New research from customer engagement platform Twilio points to a new age of personalization as evolving consumer demands drive business leaders to focus on delivering predictive, emotionally intelligent, and highly personalized customer experiences. AI is central to...
The LGBTQIA+ experience in the American workplace: Where we are now—employer challenges, Pride initiatives, and the path to inclusion
A successful workplace inclusion plan isn’t just about your brand’s voiced commitment, or its list of rules and regulations to follow, or even its consequences for failure to abide by them—these are all great steps forward, but none of those things guarantees the...
Human sustainability demand reaches critical level—and a disconnect: 4 of 5 CEOs feel pressured to improve efforts, but employees have doubts
Demand for human sustainability in the workplace—where an organization actionably creates value for people as human beings—has never been higher, with the majority of the C-suite, including around 8 out of 10 CEOs, saying they're feeling pressured to make public...
Will AI regulation restore order? New research finds two-thirds of corporate leaders don’t think future AI policies will provide the necessary guardrails
So far, AI in the business world has been like the early days of the internet—a veritable wild west of often risky experimentation and trial-and-error usage with few guidelines or policies regulating it. With regulators now taking action in the fast-moving...
Talent marketing: Most Fortune 500 companies are failing to match candidates with the right work using data and context—how creative content helps
Talent acquisition and retention has been a tough obstacle to overcome across all industries in the post-pandemic age, and companies of all shapes and sizes are perpetually struggling to strategize against the odds. And this includes Fortune 500 companies, as new...
With a power boost from AI, visual-first communication and content creation is becoming the most economical way for brands to hire, market and sell
As communicators are well aware, visuals are critical for campaigns and promotions, especially video, and new research from visual communication platform Canva demonstrates how this picturesque approach is equally effective for internal comms. Its new study explores...
New research reveals an alarming customer experience decline, and consumers say AI is making things worse—marketers’ efforts need refining
The seamless customer experience has become marketing’s insurmountable hill—despite all the technology that explicitly offers potential solutions, communicators keep struggling with this fundamental concept. But with the help of AI, things are getting better, right?...
Corporate climate commitment: Although consumers have their doubts, 96% of workers say their firms now have or soon will have a climate action plan
Sustainability and associated ESG company initiatives such as climate action are at the top of consumers’ list of expectations, and brands and businesses have largely agreed that their companies must commit to and demonstrate their support as well. Although virtually...
B2B marketing gets personal: New study shows how emotional connections are key success drivers—4 in 5 will turn focus to human-centric strategies
B2B marketing has never been about tugging at the heartstrings with emotive storytelling. For decades, these comms pros have relied on facts and data to get the job done. Now, according to new research from creative branding ad agency Triptent, they're discovering...
ICYMI: The Top 10 most popular Bulldog posts in May tackle PR relevance, professional measurement, building a PR tech stack, accessibility, and more
The Bulldog train steamrolls into summer with more record-high traffic in May, and this time almost exclusively penned by our brilliant contributors. One incredibly popular research piece was the lone exception, examining the stressful outlook of millennials and...
Brand identity becomes an imperative—and a struggle: More than 8 in 10 leaders and employees agree their company identity must change
Building a successful and trustworthy brand identity was never easy, but it’s certainly gotten more complex in the post-pandemic age, as the variables that define it have multiplied exponentially—sustainability, DEI, stances on political and societal issues, and other...
Is your data AI-ready? 2 out of 3 data leaders have serious doubts about their own—but feel pressured by the C-suite to move forward anyway
Data preparedness has become the next critical obstacle in a long queue of generative AI-implementation roadblocks. But unlike the skills gap, responsible use, inaccuracies, job threats and other hurdles we’re still working on getting past, this one looks to be more...