Breef Glossary

Welcome to the Breef Glossary — all the *lingo* you need to plan your roadmap. We know, in the marketing world, it feels like there's a new term being thrown around everyday. We've got you!
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Videography

At the heart of every social media channel or website is great video. Created in-house or retrieved from a stock site, videography is strategically used to helps ensure a brand or product is defined (and memorable).

Viewability

A metric focused on ads being physically seen by users.

Virtual Events

The new kids on the block. Events held in a virtual environment vs. a physical location. They can be live-streamed or recorded and are a great workaround to physical barriers such as distance, weather + health. 99.9% of the time, they are a lot of fun.

Weather-wise Marketing

The idea that real-time weather data can give marketers a deeper understanding of their audience and support contextual messaging — as weather can impact a person's routine, experiences and even mood.

White Label

A product / service created by a company or producer that is subsequently rebranded to appear as if it is made by another company.

Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Promotion driven by satisfied customers sharing recommendations with others.

X

The new Twitter? Looks like it! Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to “X”, removing the iconic blue bird logo. This news was met with dissatisfaction from many, and confusion from others — we’ll be keeping an eye on how this rebrand affects the platform.

YTD Spend

A measure of how much money you’ve spent this year, from the very first day of your calendar year through today’s date.

eComm

We could argue that the world is a better place because of eComm. The online equivalent of a brick-and-mortar store, eCommerce is the trading of goods + services over the internet.

eCommerce

eCommerce is buying and selling products and services on the internet, with exchange of payment and data to complete the transactions.

Leads

Potential customers who have expressed interest in a product or service.

Lions Creators

This year Cannes Lions is introducing Lions Creators — an event happening alongside the main festival, dedicated to providing learning and networking opportunities all about creators and the creator economy.

Loyalty Programs

A strategy used to encourage customers to become (or continue to be) repeat customers. Common loyalty programs include rewards, points, discounts and insider perks.

Makegood

Makegood is rerunning an ad or providing additional ad inventory when the original slot underperformed versus provided ratings. A related term is audience deficiency unit: ad inventory provided to the advertiser to fulfill the original rate guarantee.

MarTech

The technology and software tools used to execute, manage, and measure marketing strategies.

Market Research

The process of gathering information about target markets or customers.

Marketing Campaign

A hero moment. A blast around your brand / product. Basically, a strategic + organized effort to promote a business through multiple mediums. Most brands plan a few campaigns per year and bring in agencies to help.

Marketing Funnel

The stages a customer goes through from awareness to purchase.