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Apple’s Holiday Ad Is a Modern-Day Scrooge Tale in Stop Motion

Adweek

It's a classic festive story: Rather than hating his boss, A Christmas Carol's Bob Cratchit pities his lonely and miserable employer Ebenezer Scrooge and hopes that he'll find joy in the holiday season. Apple's annual holiday film, Fuzzy Feelings, channels the same sentiment, following a woman who comes to see her grumpy boss in a.

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Thirteen Years Of Ad Tech Progress In One AdExchanger Comic

AdExchanger

I recently stumbled on a first edition of the classic AdExchanger comic. I have no idea how I came to possess this artifact of ad tech history, but there it was, blaring at me from a pile of old papers: “Gigantic First Issue!! AdExchanger: An All-Star Collection of the Greatest Advertising Stories Ever Told!” It […] The post Thirteen Years Of Ad Tech Progress In One AdExchanger Comic appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Keke Palmer and Google Show ‘100% Pure Love’ to Black-Owned Businesses  

Adweek

Keke "Keep a Bag" Palmer is back--and spreading pure love for Black-owned businesses with Google and U.S. Black Chambers in a video that may inspire an equal amount of dancing and shopping. Playing her natural role of advocate, spokesperson, fashionista and all-around entertainer, the multi-hyphenated entrepreneur and former Adweek cover star appears in the latest.

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How to use conversion data to enhance top-of-funnel marketing

Martech

Leveraging marketing data is key to continual optimization and driving growth. This article explains how feeding bottom-of-funnel analytics back into top-of-funnel activities boosts acquisition and reduces costs over time. Using bottom-of-funnel data as input to top-of-funnel activities I’ve written about how growth loops can be more helpful than funnels as they allow the loop’s output to be used back into the loop.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How Effective Are Recurring Holiday Ads?

Adweek

Everyone has their winter holiday tentpole moments. For some, it's seeing the Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting, or watching A Christmas Story or the return of a memorable TV commercial. The lifespan of a TV spot is relatively short, around six to eight weeks, during its first run. But some campaigns are so effective at capturing.

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Content Niches Are Prime Real Estate For New Media Companies

AdExchanger

Estate Media launched in September as an online hub for real estate and home improvement content. It hopes to hook viewers – and brands – with content that features influencers in the real estate industry who have a strong online following. The post Content Niches Are Prime Real Estate For New Media Companies appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Using the 70:20:10 rule in your digital marketing

Smart Insights

How to use the power of the 70:20:10 rule as a marketing model to prioritize your digital marketing strategy With new marketing tools and techniques available to us almost daily, it can be difficult to know where to prioritize your … The post Using the 70:20:10 rule in your digital marketing appeared first on Smart Insights.

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Real Estate Brand Opendoor Hires Mischief to Create Its First Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

Opendoor, the real estate digital platform, is kicking off its major marketing year with the 2024 Super Bowl through a partnership with Mischief @ No Fixed Address as it looks to rewrite the perception of the housing market. The platform noted that the Super Bowl is the unofficial start of home selling season, making it.

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Google Spills More Secrets; The Unblockables

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Share Tactics Another secret Google revenue-sharing deal was revealed during antitrust testimony. Google head of global partnerships Don Harrison disclosed during the Epic Games vs. Google trial that the standard 15% fee doesn’t apply to Spotify. Spotify only pays Google 4% of subscription […] The post Google Spills More Secrets; The Unblockables appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Grand Marnier Enhances Real-World Events With Augmented Reality

Adweek

To support its "Grand Encounter" campaign that began in early 2023, alcohol brand Grand Marnier kicked off a series of real-world experiential events featuring music, tastings and an AR activation. After debuting in New York Nov. 15-17, the "Grand Encounter by Grand Marnier" experience will travel to Houston for events from Nov. 29-Dec. 1. The.

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

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Salesforce tries to grab AI talent from the OpenAI maelstrom

Martech

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is hoping to turn OpenAI’s chaos to his advantage, offering to at least match the compensation of any AI experts willing to join the CRM giant. Salesforce will match any OpenAI researcher who has tendered their resignation full cash & equity OTE to immediately join our Salesforce Einstein Trusted AI research team under Silvio Savarese.

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What Agency Leaders Are Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Adweek

Plenty of people complain about the problems in the advertising industry, but now is the time to look at the positives. Our industry not only moves culture and produces daily bits of entertainment, it is also a great source of fun and enjoyment, not to mention gainful employment. The Thanksgiving holiday should be a time.

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Commerce Media: Advertising’s New Playground?

Exchange Wire

In the rapidly evolving world of advertising, a new contender has emerged with the potential to redefine the playing field: commerce media. Welcome to the revolutionary world of commerce media, where shopping carts meet ad spots, and consumers' clicks tell a [.] The post Commerce Media: Advertising’s New Playground? appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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NBCUniversal and Google Team Up for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Campaign

Adweek

Ahead of Thanksgiving, NBCUniversal and Google partnered with the Radio City Rockettes for three 30-second custom spots for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The NBCU Creative Partnerships team collaborated with Google's creative team for the campaign, which highlights Google Pixel 8's AI-powered camera features. The creative will show how the Rockettes get.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Video Maker Munch Noshes On $7.2 Million In Seed Funding

AdExchanger

As audiences flock to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, businesses are struggling to keep up with the demand for short-form video. Munch, a startup that uses AI to turn long-form video content into short-form video clips for social media, announced $7.2 million in seed funding on Tuesday. Venture capital firm A* Capital is leading […] The post Video Maker Munch Noshes On $7.2 Million In Seed Funding appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How Attention Metrics Can Avoid Getting Gamed by Bad Actors

Adweek

Attention metrics--using tactics like eye tracking to measure how long people spend looking at ads--hold a number of promises, including making advertising more performant and less annoying, if adopted by the industry in the right ways. The danger, however, is that they become another arbitrary metric gamed by unscrupulous ad-tech players. "The potential is better.

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Making data the foundation of your digital asset management system

Martech

Implementing a digital asset management (DAM) system requires careful planning, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Making data the foundation of the DAM ensures it will be useful and adaptable to your business for years to come. “With content constantly changing and evolving, planning for a DAM system to track and store all your content reliably seems futile,” said John Horodyski, managing director for digital consultancy Salt Flats, in a session at The MarTech Conference.

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From Reporting to Reduction: How Businesses Are Taking Action on Climate Change

Adweek

From wildfires raging in Canada to devastating flooding in large portions of the Northeast, the severity of natural disasters isn't just inching up year over year; they're shattering records at a rapid clip. New legislation is emerging in response, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposing rules around mandatory emissions reporting for companies and.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Google Ad Manager: Line Item Types and Priorities

Oko

Google Ad Manager line item types and priorities are used to determine how a line item competes with other line items, yield groups, & Ad Exchange.

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How Marketers Are Starting to Address Gen AI’s Green Problems

Adweek

Despite predictions that generative artificial intelligence will drive a massive increase in energy demand, AI companies are only beginning to consider the climate impact of their products. While some applications of the tech could support agencies' sustainability goals, developing and using generative AI tools requires massive amounts of energy which, in turn, generates climate-warming greenhouse.

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Ad Tech Privacy: How DSPs are Navigating the Evolving Landscape

Smaato

As we approach 2024, data privacy takes center stage as a primary concern in digital marketing. For SSPs like Smaato, it’s about leveraging the power of technology to redefine industry standards, driving campaigns to new heights of success. For forward-thinking DSPs, RTB House shares how they navigate the complexities of. The post Ad Tech Privacy: How DSPs are Navigating the Evolving Landscape appeared first on Smaato.

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The Speed of Culture Podcast: Entering a New Age of Connection

Adweek

During the last two decades, the telecom industry has significantly changed, shifting from wired to wireless technology. As millennials and Gen Z increasingly favor digital-first experiences, the market is continuously adapting to meet these new preferences. To understand how companies like Verizon Value are navigating this change, we spoke with Cheryl Gresham, the company's chief.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Down With Blocklists!

AdExchanger

It’s not that brands don’t care about supporting the news and good journalism. But an overdependence on keyword blocklists has made it seem that way. The real problem stems from the fact that advertisers have long had to rely on blunt tools to keep their brands protected, says Rich Raddon, CEO and co-founder of Zefr, […] The post Down With Blocklists!

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Brave Commerce Podcast: Shaping Strategies for Connected Commerce

Adweek

On this episode of Brave Commerce, Maple Solutions founder Tony Crecca joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss the transformative power of connected commerce in the evolving retail landscape. As the conversation begins, Crecca reflects on how his diverse roles across various organizational functions contributed to his ability to lead commerce through turbulent.

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4 B2B trends that will catapult you ahead of the competition next year

Martech

More frequently than not, B2B buyers are vetting sellers based not only on product specifications, pricing and other traditional factors but on the digital experiences they deliver. Failing to adapt to these rising customer expectations can be costly. Deloitte Digital conducted a study of more than 500 B2B executives at U.S. companies and discovered that 77% of B2B executives agree that digital transformation is critical to their company’s success.

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The Festive Spirit Gets Ridiculously Out of Hand in Tesco’s Christmas Ad

Adweek

While there's always some debate about how early to start decorating for Christmas, British supermarket Tesco is encouraging consumers to embrace the festive spirit well before Dec. 25. The ad, titled "Become More Christmas" and created by agency BBH London, follows a dad who visits Tesco on a routine trip and is excited to see.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Confessions of a strategist on the strained relationship between X (formerly Twitter) and agencies

Digiday

It has been just over a year since business billionaire Elon Musk officially bought Twitter, renaming it X and sending what was the internet’s town hall into flux with users and advertisers alike. ( Find a deep dive into the last year of X here. ) Throughout that time, advertisers questioned their commitment to the text-based social media platform, wary of its waning brand safety measures, rising misinformation, and haphazard product rollouts under new leadership.

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The Companies Clearcode Works With: Q&A with Rados?aw Kostecki

Clearcode

Whether your goal is to create a high-performance platform to facilitate the buying and selling of digital media, report on the performance of campaigns, or create audiences using data from various sources, finding a company that’s capable of developing advertising and marketing software can be a formidable challenge, considering the precise skills, domain knowledge and experience required to build this type of technology.

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Newsroom unions push for better terms as end-of-year mass media layoffs loom

Digiday

The latest wave of media layoffs this month has sparked newsroom unions from Condé Nast to G/O Media to publicly reprimand their companies’ leadership decisions. Newsrooms have unionized rapidly since the pandemic began in 2020, but the thousands of media employees that have been let go since indicate that unionizing can’t prevent layoffs from happening.

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Global Opportunities for Manga and Content Publishers: Q&A with Mintegral

Digital Turbine

Manga is one of the fastest-growing publishing categories, especially in the Japan market. Over the years, we’ve watched the evolution of manga, from its beginnings as black and white paper publications to the colored manga books, and now its digital presence on apps. In this article, we will delve into the world of manga and content publishing, exploring the many opportunities it offers.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.