The explosion in work-from-home culture in 2020 pushed a lot of businesses to the brink.Not Zoom. Instead, the video conferencing tool saw exponentially increased usage and invaluable brand recognition as many industries shifted to remote work. Now, with the future of work morphing once again in the age of AI, the tech company is taking a moment to announce that…
Hulu and Disney+ are officially combining into a single standalone app Disney, CEO Bob Iger announced during the company’s Q3 earnings call Wednesday.The combined app, which will roll out next year, comes after Disney acquired full control of Hulu from Comcast in June, and it marks the latest move from…
Creator Madi Marotta’s first official day on the job as Waterboy’s new social media manager was a tropical and eventful one.The electrolyte additive company was off on its second-ever brand trip, this year to Tulum, Mexico, with some big-name influencers, their plus-ones, and regular-schmegular customers all in tow. With 38…
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Mayte Alquicira is marketing and operations manager, loyalty, at Cinépolis Cinemas USA, a luxury theater brand. She’s also worked as the brand’s guest experience manager and supported the brand’s expansion into…
Is the new American dream a farce?We’re talking, of course, about the “dream” of content creation, posting content, gaining a massive following on social media, getting a ton of brand deals, and quitting your 9-to-5. Someone might see it as a fool’s game when watching the backlash that one creator,…
Peacock is stuck in a rut, at least when it comes to subscribers: The streamer stayed flat with 41 million subscribers in Q2, the same number it reported in Q1, according to parent company Comcast’s Q2 earnings call on Thursday.However, Peacock narrowed its losses to $101 million for the quarter,…
Ad gamification continues, this time with a new ad for Netflix’s Happy Gilmore 2 on Spotify.Users of the audio app who encounter the ad can play rounds of golf to reveal Easter eggs from the Happy Gilmore universe, hear clips from the film, and access a personalized “happy” playlist.The ad…
Could American Eagle’s most expensive campaign to date end up being its most costly mistake?The campaign, which launched last week with actor Sydney Sweeney at the helm, reportedly cost millions of dollars as a big-bet play to reverse declining sales after the company reported a $68 million operating loss in…
Burrito-proof beauty so nice, they had to do it twice.Last year, Chipotle and Wonderskin Beauty came together in an unexpected collab to create a “Lipotle” lip stain, which sold out in a week and drew more than 10,000 emails, posts, and comments on both brand’s channels asking for more.A year…
WhatsApp once promised to have No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” on its platform. Last month, the news that ads were in fact coming to WhatsApp, which parent company Meta announced at Cannes Lions, prompted plenty of questions about user privacy and concerns about how user data could be used…
The venture-capital world seems to be betting big on generative AI creative tools, and it wants adland to buy in, too.A number of buzzy, AI-related startups have gotten financial backing from major VC firms. However, with an influx of tools that claim to make ad creation easier, some agencies are…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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