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Why You Can’t Skip Accessibility When Marketing on Social

Adweek

According to the CDC, nearly 1 in 4 Americans have a disability; 5.7% of U.S. adults have a hearing disability while 4.9% of adults have a vision disability. So why isn't more accessible content being made?

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Netflix, Leaving So Soon?; Not Exactly Recognizable As Privacy

AdExchanger

Netflix explores building its own ad server. Also: Tech companies continue trying to influence the legal definition of privacy. The post Netflix, Leaving So Soon?; Not Exactly Recognizable As Privacy appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Why Brands Should Be Thinking More About Community

Adweek

Much has happened since the White House declared Covid-19 a national emergency three years ago. Millions of people downloaded TikTok. Bars and restaurants closed, then either reopened or went out of business. Office workers went home. Many are still there.

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Billions Of People Play Games – Yet Marketers Still Aren’t Spending

AdExchanger

Enthusiasm about video games is surging, but marketing budgets have yet to catch up to the hype. Gaming ad spend is growing, but at a slower rate than other emerging The post Billions Of People Play Games – Yet Marketers Still Aren’t Spending appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How an Experiential Stunt in Finland Challenged Lobbying Norms and Sparked National Debate

Adweek

Lobbying typically gets a bad rap, conjuring images of backdoor deals corrupting politicians with money. But over in Finland, a creative agency challenged these norms with an unusual lobbying campaign using experiential marketing.

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VOD Revenues to Overtake Satellite in Two Years in Western Europe, Research Suggests

VideoWeek

Western European VOD revenues are expected to overtake satellite TV in the next two years, according to figures from Digital TV Research. The research outfit has projected an 18 percent drop in pay-TV revenues over the next five years, losing $5 billion to reach $22 billion in 2027.

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By Attracting National Budgets, Texas Monthly Grows Ad Revenue 31%

Adweek

Publisher Texas Monthly, which marked its 50th-anniversary last month, grew its overall revenue 39% in 2022, an uptick the privately owned media company attributed to its expanded number of advertising channels and an ongoing effort to cultivate new sources of revenue.

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2023 Oscars Ratings Increase 12%, Drawing 18.7 Million Viewers

Adweek

Regardless of who came out on top during the 95th Oscars, ABC was the big winner. On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that ratings were up 12% over 2022, bringing in 18.7 million total viewers. The telecast also hit a 4.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo, up 5% over.

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Deal IDs Strengthen The Supply Chain Through Better Audience Delivery

AdExchanger

Deal IDs are helping publishers package their audience data while providing advertisers the flexibility and transparency that they’ve desired for so long, writes Tony Mowad, VP of business development at The post Deal IDs Strengthen The Supply Chain Through Better Audience Delivery appeared first on AdExchanger.

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A Close Shave: Annie Murphy and Eric Andre Demo BIC Razor Side-By-Side

Adweek

Annie Murphy wants a shave as smooth as the margarine she puts in her coffee, and Eric Andre needs a hair-removal experience that's less irritating than his "mysterious rash."

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Emplifi Integrates Snapchat for Improved Analytics and Marketing Measurement

Ad Tech Daily

Brands will be able to use Emplifi’s Social Marketing Cloud to measure and manage organic performance on Snapchat NEW YORK — Emplifi, the leading unified customer experience (CX) platform, today announced an integration with the visual messaging app, Snapchat.

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How Learning to Navigate Dyslexia Landed Me in the C-Suite

Adweek

Entering the workforce can be overwhelming for any young professional. For many, it's not just about leaving the structure and stability of school; it's also about learning the ins and outs of a particular industry, navigating office culture and adapting to a new routine.

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Point Pickup Selects InMobi Commerce to Power Ad Monetization Across Grocery Partners

Ad Tech Daily

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Fernando Machado Leaves Activision Blizzard to Take Plant-Based CMO Role

Adweek

A moldy Burger King Whopper isn't the marketing image a plant-based food producer wants to conjure when selling its product, but it helped bring marketing mastermind Fernando Machado to NotCo.

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Professional Is In The Eye Of The Beholder …

Rob Campbell

I recently saw this ad … I must admit, when I first saw it I thought it was a spoof … While my interaction with security guards is limited, the one in this image resembles the sort of ‘fancy dress’ version you see on a stag night. Or a s**t Hollywood movie.

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Advertisers Should Think of Accessibility as a Gateway to Creativity

Adweek

Accessibility is a long word, and in an industry that loves truncating titles--KFC, BMW, UPS, REI--we need to embrace a11y. This numeronym (where numbers form an abbreviation) conveys that in between the A and Y of "accessibility," there are 11 more letters.

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New Effectv Research Reveals March Madness is a Slam Dunk for Advertisers

Ad Tech Daily

Effectv’s analysis of viewership trends during March Madness 2022 shows a majority of households get into the sports spirit, with 65% tuning into the games for an average of 9.25 hours per household.

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What Brands Can Learn From Mastercard’s Accessible Card Design

Adweek

Moments after Mastercard chief marketing and communications officer Raja Rajamannar finished his talk on experiential storytelling and stepped off the stage at SXSW 2019, a colleague from Mastercard approached him to casually pitch a new product: a credit card for people who are blind or have limited vision. One of the hot topics of conversation.

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Smartly.io Digital Advertising Trends 2023 Report: Despite Economic Downturn 60% Of Respondents Plan to Increase Ad Spend

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LGBTQ+ People Will Revolutionize Brand Experience on New Consumers’ Terms

Adweek

I find that much of the world defines my queerness primarily by attraction to men. Fellow gay men know the stereotypical assumptions well: "My friend is gay, too. And he's single!" Moving to Austin, eh? You must have met a cowboy!" You'll love this ad. The guy is so hot." Gayness, to me, is not.

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Brightcove and Magnite Announce Strategic Partnership to Boost Ad Monetization for CTV and Online Video (OLV) Publishers

Ad Tech Daily

Capabilities from Magnite and SpringServe will provide more transparency into available ad supply and help unlock greater revenue opportunities BOSTON — Brightcove Inc.

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Hyundai’s Brand Consideration Peaks After Ad Correcting How People Say Its Name

Adweek

Automaker Hyundai's U.K. campaign was released in January to put the correctly pronounced brand's name on the lips of the public, nearly tripling its brand consideration score in the process.

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A Look into the Flourishing Bot Economy

Ad Monsters

While the world frets about the possibility of a recession, one positively flourishing sector is the bot economy. And it’s not just growing in size; the level of sophistication of bot networks is increasing in leaps in bounds.

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Why Google Went ‘All In’ on Inclusive Marketing

Adweek

Google didn't get to be the world's most visited website by making mistakes. And that's much of why CMO Lorraine Twohill's 2022 address at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity was something of a needle-scratch moment.

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HSBC Buys Silicon Valley Bank in Last Minute Deal; Signature Bank Latest to Close as Crypto Crumbles

Exchange Wire

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a last minute government deal by the UK government will see HSBC acquire Silicon Valley Bank; Signature Bank becomes the latest crypto-friendly institution to shut down; and Meta is reportedly working on a standalone app [.]

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To Reach New Consumers, You Need Both Ambition and Humility

Adweek

To get the full picture of Doug Zarkin's marketing turnaround of Pearle Vision, it helps to imagine the CMO poring over his aging father's inbox. "At

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Northwest Ford Dealers Show How Survival Is Easier With A Nearby Getaway Vehicle

AdPulp

Auto dealers are a tough crowd. Which is why this campaign (which I worked on) was especially fun to make. We don’t pitch creative ideas to marketing directors, or CMOs. Just the Board of Directors at the Northwest Ford Advertising Association.

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Your Consumer Is Waiting For You

Adweek

Sam Walton, founder of Sam's Club and Walmart, famously once said, "There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else." File that under quotes--also known as pre-tweets--that aged well.

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Aéropostale’s expansive metaverse strategy kicks off with Tesla giveaway

Marketing Dive

An upcoming drop of 30,000 NFTs that unlock exclusive perks and entry to digital realm AeroWorld is the first step of a four-phase metaverse activation

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Snapchat: How to Take Snaps With a Timer

Adweek

Snapchat allows users to create Snaps using a timer feature. This feature works differently depending on whether users want to take a photo or video Snap. If users want to take a photo Snap, the timer will cause the application to count down from three before automatically taking a photograph.

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Podcasters weigh the cost-benefit of producing video podcasts

Digiday

Platforms like YouTube and Spotify are investing in products to help podcasters tie their audio shows to the accompanying video they produce. But is the cost of producing video a necessary investment for publishers with podcasts?

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The Power of Size Inclusivity With Good American

Adweek

Growing up, we can all recall the various fashion and style trends we wanted to get to look like our favorite celebrities. Looking back on various brands behind popular fashion, they had an ideal size and look they felt should be the face of the campaigns and imagery.

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As sponsors flee esports, teams are hiring women gamers to keep brands interested

Digiday

Over the last few months, sponsors have fled the esports industry as companies across the space lay off scores of employees. In a bid to keep brand partners interested, esports organizations are redoubling their efforts to support female competitive gamers in 2023.

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All Quiet on the Western Mezzanine: What It Was Like Inside the 2023 Oscars

Adweek

If I had made an Oscars speech at Sunday night's 95th Academy Awards, it'd be to thank my mom for digging in my childhood bedroom closet to find a suit I could wear to the ceremony. Sure, I looked more like I was about to make a First Communion than attend the Oscars, but when.

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Yahoo Lifts the Lid on the Largest Consumer Research in APAC & the Distinct Differences Between Gen Z & Millennials

Exchange Wire

Who makes up APAC’s Metaverse Generation and what do marketers need to know about them? New research released by Yahoo today (March 13th, 2023) uncovers crucial insights on what consumers in APAC want from the metaverse. The Yahoo metaverse APAC survey, [.]

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YouTube Shorts ad payouts to creators highlights deeper monetization woes

Digiday

YouTube’s decision to share ad revenue on Shorts last month was intended to help creators make more cash. So far it hasn’t, and creators aren’t sure if (or when) it ever will. Creators can’t see past the fact that they’re actually losing money as a result of Shorts.

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100 days of frenzied hype around generative AI

Marketing Dive

Despite seemingly daily developments around artificial intelligence in the tech world, the ramifications for marketers are not yet clear