DEIB: Resources

Representatives from the Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing shared insights from a survey of 2,300 consumers and discussed the business impact of making investments in multicultural marketing.

Effectively telling authentic stories that connect with real people means infusing diversity, inclusivity, and equality not only through the narrative and content of a marketing campaign, but through how a brand functions internally as well. A brand can’t truly promote DEIB without fostering it internally or creating initiatives or movements that help diverse communities.

How can my brand effectively market to Hispanics?

The ANA and the 4A’s partnered on a new set of guidelines designed to help companies increase their investments in diverse media companies. The guidelines are intended to help those marketers who are interested in supporting diverse suppliers but are still sitting on the sidelines and not sure where to begin.

How can I ensure my creative output is using inclusive language and visuals?

The last few years have been anything but uneventful! Not even colleges and universities have been spared. Faced with declining enrollment, an uptick in trade school affinity, and students’ prioritization on quality of life – academia has (finally) been persuaded to provide a more in-depth answer to the question being routinely posed by nervous students.

As leading companies bake sustainability into their business growth strategies, there is a unique opportunity for marketers to bring a deep knowledge of customer needs and cultural insights to the table. This compendium provides case examples to help all CMOs accelerate their progress and drive more growth.

American Family Insurance shares data from the Financial Services Roundtable for Supplier Diversity that calculates how much money was spent in 2021 on diverse providers of services ranging from marketing to IT, from accounting to legal services, and how many jobs in each category were supported by the spending.

Tilt Creative + Production shared how it pivoted from a generic mural to a historical documentary celebrating a newspaper, founded by 13 former slaves, to demonstrate its brand ethos.

ANA’s Ask the Expert research service answers the question, “How can I make sure my brand is inclusive and represents diverse audiences?"

How can I reach the LGBTQ+ community in a meaningful way?

How can my brand authentically connect with the AAPI community?

How can my brand effectively market to the veteran community?

How are brands ensuring diversity among their suppliers and partners?

Since the murder of George Floyd in 2020, many nonprofit organizations have re-examined their efforts to integrate DEIB into everyday practices. From creating toolkits to improving recruiting and hiring activities to being more accountable, nonprofits are improving the culture of their organizations.

According to UCLA’s 2022 Hollywood Diversity Report, there is a strong relationship between diversity in films and box office performance. The study found that diverse cast, writers, and directors can lead to commercial and red-carpet success, and that minorities often make up a disproportionate number of moviegoers.

This research is based on a survey of the ANA database of certified diverse suppliers serving the marketing/advertising industry. One finding is that there has been a notable uptick in investment from the marketing/advertising community toward diverse suppliers.

The ANA previously announced the co-chairs for the 2023 ANA Advertising Financial Management Conference, which includes Simona Rabsatt Butler, senior director of media, events, and sponsorship at Visa.

According to Harvard Business Review, and a lot of anecdotal evidence that we can all point to, companies cut marketing budgets in a recession. Not only that, retail brand budgets can be the first to get slashed as they are the hardest to connect to sales numbers. For the brand budgets that are left, advertisers worry how they can drive any meaningful value if they can’t get the reach or impact that they might feel they need.

PMG’s Parks Blackwell discussed how her organization has started including baselines for diverse media investments across many of its agency contracts, noting that dumping all of the media budget into Google will not open up opportunities or access for other industry players.