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B-to-C Events
How Thayers’ Influencer-Focused Experiential Strategy is Driving Brand Engagement
Skincare enthusiasts, like us, are seeing a lot more of Thayers on their social media feeds, and that’s no coincidence. The brand has recently been boosting its social presence through influencer partnerships and a growing ambassador program for aspiring creators. In addition to product reviews and promos posted on social, Thayers is hosting events to […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
The Creativity Trade-Off: What Marketers Risk Losing In The Age Of AI
We used to have a saying at the first agency I worked for: “Money flows to new.” Back then, “new” meant things like QR codes, mobile video and social media. Then, tech really took off and programmatic advertising, augmented reality and data-driven insights became the new “new.” AI was also a thing, but it wasn’t […]
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2026 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report
The latest industry benchmarks grounded in marketer and consumer data—clarifying how channel choices, investment shifts, and behavior trends will shape ROI in 2026. The 2026 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report presents a comprehensive, data‑driven analysis of the current marketing landscape, based on national studies of 500 U.S. marketers and 600 U.S. consumers. The findings reveal […]
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Marketers
Dairy-Free Creamer Brand Nutpods Is Cracking Fragmentation With AI-Powered Insights
A new marketing intelligence platform helps brands like nutpods address fragmentation by unifying data and inventory across the digital ecosystem.
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Digital & Technology
Why X (formerly Twitter) Remains the Ultimate Public Affairs Radar
Social platform X is still ‘upstream’ for the news that communicators need to know, flag and contextualize for relevant clients and principals. But implementing certain best practices and personalizing use of the site to specific clients and workflows is optimal.
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Campaigns
Mom App Peanut Aims to Legitimize Matrescence
Peanut, the social networking app for moms, collected 11,000 signatures to add the word matrescence to the dictionary after an out-of-home campaign.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: A KitKat Heist, United Responds and the Opinions of 900 Journalists
It’s been a week where a stolen truck full of KitKats became a brand-response masterclass, United Airlines turned government dysfunction into a customer feature, and Muck Rack dropped the data every PR pro needs to bookmark.
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 03/31/26: WNBA’s CBA Play
Tuesday March 31, 2026 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is your monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. Is your bracket busted yet? There remains a chance UConn sweeps the men’s and women’s basketball titles—a feat they’ve accomplished twice before in 2004 and 2014—after the Huskies’ buzzer-beating victory over top-seeded Duke, while Geno Auriemma made yet […]
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B-to-B Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Streetscapes
From street signs and lights to curbs and crosswalks, experience builders are borrowing inspiration from the rhythms of movement in real life within activations and trade show exhibits, creating a sense of place and an intentional journey. Let’s stop and look both ways at this accelerating design tactic. First, a look at the “why” of […]
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: Air Canada Crisis, the Second Screen of March Madness, and CCOs are not Happy
From an Air Canada air traffic control crisis at LaGuardia Airport, to a PR workforce stretched thin by expanding expectations, to fans rewriting the rules of live sports engagement during March Madness—this week’s PR Roundup covers timely moments and data for all communicators to learn from.