The Club Insider 

Listening and Painting

The world has changed dramatically since we were founded in 2004, and so have we. We've grown from scrappy underdogs to global leaders, from a Brooklyn based team of 5…
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Culturally Aligning your Brands Ethos in a Complex Climate

First, I want to acknowledge that brands have a lot on their shoulders in this current complex climate! They have to consider their consumers who expect empathy as well as…
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What the Potential Recession Means for Education Marketing

This year, education marketers have invested more in expanding reach than any year before due to factors like social media marketing, crowdsourcing, and micro influencer marketing. With 36% of campuses…
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Brand Truths In Every Message, Every Pivot and Every Action

It starts with an honest assessment of what the brand actually currently represents to customers, employees and the general public. It is only from here that you can identify the…
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PSA: Brands can no longer be impartial

The pandemic fundamentally shifted the way brands talk to consumers. The influx of the economy and extreme political polarization, accelerated by the pandemic, increasingly influenced consumers to shop based on…
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How Brands Stay Genuine During Pride

Our research at Nielsen shows that globally LGBTQ+ people felt the best way to improve inclusion in the media was to avoid stereotyping and tropes. That means that marketers have…
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Communicating to the LGBTQIA+ Community: during Pride and Beyond

As a data strategist my job is to understand how people perceive and relate to brands and culture. As a member of the queer community, annually I find myself as both advertiser…
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Brands Are More Than Just Narrators – Creative Director Thoughts on Inclusivity

My best advice to brands is to not be swayed by public reactions and stand firm with the community. I think what stings more in times of uncertainty—more than the…
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Get Over the Rainbow-Washing: How Advertisers can create lasting change for the LGBTQI+ community

Around the world, Pride is celebrated in June to empower and amplify the LGBTQI+ community through parades, parties, protests, and marches, deriving from the Stonewall Riots in NYC. Cut to…
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S’more product lead & Ad Club honoree Regina Guinto on the influencer-fueled future

Guinto spent the early part of her career with ad platform Jun Group, where she started as an account coordinator. Over the course of six years, she worked her way…
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