Views From the Cove
Yes, we’re those people who watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. And as marketers, we can’t help but be Monday morning quarterbacks—evaluating, critiquing, and applauding this year’s crop of ads, or as we like to say, the most expensive 30 seconds of a brand’s life.
Coming off the excitement of the halftime show, and a stunning come-from-behind win by the Chiefs, our team shuffled through the ads to pull which spots we liked, which puzzled us, and which simply let us down.
“Never let a friend lose his swagger.”
At first glance, Old Spice’s newest campaign appears to be just another offbeat attempt at selling young men a way to smell better. But a deeper dive into the brand’s latest integrated marketing campaign reveals that the decades old Procter & Gamble consumer brand might be taking a few pages out of the B2B marketing playbook, all while schooling us in our own classroom at the same time.
Looking for a job? LinkedIn. Looking for a new client? LinkedIn. Looking for investors? LinkedIn. Looking for professional services to support your business? LinkedIn.
From its nascent days in 2002, LinkedIn has come a long way. It’s now the de facto job-networking-sales-recruiting platform across most industries. Acknowledging that your current and prospective colleagues and clients are on LinkedIn, the question is: how can you utilize LinkedIn better to grow your business? Keep reading.
Each year, the Super Bowl draws more than 100 million viewers, making it not only the most watched sporting event in the U.S., but also the most watched broadcast on television, beating out beloved shows like This is Us and events, such as the Academy Awards. The unparalleled viewership numbers make it also one of the largest advertising stages for brands to “perform” on. But this year, one notable brand will be noticeably absent from the game.
The Most Important Thing on the Internet recently was Gillette’s new publicity campaign focused on the behavior of men. The conversation starts with the web video Gillette posted, which is either a long ad or a short film, depending on your sensibilities about such things.
Even if you’re past the age where you dress up and stalk around your neighborhood once a year to demand candy, you’re probably going to eat at least a couple handfuls of candy during the month of October. Which got us thinking, what is the best Halloween candy brand. We couldn’t come to a consensus – you could say it was a sticky situation –and so we thought we’d share our various perspectives.
Beginning in October 2018, Google’s exact match keyword targeting became less-exact for English keywords. This means that Google now allows your ads to show up for close-variants of the exact match keywords you’re targeting. This is the second time that Google has rolled out a change like this to its advertising platform.
