Pressboard is building upon its work in developing a platform to help brands improve their paid media efforts with Pressboard Boost, a product that will amplify the social reach of its clients’ earned media coverage. The Vancouver-based firm officially launched the beta version of Pressboard Boost on Wednesday. When a B2B brand is profiled or […]
There is no specific mentions of its firewalls, SD-WAN or other data protection products, but a new TV commercial from Barracuda Networks has created a panorama of business environments that suggests IT security should always be running in the background. “Your Journey, Secured,” takes viewers from an airplane to under the car in a mechanic’s […]
There is no mention of the words “Star Wars” and he’s walking on water rather than the desert planet of Jakku, but John Boyega still manages to walk with the confidence of a stormtrooper in the latest TV commercial from Cisco. In a 30-second clip titled ‘Unleash the Power of the Cloud,” the actor best known […]
What starts off as a very straightforward scene with a young businesswoman in a typical boardroom soon turns into a topsy-turvy journey that’s all about Deloitte trying to open up business professionals to unexpected possibilities. The consulting giant’s latest TV commercial appears to be inspired by the work of the late Dutch artist M.C. Escher, […]
Facebook and LinkedIn may continue to reign as the top social channels for B2B firms, but a majority of 65 per cent are now also making use of photo-sharing service Instagram, according to a study released late last week. The 2019 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, published by the Social Media Examiner, is based on […]
Real-life robbers might not be impressed by the business software used to run a major retail chain, but a preroll ad from Lightspeed POS suggests it would be a crime not to invest in it. The 40-second preroll spot, which began running on YouTube earlier this month, starts with what looks like a very serious, […]
Michele Romanow knew she had to do something to help entrepreneurs better market themselves — and keep control over the companies they create — when she first saw the wooden iPhone cases. As a judge on CBC’s Dragon’s Den — a sort of Canadian alternative to the U.S. hit show Shark Tank — Romanow regularly […]
B2B CMOs may occasionally have challenges wrangling the staff on their marketing teams, but that’s nothing compared to the way a firm called Oribi has portrayed the various social media channels used to communicate with customers. Based in San Francisco, Oribi offers a dashboard-like tool that is designed to track content from a company blog […]
There may be something kind of cuddly about the employees walking around in giant felt suits in the shape of numbers, but a pair of TV spots from HR outsourcing specialist Insperity are meant to make a serious point about remembering the “human” in “human resources.” Based in Houston and formerly known as Adminstaff, Insperity […]
As basketball fans tune in for some intense competition during the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Google is using the commercial breaks to show how its Google Cloud infrastructure is running data analytics applications to help developers better understand the game and even predict what might happen. Produced by its creative agency Eleven Inc., the 30-second TV […]
There are few activities more sedentary than watching TV, but that may make it the perfect place for EY to feature its latest marketing campaign about its role in helping companies like Varidesk pursue their business goals. Best known as the maker of office furniture that can be transformed from a traditional workspace into an […]
A digital marketing innovator for a quarter century, Philip Smolin is an industry expert on data and analytics, programmatic media buying, audience targeting, and the emerging business models redefining marketing. As Chief Strategy Officer of Amobee, Smolin is responsible for driving their global strategy and key growth initiatives that integrate data, analytics and programmatic activation, […]
When someone starts a sentence with “Did you see that ad from . . . ” you’re probably expecting to hear names like Nike or Coca-Cola rather than, say, an provider of marketing technology. According to a study of buyers from a B2B ad agency, however, one of the best ways corporate brands could help […]
The whole point of enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) software is to meet a cross-section of industry needs, and Infor is reinforcing that point with a TV commercial that shows how its CloudSuite is changing the worlds of manufacturing, health-care and even sports. The 30-second spot offers a whirlwind tour of prototypical customers of CloudSuite, a […]
Not all of us are huggers, or like to be hugged. But when technology is so powerful it changes every aspect of your work for the better, a new TV commercial from ServiceNow suggests, it’s hard for enterprise employees not to get emotional. Though it’s not exactly Valentine’s Day-themed, the 30-second commercial from the Santa […]
A rapper who travels via teleporter. Dancers clad in tight-fitting gold bodysuits. A convertible made out of ice. If this doesn’t scream “expense management” to you, that’s exactly what Expensify had in mind. The San Francisco-based firm on Tuesday formally launched the its first major TV commercial ahead of Super Bowl Sunday, where it is […]
Even if a business stands to make big money in the long run, it may need help along the way, a point the latest TV spot from American Express makes as it tells the story of firm that brings another essential resource to those who can’t do without it. In “From Idea To Impact,” the […]
It’s only represented by a series of nine vertical lines, but the Cisco logo element that invokes the Golden Gate Bridge has become the primary motif in its latest TV ad. “The Power of Purpose” injects the signature bridge — which has evolved considerably from the more literal version of the logo when Cisco was […]
While less than half of those surveyed by IT marketplace Spiceworks say they will have more money to work within in 2019, those who do predict they’ll see a B2B marketing budget increase of 24 per cent. Austin, Tex.-based Spiceworks released the results of its 2019 State Of IT Marketing Report on Wednesday, which was […]
Some of the world’s largest organizations come to consulting firm PwC to address high-level enterprise issues such as AI, blockchain, governance and various industry regulations, but its latest TV commercial focuses on something much more basic: making the world a kinder place. In ‘One Random Act of Kindness,’ PwC uses a simple blankdrop where a […]
