Liberty Mutual CMO Jenna Lebel and Bandits & Friends Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer Danny Gonzalez joined the show to discuss why insurance brands seem to be so good at humor while other brands kind of suck at it. Along with host Mike Berberich, the trio opined on where most brands go wrong when it comes to crafting humorous creative, what the process of character development and world building looks like at Liberty Mutual, how the brand has used pop culture to amplify its more traditional advertising efforts, and what it takes to write an effective jingle.

On “This Week in ANA Magazine,” Matthew Schwartz discussed a new story examining what might happen with marketing to gen Z if the TikTok ban goes through. He outlined some new strategies brands might consider and highlighted the “Tik-Tok-ification” of media, a term that describes how the video-sharing app has fundamentally changed audiences’ expectations for content, regardless of whether the ban is upheld or not.

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Jonathan Copulsky, an innovative marketing leader, growth strategist, and senior lecturer of marketing at Northwestern University, joined the show to discuss the elephant in the room: How brands might navigate the uncertainty and instability created by the second Trump presidency. Jonathan and host Mike Berberich discussed how the regime might affect a variety of different brands, including those doing business with the government and those who have typically aligned themselves on the left side of the political spectrum; what the economic impact of Trump’s policies might be for businesses; and how brand and business leaders can stay resilient in uncertain times.

On “Marketing News You Might Have Missed,” Mike and show producer Ryan Dinger discussed an IAB report that indicated brands and agencies are lagging on artificial intelligence integration due to a variety of concerns, including a lack of transparency on how business partners are using the rapidly evolving technology.

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Corey Elliott, EVP of local market intelligence at Borrell Associates Inc., joined host Mike Berberich for a lively discussion on all things small business. The duo covered how small business marketing strategies have evolved in the digital age, the consequences of over-indexing on social media, the perils of striving for instant gratification, and how artificial intelligence fits into small- and medium-sized business building.

On “This week in ANA Magazine,” editor Matthew Schwartz highlighted a new article on the history of brand spokescharacters and how these lovable personalities might provide unrealized benefits for B2B brands, sharing some examples of brands who have already deployed them with success.

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