Author archive for Kaylee Hultgren
Executive Q&A: Inside Crayola Creativity Week
Crayola’s just-wrapped “Creativity Week,” now in its third year, provides free learning resources for parents and educators to spark kids’ creativity in the classroom. But the brand’s evp of marketing, Victoria Lozano, says it’s not limited to art class. “Where we see the most implementation is in classrooms, and it’s specifically focused on using creativity...
Executive Q&A: Inside Dos Equis’ College Football Tailgate Throwdown Campaign
Dos Equis is a brand primarily known for its advertising, notably “The Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign, featuring the fantastic exploits of a sophisticated older gentleman and a catchphrase—”Stay thirsty, my friends”—that spread through internet meme culture like wildfire. But according to Heineken USA cmo Jonnie Cahill, being an advertising-led brand wasn’t enough. “That’s a...
Pepsi CMO Todd Kaplan: ‘We Don’t Chase Trends. We Chase Consumers.’
Speaking to an audience of digital out-of-home executives at the DPAA Summit this week, Pepsi cmo Todd Kaplan revealed the 125-year-old brand’s secret to remaining fresh, relevant and connected to younger audiences: a culture-first style of brand building. “We don’t chase trends. We chase consumers,” he told the crowd. But that also entails understanding why people are...
Photo Tour: 10 Steal-worthy Tactics from the INBOUND 2023 Conference
INBOUND welcomed 11,000 global attendees Sept. 5-8 for its second in-person showing since the pandemic. The sold-out b-to-b event marketing staple upped the ante for this year, boasting an additional 3,000 attendees, nearly double the number of educational sessions, a festival-style format, surprise-and-delight “drops” enabled by app push notifications, accessibility features, and much more.