Marketoonist on the false choice between brand and performance
Tom Fishburne is founder of Marketoon Studios. Follow his work at marketoonist.com or on Twitter @tomfishburne
Tom Fishburne is founder of Marketoon Studios. Follow his work at marketoonist.com or on Twitter @tomfishburne
Citing PR as its “most important channel”, Airbnb will continue to invest the bulk of its marketing spend in brand-building in 2022 as it looks to attract new hosts and support innovation.
A closer relationship between its brand and performance marketers helped Mars Petcare cut the cost per acquisition of pet food brand James Wellbeloved by 57%, while giving its brand team valuable insight to help “sharpen” its ads.
The era of brand and performance as separate and distinct strategies is coming to an end, as marketers rethink everything from media strategy and creative synergy to team structure and semantics.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Elon Musk sacking Tesla’s 40-strong marketing team to McDonald’s shining a light on the power of ‘stillness’, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
The FMCG giant is looking at “new category opportunities” as it looks to regain market share and tackle the threat of private labels.
Morrisons CMO Rachel Eyre describes loyalty as a two-way street so says the supermarket must be “hyper-personalised” in its offer to get more people “voting with their feet”.
Marketers may like to be believe they can identify with a wide range of people but, in reality, they are as likely to be led by their biases as anyone else.