Search Results for: influencers

  • Banking on Vaults

    Event profs are on an everlasting quest for meaningful ways to crack the code on engagement and connection. But some teams are turning the tables by encouraging their audiences to become the problem-solvers through vault-themed installations and experiences. Whether it’s a consumer company inviting fans to riddle their way into a life-sized safety-deposit box that […]

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  • Inside Cannes Lions 2025: Activations from Amazon Port to Motel Yahoo

    Word on the Croisette has it that Cannes is sizzling-hot, and we’re not just talking about the convergence of the world’s top creatives. High temps and humidity at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this year June 16-20, have made cool spaces and cold treats a premium (hello, brand opportunity) as top advertising, […]

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  • How Visit Savannah Finds Its Target “Luxury” Traveler On CTV Channels

    Like so many of us in this industry, I like to think that knowing how the proverbial sausage gets made leaves me less susceptible to advertising’s influence. Even still, there’s something about travel commercials – especially ones produced by tourism boards – that always make me want to pack up and go to whatever fun […]

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  • LinkedIn’s CTV Ads Are Helping B2B Advertisers Find Audiences Where They Live

    It’s an all-too-familiar feeling for tech industry employees: You’re done with work and watching TV when suddenly a commercial comes on for the same B2B vendor you’ve been getting ads for at the office (or, at least, on a different computer screen in your home). Increasingly, you have LinkedIn to thank for that experience. Last […]

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  • Advertisers Cut Back On Pride, Leaving LGBTQ Brands And Consumers In The Lurch

    Previously, by February, LGBTQ media and influencers would have been setting up marketing campaigns for Pride month. In recent years, this planning was postponed by a month or two, since the immediacy of digital marketing allows for quicker activation. In 2025, however, the outreach never came. LGBTQ media often operates in the red for much […]

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  • The Superstar Posting Effect: LinkedIn’s Quiet Algorithm Secret

    We aimed to understand how widespread this superstar effect really is in posting dynamics—and how executive communication teams can strategically leverage LinkedIn’s features to improve their odds of crafting standout content that drives greater reach, engagement and overall “linkfluence.”

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  • How to Measure Brand Reputation in the Age of AI Search

    Brian Snyder, Chief Innovation Officer at Axicom, offered some suggestions on what to measure when it comes to reputation and AI answers.

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  • Q&A with Bombay Sapphire brand director: Let’s make gin relevant  

    Bombay Sapphire’s brand director Jamie Keller details the campaigns and sponsorships the brand is using to ignite sales on the under-consumed spirit.  Bombay Sapphire’s brand director Jamie Keller is working to “break the taste barrier” for gin in the U.S. Although growing in market share, gin only captures 3% of the spirit market  in the […]

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  • Bold Broadcasts

    The “main stage” is taking on a whole new life as event marketers and their partners embrace immersive media, bold spaces and pop culture trends to showcase leaders and launches in a new light. From live-streaming to on-demand channels, these productions—the content, the set, the experience design—have to be as compelling for in-person audiences as […]

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  • The Ad Agency Washing Machine

    In the latest sign of massive change among ad agency hold cos, Mark Read is stepping down as leader of WPP. We unpack the impact of AI on agency hold cos and media, including WPP Media’s prediction that 2025 will be the first year in which the majority of ad spend flows through user-generated content.

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