Influencer marketing is on the rise, with 59% of all marketers—and 69% of U.S. marketers—planning to partner with more influencers this year, according to a new report from Sprout Social. The data is based on a January 2025 survey of 650 marketers across the U.S., UK and Australia. Altogether, 37% of marketers plan to partner […]
The Grindr brand hasn’t been taken care of, according to Tristan Pineiro, Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications. The LGBTQ dating app has 90% brand awareness within the queer community and has grown to 14.5 million monthly active users worldwide without significant marketing investments. But while the app is a huge success in […]
At first glance, the main takeaway from Gartner’s 2025 CMO Spend Survey seems discouraging: Marketing budgets average 7.7% of companies’ total revenue, flat compared to last year and down from 9.5% just three years prior. What’s more, half of the 402 marketing leaders surveyed this year are working with budgets that are 6% or less […]
Editor’s Note: Google launched “AI Mode,” a chatbot-style interface embedded into its apps, at its annual developers conference this week. The new feature stands to alter the search landscape even further, requiring brands to shift from optimizing for search to optimizing for audiences. Chief Marketer Network publication PRNEWS has the story; an excerpt is below. […]
Editor’s Note: The Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, now in its fourth year, drew nearly 300,000 fans and a dozen activations to its three-day event last month. Event Marketer, a Chief Marketer Network publication, explores 12 brand experiences at this year’s event, from American Express, LEGO, Liquid I.V. and others. Below is an excerpt […]
Editor’s Note: The Honest Kitchen, a 23-year-old pet food brand, has launched its first-ever full-funnel marketing campaign following a sizeable retail distribution increase. In a piece from Chief Marketer Network pub Multichannel Merchant, Chief Marketing Officer Miki Dosen details the campaign’s inspiration, strategy and early results. Below is an excerpt from the piece; head to […]
The marketing funnel is dead, said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at the POSSIBLE conference in Miami in April. The consumer package goods juggernaut counts more than 400 brands in its portfolio, generates 60 billion Euros in business annually from 3.5 billion global shoppers. And it does that by putting its brands […]
Significant updates to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) carry substantial implications for marketing and customer engagement leaders. These changes extend beyond procedural tweaks and reshape how brands communicate, how cross-channel campaigns are executed, and how trust is built or broken with consumers in an increasingly regulated environment. Despite the FCC postponing certain enforcement provisions […]
Did you know that 84% of people conduct extensive online research before making a purchase, and 40% use AI for that research? According to Lily AI’s 2025 Consumer Research Study: The Search for Smarter Shopping: The Power of Product Content, a survey of over 1,000 U.S. consumers reveals that today’s shoppers seek rich, relevant content […]
Coors Light engineered its cans to change color when the beer was cold enough to drink—from grey Rocky Mountains to ice cold blue—back in 2009. It was a new concept for consumers that warranted a marketing campaign. But today, many younger beer drinkers are unaware of the color-changing tech on its packaging. That meant it […]