MARKETING MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE™
Visit Sweden’s Nils Persson on Bold Ideas, Big Impact, and the Future of Marketing
How Visit Sweden’s CMO turns national branding into lessons every marketer can use. When most people think of destination marketing, they imagine glossy brochures and aspirational taglines. Nils Persson, Chief Marketing Officer of Visit Sweden, has rewritten that playbook entirely. Under his leadership, Sweden’s national brand has become a global case study in how creativity, […]
From Apathy to Adaptability: How Brands Can Matter in 2025
“78% of brands could disappear tomorrow—and most people wouldn’t care.” — Meaningful Brands 2025. For nearly 17 years, Havas has tracked the evolving relationship between people and brands through its annual Meaningful Brands™ study. Since its launch in 2009, the report has served as a global barometer of how brands create value in people’s lives—functionally, […]
TRENDING…. Purposeful Gaming: A Winning Combination for Brands and Players…
Gaming and Purpose may not immediately seem to go hand in hand, but the combination is making a difference to many categories of business, from consumer goods to nonprofits. In 2022, during an interview with the forward-thinking Pete Blackshaw, while CEO of the Cincinnati-based Cintrifuse, he foresaw the convergence of “Green and Gaming.” Pete, a veteran of […]
For Momentum’s Mollye Rhea Discusses Shifts in Corporate and Nonprofit Collaborations…
When Mollye Rhea founded For Momentum in 2003, she pioneered one of the first cause marketing agencies to foster partnerships between brands and nonprofits. She characterizes her work as “bringing causes and companies together to multiply good.” Her company is now one of the leading cause-related marketing firms in the United States. For Momentum has also […]
Clarifying Purpose Amid Increased Uncertainty
Notions of purpose, like so many other concepts and ideals, have evolved over the past year. Currently, we are at a significant crossroads as our research points to a more sophisticated approach to adopting purpose. According to 89% of those surveyed, the challenge of getting purpose right lies in doing it meaningfully, systematically, and authentically. The […]
Habitat’s Amy Dunham Offers Insights on Refreshing a Much-Loved Brand…
Ask Amy Dunham, Habitat for Humanity International‘s Chief Communications Officer, about her latest initiative, and she’ll enthusiastically discuss encouraging people to take a fresh look at a much-loved brand. Whether reacting to changing market conditions, new leaders, or an organizational strategy update (or all of the above), she believes marketers must continue to plan and execute […]
Amy Williams, CEO of Good-Loop, is on a Mission to Make Online Ads More Positive…
Not all visionaries are people of action. Amy Williams is both. She recognized the need to redesign online advertising, making annoying internet ads a force for good. In 2016, she co-founded Good-Loop as a simple and profitable way for brands to do good through advertising. So far, her Good Formats have raised over $10 million for good causes globally. In doing so, […]
How Brands Can Recognize the Past While Looking Toward the Future
The Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign is the longest-running PSA campaign in U.S. history, a partnership of the USDA Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters, and the Ad Council. Smokey’s first ad appeared in 1944, with the character pouring a bucket of water onto a fire, accompanied by the slogan “Smokey Says — Care […]
The Inspiration Nonprofit Marketers Offer All Brands…
Few understand the challenges of effective marketing on a budget as well as nonprofit organizations do. From budget limitations and ROI scrutiny to audience challenges and accountability pressures, every penny spent on nonprofit marketing must yield results, particularly when fundraising. As a result, nonprofits prize the value of compelling marketing—whether through original content and emotional […]
International Women’s Day: Brands Making a Difference in the Lives of Women
To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, and as part of The Marketing Makes a World of Difference™ collaboration between The Internationalist and the ANA, we are sharing resources, articles, and case studies from around the world to highlight how brands have made a difference in a range of issues affecting women. International […]