Fractional Creative Director. Advertising & PR faculty @UTAustin | Founder @BenefitBranding | Former @mitscoots & @USAirForce vet.

Austin, Texas
Joined February 2012
25 Biggest Advertisers In The World: 25. PepsiπŸ₯€ - $3 billion 24. Nike πŸ‘Ÿ - $3.8 billion 23. Walmart πŸͺ - $3.9 billion 22. Estee Lauder πŸ’„ - $3.91 billion 21. Stellantis πŸš— - $4.3 billion 20. Coca-Cola πŸ₯€ $4.32 billion 19. Toyota πŸš— - $4.4 billion 18 McDonald's πŸ” - $4.5 billion 17. Warner Bros 🎬 - $4.8 billion 16. Tencent Holdings πŸ€– - $4.9 billion 15. Volkswagen πŸš™ - $5 billion 14. JD . com πŸ‘• - $5.1 billion 13. Booking . com ✈️ - $6 billion 12. AB InBev (Budweiser) 🍺 - $6.8 billion 11. Walt Disney Corp 🎬 - $7.2 billion 10. Comcast (Sky / NBC) πŸ“Ί - $7.7 billion 9. Unilever 🧼 - $7.8 billion 8. Google πŸ’» - $7.9 billion 7. Nestle 🍫 - $8 billion 6. LVMH πŸ‘— - $10.4 billion 5. Proctor & Gamble 🧴 - $11.1 billion 4. Alibaba 🎧 - $12.6 billion 3. L'Oreal πŸ’„ - $13.1 billion 2. ByteDance (TikTok) πŸ“± - $19.2 billion 1. Amazon πŸ›οΈ - $20.6 billion ----- Top 25 ranked by ROI: For every $1 they spent - how much revenue did they make in 2022: 25. L'Oreal πŸ’„ - 2.9x 24. Booking . com ✈️ - 2.9x 23. ByteDance (TikTok) πŸ“± - 3.2x 22. Estee Lauder πŸ’„ - 4.5x 21. McDonald's πŸ” - 5.2x 20. Warner Bros. Discovery 🎬 - 7x 19. Proctor & Gamble 🧴 - 7.2x 18. LVMH πŸ‘— - 7.6x 17. Unilever 🧼 - 7.7x 16. Anhsuser-Busch InBev 🍺 - 8.5x 15. Coca-Cola πŸ₯€ - 10x 14. Alibaba 🎧 - 10.7x 13 Amazon πŸ›οΈ - 10.9x 12. Walt Disney Corp 🎬 - 11.5x 11. Nike πŸ‘Ÿ - 12x 10. Nestle 🍫 - 12.4x 9. Comcast Corp πŸ“Ί - 15.8x 8. Tencent Holdings πŸ€– - 16.8x 7. PepsiCo. πŸ₯€ - 28.8x 6. JD . com πŸ‘• - 29.7x 5. Google (Alphabet) πŸ’» - 35.8x 4. Stellantis πŸš— - 44x 3. Volkswagen πŸš™ - 58.8x 2. Toyota πŸš— - 60.7x 1. Walmart πŸͺ - 146.9x ----- Breakdown... 1. Amazon Here's the craziest part.... Amazon spent $20.6 billion, which makes them the biggest advertiser EVER. However, they made $37.7 billion from their own ad platform. Amazon now make more from ads than they do from Prime. 2. Where is Apple? Only spent $1.8 billion in 2022. Close - but no cigar. 3. What about Pharma? Pfizer is the largest ad spender in Pharma - but only spent $2.8 billion. 4. What about Meta? Zuck almost made it to the list... Amount spent: $2.6 billion Revenue: $116.6 billion ROAS: 44.8x 5. US Dominance πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The vast majority of the companies are from the USA: πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ China has 4 companies = Ali, Bytedance, JD and Tencent. πŸ‡«πŸ‡· France has 2 companies = LVMH and L'Oreal πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium have 1 company each = Unilever, Stellantis, Nestle and Anheuser respectively
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This year, on 9/11, the #TEXASMoody community reflects on the attacks from 22 years ago. We spoke to several of our #TEXASMoody faculty and staff spread out across the country that day and asked them to share their thoughts and memories. bit.ly/911moody23 @iheartfatapollo
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Now that's how you do OOH.
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Austin Twitter, can you help me get the word out? We're going remote at Beardbrand and are moving out of our building. It's right off I-35 and 51st st. Please share, or hit me up if interested. cc - @rabahrahil @ecommcowboy @dennishegstad @seanfrank @AdamSinger @cathrynlavery
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Matthew Weiner has announced that Don Draper, the advertising genius behind "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" and the Quiznos Spongmonkeys, has died at the age of 97. He is survived by his three children and 6 of his 7 wives.
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Absolutely adore this 'Second Best' idea for parents from IKEA
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Too many brands today sound exactly the same. We've forgotten about the power of a distinct brand voice as an industry--to our detriment. Here's a deck on why that matters, and what to do about it. 🧡
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Happy to inform you don't need that extra feature to launch your startup.
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In honor of Veteran's Day, #TEXASMoody students and faculty share their experience in the armed forces β€” and what life is like on campus after. @UTAustin has ranked the number one college in Texas for veterans for several years. bit.ly/moodyveterans
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🚨 Big news… I’m hiring! 🚨 I’m looking for a SMM to work with me on the @triplewhale social team Salary range: 70-80K (full description below) Great opportunity to join one of the fastest growing brands in the space Please RT for visibility! – at Manhattan, NY
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We are kicking off #FreeSpeechWeek with the winners of the inaugural #TEXASMoody Free Speech Week sticker contest. Congrats to our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Stop by the lobby of DMC this week to pick up the winning sticker design by Alissa Barron. bit.ly/moodyfsw
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I've gotten a number of requests to create a single thread of my "How it started / how it's going" ad series. So here it is. xitter.cf/janthonylong/status/13…
How it started / how it's going.
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Tim Scott retweeted
LIGHT THE TOWER! @TexasFootball wins the #RedRiverShowdown, 49-0 🀘 tower.utexas.edu
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RIP OU Football #HookEm
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Announcement πŸ””: unfortunately, I am looking for my next opportunity. Full Stack Engineer: strong on the front end, but confident with skills on the back end. Looking to grow as an engineer with a collaborative team. DMs are open and feel free to share.
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There's always a new trend in retail: - Personalization - Dropshipping - Subscriptions - A DJ or a Barista in store What's important is that you have a platform that future-proofs your business. That's what we've built at @Shopify. @GreylockVC podπŸ‘‡
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Tim Scott retweeted
"The role is yours to make your own" = "We don't know what the purpose of this job is, can you figure it out for us?"
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Just gonna leave this right here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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thank you @Shopify @ShopifyDevs 🀌
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Tim Scott retweeted
That "clicking" sound is just as terrifying as The Predator's.
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