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4As Marla Kaplowitz Discusses an Agency Business Amid Constant Change
Ask Marla Kaplowitz about her outlook for the agency business in 2025, and she’ll begin by reminding you that ad agencies operate in a constantly evolving environment. In fact, she says, “They often do their best work and deliver their greatest value during periods of significant change.” While she alludes to volatility and uncertainty throughout the […]
ANA’s Bob Liodice Discusses AI’s “Clarifying Moment” and Anticipates 2025’s Top Marketing Issues…
Bob Liodice, the ANA’s chief executive officer, is bullish on AI. Not only has the term been chosen three times by ANA members as the “Marketing Word of the Year,” but he believes that GenAI has the capability to help his members become better marketers. “AI,” he says, “will change the entire productivity scale. Marketers are […]
Madison and Wall’s Brian Wieser Discusses Pros & Cons of a Merged Omnicom-IPG and the 2025 Industry Outlook…
Brian Wieser is one of the few people who can outline a career with such roles as investment banker, equity research analyst, long-time agency executive, and developer of two of the global advertising industry’s most widely relied upon data sets. His firm, Madison and Wall, operates at the intersection of how trends in media spending and […]
John Price Shares a 2025 Latin America Forecast Essential to Marketers…
John Price has focused his career on studying Latin American markets and guiding the world’s largest companies on how best to grow and defend their business interests in the region. He is one of the pioneers of market intelligence and an expert thought leader in Latin American business and political and economic trends. Each year, John […]
Yard’s Ruth Bernstein Shares How to Turn Purpose into Action by Developing Brand Beacons…
Ask Ruth Bernstein about her concept of Brand Beacons, and she’ll tell you they set the next standards in business. While that may sound like a monumental task or an extraordinary description of a brand’s potential, after a 30-minute conversation, I was convinced about the power of beacon status. Ruth Bernstein is the CEO and Co-Founder […]
Tim Love, Now Advocate for Online Safety, Discusses Concerns for Children and Navigating between Fact & Fiction…
Eighteen months ago, former Omnicom Vice Chairman Tim Love released his award-winning book Discovering Truth: How to Navigate Between Fact and Fiction in an Overwhelming Social Media World. Drawing inspiration from renowned business leaders, Discovering Truth explored how today’s social media affects trust in institutions and divides an increasingly polarized society. After a series of lectures […]
Industry Expert Joanne Davis Shares How to Get Your Agency to Run Through Brick Walls—Without Paying More…
… Through humor and wisdom, Joanne Davis provides an essential new book for maximizing Client-Agency Relationships by highlighting “good” and “bad” marketer behavior… More than one trillion dollars are spent globally on advertising—a figure exceeding the GDP of 19 countries. Imagine the waste to companies and their stockholders when marketers do not learn the basic […]
Dave McCaughan, Expert on Age and International Culture, Explains What Brands Get Wrong about Older People…
Dave McCaughan is a storyteller, marketing expert, consultant, and public speaker passionate about understanding the interconnection between people and brands. He spent three decades with McCann throughout Asia, developing the Strategic Planning practice and working with a stellar roster of global clients. Ten years ago, he created a fascinating consultancy called BIBLIOSEXUAL for “marketing what […]
Lana McGilvray of Purpose Worldwide Offers Insights on How Purpose Drives Measurable Growth…
Lana McGilvray is the Co-Founder and CEO Of Purpose Worldwide, a communications consultancy that specializes in helping clients define and connect purpose to growth. In an era of accountability, particularly in marketing, even the most noble missions must be associated with economic outcomes. Given her broad experience with brands, associations, nonprofits, and tech companies, Lana discusses the biggest challenges in […]
P&G’s Taide Guajardo and ISBA’s Phil Smith Aim to Ensure All Ads Are Accessible to People with Hearing or Vision Loss
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that one out of every thirteen people have enough hearing or vision impairment to depend on captioning and descriptive audio for their media use. By 2050, WHO also anticipates that 2.5 billion people will be living with some degree of hearing loss. While these statistics may seem overwhelming, the Ad Access Alliance, […]