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August 5, 2026
How many exposures does an ad need to work? From Krugman's "rule of three" (1972) to Ephron's recency planning, to modern frequency...
July 29, 2026
In a downturn the ad budget is the first to go, and the data calls it one of the costliest moves. Brands that cut lose 15-18% of...
July 15, 2026
System1 Test Your Ad: 1.0-5.9 scale that predicts long-term ROI of ads. How it's measured, ROI multiplier per level (5+ star = 3x...
May 9, 2026
Global ad spend tops $1 trillion in 2026 (Dentsu). Digital 68.7%, retail media +14.1%, CTV and AI search growing: a guide to budget...
May 9, 2026
Cannes Lions rewards creativity, not always ROI. Effie Awards rewards effectiveness. Pepsi Kendall Jenner won Cannes but was a disaster....
May 9, 2026
Best advertising campaigns 2024-2026: 18 examples with verified KPIs, recurring Cannes Lions patterns and a framework to replicate them on...
April 13, 2026
Evidence-based analysis of influencer marketing in 2026: trust, ROI, incrementality and real KPIs per Nielsen, IMH, HypeAuditor and JAR...
April 9, 2026
What makes social content persuasive in 2026: hooks in the first 3 seconds, specificity, proof points and a clear CTA. Meta, WordStream,...
February 27, 2026
Sometimes we can learn a great deal while having fun. We present two excellent TV commercials that can serve as textbook examples.
March 18, 2025
Boomers, Millennials, Gen X, Gen Z, Alpha. Who are they? What do they want? How can we help them? How can we win them as customers? All...
February 14, 2024
Endorsement marketing 2026: what it is, how to implement it in 7 steps, the difference from testimonials and influencer marketing, ROI and...
January 8, 2024
How to calculate the most important marketing indexes, how to interpret them without hoaxes, how to use them to grow business
January 1, 2024
Honesty, effectiveness, creativity, ethics, psychology: true marketers build their work on the cornerstones laid by four great geniuses
November 27, 2023
A groundbreaking and extensive study sheds light on universal rules about words and emotions for creating magnetic content
May 9, 2023
Remember your favorite childhood commercials? That jingle stuck in your head? It's time to rediscover the 10 ads that made history.
January 20, 2023
Navigating marketing professions is difficult, and knowing who to look for and hire is even harder. Here is a comprehensive list for you
January 20, 2023I'm Francesco Galvani, founder of Deep Marketing. Every two weeks I write a letter on what actually works in marketing: evidence-based, with the sources in plain sight and my opinions in full. The letter is written in Italian.
The Treccani Encyclopedia cites me among those fighting the marketing snake-oil gurus.