Industry Insights

The 2022 Multicultural Excellence Awards celebrated some of the excellent marketing being devoted to the Hispanic community. Below are some summaries of those blue-ribbon efforts, with the full case studies accessible through the embedded hyperlinks.

Adam Benaroya is director, global media capabilities + operations at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health. He will be a speaker at the Association of National Advertisers Media Conference in February. ANA Group Executive Vice President Bill Duggan recently sat down with Benaroya for a pre-conference interview.

Marla Skiko is Global Head of Consumer Connections, Marketing at the Ford Motor Company. She will be a speaker at the ANA Media Conference in February. Bill Duggan, Group Executive Vice President at ANA, sat down with Marla for this interview.

The pandemic forced brands and business leaders to acknowledge just how little control they have over the direction and rate at which their enterprises evolve. Representing the single greatest impetus for forced evolution in modern times, COVID-19 pulled the tablecloth out from under all of us. Some shattered. Some tipped over. And some stayed standing, thanks to a surer footing and better position than their counterparts.

It’s that time of year when we look into the crystal ball to get insight into trends that will impact the way business is done in the year ahead. From my perspective, I see an exciting trove of classics that when combined with newer iterations of AI and chatbots tech will really drive consumer connection. Let’s take a look.

Current trends in fashion consumption and production cannot be maintained if the industry wants to reduce its carbon footprint. The manufacturing and logistic practices of clothing brands and their supply chain partners have environmental implications that amount to four percent of global emissions.

The creator economy is on fire, and brands are turning to influencer campaigns to increase their ROAS as the digital advertising ecosystem shifts and CPMs rise. Unfortunately, most brands fail to work effectively with creators and influencers.

When we think about media metrics, the industry has created a measurement buffet. For example, it wasn’t long ago that Nielsen was the standard delivery measurement for TV. Today we have Comscore, TVision, and iSpot, among others. Media agencies and brands can choose delivery metrics with ratings or impressions; consumer metrics via attention or engagement. This environment of non-standardized media metrics leads to a lot of choice – and a lot of confusion.

The metaverse is being presented as an exciting opportunity for brands and consumers alike, and while some consider it an exciting future, there are likely more challenges ahead than real and sustainable business and content models.

Tax incentive programs started to appear about 30 years ago in the film and television industries to keep U.S. productions from going offshore for lower costs. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of these incentives, outline the process for participating, and make advertisers aware of these incentives.

The hot-button issue of consumer privacy has been building, with more consumers aware than ever of targeted advertising practices. With a new year on the horizon, the industry will begin to see regulatory changes as early as January 2023. But what will these new privacy regulations mean for digital advertisers, and how can they ensure their businesses’ success in its midst?

According to Bombora Company Surge, during the past 90 days, interest in marketing strategy and digital strategy increased more than any single marketing topic across business services, construction, and manufacturing.

I recently toured the University of Georgia campus with my son and noted a display in the library about the historic integration of the school in 1961 when a judge ordered the immediate admission of two Black students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter. I looked at the black and white photos of these brave young adults and wondered, how did they feel? History tells us they were met with taunts and crowds throwing bottles and bricks. It must have been terrifying.

A recent survey conducted by Ascend2 found that data and investing in technology are major focuses to help B2B marketers navigate an uncertain economy. The study found that 78 percent of large B2B marketing organizations experienced a growth of 10 percent or more in 2022 through a heavier reliance on digital channels and renewed spending from clients ready to move past the pandemic.

The holiday season is one of the most popular times of the year for family travel. Whether it’s visiting relatives or gifting loved ones with a vacation, the decisions around when, where and how to travel often involve multiple stakeholders. With each traveler having different interests and opinions, how do you get the entire family on the same page when deciding where to go and what to do?

There is an enormous advertising opportunity in gaming. The global market for in-game ads is expected to reach $18 billion in the next five years, and a recent survey conducted by Deloitte found that gen Z gamers spend, on average,12 hours per week playing video games. However, the reach of this captive audience, especially for high-end gaming typically found on PCs and consoles, is only nearing its potential.

The global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of screens and created an uptick in gaming (primarily due to the need for human interaction and the expanded variety and accessibility of video games). In fact, a 2021 Frontier survey of more than 1,000 parents showed that nearly 63 percent of parents with at least one child (aged 5 to 17) who played video games reported that video games had a positive impact on their child.

Hybrid shopping experiences intertwining in-store and digital experiences are the key to differentiating your brand in the modern, overcrowded commerce landscape. It’s become a non-negotiable for retailers to have an online presence, but brands can enhance their customer experience and stand out from competition by integrating these shopping experiences.

Brand marketers have been battening down the hatches as they navigate the current macroeconomic and geopolitical storm. While much of the conversation and strategizing has been around budgets and profit and loss (P&L) maneuvering with uncertainty clouding the horizon, it would be wise for brands to also allocate bandwidth to proactively devise a digital advertising strategy for 2023 and beyond. The “beyond” in this instance could be inferred as the paradigm shift from the era of personalized advertising to the era of personified advertising.

The latest version of the IAB’s State of Data report makes it clear that the ad world is deep into an era of signal loss. Cookie deprecation looms, yet its state regulations that will likely deliver the crippling blow to behavioral targeting as we know it.