Search Results for: influencers
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: Trump and NABJ Outrage, New Boeing CEO, Ice Bucket Challenge Lives
In this week’s PR Roundup we examine the results of former President Trump’s interview at the National Association for Black Journalists, if Boeing’s new CEO will make a difference and the re-emergence of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
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Branding/Marketing
Learning about Olympic Sports Sponsorship from Flavor Flav and USA Water Polo
There is only one Flavor Flav, but his activation with USA Water Polo provides a few key lessons for any company looking to grow its brand through meaningful sports sponsorships, including leaning into the pillars of authenticity and commitment with a hype mindset.
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B-to-C Events
SDCC 2024: Brands Descend on San Diego with Chariot Races, Bathroom Battle Stations and 2D Factories
San Diego Comic-Con returned to its former glory last week after the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes took some wind out of the event’s sales in 2023. The pop culture convention, this year July 25-28, once again served as a playground for both superfans of comics, movies, TV, gaming and multimedia, and the […]
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 07/30/24: Olympics ads scoring for NBCU
Tuesday July 30, 2024 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 30, and this is your monthly Cynopsis sports newsletter. THE GAMES HAVE BEGUN Three days in, advertisements during the Paris Olympics on NBCUniversal are providing higher attention (+18%), greater message recall (+33%) and an increased likelihood to search (+67%) on linear than competitive broadcast/cable television, […]
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Branding/Marketing
What PR Pros Can Learn from Influencer Nara Smith and Marc Jacobs Collab Backlash
The campaign is facing some backlash from users for allegedly imitating another creator, Mary Korlin-Downs, who previously made a similar video baking the same bag from scratch through a trade partnership with the Marc Jacobs brand.
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Shopper/Retail
Publicis Groupe to acquire influencer marketing platform Influential
Communications company Publicis Groupe recently announced it plans to acquire Influential, an influencer marketing company. Influential uses AI to match bands with an influencer’s audience. The vendor has 300 brand clients, including Ulta, Amazon, DoorDash and McDonald’s, and has 3.5 million influencers in its network. Influential has access to and data on 90% of global […]
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B-to-C Events
How a Mercedes-Benz Culinary Series is Sparking Connections with a Digital Table
Picture this: You get invited to an intimate dinner at an upscale L.A. restaurant with a speakeasy vibe, and when you’re shown to your seat, the table’s surface is all digital and serving up content for the evening. That’s one of the experiences 50 attendees took part in at Mercedes-Benz Presents The Table, hosted at […]
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B-to-C Events
Veuve Clicquot Illuminates New Yorkers with an ‘Emotions of the Sun’ Photo Exhibition
Veuve Clicquot takes pride in shining its “solaire” culture on the world through bright, boundary-pushing experiences, and the latest manifestation took the shape of an “Emotions of the Sun” photo exhibition in New York City hosted in partnership with renowned photography collective, Magnum Photos. Rather than tell its own story, Clicquot designed the weeklong “celebration […]
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Cynopsis: Esports
Cynopsis Esports 7/25/24: Comscore + Newzoo’s latest gaming reports; Game Pass price hikes; College Football 25 fever
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Good morning! It’s Thursday, and this is your monthly Gaming Brief. Around 62% of American adults play video games, according to Comscore’s 2024 State of Gaming report. The report, put together in collaboration with Anzu, also revealed that 49% of the U.S. gaming population is Millennials, more than both Gen X […]
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Behind the News
Does APRA Do More Harm Than Good For Personalized Advertising?
The race to a federal U.S. data privacy law has been a slow trudge to victory, and the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is no different. APRA could drastically change digital advertising. By requiring explicit consent for using sensitive data, APRA could potentially hinder small businesses and publishers, threatening their ability to effectively target and personalize ads.