Mon.Nov 28, 2022

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Fake Brand Accounts Are Also a Problem for Twitter’s Emerging Rivals

Adweek

Following Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter and the subsequent layoffs and policy changes that have followed, impersonator brand accounts have been on the rise. But it's not a unique issue to the bluebird app. Twitter's emerging challengers also host fake accounts posing as global brands. As users consider life without Musk's version of.

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Breaks and Brakes

The Ad Tech Blog

After a few solid sprints, the next logical concern is the team’s velocity. How can I measure speed? Is my team moving fast enough? It is very tempting to default to micromanagement and to measure each engineer’s performance. I’m not against individual performance (it is helpful for compensation adjustment), but it doesn’t tell the whole story about your team’s speed.

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Simple Always Wins: The Story Behind ‘Speaking in Color’

Adweek

I remember staring at the 17-foot screen thinking, "It's so beautiful, so mesmerizing--damn, we might be on to something." A year earlier, our client, Sherwin-Williams Coil & Extrusion, had tasked us with creating a campaign and platform for the architectural market. Its coatings cover all manner of metal architectural elements, from aluminum cladding around windows.

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Inside Bidstack’s Plan To Build An SSP For In-Game Ads

AdExchanger

An interview withJames DraperFounder and CEOBrands are starting to look at video games as an inventory source, but there’s no scaled programmatic infrastructure to help aggregate supply in video games. Continue reading » The post Inside Bidstack’s Plan To Build An SSP For In-Game Ads appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Adweek’s 2022 International Agency of the Year Shortlist

Adweek

For the first time in Adweek's Agency of the Year program, Adweek is releasing the shortlist of agencies considered for each of its Agency of the Year categories. Adweek has expanded the categories this year, adding Midsize U.S., Small U.S. and Multicultural to the existing program of U.S., Global, International and Breakthrough. For the International.

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Marketers using more data sources in search of better data quality

Martech

Marketers are hoping more data sources will translate into better quality data. The average number of sources used by marketers grew by 50% from last year to this, according to a new Salesforce study. By the end of next year the total will be nearly twice what it was in 2021. Last year companies used an average of 10 different sources. That increased to 15 this year and is projected to hit 18 by the end of 2023, according to Salesforce’s eighth annual “State of Marketing” report.

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Yahoo and Taboola sign “30-year” exclusive ad agreement

Martech

Content publisher Yahoo announced today it is buying nearly 25% of content recommender Taboola as part of a 30-year exclusive advertising agreement. What Taboola gets. Taboola — which The Wall Street Journal refers to as a “clickbait giant” — will be the only source of native advertising for all of Yahoo’s digital properties for the next three decades.

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Irish Data Protection Commission Fines Meta Again

Adweek

Meta was hit with a fine of 265 million euros (roughly $275 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission, the company's lead regulator for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, over an incident last year in which personal data from more than 530 million Facebook users was exposed online. The DPC also imposed a.

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Syntropy Partners With Zenlayer to Deliver Low-Latency Network on Demand to WEB3 Users

Martech Series

The partnership will enable Zenlayer to tokenize excess bandwidth and offer it on demand through Syntropy’s blockchain-based Open Bandwidth Exchange (OBX). Syntropy, a Web3 network software company, partners with Zenlayer, a massively distributed edge cloud service provider, aiming to provide enhanced network capacity to global Web3 network users. Under the agreement, Zenlayer will bring its edge infrastructure to the Syntropy network through the Open Bandwidth Exchange (OBX), giving Syntropy’s

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H&M and Buy From a Black Woman Take Their Holiday Market and Partnership on Tour 

Adweek

This Black Friday weekend, H&M encouraged its customers in key markets to buy from Black women. And it's only just beginning. The retailer--now in its second year of partnership with Buy From a Black Woman, a nonprofit that works with more than 600 Black women-owned businesses across the United States--announced the second annual "Buy From.

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

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As seen on: 6 ways marketers evolved product placement strategy this year

Marketing Dive

Brands from Coors Banquet to Kraft Mac & Cheese have seen tremendous value from product placement as viewer fragmentation increases.

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To Dine For Podcast: Fox Sports Host Emmanuel Acho

Adweek

In this week's episode of To Dine For, host Kate Sullivan is joined by Emmanuel Acho, New York Times Bestselling Author, host of Fox Sports and creator of "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man." Growing up in Dallas, Texas, the son of Nigerian immigrants, Acho never dreamed his life would take him all over the.

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How marketing compensation and roles are changing: Take the MarTech Salary and Career Survey

Martech

Although we hesitate to use the term post-pandemic with any confidence, marketing takes place today in a space changed — perhaps irrevocably — by COVID-19. Yes, marketers are making their way back to the workplace; many conferences and expos are back in person; it’s possible to meet and greet prospects face-to-face instead of face-to-video. But the importance of digital marketing looks unlikely to recede.

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The Big Scoop on Unilever’s DTC Ice Cream Plans

Adweek

The days of chasing the ice cream truck around the block may be long gone, but Magnum maker Unilever is continuing its play for consumers' digital loyalty with an ambitious mission to grow its ice cream delivery service. The Anglo-Dutch group has bought 29 direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies since 2015, including Dollar Shave Club and Paula's.

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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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Live shopping comes to select NYC holiday window displays

Marketing Dive

Social buying platform TalkShopLive is embedding QR codes into retail displays, which will allow consumers to purchase featured products.

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Condé Nast Unveils New Commercial Products for 2023 to Diversify Revenue

Adweek

As businesses prepare for a new calendar year, Cond? Nast has unveiled a number of new commercial products, as well as enhancing existing ones, with the aim of making it easier for clients to work with the publisher amid an uncertain economic climate. The offerings fall into two camps, according to Deborah Brett, global chief.

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Advertisers flock to new awards show honoring African-American talent

Marketing Dive

Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Ford were among the major sponsors of TheGrio Awards, a brainchild of media mogul Byron Allen.

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Adweek’s 2022 Breakthrough Agency of the Year Shortlist

Adweek

For the first time in Adweek's Agency of the Year program, Adweek is releasing the shortlist of agencies considered for each of its Agency of the Year categories. Adweek has expanded the categories this year, adding Midsize U.S., Small U.S. and Multicultural to the existing program of U.S., Global, International and Breakthrough. Adweek redefined the.

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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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How This Children’s Streaming Platform Curates Content To Reach Kids

AdExchanger

An interview withSharon Kroll CohenCMO“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. TV advertising is complicated enough without also having to worry. Continue reading » The post How This Children’s Streaming Platform Curates Content To Reach Kids appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Hive: How to Change Your Notifications Settings

Adweek

Hive is a social networking application that combines elements from platforms like Instagram and Twitter into a single platform. Hive allows users to choose the kinds of notifications they want to receive from the app, if any. Our guide will show you how to change your notifications settings in the Hive mobile app. Note: These.

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Duracell’s holiday ad draws on nostalgic power of home movies

Marketing Dive

A retro theme extends to Twitter, where the brand is pitting old-school toys like Furby and Bop-It against each other in a bracket tournament.

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This Chilling Campaign Exposes Threat of Domestic Violence During the World Cup

Adweek

There is an ugly side to the beautiful game: Domestic abuse tends to surge following soccer matches. Recent research from the University of Leicester found that violent incidents at home increase 38% when England loses a soccer game and are 26% higher when the team wins or draws. Now that the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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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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Leverage the power and reach of TikTok for your brand

Marketing Dive

The power of TikTok for growing brands is elusive to some. How can you use it to extend your reach?

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Boycotting the World Cup? This Soccer Magazine Has a Restaurant for That

Adweek

What do the French love more than soccer? In fact, more than anything? Food. And who can blame them? In culinary leagues the home of croissants, camembert and croque monsieur is pretty hard to beat. That's why national soccer magazine So Foot has opened a restaurant targeted towards people skipping the FIFA Men's World Cup.

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SafeOpts Guide to maximizing your ecommerce traffic

Marketing Dive

Getting traffic to your store is hard, so use these proven strategies to maximize conversions and sales.

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WhatsApp Lets You Send a Message to Your Favorite Person: Yourself

Adweek

Post-it Notes? Those are so last week. WhatsApp began rolling out its Message Yourself feature Monday, enabling users to send messages to their own accounts on the Meta-owned messaging application. WhatsApp had been testing the feature, which users can take advantage of to send themselves things like notes, reminders and shopping lists. The feature is.

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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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Yahoo’s Moolah For Taboola; The New Social Butterfly

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Yahoo? Yahoo has taken a 25% stake in Taboola as part of a 30-year exclusive ad deal (uhh. Continue reading » The post Yahoo’s Moolah For Taboola; The New Social Butterfly appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Hive: How to Change Your Color Theme

Adweek

The Hive social networking application allows users to choose from a variety of color themes that will change the appearance of certain parts of the app. For instance, the active color theme will determine the color of the "Asking" icon (the question mark icon) on a user's profile. Our guide will show you how to.

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Mobile Monday: Holiday Shopping Ther-APP-y

Digital Turbine

What’s the buzz in mobile this week? Jumpstart your week here: Black Friday has already come and gone and shoppers were eager as ever to catch online deals. Consumers spent a record $9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday this year despite inflation and a return to in-store shopping. While the biggest shopping days are ending soon — get those Cyber Monday deals today!

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It Was a Busy Holiday Weekend for Elon Musk, Twitter

Adweek

Twitter owner Elon Musk issued several updates via tweet over the long holiday weekend involving new user signups and active minutes on the platform, progress on hate speech and impersonation, new performance advertising solutions, the next steps of its verification process and new features for users. Musk said in a tweet Saturday that the social.

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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.