The Acorns Playbook: What a Money App Can Teach Brands About Strategic Storytelling
Most brand leaders, when pressure testing brand storytelling, ask the questions, “Why? What does it do? What results can it drive? What does this...
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Authentic Is Live: Aivanta Launches a Newsletter for the Brand-Creator Economy
The latest publication from Aivanta brings a distinct lens to one of the most dynamic conversations in modern marketing. Over the past several years, the line between brand-funded content, entertainment, and the creator economy has…
Rethinking the Creative Assembly Line for the Modern Era: Q&A with MakeMake’s Angus Wall
There has long been a structural disconnect at the heart of creative production. Ideas are developed in one place, executed in another, and refined somewhere in between, passed along a chain of specialists built for…
Using Cultural Specificity to Reach Global Audiences: Q&A with Elias Gallego and Dave Meyers
There is a persistent instinct in brand storytelling to smooth cultural edges in pursuit of global reach. The assumption is that the more specific a story is to its origin, the harder it will travel….
Modern Media’s Three-Way Street: How Convergence and Echobend Are Redefining the Brand-Creator-Studio Relationship
The relationship between creators, brands, and studios is still finding its footing. Creators have migrated to the center of audience attention, and the brands looking to move beyond sponsorship into meaningful participation are still navigating…
Speaking the Language of Growth: What Brand Storytellers Can Learn from the CMO’s New Reality
Today, the most important conversations in brand storytelling have moved from the writer’s room to the boardroom, where marketing leaders are being asked to justify investment, demonstrate transformation, and deliver growth simultaneously. For brand storytellers,…