ABOUT COLLE MCVOY
Colle McVoy (CM) is a full-service creative agency that builds enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. We believe this time of rapid change is filled with opportunities, so we constantly strive to push the boundaries of creativity, pressure-test best practices and create new brand futures. As a Certified B Corporation, we believe a better future means we have a responsibility to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet.
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We’re sure you’ve heard about JOMO (the joy of missing out). Here’s the reality: It’s one thing to miss out, it’s an entirely different thing to find the joy in it.
To reinforce La-Z-Boy’s new platform, Long Live the Lazy, Colle McVoy’s creative technology team designed and fabricated “The Decliner,” a first-of-its-kind recliner allowing owners to AI-generate a cancellation excuse via SMS simply by pulling the handle. 36,000+ people signed up for a chance to win their own Decliner just in time for National Lazy Day as part of the earned creative brand act.
Our Approach to Transformation
For a chance to put their feet up with AI assistance and La-Z-Boy style, people were asked to submit the most creative excuses they’ve ever used to protect their JOMO. And, influencers created content to amplify attention to the contest. The innovation was a technological hack—with 225 lines of code directing the AI server and 344 lines for each fabricated chair. An indicator of sorts had to be fashioned to let people know requests were processing, which took the form of an LED-lined puck at the handle base. The tech choices needed to be as reliable as the chairs themselves and couldn’t disrupt La-Z-Boy’s comfort and durability standards.
Our Impact
Colle McVoy drove 1.1B media impressions across 317 placements in the likes of USA Today, Better Homes & Gardens, Architectural Digest and more. People definitely put their feet up, juicing La-Z-Boy’s website traffic by 200% and increasing brand sales by 50% during the first weekend of the campaign.
The La-Z-Boy Decliner has gone on to win several awards, including Best in Technology at the 2023 PRWeek Awards and Best in Research & Consumer Insights in MediaPost’s Planning & Buying Awards. Nearly 13,000 cancellations have been sent by Decliner owners, giddy with AI-assisted JOMO.
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ABOUT LEFT FIELD LABS
Left Field Labs is a digital agency dedicated to solving our common challenges through uncommon creativity. Our team of over 100 designers, developers, and strategists has launched hundreds of digital products and experiences – from VR and websites to apps and experiential installations – for clients, such as Google, Discovery, Android, Estée Lauder, Uber, and Disney.
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Google set out to create a 360° event-scale augmented reality (AR) experience at CES that would help attendees experience its presence in a whole new dimension. Google partnered with Left Field Labs to blend its physical booth location with a digital overlay, focused on bringing helpful and contextual information to attendees, as well as delightful moments.
Our Approach to Transformation
LFL leveraged Google’s latest AR technologies in partnership with Adobe to inspire developers, creators, and brands at Google’s CES booth. The team aimed to demonstrate how AR has the potential to solve everyday challenges, whether orienting yourself around a busy environment, getting the scoop on more demos to see, finding transportation, or helping with decision making.
First, LFL used Google’s Geospatial Creator, powered by ARCore and Google Maps Platform, in Adobe Aero to create an effective storyboard that integrated physical and digital elements seamlessly for the AR experience. LFL then built Google’s beloved Android Bot into the AR experience as a guiding figure with simple yet richly expressive interactions. Taking an agile approach, LFL iterated and tested on a wide range of Android and iOS mobile devices to ensure smooth performance for attendees.
Our Impact
The AR guide to Google on Android at CES 2024 was a successful “show rather than tell” experience that helped attendees enjoy the space with immersive surprises along the way. The experience was activated nearly 9,000 times over the four-day event.
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ABOUT AROUND
ARound is a first-of-its-kind stadium-level shared augmented reality platform within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud. ARound keeps audiences engaged by capturing their attention through immersive, interactive and shared experiences with fellow fans across the venue. Where other AR products offer isolating, singular experiences, ARound’s massive multi-user AR – which uses 3D spatial computing to localize content – redefines what it means to be part of a connected fan experience.
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Recognizing that smartphones are already part of the modern spectator experience, the Cleveland Cavaliers aimed to transform these devices from potential distractions into essential components of the game action. The objective was to introduce mass gamification and real-time visualizations to the NBA Playoff experience through Stagwell’s ARound, making every fan and brand feel like a bigger part of each magical moment.
Our Approach to Transformation
ARound implemented its cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) platform at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, transforming spectators’ smartphones into interactive gameday devices. This technology allowed fans to interact with larger-than-life players and mascots, live game animations, and immersive AR challenges directly linked with other fans and the ongoing action. Additionally, sponsored content was integrated into the AR experiences, enabling brands like Cliffs to engage with fans through captivating and interactive games right on the court.
Our Impact
The implementation of ARound’s AR technology led to a dramatic increase in fan engagement, with spectators actively participating for an average of 14 minutes per game. By making smartphones an integral part of the live event, the Cavaliers enhanced the game-day experience, deepened fan immersion, and created new opportunities for innovative sponsor activations. This strategic use of AR technology enriched the playoff atmosphere, ensuring fans were not just spectators but active participants in the excitement of NBA games.
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Generative AI is changing the marketing game. In April, Stagwell headed to Google Next to discuss that change, and what it means for Chief Marketing Officers and other C-Suite leaders in the next year.
The event also marked Stagwell’s first software release via its Google Cloud partnership, introducing a data clean room to securely enhance client data with Stagwell’s extensive resources. More on that here.
For now, hear from our at Stagwell Marketing Cloud and Left Field Labs about the three biggest takeaways from Google Next.
The Sky’s the Limit But Use Cases are the Target
At Google Next – and at several marketing and technology conference this year, including CES and SXSW – the clear challenge to attendees was the two-step from theoretical implementations of AI to hard use-cases that provide value to consumers (and reasons for investment). It’s no wonder companies in attendance debuted over 101 real-world use cases for generative AI, spanning applications to consumer experiences, back-end-operations, insights, and more.
Some common themes emerged as to where AI is providing the most immediate value:
- AI to accelerate the curation of essential business insights: AI21 Labs showcased how they use a BigQuery integration called Contextual Answers to allow users to query data across their businesses conversationally.
- AI to put the power of storytelling in everyone’s fingertips. Google unveiled Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app in its Workspace suite that can do everything from generate a storyboard, piece together first drafts of videos from stock multimedia, and do voiceovers.
- AI to bring real-time tracking to the customer experience: UPS is constructing a digital twin of its entire distribution network that will enable customers to see where their packages are at any time.
AI Will Mean a Rewriting of Every Customer Interface – Here’s Where to Begin
Artificial intelligence represents a quantum leap for creativity and productivity. As a network on the beat of marketing, we know that AI’s rise will mean a rewriting of almost all customer interfaces as companies race to deliver consumers the personalized experiences they’ve desired since the dawn of the internet. At Google Next, Stagwell CTO Merrill Raman and Stagwell Marketing Cloud CTO Mansoor Basha emphasized that the first step brands should take to reap the benefits of AI should be assessing their organization’s data infrastructure to ensure it is primed for AI.
Tactically, that may mean deep clean-up of existing first party data sources using data science best practices to get the information organized in a manner that AI can extract useful insights from. Or it may mean partnering with a third-party data provider who can supplement your view of existing and prospective consumers.
AI Can Be the Bedrock for Trust, When Implemented Appropriately
As Left Field Labs CEO Sarah Mehler shared at Google Next: with growth in AI utilization, a critical question to consider is how do we build trust with audiences when considering AI implementation? Striking the right tone in AI-enabled communications is a primary step. And remember that communication that reflects cultural and demographic nuances is what ultimately resonates with audiences and builds trust in new systems. Well-practiced organizations will apply sentiment analysis to better understand the emotions of a user and provide appropriate responses (thus driving traction and building more successful outcomes).
Attention to detail is also crucial for building trust in AI implementations. A “Chain of Verification” is one of several methods that can be employed to enhance the accuracy of information provided by AI systems. This process involves multiple steps to validate information before it is conveyed to the user. For instance, after our language model generates a response, we can employ a separate validation model to scrutinize the facts within that response. This secondary check helps to identify and correct any inaccuracies or ‘hallucinations’—instances where the model generates false or misleading information. By systematically verifying data through multiple layers, we can provide more reliable and trustworthy outputs.
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NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud today announced it is developing a new data clean room (DCR) solution built on Google Cloud to facilitate a secure and private space for clients and agencies to upload and match their first-party data with proprietary data from Stagwell sources.
Through the DCR, clients can gain valuable insights into consumer behavior and marketing efficacy, while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. Clients will be able to match their first party data with Stagwell’s Consumer Understanding and Engagement platform (CUE), Harris Poll Syndicated Research Data and National Research Group data, as well as additional Stagwell and third-party sources, and then activate those audiences directly across preferred ad tech platforms in an easy and cost-efficient manner.
“Our end goal is to reduce any friction for our clients and their ability to share data in a privacy-centric way,” shared Merrill Raman, Global Chief Technology Officer at Stagwell. “For clients, matching their data within our data clean room grants them unparalleled access to the rich and proprietary data that Stagwell has collected and serves as a single source of truth towards understanding campaign performance in an omnichannel world.”
“We’re excited to continue working with Google Cloud to build the next chapter of digital marketing solutions and keep Stagwell’s agencies at the forefront of marketing outcomes,” shared Mansoor Basha, Chief Technology Officer at Stagwell Marketing Cloud.
This is the second engagement Stagwell has pursued with Google Cloud. In November 2023, Stagwell announced a partnership with Google Cloud to develop marketing use-cases for Generative AI.
“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Stagwell to bring more actionable business insights to customers,” said Kelly Sitarski, Director of Data and Content Partnerships, Google Cloud. “Using BigQuery, Stagwell can combine, streamline, and optimize its diverse data sources to help marketers achieve their business goals.”
About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.
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Developed by a newly formed dedicated product team, Alchemy.Ai will rapidly transform GALE’s client offering with a suite of new products at the Stagwell (STGW) agency.
NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — GALE has revolutionized its offering with artificial intelligence at its core, ushering in a new era for the Business Agency.
Called Alchemy.Ai, GALE has created a private enterprise AI cloud platform – built from the ground up to comply with the agency’s ISO-27001 certification and developed by a dedicated product team of 50 specialists – that revolutionizes its offering for clients.
“The unveiling of Alchemy.Ai reshapes GALE as we know it, marking a massive shift in how we work and the democratization of data across all teams,” GALE CEO Brad Simms says. “When GALE was founded in 2014, we were first-to-market with our unique blend of creative and consultancy centered around data. While we’ve continued to build our model over the last decade to become one of the most celebrated agencies in North America, Alchemy.Ai is the most significant product update we’ve ever made.
“As an agency, our most important asset is our people. It’s why clients choose us. Alchemy.Ai enables our people to work smarter and faster, ultimately giving them more time to spend with clients.”
Trained on all aspects of data used at GALE, including both first-party and third-party data combined with world data, Alchemy.Ai reduces the time spent on critical tasks across all disciplines to help GALE’s almost 800 people work smarter, better and faster. In addition, it transforms agency processes by democratizing access to this information, regardless of department.
Going beyond standard generative AI functionality, Alchemy.Ai has a custom-built application layer with a bespoke UI, as well as additional capabilities for data visualization, enriched and customized algorithms, and search and discovery techniques. Team members will have access to the custom client environments built for the specific accounts they work on. The client environments serve as a one-stop shop for all the data and insights available on each particular client.
Alchemy.Ai has dedicated tools for core capabilities, including:
- Strategy: 20% increase in efficiency for data ingestion and cleanup, fostering deeper collaboration between strategists and data scientists. This optimization allows for faster generation of high-quality business diagnostics and recommendations for clients.
- Audience Insights: Democratizing access to GALE’s robust data environment will enable employees across all domains to query tens of thousands of variables from dozens of integrated sources within one platform using natural language. Reduced time to learn platforms, brief dedicated research teams, and await outputs will boost efficiency by 80%.
- Media Planning: Integrating historical media performance data with media reach and consumption data will generate media plans 20% faster. Within one platform, media planners will be able to explore the relevance and weighting of channels and tactics from more angles at the same time, with the help of optimization algorithms and the ability to iterate on a range of custom constraints.
- New Business: Leveraging a decade of archival documents to create an RFI response tool, trained on the voice of GALE’s CEO. This tool dramatically reduces the time and internal coordination necessary for new business responses from days to just 90 minutes.
- CRM: Harnessing client data to create deeply custom audience segments and provide performance-based communications recommendations. This further elevates GALE’s best-in-class loyalty offering.
- Operations: Simplifying administrative tasks and freeing up time, a concierge-style tool supports project delivery, timesheet tracking, and personalized responses to employee policy inquiries, such as healthcare coverage.
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AR Leaders Collaborate to Develop Next-Level Shared Experiences in WebAR for Venues Worldwide
NEW YORK and HELSINKI, Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ARound, the pioneering shared augmented reality (AR) platform, part of Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), is excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Immersal, leaders in spatial computing and AR localization technology, and part of Hexagon. By creating a turn-key WebAR solution for stadium AR, this partnership facilitates easier integration of shared AR experiences for teams, venues, and events, broadening the scope of interactive fan engagement. ARound and Immersal are poised to announce their inaugural collaboration with a major sports league next month, marking a significant milestone in bringing this innovative vision to life.
This partnership combines ARound’s connected, shared AR technology that has transformed live fan experiences for professional sports teams across three professional leagues – MLB, NBA, NFL – including the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Royals, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, with Immersal’s visual positioning system (VPS) that creates centimeter-accurate, large-scale indoor and outdoor AR experiences.
“This partnership is a game-changer in the world of sports and live entertainment as we collaborate to make stadium AR experiences more accessible and ubiquitous to all fans and types of events,” said Josh Beatty, founder and CEO, ARound. “By integrating our fan engagement platform with Immersal’s robust localization technology, we can seamlessly create dynamic digital experiences that put fans at the center of the action while scaling to new audiences around the world.”
The integration of ARound and Immersal technologies yields greater access and broader use cases of AR experiences through WebAR, enhancing the overall quality and ease of integration for in-stadium entertainment. Fans can interact with live events in real-time, participating in AR games, accessing real-time game content, and enjoying shared experiences with fellow attendees, all from their smartphones without the need for a standalone app. Brands and sponsors will also now be able to connect with audiences in innovative, meaningful ways, enhancing their marketing mix and creating new avenues for engagement.
“We’re committed to innovating and enhancing AR experiences at live events and our technology, combined with ARound’s exciting platform, will set a new benchmark in how fans interact with live sports and entertainment, offering them an engaging and memorable experience like never before,” Matias Koski, CEO, Immersal.
This groundbreaking partnership heralds a new era in fan engagement, offering sports teams, venues, and brands an unparalleled platform to connect with audiences. Combining ARound’s interactive fan experiences with Immersal’s precision technology, the stage is now set for a revolution in live entertainment.
About ARound
ARound is a first-of-its-kind stadium-level shared augmented reality platform and is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a proprietary suite of SaaS solutions built for the modern marketer. ARound keeps audiences engaged by capturing their attention through immersive, interactive and shared experiences with fellow fans across the venue. Where other AR products offer isolating, singular experiences, ARound’s massive multi-user AR – which uses 3D spatial computing to localize content – redefines what it means to be part of a connected fan experience. It was the winner of Stagwell’s annual innovation competition which invests in new product ideas proposed by the network’s 13,000+ employees. ARound and the Stagwell Marketing Cloud are a part of Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing.
About Immersal
Immersal, part of Hexagon, is building world-leading spatial mapping and visual positioning tools — the foundation of the metaverse. Founded in 2015, Immersal’s team is based in Helsinki, Finland, and working with partners, developers and creators across the globe to reimagine how we explore, interact and create. Immersal also has sales offices in Hong Kong and in Silicon Valley, California, and is expanding its presence and partner networks globally. The company was acquired by Hexagon in 2021 and continues to pursue the vision of a metaverse built and experienced by everyone on any device. Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.2bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.
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Demos Available to Brands and Journalists at Stagwell Booth GL-03
NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, will debut its latest AI-enabled startup SmartAssets, part of Stagwell Marketing Cloud, on the convention floor at CES 2024, as it rolls out global client solutions in artificial intelligence across three areas: enablement across operations, efficiencies in marketing, and engagement with consumers.
“AI is a quantum leap for creativity and productivity that will drive a new age of value creation for modern business. Stagwell intends to lead this transformation,” said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. “Whether you’re a global player or a nascent challenger, developing an approach to the three E’s of AI is the best way to stay ahead in this year of competition, and there’s no marketing network boasting the breadth of full-service digital transformation and self-service AI products like SmartAssets to help clients adapt.”
Spanning its digital transformation agencies and AI-enabled product set, Stagwell has created a set of offerings to meet this demand, encompassing:
- Enablement Across Operations – Empowering organizations to unlock the potential of AI to streamline operations, elevate decision-making, and transform their proprietary data into a strategic wellspring for future growth.
- Efficiency in Marketing – Revolutionizing marketing dynamics through the intelligent application of AI across research, communications, media, and creative production, effectively reducing the cost of delivering precise messages to the right audience at the optimal moment.
- Engagement with Consumers – Using AI to create the future of consumer engagement, where AI-driven anticipation sets the stage for unparalleled brand loyalty and tailored brand experiences.
SmartAssets: Creating the Future of Creative Optimization
SmartAssets – the winner of Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s 2022 innovation competition – is a three-pronged tool empowering transformation across the Three E’s of AI. SmartAssets uses AI to extract creative components from ads, assess performance data, and optimize future ads for effectiveness with instant generative AI adjustments. Investment in the tool is already paying off, with top brands in discussion to pilot the resource in 2024.
“SmartAssets is the smart answer to the imperative for content and advertising effectiveness in an age that demands more anticipatory marketing,” said Lindsay Hong, co-founder and CEO of SmartAssets.
Stagwell’s groundbreaking partnership with Google Cloud, first announced in October 2023, will fuel an accelerated development and sales pipeline for Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s newest startup, as the two tech giants partner to develop generative AI solutions for marketing services.
Brands and agencies interested in getting a preview of the platform can schedule demos with SMC on the ground at CES 2024. To request information, email ces2024@stagwellglobal.com.
About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic customer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.
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The Rebrand of Harris Brand Platform Comes as it Gains its 150th Client, Now Operating in Over a Dozen Countries
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud today announced that The Harris Poll and Maru are working together to create a suite of integrated, AI-based research products that will go to market under the newly formed “Harris Quest.” The new unified brand will deliver a full suite of martech research offerings, inclusive of AI-enabled self-service polling and other “instant information” SaaS solutions.
At launch, Harris Quest’s product portfolio will include:
- QuestBrand: Always-on, real-time brand tracking
- QuestDIY: Self-service quantitative surveys
- QuestPRO: Professional-grade survey and insights tools
- QuestCX: Customer experience management solutions
- Quest IC: Insight community management
- QuestAI: Digital qualitative and quantitative insights tool
Harris Quest will eventually be fully interoperable with other Stagwell Marketing Cloud software and data tools for modern marketing teams.
“Stagwell Marketing Cloud is taking millions of data points from the world’s most reliable polling organization and infusing it with a fully scalable software platform,” said Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO. “This combination will truly unleash ‘research-as-a-service’ for the modern marketer.”
The Harris Poll is a leader in global public opinion with overnight polling and always-on brand tracking software, the latter of which looks at more than 2,000 brands on a continuous basis and collects over half a million interviews yearly. Now with Maru’s software platform integrated, Harris Quest can more precisely monitor society and the marketplace as it happens worldwide. With over 60 years’ experience as a trusted arbiter of society and culture, Harris’ deep research systems and consulting expertise give this new software advantages over both traditional market researchers as well as tech startups in the research sector.
“These tools dramatically give marketers of any size enterprise-grade research at a fraction of the cost,” said Harris Quest co-CEO Will Johnson. “This means faster insights and decision-making and more ways to keep pace with the marketplace, backed by Harris Poll reliability.”
About The Harris Poll “Hard Data. Human Truths.”
The Harris Poll is a global public opinion, analytics, and market research consultancy that strives to reveal society’s authentic values to inspire leaders to create a better tomorrow. With a global research reach of more than ninety countries, Harris offers advisory services across sectors to world leaders, CEOs, and business decision-makers with state-of-the-art analytics, real-time software services, and practitioners in marketing, reputation, customer experience, trends, futures, and thought leadership/research-for-public release, The Harris Poll translates shifting social sentiment into a competitive marketplace advantage. Harris is a Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) company. www.theharrispoll.com.
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New partnership with Stagwell’s (STGW) PRophet leverages AI-powered ‘Taylor’ to help association professionals create compelling content more quickly and efficiently
IRVING, Texas and NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud’s PRophet, the first and only generative and predictive AI SaaS platform built by and for PR professionals, and Multiview, a leader in B2B digital marketing and publishing solutions, today announced a new partnership to revolutionize PR for trade and professional associations. As associations face an increasingly crowded media environment, PRophet’s generative AI-powered feature ‘Taylor,’ provides them with advanced, data-driven technology that will make their communications more resonant, engaging, and effective.
Built by the pioneer of AI-based technology for the PR industry, ‘Taylor’ is the first AI writing tool designed to help modern communications professionals create and test the mediability of content. The platform has the richest feature set in the market, enabling associations to anticipate press sentiment, measure campaign impact and enhance PR strategies intended to reach members, prospective members, and other critical stakeholders.
“We’re excited to partner with Multiview to bring PRophet and ‘Taylor’ to the association community,” says PRophet founder and CEO, Aaron Kwittken. “Our collaboration represents our shared vision of empowering associations with the cutting-edge AI tools they need to succeed. ‘Taylor’ creates content that leads to media placements, allowing associations to navigate the highly competitive and complex media landscape with more confidence and precision.”
Multiview’s CEO, Andy Keith, expressed equal enthusiasm about the partnership. “This joint venture is a testament to Multiview’s commitment to innovation. PRophet and ‘Taylor’ in particular is a game changer that will not only reshape the way associations interact with their audiences but transform their communication strategies.”
Together, PRophet and Multiview are ushering in a new era of AI-powered PR solutions, where associations can leverage emerging technology to streamline their operations, make informed decisions, and deliver compelling narratives that resonate with their key audiences. With “Taylor,” the future of PR for associations looks brighter than ever.
For more information about creating ‘Taylor’-made PR content, please visit https://www.prprophet.ai/platform.
About PRophet
PRophet is the first-ever generative and predictive AI SaaS platform designed by and for the PR community. The platform uses AI to help modern PR professionals become more performative, productive and predictive by generating, analyzing and testing content that predicts earned media interest and sentiment. PRophet was founded in 2020 by PR and marketing industry thought leader and entrepreneur Aaron Kwittken and is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a suite of SaaS solutions that powers research, communications, and media activation for in-house marketers. To learn more, visit prprophet.ai.
About Multiview
Motivated by our partners’ success, Multiview has dedicated 20 years to providing high-quality digital media solutions to the B2B industry. As a leading digital publisher and marketing company, we unite buyers and sellers to accelerate their growth through the B2B Marketplace. By leveraging our vast network and first-party data on over 10 million B2B professionals across 30 industries, we deliver highly targeted advertisements to unique market segments, resulting in millions of additional revenue for our partners. We’re proud to work alongside 1,200 associations and 12,000 clients to help them turn their goals into reality, because at Multiview: Your Aspiration Is Our Inspiration. Explore partnership opportunities at https://www.multiview.com/association.
About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a suite of data-driven SaaS solutions built for the modern in-house marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic customer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.
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