When brands face a crisis, whether it’s a viral PR disaster, a global outage, product failure, or a natural disaster, storytelling can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy. I’ve spent my career navigating both ends of that spectrum, leading marketing, public relations, and crisis communications for global brands like Nokia, Dunkin’ Donuts, Sprinklr,
From brain-rot memes to Coldplay kiss cam scandals, this week’s edition is bursting with creative storytelling, bold brand risks, and cultural heat. We’ve got IKEA turning sleep-talk into ads, TIME’s 100 most powerful creators, Sydney Sweeney sparking Wall Street debate, and Škoda reclaiming phallic Tour de France graffiti. You’ll laugh, you’ll debate – and hopefully
From Beckham’s cowboy comeback and Costa’s coffee-fueled connection to groin-scented billboards and Duolingo’s AI backtrack, The Marketer’s Storybook has no fear in diving into the bold, the bizarre, and the backpedaling. Whether it’s high-stakes rebrands, emotional storytelling, or a wake-up call on AI promises, these stories remind us that attention without strategy is just noise
A scratch-and-sniff armpit billboard. A Bluetooth-enabled chocolate bar that cries for help. And a tech giant reversing course on the death of third-party cookies. This is The Marketer’s Storybook, where brand storytelling gets stranger, sharper and more strategic by the week. This week’s lineup includes: Let’s dive in.
It’s been freezing cold in London, but somehow, I still managed to play tennis outside (yes, I am obsessed!). It never ceases to amaze me that people in London play tennis year-round outside. Apparently, I’ve become one of them! I also had friends visiting from Boston over the weekend, which meant a lot of steps