The Art and Science of Creative Effectiveness

In-N-Out has a 4.03-star rating. Chick-fil-A sits at 3.36. Adjust for company size, and Chick-fil-A jumps to 4.06. This week, Elena, Angela and Rob unpack a Journal of Marketing study on why bigger brands get tougher reviews, even when the product is just as good. The researchers ...  Show more

Welcome to Nerd Alert, a series of special episodes bridging the gap between marketing academia and practitioners. We’re breaking down highly involved, complex research into plain language and takeaways any marketer can use. In this episode, Elena and Rob dig into what offsite tr ...  Show more

For performance marketers, having the right creative is essential. That’s why conducting research and pretesting to better understand the consumer are more important than winning awards—and ultimately will be better for the bottom line. In this episode, we’re talking with Rob DeM ...  Show more

Skip Wilson, CEO of Draft Advertising, delves into transforming advertising performance. While award-winning creative can be visually impressive, effectiveness is the key measure. An ad's success hinges on its ability to move the customer towards a specific action, such as visiti ...  Show more

As Q4 approaches, creative demand becomes one of the biggest challenges for brands looking to scale efficiently. In this episode, Richard Gaffin (Director of Digital Product Strategy at CTC) sits down with Luke Austin (VP of E-Commerce Strategy) to unpack CTC’s new Creative Deman ...  Show more