We’re referring to artificial intelligence-enhanced digital assistants (AI-DAs) here. They seemed to start as quirky little chat bots like Microsoft’s Tay (see CHAT BOTS JOIN THE CONVERSATION). Now they are everywhere. Apple’s Siri was at the forefront of AI-DAs with consumers way back in 2011, [...]
Clearly, hacking is a very big topic for the new Trump administration. Fast food, and the McDonald's brand in particular, are big favourites of Donald Trump. After you read this post, check out the TV commercial below from 2014, and its chilling last line of dialogue. In a [...]
A recent survey by UK-based media consultancy ID Comms, reported by Campaign [1], shows that advertisers (clients) are failing to meet expectations (of clients and their agencies) in four key areas: setting clear KPIs for media; having a point of view on ROI for media; having [...]
A big part of Justin Trudeau's election campaign success is due to the excellent branding work of Bensimon Byrne. If you need a refresher on that, see the case study here. After election, and before the absolute need to worry about re-election, politicians and ruling parties tend [...]
Today (in France), giant marketing network Publicis announced it is writing down the value of its digital brands (Razorfish, Digitas and Sapient) by 1.5B USD. [1] This was part of a discussion of the company's 2016 financial results, which indicated a loss of 567M USD, mainly [...]
My last post (IS YOUR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT NOW YOUR CREATIVE PARTNER?) was of interest to almost no one. Despite that, and acknowledging in advance that it is bad marketing to do so, I’d like to continue on that same thread. According to Adweek/Agency Spy today, [...]
