In Clear Focus

In Clear Focus this week: How to combat ‘Pandemic Panic’ and boost personal immunity. Dwight Bain of Life Works Group explains why learning self-care is key to managing stress during the COVID-19 outbreak. Dwight offers practical tips for developing mental resilience - and explains why he believes many organizations will come out of the current situation even stronger. The show notes include links to online resources.

In Clear Focus this week: COVID-19 and sport. Every major US sporting event has been suspended or canceled because of the coronavirus. Our guest this week is Kara Baker, Director of Digital Partnership and Operations at the Golf Channel. Hear how her team is responding to shifting priorities and changes to signature events as a consequence of COVID-19. Kara shares practical tips for keeping remote teams connected and productive while maintaining a work-life balance.

In Clear Focus this week: A sneak preview of Bigeye’s upcoming 2020 National Study of CBD Use. In the US, around 15% of adults regularly use products containing CBD. Year-on-year sales of CBD products grew by 706 percent in 2019. To examine this booming market, we hear from three experts with unique perspectives on the CBD industry. Learn how the retailing and use of CBD-based products are evolving and why the category represents such a significant opportunity. 

In Clear Focus this week: Transcending language and cultural barriers with sound-based branding. We're joined by Laurence Minsky, a marketing expert and the co-author of “Audio Branding: Using Sound to Build Your Brand.” Larry discusses the theory and practice of creating entire sonic languages and how they can be leveraged for long-term brand-building. The show notes link to the case studies discussed in the episode.

In Clear Focus this week: Hispanics make up around 18 percent of the total US population, yet there's a disparity between the proportion of ad spend allocated to Hispanic media and the number of Hispanics living in the US. Multicultural advertising expert George Zwierko of Rumbo Marketing joins us to explain the characteristics of Hispanic consumers, where they spend their time, and how they engage with brands. We discuss popular misconceptions, dispel some urban legends, and identify what influences Hispanics’ estimated $1.7 trillion in purchasing power. 

In Clear Focus this week: the $800 billion grocery wars. Amazon announced this week that it is opening its first full-size, cashierless grocery store. Bigeye’s Senior Strategist, Dana Cassell, joins us to examine the current state of grocery shopping and key challenges facing the industry. We look at the ways traditional grocery chains are employing technology to engage with shoppers, experimenting with new store formats, and testing delivery options.

In Clear Focus this week: as new research reveals consumers’ growing desire to be compensated for sharing their personal data, we evaluate the viability of the business model that underpins the Internet. Virna Sekuj, Strategic Insights Manager at GlobalWebIndex, joins us to discuss digital consumerism. We learn how evolving attitudes towards personal data are raising privacy concerns and why the premiumization of in-real-life experiences is a growing trend.

In Clear Focus this week: evidence-based measurement of marketing effectiveness. Bigeye’s Senior Strategist, Dana Cassell, joins us to discuss a novel meta-analysis of almost 6,000 award-winning campaigns and their ROI. Conducted by advertising strategist Mark Ritson, the research study identifies ten drivers of marketing effectiveness.

In Clear Focus this week: brand safety and online advertising. Jonathan Marciano of online ad verification service CHEQ discusses the challenges of bringing full transparency to the digital advertising ecosystem. We discuss some of the unintended consequences of keyword blacklists that negatively impact publishers and consumers, and Jonathan explains how artificial intelligence is being used to improve brand safety solutions.

In Clear Focus this week: modeling the consumer mind with Daniel Burstein of MECLABS Institute. Focused on understanding online behaviors, Daniel walks us through the Institute’s patented conversion heuristic and offers practical tips to help optimize customer touch points for conversion. We discuss the benefits of adopting a customer-centric mindset and reflect on how the growing adoption of smart devices, wearables, and the Internet of Things will impact digital consumerism.