Search Results for: research
-
Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: “No Comment” Gets Called Out, Amazon Resets the Retail Calendar, the Pope Appoints a New Head of Comms, and Dolly Hits the Road
PR Roundup features Amazon’s Prime Day move, “no comment” doing more harm than good, Pope Leo XIV’s historic hire, and Dolly Parton’s foray into the American highway.
-
Digital & Technology
The New PR Measurement Stack: What Comms Leaders Should Track When the Audience Is Behind AI
The traditional PR measurement dashboard needs to sit alongside a second, AI-native layer that answers a different question: when someone asks a generative engine about our category, are we in the answer?
-
Shopper/Retail
Hint Water Launches Sexy Campaign To Tap Into Culture
Hint Water doubled its marketing investment from last year with a lust-forward campaign that showcases its brand evolution. Here’s the company’s plan to re-energize its decades-old brand.
Tagged in: -
Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: When AI Fakes the Experts, Livestreamers Beat the Algorithm, and Swatch Breaks the Internet
This week’s PR Roundup features fake AI-generated academic journals impersonating real professors, Twitch outpacing TikTok and Instagram in producing top-ranked creators and the viral Swatch x Audemars Piguet collaboration that sent shoppers into a frenzy.
-
Marketers
5 Tips for Addressing the Pivotal Changes in B2B Buying Models
Too many B2B vendors have yet to modify their sales models in response to gen AI search habits, marketplace turbulence and economic volatility. For those sellers unsure of how to address GTM changes, Forrester offers some suggestions.
Tagged in: -
Marketers
Baby Monitor Brand Owlet Cut Back On Search – And Sales Didn’t Drop
Owlet’s target customer isn’t in market for very long. The publicly traded baby tech company is best known for its smart “sock,” a wearable that wraps around an infant’s foot to track heart rate, oxygen levels, movement and sleep, and then sends alerts to a parent’s phone. Owlet also sells a Wi-Fi baby monitor and […]
-
Research
Survey: Despite Positive C-Suite Relationships, Few CMOs Feel Equipped to Meet Goals
The vast majority of CMOs and communications leaders surveyed in a report from Arketi Group and executive search firm JM Search described their relationships with the C-suite as positive. And 67% said that alignment with the C-suite was a top driver of CMO tenure. Yet only 38% of those surveyed felt set up for success.
Tagged in: -
Marketers
Google Wants To Do Your Shopping For You At GML This Year
This week I am virtually reporting on the goings-on at Mountain Village, California, where Google is hosting its Google Marketing Live event. I happened to be in Las Vegas for AdExchanger’s Programmatic AI show. I much regret not being able to hop over to the Sweets & Snacks Expo, also happening in Vegas right now. […]
-
Crisis Management
The Crisis Threat Hiding in Plain Sight: Your AI Chat History
Now senior leaders’ own conversations with an LLM could be used to argue guilt or innocence. Now not only have lawyers been put on alert, but so should communication professionals.
-
Shopper/Retail
Strong Retail Relationship at Target Drives Sales at NatPat
Fun packaging and a unique product format is currying favor at Target for insect repellent sticker brand NatPat. The CEO/co-founder shares how marketing with Target’s logo boosts sales in all channels.
Tagged in: