Super Bowl 50: As it happened
Marketing Week brings you all the best marketing stories that happened during the Big Game, as the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara to win American football’s top prize.
Marketing Week brings you all the best marketing stories that happened during the Big Game, as the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara to win American football’s top prize.
With TV spots costing brands up to $6m during this year’s Super Bowl, the pressure is on for marketers to justify splashing out.
Brands including Skittles, Doritos, Amazon and Kia are all advertising during the Super Bowl this Sunday (7 February). But according to Twitter, the campaigns that win will be those that take a long-term approach to storytelling.
With a record 114.4 million Americans tuning into last year’s match, it’s clear the Super Bowl remains a huge draw for advertisers. However, with Super Bowl ad slots now pricier than ever before, many brands are changing the way they advertise around US sport’s biggest event.
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 the need for brand diagnosis ahead of setting strategy to Premier Food’s investment in brand, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Consumers are comparing brands across sectors more than ever, fuelling Ford’s appetite for innovation. This will become even more essential given the move to electric vehicles is a “huge brand switch moment”, says marketing boss Pete Zillig.
As brands increase influencer marketing spend, it is vital to be able to accurately quantify the return on that investment.
The algorithms of big tech firms favour big brands, meaning they are at an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors. But more meritocratic algorithms would be better for small businesses with a quality product and the economy.