon Network’s...
Since 2004 Dove has worked diligently to reframe how young people view and accept their bodies via the Dove Self-Esteem Project. It was designed in response to studies that found over half of young...
View ArticleGoodby Silverstein & Partners Snags Back Agency Alum to Lead Innovation
Goodby Silverstein & Partners has hired back agency alum and star creative Adam Reeves as director of innovation. Reeves had served as a creative director at the Omnicom-owned shop from 2012 to...
View ArticleChildren’s Playtime Is More Structured Than Ever, and One Brand Wants to Help...
For many children of the 1980s and earlier, unstructured free time was often the norm. Outside of sports and a few other after-school activities, these latchkey kids were frequently left to their own...
View ArticleHow Brands Can Tap Into Hive Mind Mentalities for New Sources of Inspiration
In an era of constant behavioral transformation, increasing marketing complexity and absurd political theater, tapping into the wisdom of the crowd can often help to provide a calming source of...
View ArticleInside the Rise and Fall of ‘Christmas in July’ Sales
Believe it or not, Amazon did not invent the mid-July sale. Instead, in 2015, it branded its midyear sale as Prime Day and created its own retail holiday. But summer is a notoriously slow period for...
View ArticleThis New Company Is Tapping Instagram and AI to Power the Next Era of Shopping
In an era when influencers can rack up a quarter of their annual income during Nordstrom's anniversary sale, it was only a matter of time before a company introduced a way to sell the fashionista...
View ArticleAgency Apologizes for Promoting Burgers on Twitter With an Image of a...
Michael Valor, founder of Raleigh-Durham, N.C.-based digital agency Valor Media, issued a series of apologies on social media following reports about a tweet that his shop posted to promote client...
View ArticleWalmart and Amazon Expand Grocery Delivery
In select locations across the country, it just got a lot easier to shop for groceries. Walmart has extended its grocery delivery partnership with logistics company Postmates to serve San Diego and the...
View ArticleThis Incredible 360 Video Inside a Mission: Impossible Stunt Makes Other...
Those coddled actors, making millions of dollars in front of a green screen. And what about the ones who make their stunt people do all of the hard work? But you might feel a bit more respect after...
View ArticleFake Love’s Lead Creative Technologist on the Power of Combining Art and Tech
When Jasmin Rubinovitz isn't at work, you might find her playing with mud. Rubinovitz spent her undergraduate years studying computer science and ceramic design. There, she came to an epiphany--the...
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