Victoria Taylor — October 28, 2019 User-generated content is a powerful form of marketing for any brand. It allows you to strengthen your relationships with followers and customers and broaden your online presence. Around 86% of millennials believe that user-generated content (also known as UGC) is a good indicator of a brand or product’s quality. … Continue reading 6 Best Brands That Dominate User-Generated Content on Instagram
The founders and leaders of Brooklinen, Hatch Collection and M.M. LaFleur discuss building their brands and how they’re creating customers for life. Greg Sterling on October 25, 2019 The hottest segment in retail is direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. It’s also very competitive and quickly evolving, from online-only to multi-channel, with many companies adding physical stores to … Continue reading Why D2C brands are the future of retail
Consumers want to feel better understood by retailers especially during the holiday season, according to research. Jennifer Cannon on October 23, 2019 As consumers become increasingly aware of how personal data can be exchanged for value, their expectations from brand interactions are growing — especially for retail brands entering the holiday season. According to a … Continue reading Survey: Retail brands sharing personalized offers will win over consumers this holiday season
Bridging Category Management Among Ethnic Brands, Chains by Patrick Harrington , Yesterday Have specialty and ethnic CPG brands reached a peak in their growth across America’s grocery stores? In my view, they are approaching maturity — for several reasons. For one, evolving shopping trends, technological innovation and the consolidation of traditional brick-and-mortar channels are changing … Continue reading Bridging Category Management Among Ethnic Brands, Chains
Emily Sidley — October 15, 2019 Follow @EmilySidleyPR When you think of social media marketing, is Instagram on your radar? There are a lot of benefits to investing time and resources into this social media platform! Keep reading to learn about them, and to discover helpful Instagram tips we recommend for each of our clients’ … Continue reading How to Use Instagram for Your Brand’s Social Media Marketing
These are challenging times to evaluate whether or not we should work with brands that refuse to keep up with consumer attitudes about social change. David Bicknell on October 8, 2019 at 3:39 pm As designers, we dream about the brand challenges we’d love to work on with the criteria often cited as “fame, fortune … Continue reading Should we make socially irresponsible brands appealing again?
It is time for marketers to take advantage of the DRTV expansion to solve some of their biggest advertising pain points. Karla Crawford Kerr on September 26, 2019 Housewares and brand response television have a long and robust shared history. Over 30 years ago, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) deregulated television air time allowing different … Continue reading Building housewares brands with brand response TV
Will D2C Brands Change How TV Ads Are Bought, Sold, Measured? by Dave Morgan , Featured Contributor, September 19, 2019 This post was previously published in an earlier edition of Media Insider. The emergence of digital-first, direct-to-consumer brands as a significant, growing pool of new TV advertisers was a big theme this past spring during … Continue reading Will D2C Brands Change How TV Ads Are Bought, Sold, Measured?
Businesses can post video projects on the platform and recruit video professionals based on location, skill set and experience. Amy Gesenhues on September 23, 2019 Vimeo has announced the launched a “For Hire” marketplace, a platform designed to connect brands with video production creatives, and also help video professional search for paid opportunities. Businesses looking … Continue reading Vimeo’s ‘For Hire’ marketplace connects brands with qualified production talent
As companies leave CMO positions unfilled, an evolution of how brands do business with consumers is underway. How brands respond gives us insight into their long-term growth strategy. Anand Thaker on September 3, 2019 Shhh, I’m going to tell you a secret. Want to know the signal to a company’s long-term growth strategy? Start monitoring … Continue reading Want to understand a brand’s vision for future growth? Look to the CMO role
