How can you better reach the LGBTQ+ market during Pride and every month, and be even more genuine and authentic? Hear from two well-known and respected leaders in media and LGBTQ market: Jeff Hastedt, Brkthru Co-Founder & Managing Director and Todd Evans, President & CEO, Rivendell Media discuss brands that have gotten it right, and…
Hear how Brkthru gets you in the game with streaming sports opportunities that reach millions of live sports viewers across the country. In our video podcast “30 Minutes w/Brkthru: Streaming Sports,” veteran industry pros talk about the disruption in regional sports networks, the non-network entities that outbid others for programming rights, escalating costs that shut…
40% of US adults report having increased their viewing time on free, ad-supported TV services (FASTs) in the past year, and now nearly two thirds of us watch free platforms, according to Aluma Insights. That’s great news for advertisers and agencies, and not-so-great news for subscription-based providers. Escalating subscription services will not only grow FAST…
During Pride 2024 many brands will show support of the LGBTQ+ community prominently during the month, but many still have a long way to go in representing diversity and inclusivity. True support must be more than rainbow-hued posts. Brkthru agrees. Consumers are giving a more watchful eye to how the brands they buy participate in…
Marketers are quick to label millennials and determine how brands should connect with them. This generation is unique in how they consume and engage with media. As we learn more about this group, we understand that different is good. Brands will only be successful in making those connections, if they recognize that this generation is collaborative, tech…
When ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) began development in 2018 by research organization OpenAI, its goal was to use A.I. for good. Prior to ChatGPT, language models were typically trained on limited amounts of text data, inhibiting their ability to understand and generate human-like language. ChatGPT was trained on an extremely large dataset, allowing it to…
Brkthru Senior Director of Client Success Shannon Walion Dominguez joined the podcast The Bank Marketing Show to discuss tactics to help banks navigate the current economy and how Brkthru reaches banking customers with digital media. Give it a listen. Nice job Shannon!
For digital marketers, the last couple of years has been unique and important. Access to customer data is slowly becoming more and more limited with IOS14 changes and browsers killing the 3rd party cookie. GDPR and other laws are becoming stricter with no signs of this trend slowing. Turns out this has been for a…
Google announced on July 23 they finally gave up trying to get rid of cookies in Chrome. Many twists and turns, delays, failed experiments, and lawsuits have led to this moment. Lost in the headlines, however, is that the cookie is still dying – just not how we expected. “We are proposing an updated approach…
View our latest podcast to review how this year’s record spend in political advertising will impact campaigns leading up to the November election. Predicted to top $12.32 BILLION, this avalanche of money will lead to tightening inventories, increasing rates, bumped schedules – and will affect all advertisers, agencies and marketers. Two digital media experts from…
Nearly 50 Brkthru team members from client success, sales development, business development, marketing and sales leadership met in Detroit last week for an informative and energetic Summer Client Success Offsite. On the agenda were an update on digital platforms, sharing client success stories, the state of streaming video, marketing support and of course, some fun…
Brkthru Director of Client Success Ben Coburn attended the 2024 National Lawn and Garden Show this week in St. Louis, meeting with retailers and manufacturers serving the $130-billion US lawn and garden category. At the three-day event were hundreds of buyers with multi-unit independent garden centers, farm and fleet stores, regional chains, department stores, wholesale…
The 48-member team of Brkthru media dynamos gathered at our Detroit Training Center this week for a summer department offsite. Theirs was the first department offsite at our recently opened 7,000-square foot facility in Southfield, MI. “This week, the Brkthru Media team got together for our annual department offsite,” said Brkthru Vice President of Media…
The New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo) Annual Conference was held recently in Newport, RI. It is New England’s premier professional society for healthcare communications, public relations, marketing, advertising and public affairs. Brkthru was grateful to be an exhibiting sponsor, and to connect with some of the brightest minds in healthcare marketing, sharing our…
For the third year, Brkthru team members gave their time, energy and hearts performing community service for “31 Days of Service” during our anniversary month of May. We sorted donated clothing, packed food at pantries and delivered meals to help fight hunger, bought and assembled gift bags for a shelter, cared for pets at a…
Members of three Brkthru Hubs in the Buckeye State performed their community service in Columbus, Cincinnati and Medina, OH, during our “31 Days of Service,” commemorating Brkthru’s anniversary month of May. Employees across the country demonstrated our Core Value of Contribution by performing acts of community service. From Ohio: · Brkthru Columbus Hub members Colleen Buzza…