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Old School, New Rules: Nostalgia Ads That Capture Gen Z & Millennials
If there is one thing the last couple of years have taught us about branding, it’s this: everything that is old can be brand new. If it feels good enough. From Burger King’s nostalgia-inducing rebrand, to Pokémon’s revival, and Barbie’s neon pink conquest of popular culture, brands have learned that, when tapping into collective memory, it can feel refreshingly modern. Welcome to the age…
How SMBs Win the Attention Game through CTV Advertising
CTV advertising (Connected TV) has emerged as a strong space for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). TV screens were the forgotten dreams for most mom-and-pop brands. But, in the time of digital reality, big screen games are on, even for SMBs. CTV (ads delivered via streaming platforms on smart TVs, set-top boxes, gaming consoles) merges…
Digital Branding Starts with a Right Name Before Going Digital
Digital branding is a crucial pain point for every marketer. It begins long before your potential lead or user clicks on your website to explore your products or services. To break that process down, let me give you a quick real-world example. I ran a few Google searches looking for a smart chef. While scrolling,…
How Smart B2B Brands Use These 5 Modern Strategies to Unlock the Multiplier Effect
B2B marketing strategies can benefit from the multiplier effect. In B2B marketing, there’s no single lever that pulls revenue skyward. Growth today is a choreography—a sync between strategy, tech, and timing. McKinsey’s Global B2B Pulse Survey confirmed this a few years back. However, the report is old, but the mantra stays top of mind. What…
Inclusive Advertising Metrics: Are Your Campaigns Truly Seen?
When was the last time you scrolled through Instagram, binged-watched a show on Netflix or skimmed through YouTube? How many of the ads really grabbed your attention? More importantly, how many ads invoked a feeling of relevance? I tend to think that many more-than-we-realize simply went right by. Not because the ad wasn’t entertaining or…
Advertising Management Tools 2025: Real Results vs. AI Hype
The struggle for attention has never been louder—but in 2025. The smartest advertisers do not turn up the volume; instead, they turn the signal on. A new group of advertising management tools helps embed ads in feeds and streams, anticipating what you want before you want it. Not every promise is kept. Some platforms masquerade…
AI Just Changed Social Media Challenges Forever—Here’s How
Social media challenges have long relied on the enthusiasm of creators and the encouragement of algorithms—which makes AI emergence even more exciting. Rather than merely being tools that enhance trends. AI is actively shaping the trends, that is, creating viral moments from scratch and recontextualizing what a “trend” means. By 2025, everyday users are not…
FAST Channels Are Booming—But Is the Attention Span There?
With subscription fatigue, viewers anticipated that the streaming wars would come to an end. Instead, they have taken a new direction, and that model has become ad-supported. Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) channels are experiencing a boom in viewership and engagement from brands. Roku, Samsung TV Plus, and Amazon’s Freevee are all buying into the boom,…
CTV vs Linear TV: How to Choose the Right Ad Spend Strategy in 2025
Some of us may remember a time when a family movie night meant arguing over who would get the TV remote control. One screen, one time, one decision for all. Jumping to now, and living rooms do not look the same: one person is streaming Netflix from the bedroom, another is binge-watching a YouTube series…
Marketing Insight ‘Famine’: Over 50% Of Brands Lacks Quality Insight
Advertising and marketing industry is suffering from a marketing insight famine. 51% of brands say their insights are too weak for creative work, according to State of Creativity by Cannes Lions 2025. Every week and month, hundreds of reports and studies, packed with graphs and pie charts from the Moon to Venus, keep flooding the…
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