GlobalMarketing
The Hidden Cost of Global Marketing
The Big Idea Is Only as Strong as the System That Delivers It. Global brands have never invested more in creating big ideas. Brand platforms are centralized. Creative systems are increasingly sophisticated. Campaigns are built to travel across markets, formats, platforms, and channels. Strategy is aligned. Guidelines are documented. Master assets are approved. And yet, […]
When Great Ideas Don’t Survive Scale
The most dangerous moment for a great marketing idea is not when it is created. It is when it is scaled. A global idea is approved. The strategy is clear. The creative platform is strong. The brand team is aligned. Then the idea enters execution. It is adapted, resized, translated, rebuilt, localized, versioned, reviewed, approved, […]
Valentine’s Day Signals: What Global Search Behavior Reveals About Modern Celebration
Valentine’s Day remains one of the world’s most recognized cultural moments — yet new global search patterns suggest the holiday is quietly evolving. Interest is declining overall, but curiosity about meaning, personalization, and inclusive celebration is rising. For marketers, this shift signals not a fading holiday, but a reframing of how people connect and express […]
Biogen’s Michel Quintas Discusses How to Execute a Global Digital Strategy
Michel Quintas has the rare title of Director for Global Digital Strategy and Execution at Biogen, the Cambridge, Massachusetts multinational biotech company specializing in the treatment of neurological diseases. Not only has he helped lead an enterprise-wide transformation of Biogen’s digital customer engagement, but he has been instrumental in advocating omni-channel programs and a Digital Center of Excellence, founded […]
Colin Westcott-Pitt Discusses Growing a Billion-Dollar Brand and the World’s #1 Sports Nutrition Product
Colin Westcott-Pitt has been a well-known drinks marketer for much of his career, and many will remember his acclaimed work for Dos Equis and its “Most Interesting Man in the World” initiative. For the past several years, however, he has turned his attention to the global development of the Glanbia Performance Nutrition Brand Portfolio, which includes […]