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Welcome to First Things First, Adweek's new daily resource for marketers. We'll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. How the 2020 Presidential Frontrunners Are Using Music as... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2tVE9CP via IFTTT

Picture this. You're sitting in your metal folding chair, the air buzzing with energy. Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" blasts from the loudspeakers: "They just use your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it." Elizabeth Warren walks onto the stage waving, and the crowd erupts.... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2OQATAa via IFTTT

It was weird when, just a few years ago, fast food chain Carl's Jr. really wanted you to have sex with a hamburger. But now it feels like the brand barely even wants you to get to first base. Today, Carl's Jr. and sister brand Hardee's unveiled their newest marketing campaign, and quite a few... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2SH0aNY via IFTTT

Health and wellness company Pharmavite appointed Publicis New York as agency of record for its Nature Made vitamins brand, following a review launched in November. "The brand commenced a search for a true, and proven, partner in business and end-to-end marketing transformation with deep knowledge of the consumer landscape," Pharmavite CMO Rhonda Hoffman said. "With... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/3byMpd6 via IFTTT

A handful of cannabis buds have been artfully stacked and lovingly photographed for a massive outdoor ad with the tagline, "Happy 4:20 LA." And if you miss this friendly pot-centric greeting one day, you'll have plenty of chances to see it again because sponsor Weedmaps plans a yearlong takeover of the space every afternoon at... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/39iSOa6 via IFTTT

The Wing has made its first executive marketing hire, bringing Celestine Maddy on board as senior vice president of marketing and communications. Maddy will oversee social media, creative and content, in addition to marketing and comms for the ever-expanding feminist coworking collective. She previously served as vice president of marketing at Foursquare, managing brand strategy,... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2vZDwJd via IFTTT

While multiple brands chose to produce Super Bowl activations in Miami instead of airing ads on Sunday, Budweiser has opted for both as part of its Big Game marketing strategy. Along with the brand's patriotic Super Bowl ad, Budweiser opened the BudX Hotel, a three-day experience in Miami that filled Nautilus by Arlo hotel in... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2SeqgYy via IFTTT

Pop-Tarts, meet pretzel. The toaster pastry brand, owned by Kellogg's, is rolling out its newest product, a Pop-Tarts and pretzel hybrid that comes with either chocolate or cinnamon sugar fillings. Pop-Tarts Pretzel is the company's first attempt at mixing sweet and salty flavors, and Philipp Schaffer, senior director of marketing at Pop-Tarts, has deemed it... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/3b4O4qn via IFTTT

It's just about time for the Super Bowl, the annual apex of sports entertainment that has long been a marketing bonanza. While the biggest drivers of the game's record ad prices have been in sectors like automotive, technology, beverages, CPG, retail and telco, there's another small but increasingly reliable category of Super Bowl advertisers: streaming... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2tYs7J8 via IFTTT

Last year, TurboTax Live's "RoboChild" got the tweets, but a masterful integration by our consumer group marketing team earned the consequential brand engagement. Instead of an expensive one-off buzz maker, our RoboChild Super Bowl ad was the moment to amplify a key message from the TurboTax brand campaign that started long before and ended long... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2Oj1o0O via IFTTT

Still taught in marketing classes to this day, Coca-Cola's iconic "Hilltop" ad remains one of advertising's most compelling beacons of marketing light in an otherwise turgid world. If Coca-Cola created that ad today, it might look different, but not quite as cynically delicious at Snickers' Super Bowl ad. "Hilltop" is the overachieving kid in the... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/38RU2JA via IFTTT

It's Super Bowl central here at Adweek. A frenzied week of marketing and media coverage is upon us, and you'll find up-to-the-minute news on who's in, who's out, best/worst ads live from our Game Day war room, along with strategies and other insights on all our platforms, including our Big Game Tracker at Adweek.com and,... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/30TkYFZ via IFTTT

In 2020, we will see a fundamental shift in how people think about the world. This is due to the growing pressure of issues threatening human existence: climate change, space races, income inequality, food shortages, water shortages, fires, floods, etc. As these threats grow, we will see various forms of marketing change mostly because we... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/37kQXkG via IFTTT

After sitting out the Super Bowl last year and opting to launch a major, Spike Jonze-directed marketing effort before the Patriots vs. Rams showdown instead, Squarespace is returning to the Big Game with its sixth Super Bowl advertisement. The New York-based company, an all-in-one solutions platform for website building and hosting, is running a 30-second... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2FNjuTN via IFTTT

Stagwell Group, the 4-year-old holding company founded by Mark Penn, is building out a central marketing team to take its data-driven offering to market in a more cohesive manner. The Washington, D.C.-based company has made several hires for the team and promoted its chief operating officer Beth Lester Sidhu, who joined the company when it... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/36F4jrx via IFTTT

Marketing consultancy firm Ebiquity has purchased Digital Decisions in a bid to further its digital media monitoring capabilities as it aims to better help brands evaluate their online media spend. The deal between the Europe-based pair will begin with an initial consideration of 700,000 euros ($783,000), with the final terms involving a mix of cash... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/36uCRNf via IFTTT

Brand activations have come a long way in achieving consumer engagement. The last few years, in particular, saw experiential marketing steadily mature, from a quirky niche tactic to a full-on, multiplatform strategy. And in this new decade marketers will only see more pressure to drive creativity to achieve a successful ROI and social media traction.... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2s17ZVI via IFTTT

NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service Peacock doesn't debut until April, but the company is kicking off its marketing campaign today during the Golden Globes, which air on its broadcast network NBC. The broadcaster is rolling out the first spots for the new streaming service today, running three 15-second teaser ads during the awards telecast hosted by... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2ujxTVj via IFTTT

The evolution of influencer marketing from a little-understood fad to a legitimate business practice has spurred the emergence of a major sector in marketing--and all the cash that comes along with it. That's particularly true in the United States, where influencer marketing was expected to be worth $6.5 billion by the end of 2019 (compared... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2SP1JeL via IFTTT

This past year in the marketing world could plausibly be considered the year of Ryan Reynolds. Throughout the year the star, with his Maximum Effort Productions partner George Dewey, continued to put Reynolds' brand Aviation Gin way ahead of its competitors in terms of impact and exposure. Reynolds, who expanded his portfolio with a stake... from Adweek Feed https://ift.tt/2ZOeN5l via IFTTT