Best Practices
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Marketers
How Oura Is Bringing its Wearable Story to the Olympics
A look at Oura’s wearable story at the Olympics and how it’s approaching segmentation across various global markets.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: AI Mistakes, Bush on Substack, ANTM Resurrects Feelings
PR Roundup explores how trust and accountability are being tested across communications, from AI hallucinations landing in public-facing content to former President George W. Bush’s Substack debut and renewed backlash against Tyra Banks.
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Shopper/Retail
Milani Cosmetics Touts Quality Ingredients in New Campaign
Milani CMO shares insights into the brand’s new campaign ‘What’s Inside Is Everything’ and why it reformulated one of its staple products.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Ring’s Ad Backlash, Palantir Employee Pushback and AI Super Bowl Skepticism
This week’s PR Roundup shows how quickly trust can unravel. Ring’s Super Bowl ad received backlash for its AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which aimed to charm viewers with a lost-puppy story, but many found it “creepy,” igniting privacy concerns.
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Branding/Marketing
How Alix Earle Is Translating Viral Visibility Into a Permanent Brand Legacy
Virality is fleeting. Sustained relevance is an economic driver that promotes long-term success. Alix Earle’s Netflix deal is a case study in true brand power.
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Social
Why 2016 Is Everywhere Again and What Marketers Should (and Shouldn’t) Do About It
The 2016 trend on social media reveals how people are searching for connection right now — and how nostalgia can resonate when brands tap into it.
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Crisis Management
The Moltbook Moment: A Turning Point for Communications
The recent emergence of Moltbook, an experimental AI-native platform built and operated by a small group of independent technologists, has sparked many strong emotions among communicators—a combination of deep apprehension and intense intrigue.
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Influencer Marketing
Gordon Ramsay Says Yes to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
CMO Olga Osminkina-Jones shares how the butter-substitute brand snagged celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as the face for the brand’s new campaign featuring its reformulated product.
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Marketers on Fire
Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese on Marrying AI + HI, Courting Younger Buyers and CMO Leadership
In part two of our discussion with Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese, we dig into marketplace competition, appealing to younger consumers, lessons from previous gigs and leadership advice.
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Cause Marketing
St. Jude Children’s Hospital Returns to Super Bowl to Connect With New Audiences
St. Jude is returning to the Super Bowl with a different focus. Here’s how it hopes the Big Game will help achieve its goals.