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CM Weekly March 31, 2024 SeaWorld has launched its first brand campaign in several years to coincide with its 60th year in business. The campaign’s hero creative, dubbed “So Many Worlds to Love,” takes you through a day at the theme park through the eyes of a real family, while pointing to multiple “worlds” within […]

CM Weekly March 24, 2024 Mastercard will launch the second iteration of its Artist Accelerator program next month, which equips emerging artists with tools to thrive in the digital economy, including merchandizing, marketing, monetization and promotional skills. New to the program this year is a partnership with live touring series and music discovery platform OnesToWatch, […]

CM Weekly March 17, 2024 Don Julio Tequila is developing an app for the Apple Vision Pro, launching this spring, which will virtually transport consumers to Mexico to experience the brand’s four-part tequila-making process. Just a small portion of the public has the $3,500-device on hand, of course. But leading with high-tech consumer experiences was […]

CM Weekly March 10, 2024 Doing your taxes is a challenging exercise for many. So is marketing it to disinterested consumers. This tax season, H&R Block has focused on targeting Gen Z—many of whom are first-time filers—through entertainment. “It starts with a strategy around Gen Z. And then from there, we start to look at […]

CM Weekly March 3, 2024 A report from Edelman and LinkedIn on the impact B2B thought leadership has shed new light on how to approach out-of-market buyers. Ninety percent of decision-makers and C-suite executives surveyed said they would be moderately or very likely more receptive to sales or marketing outreach from an organization that consistently […]

CM Weekly February 25, 2024 According to a survey of B2B marketers and business leaders performed by growth agency Walker Sands, 79% of marketing decision-makers experience more pressure from their C-suite and executive teams to measure marketing success based on key business outcomes than they did five years ago. Moreover, 58% agree that they struggle […]

CM Weekly February 18, 2024 While some businesses have eliminated the CMO role from their company org charts in recent months, fashion apparel brand True Religion has taken the opposite approach—and hired its first chief marketer. We spoke to CMO Kristen D’Arcy, who has numerous campaigns and integrations across music and sports to speak of […]

CM Weekly February 11, 2024 Doritos just launched its first international brand platform, “For the Bold in Everyone,” which champions self-expression, defying stereotypes and leaning into your passions. But this time, the target isn’t primarily Gen Z. The star of this creative is a grandma fulfilling her dream of driving a Monster Truck. “There was […]

CM Weekly February 5, 2024 “The trap that many mid-level marketeers fall into is [asking], what's the work that my boss wants, or my CEO wants? Or my CFO wants? They're important stakeholders, but your ultimate stakeholder is the consumer. And the work wins. So if you do fabulous things that are insightful and thoughtful […]

CM Weekly January 28, 2024 Crayola’s just-wrapped “Creativity Week,” now in its third year, provides free learning resources for parents and educators to spark kids’ creativity in the classroom. But the brand’s EVP of Marketing, Victoria Lozano, says it’s not limited to art class. “Where we see the most implementation is in classrooms, and it's […]