Chief Marketer

The editors of Chief Marketer have named the 2024 Campaigns of the Year. Showcasing groundbreaking ideas and innovative strategies, the winners and honorable mentions have truly set the standard for marketing brilliance.

In a LinkedIn Live on October 28, Chief Marketer and payment solutions and technology company Deluxe explored how to implement trigger marketing strategies that resonate with clients and prospects at key moments. Attendees learned what marketers should be most focused on to make this a successful strategy, best practices from optimizing client campaigns, how trigger marketing contributes to overall marketing goals, specific uses cases and more.

Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday and celebration that honors loved ones who have passed. This year’s festivities received special attention from tequila brand Don Julio, which hosted Día de Muertos celebrations in 15 cities globally and unveiled oversized altar installations (“ofrendas”) across eight of them.

The holiday season is a critical time for small businesses (SMBs). For many, it’s a major revenue driver, helping to meet year-end goals and set the stage for the new year. However, it’s also one of the most stressful (and busy) times of the year, especially if you’re an entrepreneur in the retail or ecommerce sectors. From feeling overwhelmed and underprepared to facing the uncertainties brought forth by inflation and an unstable economy, the pressure is real for business owners.

A recent McKinsey report surveying C-suite-level marketing and growth officers from CPG and retail companies revealed what the industry has known for some time: the purview of the CMO has expanded… yet again.

Editor’s Note: While many brands are leveraging first-party data to inform ad targeting strategies amid signal loss, scotch whisky brand Dewar’s is relying on social media—specifically Meta—to find new audiences. CM sister pub AdExchanger shows how Dewar’s has built and segmented communities through social media and evolved its media mix.

[Editor’s Note: For brands with existing thought leadership programs, LinkedIn newsletters provide a simple way to engage and activate your audience on the social platform while reinforcing your expertise. CM sister pub PRNEWS chats with Tayler Felix, Senior Social Media Manager at Workday, about the channel’s best practices. Below is an excerpt; read the full article here.]

[Editor’s Note: According to the CEO of smart eyewear brand Lucyd, Facebook ads are about half as effective today than they were five years ago, thanks to opt-in requirements of Apple’s iOS 14 update. The change has forced the brand to diversify its marketing spend and allocate just 30% of its budget to social media marketing today. CM sister pub Multichannel Marketer reports on the retailer’s approach to direct-to-consumer, wholesale channels, online discounting and more.]

Discover’s latest ad campaign featuring actress Jennifer Coolidge challenges the perception that its card is not readily accepted at merchants across the U.S. With the help of Coolidge’s broad comedic appeal and recent Nilson data, which claims Discover can be used 99% of places that take cards nationwide, the brand hopes to dispel the myth once and for all.

There are a lot of headlines about the role of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), some alarmist and others optimistic. What’s clear is that the function—when led with an eye on the end customer and the business—is increasingly important to future growth. However, it’s becoming more common for Heads of Marketing to sit below the C-suite, leaving them demoted from the decision-making table and often detached from enterprise strategy.