Three years ago, HBR used email to push out one promotion per week for the core business, with no testing, no creative updates, and thoughtful segmentation. How did they turn around a program grounded
in an aging, stressed database with primitive segmentation? How have they learned to handle a maturing email program that tries to conquer the daily flood of requests and still innovate? Harvard
Business Review's Nini Diana, Dir. of Consumer Marketing, discusses how by 2022, they've made substantial improvements in messaging customers and readers.
Through surveys and data, Joybird found their customers wanted more inspiration and engagement when shopping to style their rooms. In response, at MediaPost's D2C Insider Summit, Eric Tsai, the
furniture retailer's vp of marketing & business development, shows us how they turned to a 3D planner tool on Pinterest. It enabled shoppers to click on a photo, drag it into a scene and create a
customizable 3D design space; resulting in greater engagement, a 50%+ lift in AOV and an enhanced shopping experience for their customers.
Avocados From Mexico takes on advertising's biggest stage... the Super Bowl. AFM's Associate Director of Brand Marketing & Strategy, Kelly Burke, talks Influencers, shoppable ads like MikMak and
immersive experiences - - all part of their "brandformance" approach to innovate produce marking.
Artificial intelligence-powered marketing technologies communicate with consumers and know what they want long before marketers do.
NBC sketched out six key areas of segmentation: audience measurement, audience verification, brand measurement, incrementality measurement, sale impact, multi-touch attribution and business-outcome
guarantees.
Pinterest on Tuesday began demonstrating its technology strengths with the announcement of an in-house experimental products team it calls TwoTwenty.
Google Labs is back, but this time it's the internal name given to a new team created under a reorganization that aims to gather the company's innovative projects and long-term bets under one roof.
Artist and author Douglas Coupland created a series of slogans using machine learning, partnering with Google AI researchers who developed a language model based on his written work.
A century ago Betty Crocker taught us everything we needed to know about authentic consumer engagement. From personalized connections to data collection to creating engagement and innovation loops.
General Mills' CMO, Ivan Pollard, explores how the company draws lessons and inspiration from this CPG icon.
A new Forrester report -- commissioned by the 4As and Google -- concludes that agency-client relationships remain strong, albeit with room for improvement.
Significant unintended benefits for marketers have been the adoption of "slow-walking" programs already in place, and encouragement of innovation.
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but on Madison Avenue, it frequently fathers innovation.
This innovative unit ran alongside premium on-demand video content where, in exchange for spending a minimum of 30 seconds interacting, users could reduce their traditional commercial load for the
rest of the episode.
By optimizing digital, the brand's history -- dating to 1731 -- and various products were shown as part of a distinct cooking experience.
The Bulletin leverages machine learning and AI technology to generate a single-sentence summary of a story's most salient details at a glance, giving busy professionals a pulse on the stories of the
moment.
"It's always good to have a rocket scientist on staff," said Adam Solomon, Lotame's new CMO. "You never know when you might need one."
VB Lab's Thought Leadership Platform is an end-to-end marketing solution offering strategic consulting, storytelling opportunities cross-platform and research reports, as well as native ads.
It wanted to give Cheetos Vision a launch worthy of any hot, new tech innovation, so it took it to the biggest stage in the industry: SXSW Interactive.
While there's plenty of news about the future of retail and payments, there wasn't a place for business leaders to find the "so what?" perspective on these topics.
With only weeks to go before this year's CES kicks off, I spoke with StoryTech founder Lori Schwartz about what she has learned over the past few years and what she is most looking forward to this
year. Buckle up!
Sean Brown speaks about how companies can gain valuable insights into innovation performance from a pair of metrics that have been hiding seemingly in plain sight.
It doesn't change recipes as frequently as subscription does. It's a one-off purchase that allows for trial. It feels and looks like a meal kit, extending the brand's equity.
The new product combined an array of sophisticated technologies, including: TV ad interactivity, dynamic API-driven creative, addressable ad messaging, e-commerce integration, and place-shifting.
The robots made their way into the homes of Bravolebs like Josh Altman (Million Dollar Listing LA) as well as Tom and Katie Schwartz (Vanderpump Rules).
For a 220 years-young brand like the New York Post, innovation, adaptation, and diversification are essential. The Post Digital Network now spans print, digital, video, audio, social, television, and
commerce. Product innovation continues to be a key focus for the Post. The New York Post's Shannon Toumey, VP of Strategy and Co-Head of Post Studios, will share examples and learnings from the media
company's experimentation and testing of shoppable video as it strives for success in this emerging medium.
While creativity and healthcare may seem like an unlikely pair, here's how a little strategic planning, thinking outside the box, and even a little fun, can help your campaigns stand out in a crowded
market. WestDerm's Senior Marketing Manager of Content Strategy, Veronica Clay, shares how their innovative approach to raising skin cancer awareness tugged at the evolving attitudes towards health,
sun, and fun. Along the way, they illustrate how healthcare messaging can move beyond expert advice and get consumers to personalize it with their own memory, life, and health histories.