Artificial Influencers Are Attracting the Attention of Brands
Shudu Gram, a South African Instagram model with flawless dark skin and a perfectly symmetrical face, has garnered 130,000 followers since appearing on the platform a little over a year ago. She's...
View ArticleHow Brands Can Use AI to Boost Their Email Marketing Strategy
For many marketers, email is the channel that delivers the highest ROI. But what if it could perform even better? Average open rates for email hover around 21 percent and click-through rates are a...
View ArticleHow Ritual Is Marketing a Direct-to-Consumer Vitamin Brand in the Age of...
In the age of the wellness craze--often featuring health experts lacking classic credentials, DIY home medical remedies and somewhat extreme measures like juice cleanses--brands make bold promises...
View ArticleTelemundo, Mashable Partner for Regular Tech Programming on Linear TV
Mashable and Telemundo are expanding their partnership to linear TV. The technology segment, dubbed El Pulso v?a Mashable, will air in Spanish every Tuesday on Telemundo's morning show, Un Nuevo D?a. A...
View ArticleTop 5 KPIs Social Media Marketers Need to Track and Improve
Social media is an important business tool. According to the 2018 Global Digital Report, there are over 3 billion active social media users. It's no wonder, therefore, that businesses continue to...
View ArticleAgency George P. Johnson Taps Onetime IBM Lead at Ogilvy to Handle His Former...
Experiential marketing agency George P. Johnson (GPJ) announced the hiring of Marcos Ribeiro as vice president, global executive creative director for the IBM account, as he can provide expertise on...
View ArticleIf You Click on the Idiotic Offer in Snickers’ New Banner Ad, the Brand Asks...
Why on earth would you click on a banner ad promising you one Snickers for the price of two? The real answer is probably just an errant click, or perhaps simple curiosity. But Snickers is convinced...
View ArticleMondelēz Redesigned Barnum’s Animals Crackers Packaging, Removed Cages to...
For decades, Barnum's Animals packaging depicted lions, tigers and bears in cages. That stops today. The Mondel?z International cracker brand has a new illustration on its packaging, showing animals...
View ArticleANA Calls on Supreme Court to Take Up Case Linking Lead Poisoning to Early...
Last week, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and a libertarian-leaning public interest law firm filed a "friend of the court" brief imploring the United States Supreme Court to take up a...
View ArticleLand O’Lakes Spotlights Female Farmers in Its Feminist Reimagining of ‘Old...
Old MacDonald may have had a farm with a dog, cows and some chickens, but he also had something far more important to keeping said farm running--a daughter. At least according to Land O'Lakes'...
View ArticleWhy Facebook Is Reducing Advertisers’ Targeting Capabilities
Facebook is reducing the targeting capabilities available to advertisers on the social network by 5,000 in hopes of curtailing discriminatory practices. The move comes amid a hail of public criticism...
View ArticleFacebook Removed Hundreds of Accounts and Ads Originating From ‘Bad Actors’...
Facebook said it's found and removed hundreds more pages, organic content and ads meant to spread misinformation in the U.S. and abroad. However, while many of the "bad actors" in the past have been...
View ArticleThe Key to Changing Rural Hearts and Minds? Being Respectful, Even When...
I am an MIT engineer turned science communicator. Through my career, my goal is to get people excited about science. I'm also from West Virginia, which is something that has fundamentally shaped the...
View ArticleLiterary Classics Come to Instagram With This Lovely New Project by the New...
For many, Instagram remains a place primarily to document our travels and brunch escapades, but the New York Public Library is out to elevate the medium by infusing it with some classic literature....
View ArticleWhat Michael Cohen’s Plea Deal Means for David Pecker and American Media
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to breaking campaign finance laws, after he helped arrange a payment to a former Playboy model with David Pecker, the...
View ArticleAccenture’s Newest CCO Says the Consultancy Will Be ‘as Creative as Other...
Accenture Interactive, the digital wing of the larger international consulting group, looks to expand its presence in the Nordic region by hiring a new chief creative officer. According to the...
View ArticleVML Explains Why It Asked People to Sign a UN Petition With Selfies
Visitors to the United Nations headquarters may feel like they're being watched. For its #NotATarget campaign for the U.N., launched on World Humanitarian Day, VML called on people to participate in a...
View ArticlePapa John’s Founder Creates Website Begging Employees to Help Save ‘Our...
Papa John's founder John Schnatter is making good on a promise not to go quietly from the chain he started in 1984 after abdicating the chairman role in the wake of reports that he used a racial slur...
View ArticleHow to Leverage Paid Social at Every Stage of the Customer Journey
With U.S. digital marketing spend climbing its way to a predicted $119 billion by 2021, marketers are tasked with determining where to spend that budget. Forrester Research foresees that digital...
View ArticleThe Big Bang Theory Will Officially End in May After 12 Seasons
One of the most popular TV shows of the last decade is officially preparing for its curtain call. CBS and Warner Bros. Television confirmed today that The Big Bang Theory will end its run in May 2019...
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