CM Weekly December 11, 2022 When Kristen D’Arcy took over as CMO of D2C wellness brand Homedics six months ago, she inherited a brand refresh at its first stage. But it’s what she created from those assets that made a difference. Actions such as launching a full-fledged brand campaign with a diversified media strategy, updating…
CM Weekly December 4, 2022 “With everything that’s happening in privacy right now, and how the media landscape is changing, your first-party and your zero-party data become at the center of communicating with your community or your consumers. And that’s why we really nurture this program.” —Ekta Chopra, Chief Digital Officer, e.l.f. Beauty Chopra is…
CM Weekly November 20, 2022 The results are in, folks. The winners of Chief Marketer’s 2022 PRO Awards, the world’s largest awards program recognizing excellence in promotion marketing, were unveiled this week during a virtual celebration honoring the year’s programs across 40 different categories. The caliber of the work stunned our esteemed panel of judges,…
CM Weekly November 13, 2022 For a growing number of consumers—particularly within younger generations—assigning purpose to a brand cannot be an afterthought. It must be incorporated into the business’s values and practices from the ground up. One such company is Cotopaxi, a founder-led, direct-to-consumer brand that makes sustainably-designed outdoor gear. But beyond the products, it’s…
CM Weekly November 6, 2022 According to Forrester’s 2023 B2B marketing and sales predictions report, three times as many CMOs will focus on customer health this year, and they plan to measure that success through scoring and trend reporting. We look at the firm’s predictions for the marketing industry—relating to B2B budgets, the evolution of…
CM Weekly October 30, 2022 Hiring a diverse workforce “just makes good business sense,” said JT Saunders, Chief Diversity Officer at leadership development firm Korn Ferry, speaking at a panel discussion on inclusive hiring practices at Amazon’s unBoxed conference this week. “Diverse and inclusive organizations outperform their competitors,” he added, offering up several compelling internal…
CM Weekly October 23, 2022 Leveraging the full potential of your martech investments has been a challenge for the industry in recent years. Consider this stat from Gartner’s just-released 2022 Martech Survey: Marketers use just 42 percent of their martech stacks’ capabilities—and that’s down from 58 percent in 2020. Barriers to utilization include overlap among…
