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Lily Collins Becomes IM8's Global Ambassador — and a Shareholder
Prenetics-owned wellness brand IM8 has signed actress Lily Collins as global ambassador and equity-holding partner — extending the shift from paid endorsements to shareholder deals.
Aug 253 min read


YouTube Splits Its View Count in Two — What Marketers Need to Know
From 24 August 2026 YouTube counts 'public views' from the first frame with no minimum watch time, inflating headline numbers 20–30%, while earnings stay tied to stricter 'engaged views'.
Aug 253 min read


Liquid Death and Garage Beer Want You to Mail Your Pee to AI Data Centers
Liquid Death and Jason Kelce's Garage Beer launched a satirical 'We Want Your Pee' campaign urging Americans to save urine to 'cool' AI data centers — a culture-jack built for earned media.
Aug 253 min read


Brown-Forman Hands More Premium Spirits to Social Shop TSA
Brown-Forman has expanded its remit with UK social and creator agency TSA, adding Gin Mare and Chambord as advertisers route premium-brand budgets to specialists.
Aug 253 min read


Rock Face Rallies Men to 'The Great Unwashed' at Reading & Leeds
Men's deodorant brand Rock Face launched its first multichannel campaign urging festival-goers to skip the shower queues, plugging a new 72-hour antiperspirant.
Aug 253 min read


Three Bets on an Inflatable Chicken to 'Let Fun In'
Three UK has retired "Life Needs A Big Network" for "Let Fun In," a culture-first platform fronted by a viral inflatable-chicken figure skater — a bet that entertainment now sells telecoms.
Aug 253 min read


How Pioneering People Scaled to 11,000 Users Across the UK — With Zero Ad Budget
UK-based founder Rita Kastrati has grown Pioneering People — the gig-work platform that pays workers overnight — to 11,000+ users in 20+ cities and 150+ businesses, entirely organically. A masterclass in founder-led, zero-budget growth marketing.
Aug 244 min read


Nuuly Swaps the Fall Commercial for a 12-Part Microdrama Called 'Heart on My Sleeve'
URBN-owned rental brand Nuuly has replaced the traditional fall commercial with a 12-episode branded microdrama — a bold bet that social-first storytelling can now carry the full weight of a seasonal campaign.
Aug 243 min read


German Agency Kirmes Launches a Creator-Talent Division, ‘You Get The Sundae’
German agency Kirmes has launched a talent-representation arm, ‘You Get The Sundae’, matching brands with creators by cultural fit — a move to capture influencer budgets in-house.
Aug 213 min read


The NFL’s ‘The Season Is Your Stage’ Turns Touchdown Celebrations Into Its Pitch
The NFL and 72andSunny’s ‘The Season Is Your Stage’ builds its season-launch campaign around players’ touchdown celebrations — designed for social virality first.
Aug 213 min read


Vine Reboot ‘diVine’ Opens to the Public With Taco Bell as First Brand
The Vine-inspired app diVine has opened to the public with Taco Bell as its first brand partner — banning AI content and personalized ads in a pointed bet on nostalgia.
Aug 213 min read


Health Equals Turns Life Expectancy Into Supermarket Price Tags in ‘Shelf Life’
Health Equals’ new ‘Shelf Life’ campaign by 23red dramatises the UK’s life-expectancy gap using supermarket-style price tags — cause-led creative built on retail visual language.
Aug 213 min read


Paddy Power Kicks Off the Season With Danny Dyer in ‘Why The Football Not?’
Paddy Power has launched ‘Why The Football Not?’, a new BBH London brand platform starring Danny Dyer and Peter Crouch, timed to the new football season.
Aug 213 min read


How to Advertise on YouTube in the UK: A Small Business Guide
YouTube reaches 94% of UK adults. Here's how small businesses can advertise on it — the ad formats, real costs, campaign types and a simple step-by-step setup.
Aug 205 min read


Léna Situations Swaps Adidas for ASICS and Turns Her August Vlogs Into a Fundraiser
French creator Léna Situations swapped long-time partner Adidas for ASICS in the final season of her ‘Vlogs d’août’, turning daily episodes into a wildfire fundraiser.
Aug 203 min read


Disneyland Paris Is France’s Most Influential Travel Brand on Instagram and TikTok
Kolsquare’s H1 2026 ranking crowns Disneyland Paris France’s most influential travel brand on both Instagram and TikTok, out-performing airlines and luxury hotels on earned media.
Aug 203 min read


Poppi’s Founder Turns Her Own Follower Base Into a Hiring Funnel
Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth used her personal social channels to recruit for her next venture, drawing 2,000+ applicants from a couple of Instagram Stories.
Aug 203 min read


Chipotle Taps 16-Year-Old Salish Matter to Court Gen Alpha
Chipotle’s ‘The Salish Matter Order’ builds a digital-only menu item and sweepstakes around a teen creator — its latest bet on reaching Gen Alpha through creators, not celebrities.
Aug 203 min read


YouTube overhauls how views are counted across every format — what it means for marketers
From 24 August 2026 YouTube counts a view the moment a video plays, across all formats. Headline views will inflate — here's why 'engaged views' now matters for creators, advertisers and earnings.
Aug 194 min read


PlayStation bets big on 'It Happens on PS5' — and courts a fan backlash
PlayStation's 'It Happens on PS5' by adam&eve/TBWA teases GTA VI and more — and the instant fan backlash shows brands no longer own the narrative post-launch.
Aug 193 min read
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