Editor’s Letter: Challenging Conventions at Brandweek
Brandweek used to be just a magazine. Adweek too, and Mediaweek. The latter of the three is where I first encountered the new digital marketing and media economy as a reporter, covering the rise of the...
View ArticleInfographic: In a Screen-Filled World, Word of Mouth Is Still Key
It turns out that despite the increasing influence of mobile, face-to-face communication is still essential for brands to succeed. But while word of mouth is undoubtedly powerful, personal experience...
View ArticleGoogle Releases Proposed Privacy Framework in Advance of Senate Committee...
Two days before a scheduled Senate hearing on consumer data privacy, Google has released a proposed data protection regulation framework for any potential federal privacy laws that could impact the...
View ArticleTwitter Is Doing Its Part to Get Out the Vote in the U.S.
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization TurboVote has been the darling of social networks of late, with Twitter announcing that the two companies partnered to launch a National Voter Registration Day...
View ArticleCan CBS Make Murphy Brown a Hit, Again?
In the past few years, broadcasters have successfully attracted audiences with revivals of hit '90s series, from The X-Files (Fox) to Will & Grace (NBC) to Roseanne (ABC). Now CBS will try to...
View ArticlePartners in Crime Leans on Freelancers to Shake Up Agency-Client Relationships
Partners in Crime may only have a full-time staff of two, but its reach is wide. Since starting in 2015, the agency has worked with clients like eBay, REI and Sheraton. It handles this heavy load...
View ArticleThis Designer Rejected a 6-Figure Salary at Apple to Become Partner at Age 25
Turning down a six-figure gig with Apple in the early stages of her career was a gutsy move, but Jessica Walsh--now partner, art director and designer at Sagmeister & Walsh--has no regrets. Her...
View Article4 Ways Marketers Can Achieve Personalization at Scale
As the customer journey continues to evolve, brands and marketers have to constantly question their assumptions to fully understand how to deliver value in the moment--based on where customers are and...
View ArticleContent Moderators Are Suing Facebook for Not Properly Protecting Them From...
Facebook is facing a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of content moderators who work on a contract basis, claiming that those workers are not being properly protected against psychological trauma...
View ArticleRemember When Taco Bell Bought the Liberty Bell? No? Better Watch This
With social media setting the agenda nowadays, brands will go to ever greater lengths to get attention. Why else would Red Bull sponsor a guy jumping 24 miles from the edge of space to earth? Or...
View ArticleSalesforce’s Latest Product Aims to Create a Complete Customer Profile for...
Dreamforce, Salesforce's annual conference, is starting off with a new product aimed at helping companies create stronger customer profiles. Salesforce Customer 360 brings in data points from a variety...
View ArticleDunkin’ Drops the ‘Donuts’ as the Latest Brand to Shorten Its Name
The latest in the name-shortening branding trend involves the stuff that America runs on: coffee. In what it calls an extension of its "first-name basis" with fans, the chain formerly known as Dunkin'...
View ArticleNielsen Social Content Ratings, Week of Sept. 17: 70th Primetime Emmy Awards...
The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards drew 5.132 million interactions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the week of Sept. 17, topping the Nielsen Social Content Ratings list of television series...
View ArticleTwitter Brought the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer to...
Some Fantastic Beasts took over billboards in New York, Toronto and Tokyo, with an assist from Twitter. Legendary author J.K. Rowling debuted the trailer for upcoming feature film Fantastic Beasts: The...
View ArticleBrands Need to Be Prepared for the Inevitable Crisis, Bozoma Saint John Says
When it comes to a brand crisis, it's not a matter of if but when, according to Endeavor CMO Bozoma Saint John, who emphasized her point to Brandweek attendees by humming the theme song from Jaws. To...
View ArticlePinterest Is Opening Up Its First Office in Canada Next Month
Pinterest will set up shop in its first Canadian office next month, in downtown Toronto, where newly hired country manager Erin Elofson will run the show. Elofson most recently led sales teams at...
View ArticleeMarketer: Snapchat’s Self-Serve Platform Means More Advertisers, Less Revenue
While the move to a self-serve advertising platform in June 2017 sparked a rise in the number of advertisers on Snapchat, it also resulted in lower ad prices on the platform, according to the latest...
View ArticleAlibaba Is Introducing a Hotel Room Service Robot Next Month
Alibaba A.I. Labs, which develops Alibaba Group's consumer AI products, said it will introduce a robot for the hospitality sector, making it the latest in a series of hotel-specific robots that make...
View ArticleStrict Data Transparency Needs to Lead the Fight in Digital Mobile Marketing
Whether you know it or not, we're in the middle of an ad fraud revolution, and the trend has migrated from desktop to mobile at a shockingly rapid pace. Certain bad actors commit fraud on mobile...
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