There’s no shortage of content being created around the latest, polarizing question: “What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel?” From YouTube videos exploring the science behind hearing to brands co-opting the cultural conversation to podcasters claiming audio is the new be-all-end-all of marketing, there’s one key takeaway for brands: the best marketing is about the
Every good story has a beginning, middle, and end. Every story also has characters, a plot, and conflict. This story certainly has all three and I have a feeling we’re only in the middle of it. Let me introduce you to our real life characters: Elle Darbe, a British beauty blogger who has 88.1k Instagram
Every summer has its own story. And what a summer it’s been for traditional media companies and platforms to come up with new ways to interrupt the consumer, even though everyone in the industry knows that interruptive advertising is dead. Here’s what Fox and YouTube executives cooked up over the summer barbecues: The Six Second Ad! Cue
True story from my experience at the intersection of Hollywood Storytelling and Brand Marketing. “Are all of the billboards that he’ll see on the drive from his home to the office part of the media and marketing plan?” “Yes. He’ll see all of our new shows promoted on every billboard on his drive.” “Perfect.” Yes,
I recently wrote about how some brands are stuck in the past and can’t seem to shake old habits, like creating “ads” and “spots” that interrupt consumers and offer no value. It’s hard to transform a brand that’s stuck in its ways, with senior executives that don’t understand the changing media landscape, who still think consumers want
One of the biggest mistakes marketers make when starting any content marketing initiative is not knowing the “why” behind it. What is the purpose of the content? How does it fit into the overall content mix? The second biggest mistake is not knowing what they are going to do with the content. Where does it
Ground Control to Major Tom. We have a major problem. It seems that Marketers, Agencies, and Platforms are only thinking about themselves. They haven’t learned that consumers now control when, where, and how they interact with brands. Brands no longer control the medium, the message, or the consumer. Even the data that marketers love so
Like it or not, we live in a world with so many screens, yet so little time. The amount of messages we receive from work, friends and family can feel overwhelming at times. On top of that, we’re bombarded with messages from brands every day. It’s estimated that we we see 300-700 marketing messages per
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