A new year brings both optimism and anxiousness into the marketing equation. What will happen this year? What will change? What will marketers have to adapt to? 2018 brought tremendous amounts of change which will certainly carry into 2019. Lucky for marketers, these events, trends, and advancements allow us to predict what 2019 has in store. […]
Going Viral: Marketing Jabs vs. Haymakers
Social media has brought advertising to the age of viral marketing. Now, more than ever, advertisers are throwing an increasing amount of haymakers, rather than jabs, in hopes of landing the knockout punch that rockets their campaigns into the viral stratosphere. But should we all throw these haymakers instead of landing multiple jabs? Of course […]
Illumination’s Marketing Strategy for “The Grinch”. Weird? Clever? Both.
Illumination Entertainment’s marketing strategy for The Grinch was sort of weird. But it was so good. The advertising team created a Twitter account where they trash talked NBA players and heckled NFL teams, the Grammy-nominated rapper (Tyler, the Creator) who created the movie’s theme song is banned from the UK, and multiple advertisements showed real-life […]