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Getting Accurate Data on Creators Is About to Get Tougher

Adweek

As the creator economy matures, more reliable metrics should emerge for marketers. But, marketers say, it's still a challenge to make informed decisions when picking creators to work with. Data about whether a creator's audience syncs with a brand's customers, or whether the creator receives sufficient interactions on their posts, is hard to come by.

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Top 3 priorities for your 2023 B2B marketing strategy

Martech

As we enter 2023, it’s time to look ahead and plan your digital marketing priorities for the rest of the year. Surely, it will be a year filled with innovation and creativity as technology brands worldwide strive to stay competitive in a rapidly changing landscape. Reaching buyers today is difficult. With the many platforms and apps, it can take time to understand where your audience spends time online.

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Why Young Creatives Need CCO Mentorship More Than Ever

Adweek

No matter how many hours I spend on TikTok and Instagram, or how young I feel compared to my peers, there's always some word or concept that the algorithm appropriately doesn't serve me. This is when I realize what the algorithm already knows: I am old AF. (Do people still say AF?) OK, 45 is.

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Imagining A World In Which Google Is Forced To Divest GAM

AdExchanger

The Department of Justice wants to break up Google's ad tech stack. But how would separating Google's publisher technology into a standalone entity affect the ad ecosystem? There are pros The post Imagining A World In Which Google Is Forced To Divest GAM appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Avon’s CMO Says It’s Been ‘Deprived’ of Brand Investment. Now It’s Back With a Bang

Adweek

Founded in 1886, Avon is older than women's right to vote in the U.K. and U.S. But for the past two decades, the brand's sales have been lackluster as customers skipped out on door-to-door selling--first in favor of department stores, then later ecommerce.

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37 questions to ask call analytics vendors during the demo

Martech

It’s easy to see why call analytics platforms have become an essential martech tool. They let marketers collect, analyze and act upon the growing volume of data being captured from inbound calls to businesses. After you’ve determined if your company needs one , it’s time to select a vendor and schedule demos. It’s important to schedule them as close together as possible to help make relevant comparisons.

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MarTech’s marketing operations experts to follow

Martech

Marketing operations is what makes the magic happen. These are the folks who see that your martech stack doesn’t get stuck. They are the maestros, modelers and makers who make sure the trains run, the data is digestible and that you have the programs you need. Where would we be without them? That’s too scary to think about. Here’s our list of MOps experts who have the ear of the profession.

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Texting Boundaries Apply to Brands, Too

Adweek

There's been a lot of discussion recently around text messaging boundaries and how tech giants like Apple and Google are--or aren't--making it easier to set important limitations on how we text to benefit mental health. Getting a bunch of texts at the wrong time, like during a busy work day, can undoubtedly cause anxiety for.

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KFC Canada unveils winterized outdoor basketball court

Marketing Dive

As part of the “KFC Buckets Are Life” campaign, the court features pre-warmed basketballs and nets made to look like the chain’s chicken buckets.

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Peacock Climbs to 20 Million Subscribers, Takes Heavy Financial Hits

Adweek

Even a World Cup year couldn't make Peacock fly. NBCUniversal's flagship streaming service surpassed 20 million paid subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2022--a 5 million addition--driven by live sports, films and originals in Peacock's best quarterly result since its launch in 2020. That still didn't stop the bleeding. The cost of investing in those.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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What TikTok’s shifting US presence means for social media

Marketing Dive

Privacy concerns over the app’s ByteDance ownership have led to growing institutional scrutiny, raising the specter of broader implications.

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TikTok: How to See the Users You’ve Blocked

Adweek

TikTok lets users block other users to prevent them from seeing their profile and content. Users can view all of the TikTok accounts they've blocked within the application's Settings menu. On this menu, users can unblock users if they want to be able to interact with them again. Our guide will show you how to.

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Next Generation Content Tech Startup Bridged Seals Six Figure Investment

Martech Series

Bridged , the world-first no-code AI solution to automate content marketing funnels for publishers, has raised more than £575,000 (€650,000) in new investment which will help fund the startup’s global growth journey. Next Generation content tech startup, Bridged, uses artificial intelligence to understand visitor intent and identify hotspots within content – whether in text, audio or video – which are anticipated to generate engagement.

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The Home Depot Found Sharing People’s Data With Meta Without Consent

Adweek

Home improvement retailer The Home Depot's Canada arm was found sharing people's in-store purchase e-receipts with Facebook owner Meta without the knowledge or consent of those consumers, according to Canada's privacy watchdog. Top line An investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) found that The Home Depot, via Meta's Offline Conversions.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Airmeez Deploys SoundHound to Deliver Effortless Conversational Experiences

Martech Series

Airmeez’ AI-based intent routing will now use SoundHound’s best-in-class voice AI to offer intelligent virtual assistants and notification services featuring natural language interactions across multiple communication channels. Airmeez announced they will be working with SoundHound AI, Inc. technology to bring a seamless conversational AI experience to software-as-a-service intelligent virtual assistant, notification and customer engagement solutions.

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When Vandals Targeted His Campaign, This CMO Went Guerilla

Adweek

Various brands across the plant-based meat sector have stirred up controversy with their marketing in hopes of generating debate and making consumers think hard about their diets and the benefits of cutting out animal meat. However, one such brand became more controversial than it expected, despite aiming to highlight how its products could bring cultures.

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A Net Fix for Netflix: Latest Earnings Report Confirms It’s Streaming’s World—We Just Live in It.

MNTN

When Netflix finally pulled back the red curtain on its latest earnings report last week—the first since the streaming giant announced its entry into the ad-supported streaming space—it answered the burning question that we all had: will they or won’t they see success with this new strategy? The answer was a resounding yes (and put Wall Street estimates to shame).

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Disney+ Tells ‘Life Stories’ in Ads Full of Marvel and Star Wars Nostalgia

Adweek

Three years and 164 million subscribers later, Disney+ is leaning into marketing for adults. The streamer is rolling out a series of three new spots telling the story of people who've experienced the Disney brands throughout their lives--a "Life Story," if you will. The interconnected "Life Story" ads mark the next phase of Disney+'s "Feels.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Types of Video Ads, Best Practices & How Are They Served

AdPushup

The popularity of video ads is undeniable, and in the coming years, video ads will become a driving force of digital advertising. Here is an overview of the Types of Video Ads, best practices, and how video ads are served. Video brings more viewability to your ads. Since users prefer video ads, marketers and advertisers are [.

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Project Poirot, the DOJ and the Unintended Consequences of Google’s Divesture

Adweek

The clamor to split up Google's ad-tech business got a lot louder (and more specific) this week. And while divesting its ad tech units will certainly shake up the display ad ecosystem, not all the outcomes would necessarily be beneficial for marketers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pursuing a divestiture of Google's sell-side ad.

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The Industry Reacts to DOJ Suing Google

VideoWeek

The Justice Department’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google has sent ripples across an industry that has waited years for the search giant’s ad market domination to face meaningful scrutiny. The filing accuses Google of monopolising the ad tech stack, neutralising its competitors and violating the freedom of the internet itself, recommending the ad tech business be broken up in order to restore competition.

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Let’s Talk About Brand Podcast: Branding as a System With Shelley Röstlund

Adweek

Even though we talk about "brand" here every week, it can still seem like a nebulous concept. What is a brand? How do you figure yours out? How do you express it to others? Brand strategist Shelley R?stlund has branding down to a science. In this episode of Let's Talk About Brand, R?stlund joins host.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Confiant Catches Cookie Fishing Scheme: The Bad Actors of Black Friday

Ad Monsters

Advertisers’ businesses boom yearly on Black Friday as they promote their annual sales. Last year, Black Friday saw another big boom — cookie stuffing — marking a sharp increase in fraudulent ad impressions. Confiant found a cookie-stuffing campaign running across multiple programmatic ad platforms around Black Friday. What did that teach us? Bad actors will use any tactic or occasion to exploit the supply chain.

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Musk Seeks USD$3bn for Twitter Debt; ASML Head Calls for “Sensible” Controls on Chips to China

Exchange Wire

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Elon Musk explores raising USD$3bn (~£2.4bn) to pay off Twitter debt; the head of Europe's ASML calls on The Hague for “sensible” controls on chip exports to China; and Injective launches USD$150m (~£121.4m) ecosystem fund. Musk [.] The post Musk Seeks USD$3bn for Twitter Debt; ASML Head Calls for “Sensible” Controls on Chips to China appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Audio Ads: Just a hype or here to stay?

Monetize More

​​Audio advertising is a rapidly growing ad format in programmatic advertising, driven by the increasing consumption of audio platforms such as podcasts and music streaming services. As more and more people turn to these platforms for entertainment and information, advertisers are recognizing the value of reaching audiences through audio ads. These ads can be targeted to specific demographics and interests, and can be highly effective in driving brand awareness and purchase intent.

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Blockchain, metaverse continue to command CMO interest despite snags

Marketing Dive

Just 10% of surveyed marketers think the metaverse isn’t relevant to their industry while 41% plan to use blockchain in 2023, per Deloitte.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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What is Programmatic Direct: All You Need to Know

AdPushup

Improve your advertising strategy and maximize your ad spend with our comprehensive guide on programmatic direct. Learn about the key features, the difference between open and private auctions, preferred deals, and more. The advertising industry is complex. There are already a few known methods to sell and purchase ad space (inventory); more are being added [.

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New Report: Time Spent Online Falls to Pre-pandemic Levels, While Social Media Use Increases

Martech Series

Digital 2023 shows that people globally are becoming more discerning in their internet use Meltwater , a global leader in social and media intelligence, and We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, have released Digital 2023, their latest annual report on social media and digital trends worldwide. Digital 2023 shows that the typical internet user globally has reduced their average daily internet use by 20 minutes over the past twelve months to 6 hours 37 minutes, equating to a year-on-ye

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Unilever first to test Disney’s identity integration with Trade Desk

Marketing Dive

Disney continues to enhance its ad business, partnering with EDO around outcome measurement and improving ad targeting on Disney+.

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Foundry Promotes Danny Phillips to Chief Operating Officer

Martech Series

Phillips will work with stakeholders & product owners across Foundry’s portfolio to bring the next phase of the company’s integrated vision to life Foundry (an IDG, Inc. company) announced the promotion of Danny Phillips from senior vice president to the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new role, Phillips will work closely with Foundry’s senior leadership team to align day-to-day operations with business goals supporting Foundry’s integrated martech, media and data model.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.