Sparkloft Media's Jason Dominy writes this guest blog post about the recent changes at Twitter after Elon Musk officially bought the platform + implications to brands and their advertising and customer service approaches.
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Every year, the Sweets and Snacks Industry is an essential player in the spooky season, and, every year, marketers turn up the heat to garner the most attention. The latest Industry Blog outlines some helpful methods marketers in the Sweets and Snacks Industry utilized to reach consumers this Halloween season.
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Setup CEO, Joe Koufman, virtually sat down with Bill Koleszar, the Chief Marketing Officer of National Spine & Pain Centers, to talk about his calling to help other marketers, the importance of operational excellence, and his thirst for learning.
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Eric Swanson, a Partner at Sagepath Reply, shares how he instills positive values throughout the core of his organization and how Sagepath’s focus on the Customer Experience differentiates them from other marketing agencies.
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Setup CEO, Joe Koufman, virtually sat down with Mary Renner Beech, the Chief Marketing and Transformation Officer of Scholastic, to discuss how she helps marketers foster creativity, the importance of pausing and listening to others, and more.
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Setup CEO, Joe Koufman, virtually sat down with Pete Boland, the CMO of Kelly, to share about his philosophy on discovering passions and the influence of mentors and Shakespeare on his career and leadership.
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The Gartner’s annual CMO Spend and Strategy Survey that measures marketing budgets, spending, and priorities revealed that marketing budgets for 2022 were drastically better compared to the last few pandemic-riddled years. The 2022 Gartner Survey even showed “that three-out-of-four CMOs reported increased budgets” compared to 2021.
An increase of marketing spending means marketers will need to prioritize their goals and marketing budgets. They will also have to align with the C-Suite and company on their spending. What should marketers be spending on in the upcoming year?
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Jared Belsky, the CEO and Co-Founder at Acadia, shares what it means to be an effective leader, how his team outlives their values “Curiosity, Can Do, Candor, and Community,” and how Acadia’s search for talented and passionate people leads to the best work for their clients.
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Custom Agency Search is a growing part of Setup’s business, and we take pride in our ability to find and include the best, relevant agencies in a search for any client. We stay on the pulse of what’s happening in the agency space and on the marketing teams of client-side marketers. Throughout this process, we bring rigor and deep experience, and we aim to have everyone walk away from the process with a positive impression of each other.
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Setup CEO, Joe Koufman, virtually sat down with Alice Crowder, the former CMO of Krystal Restaurants LLC, to share about how she personally immerses herself in the brands she works for, how she encourages curiosity and inspirational thinking, and how a Chinese Folklore inspired her leadership style.
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The Setup Women in Marketing series highlights the thoughts and advice of prominent marketing brand and agency leaders. The contributors’ powerful stories and advice led to our all-women networking group: In This Dame and Age, where we host virtual discussions and connect women marketing leaders with one another.
The latest event about exploring and leveraging different Leadership Styles was attended by agency leaders and brand representatives from companies such as Invesco, The Honey Baked Ham Company, Great Clips, Slutty Vegan, and more.
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New trends brought on by the pandemic and social media have forced the Snack and Beverage industries to pivot in order to meet the demands of their changing consumer base.
As information becomes more widespread and consumers are becoming more selective, snack and soda brands are evolving to stay relevant by changing product development, brand identity, and marketing.
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