Earth Day has endured for more than 50 years thanks to smart branding and an all-in awareness campaign.
Bananas Baseball Marketing
At a small stadium in Savannah, Georgia, America’s pastime is alive and well.
Gritty’s Hoagie Bracket
Last week, the Inky ran a piece with a vital question that few ever thought to ask: How would Gritty fill out a hoagie bracket?
The Odd Thing About Odd Numbers
Numbers are meant to be purely objective with no room for interpretation. But that’s not how our brains work.
Domino’s Campaign Delivers
Short on delivery drivers, Domino’s came up with a clever way to communicate with customers with a better context.
That QR Code Super Bowl Ad
For just a moment during Super Bowl 56, the sta faded away – replaced by a slow moving, colorful QR code.
Broccoli in Crisis
Do presidents have to eat their broccoli?
LEGO Gets Freaky
LEGO gives its customer service teams a lot of leeway to follow their own blueprint with each customer interaction – provided they stick to the FRKE principle.
Is a Super Bowl Ad Worth it?
Like any marketing initiative, the answer lies in the metrics.
Marketing Nostalgia
You don’t have to have a retro product to tap into nostalgia marketing. All you need is something familiar and comforting to your audience that can be used in new ways to deliver value.
The Real Names of the COVID-19 Vaccines (and Why You Don’t Know Them)
Few things have been as talked about as these vaccines over the last year, yet their official names are relatively unknown in the general public — here’s why.
Why Wordle went VIRAL
All of the sudden, everyone’s talking about Wordle. Here are three elements at the HEART of its success.
No Cream Cheese? No Problem
Philadelphia Cream Cheese turned a holiday shortfall into a marketing gift with a story worth schmearing.
Levi’s Tackles the Quarantine 15
How do you build buzz around a solid quarter of earnings? You give it a news hook. Levi Strauss is bouncing back from early pandemic challenges in a big way. It was eager for the news to make a bigger splash with investors and the public. On its quarterly earnings call, Levi’s CEO Charles Bergh […]
Lessons from Jim Gardner’s Retirement Announcement
Jim Gardner’s retirement announcement offers apowerful lesson in how to communicate a change — even when audiences might not want to hear it.
Creating the Pumpkin Spice Latte
20 years ago, the Pumpkin Spice Latte almost missed its shot.
Facebook, Meta and … BBQ Sauce?
Mark Zuckerberg recently announced Meta would become Facebook’s parent company. Why was there a bottle of BBQ sauce behind him?
The Scariest Movie – According to Science (and PR)
In a genius content marketing move, researchers at the Science of Scare Project have broken down the scariest movies ever – according to science.