Topic: Brand
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Our series of conversations with communications leaders continues this week with a look at the impact of COVID-19 on frontline businesses that have remained open. Whitney Clarke is a Boston-based Chief Marketer, who has previously led efforts at CVS Health and Stop & Shop, among others. She gives us a little insight into the possible…
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Our series of conversations with communications leaders continues this week with a look at the impact of COVID-19 on small business. Ali Palmer is VP Business Development & Marketing at Gingerbread Construction Company, a family-owned and operated business just North of Boston and she gives us a little insight into the last several weeks –…
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True connection, as we humans know it, is actual dialogue. It’s shared experience. It’s real time. At the end of the day, if this quarantine has taught us anything, it’s that engagement isn’t an outcome or a metric, it’s a human drive.
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The world has changed dramatically since Chris Sale threw his last fastball. For marketers, that new world already is under way, if the shifts from Black Swan events like coronavirus can’t be fully absorbed for years. What might this new normal look like, whether that’s fall or winter or sometime in 2021 and beyond?
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People eating queso dip off each other’s fingers at a party may have drawn a smile when Mint Mobile first launched its fingerdipping campaign two years ago. Today, framed against obsessive hand washing and social distancing, the spot was mocked into retirement. With quarantines and forced closures, businesses find themselves scrambling to survive. Operations, sales, finance,…
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Over the last few years, there has been a considerable shift in what consumers expect from the brands they interact with. We hold brands to a higher standard where quality, convenience and competitive pricing are table stakes. Sure, value is important. But what’s more important? Values. We’re no longer influenced by a company simply having great…
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As the events of the last few weeks have unfolded, I’ve found some comfort in focusing on what feels most natural to me: staying calm and trying to help our clients solve problems with creative thinking. I believe crisis can lead to opportunity. Reveal strengths. And bring people together. I still remember the sense…
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BOSTON (April 2, 2019) – In conjunction with their release of the most recent evolution of the heralded “Join Us for Good” campaign, Eastern Bank and its creative agency, CTP, announced an extension of their long-term partnership. CTP has worked with the bank since 2001. “Join Us for Good” was launched in 2017 to…
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We sat down with Grant Pace, our executive creative director, before Sunday’s Super Bowl to discuss what makes a brand stand out on advertising’s biggest stage. He should know. Grant helped create one of the most iconic Super Bowl ads of all time – Budweiser’s Bud Bowl. What makes a successful Super Bowl ad? A good…
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Does Gillette hit the mark with its “The Best Men Can Be” campaign? Our folks at CTP have mixed reactions. Here’s what they had to say.