We spoke with H&R Block's Jill Cress about the brand’s engagement strategy, why it chose a reality TV parody as the campaign’s content format, how it’s being marketed to the public and competitive differentiation.
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…
Part two of our conversation with Doritos' Head of Global Marketing Fernando Kahane reflects on creator partnerships, gaming integrations, experiential marketing and balancing the brand’s media mix.
We spoke to True Relgion CMO Kristen D’Arcy about the brand's latest accomplishments, from a collab with rapper Saweetie—its first women-fronted campaign—to NFL and NBA activations to a spike in TikTok followers.
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…
Highlights of our conversation with Doritos' Head of Global Marketing, who delves into the brand’s segmentation strategy, how the campaign aims to drive local relevance, collaborating with creators, and more.
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…
We spoke with Crayola's marketing EVP about Creativity Week, including how the brand develops the program, its target audience and marketing outreach.