Brands all want a stake in women’s sport but not all of them know what to do with its stories. While audiences and investment continue to grow, the real value lies in the depth, emotional resonance and just pure fun of the female athletes’ experience.
The ‘Richness’ of Female Athletes and Why Brands Need to Go Deeper
Brands are falling over themselves to get into women’s sport, but too many still treat it like a bolt-on sponsorship. The real wins, however, can be found in telling richer stories, tapping into their wider passions, and committing to the game long after the final whistle.
How Search Intent Can Move Culture
Fans do more than just watch sports. They search, plan and buy around them. Emma Welch unpacks how live search intent around tentpole events reveals what people want to do next – and how brands can use those signals to move faster, target smarter and stay ahead of the game.
Emma Welch
Great Brands Need Cultural Curiosity
Long before he was building brands, Squarespace’s Nate Skinner was studying culture through record sleeves and the sprawling web of Britpop‑era music journalism – a habit he now credits with proving that cultural curiosity, more than anything else, is what helps brands find their audience.
Hannah Bowler
The Only Moat Left Is Brand
For the last decade, marketing has been less about creativity and emotion and more about data and measurement. If you could track or optimise it, you did. If you couldn’t prove it, it slipped down the priorities list. For many brands, that worked… until it didn’t.
Alex Zeevalkink