Issue 069: Simple Ad Creatives that 🛑 THE SCROLL.

Remember that scene at Helm’s Deep in the Two Towers?

Tension is at an all-time high. If you haven’t sat through that battle in a while, do yourself a favor and blow the dust off your Blu-Ray Extended Director’s Gladitorial Edition of Las Dos Torres (for you Spanish speakers 😉).

There is one moment that is just so reminiscent of right now.

Okay, yes, so this bit right here 👆 but we were more thinking of when all the soldiers are wetting themselves up in the fortress, taking aim with their bows and arrows and someone… and we’re not pointing any fingers here… (it was totally the old bowman)… looses their arrow and takes down one of the bazillion orcs.

Yep, right thar. 👆 That is the DTC equivalent of everyone who started their Black Friday sales already! 😤

Ahh well. Best of luck to ye. May Gandalf & Co. ride in to save us all by dawn. 🧙

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Why Michael Jordan's Space Jam is the greatest collaboration of all-time, how McDonald's drives long-term loyalty leveraging nostalgia, the power of community activism in re-launching iconic products... plus other examples across food & bev, retail, film & TV, music, and sports.

Today, we’re talking about the power of nostalgia when it comes to business and making $$$, something that rings true especially for Gen Z consumers.

#nostalgia on TikTok has 91.4Bn views, detailing everything from growing up as a kid in the 2000s to what it was like to walk through a mall in the 80s.

Half of children in the U.S. play Roblox, and some of the best-selling clothing items in their digital marketplace are classified under the “Y2K aesthetic” (for 9-12 yr olds, that’s vintage 💀)

We’re also seeing classics come back across every industry.

Biggest box office successes? Remakes of iconic films or leveraging vintage IP.

Musicians going on tour? They’re touring and marketing their entire discography, not just promoting the new album.

New brands are popping up to take advantage of the vintage aesthetic, and legacy brands are bringing back iconic items to capture the cultural zeitgeist (hello McDonald’s szechuan sauce).

TLDR, Nostalgia is just good business. You tap into a multi-generational opportunity when you pull existing fans/consumers back into your universe & also tap into a new generation’s love for all-things-vintage.

Below I’ll share examples of nostalgia across industries (Food & Bev, Retail, Film & TV, Music, and Sports) that’s driving real value for businesses, and more importantly, how they’re capturing the cultural zeitgeist while doing it.

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@TaylorHoliday: If you want to be a great marketer get closer to the product and the existing customers. Have an opinion on the product, provide the voice of the customer back to the product team. Do not silo yourself.
@andrewjfaris: The point of your ad's hook is not to capture attention. The point of your ad's hook is to capture the right person's attention.
@AaronOrendorff:
DTC: “Is it too early to start a Black Friday sale? Will it look desperate? Hurt our brand? Will we pull forward revenue at higher ACOS and worse margins?”
Fashion Nova: “Hold my eggnog.”
@codyplof: The closer you get to being held accountable to true financial outcomes, the less attribution matters. When money is on the line, incrementality is what’s important.
@binghott: If you're running ABO, then any campaigns are basically for human organization and you can do whatever you want with them. I try to use as few of those as I can, generally using 1 ongoing ABO testing campaign with controlled budget ad sets in there. I want to note…

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