Why Marketers Need to Care About Climate Change

Why Marketers Need to Care About Climate Change

The Topline As marketers, we know that we need to be able to anticipate what will be coming over the horizon and be prepared for it. More importantly, we need to know what is already here, but has not yet gotten proper attention from companies, brands, and marketers....
AI Will Be a Huge Disrupting Force in Marketing

AI Will Be a Huge Disrupting Force in Marketing

Artificial intelligence is on the verge of having a quantum impact on the marketing industry. By quantum, I mean to say that the speed, scale, and impact of the disruption AI causes will be truly unprecedented.   While AI is in its infancy, it is here now and is...
Reflections on Six Weeks of “Quantum Marketing”​

Reflections on Six Weeks of “Quantum Marketing”​

The Topline Today’s marketers face a bevy of misconceptions about their craft . One of the harshest is that it projects desire onto consumers in a manipulative, self-serving way. Great marketers ensure that the opposite is true, making the effort to not only...
Marketers Need to Positively Contribute to Societal Change

Marketers Need to Positively Contribute to Societal Change

The Topline Today’s marketers face a bevy of misconceptions about their craft . One of the harshest is that it projects desire onto consumers in a manipulative, self-serving way. Great marketers ensure that the opposite is true, making the effort to not only...
Why is the Big Game such a big moment in time for marketers?

Why is the Big Game such a big moment in time for marketers?

Sunday’s big football matchup is often called the Big Game – notably by the brands that aren’t sponsoring the event and want to avoid trademark litigation. But it is a game with sky-high stakes in the marketing world: Should brands spend millions for 30 seconds of...