Jim Delligatti was frustrated. It was 1967, and Delligatti had been running a McDonald's franchise for eight years. His market was Pittsburgh, and his bread-and-butter customers--men trudging to and from the steel mills--brought huge appetites in the door. But all Delligatti had for them was a regular cheeseburger. That's when he decided to experiment a...
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Morning Digest
March 01, 2017
What marketers need to know today
The double-decker sandwich that sells every second
By Robert Klara
Jim Delligatti was frustrated. It was 1967, and Delligatti had been running a McDonald's franchise for eight years. His market was Pittsburgh, and his bread-and-butter customers--men trudging to and from the steel mills--brought huge appetites in the door. But all Delligatti had for them was a regular cheeseburger. That's when he decided to experiment a...
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Misadventures in hospitals and on TV
By Tim Nudd
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How not to be annoying
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By Kristina Monllos
Inaugural cruise of new O Adventure will count Winfrey as a passenger
By Robert Klara
Instagram is luring some younger visitors away
By Sami Main
Snapchat is expected to grow its U.S. audience to 70.4 million by the end of 2017, according to a new report from eMarketer. This is an increase of 14.2 percent from 2016 usage numbers. A Snapchat user, according to eMarketer, is someone who accesses the app at least once per month. While overall growth is...
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The Electric Factory Group loves to innovate, no matter the medium
By Kristina Monllos
The Electric Factory Group co-founder and CCO Juan Ciapessoni will tell you that you can disrupt any medium, even a traditionally static one like out-of-home posters. "All that matters is the idea, the craft and the innovation applied to the medium," explained Ciapessoni. It's not surprising that he'd point to posters: Recently the 15-year-old Montevideo,...
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Each year, more outlets follow the regulations
By Sami Main
As native ads and sponsored content become more prevalent, the FTC has increased the number of regulations to help publishers and influencers navigate what's fair to their audiences. According to a new study from MediaRadar, 37 percent of publishers are "not native compliant." While the study does say that more and more publishers every year...
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'It is time for you to get your groove back'
By Jason Lynch
For the first time since he left The Daily Show in August 2015, Jon Stewart admitted that he misses life behind a late-night desk. "Yes, I miss it!" he said during Monday night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, after he popped up from behind Colbert's desk to chime in about Donald Trump's attacks on the...
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Algorithms can already pick music and write copy
By Lauren Johnson
BARCELONA, SPAIN--Coca-Cola is one of the most beloved brands in the world and is known for creating some of the best work in the advertising industry. But can an AI bot replace a creative? Mariano Bosaz, the brand's global senior digital director, wants to find out. Speaking to Adweek at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday,...
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Mobile World Congress panel sees challenges for marketers
By Lauren Johnson
BARCELONA, Spain--Chatbots may be all the buzz for brands these days, but some tech execs anticipate it will be tough for brands to create them--much like they struggled to make branded apps. During a panel at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, execs from PayPal, Google, Adobe, Sprint and GupShup talked about how messaging apps are...
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