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Why Brands Should Prepare for the Rise of Super Fans

Adweek

There's nothing new about people showing great enthusiasm for their favorite books, movies and musical acts. Songs and stories shape society. Life imitates art. At the same time, culture is not static. Things change. Smartphones, social media, streaming platforms and investors looking to make more money from the intellectual property through various adaptations have helped.

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What AI tools can make GDPR compliance more manageable for small tech companies?

The Ad Tech Blog

Various AI tools can significantly aid small tech companies in managing GDPR compliance by automating data handling and privacy processes. These tools range from data mapping and data discovery solutions to automated consent management platforms, thus reducing the manual workload and ensuring data protection measures meet the GDPR standards. How can AI improve data privacy strategies?

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Snapchat Introduces Sponsored AR Filters

Adweek

To give advertisers another way to reach users, Snapchat launched Sponsored AR Filters, a new ad format that will allow brands to create augmented reality overlays that can be added to Snaps after a photo or video is captured, but before it's shared. Sponsored AR Filters differ from the platform's existing Sponsored AR Lenses, as.

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Digital advertisers still looking for recipe to thrive in cookieless world by Stirista

Martech

Marketers can’t call Google’s bluff anymore. The company finally removed cookies for 1% of Chrome users (or around 30 million people) back in January. And as the conversation around PAIR, Google’s new identity solution that allows publishers and advertisers to match first-party data to deliver personalized ads, gathers more and more momentum each day, there’s one thing we can be sure about — when it comes to the deprecation of cookies, this time, it’s for real.

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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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Reddit’s Jen Wong Has a Plan to Juice Post-IPO Growth

Adweek

Newly public Reddit has to level up its performance-driving products, and--after 20 years--figure out how to more fully monetize its signal-rich chat-based content. Reddit's long-awaited IPO values the platform at $6.5 billion on 2023 revenues of $804 million (98% driven by ads), with a loss of almost $91 million. While it's growing, it missed its.

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Laying the groundwork for AI in MOps: How to get started

Martech

As artificial intelligence technologies rapidly advance, marketing teams are tasked with integrating these powerful tools into their existing operations. However, this transition can be daunting, especially if your MOps function was established before the rapid rise of AI. In this first article of our four-part series, we’ll outline the fundamental steps for incorporating AI into MOps, paving the way for the subsequent articles to delve deeper into planning AI integration with people, proc

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Purchase decisions

Seth Godin

All purchases involve a decision. Yes or no, this or that, now or later… But it’s helpful to realize that all decisions involve a purchase. When we decide to spend time or take a risk or make a commitment, our brains act in a way very similar to how we choose to make a purchase. When you talk about a non-profit, introduce a new sort of behavior or invite someone to follow along, you’re actually selling.

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Exclusive: See What MediaLink Is Charging Sponsors for Its Spaces in Cannes

Adweek

Want to take over a 10' x 10' meeting space from MediaLink at the splashy Cannes Lions advertising festival this June? Be prepared to pay about $850,000, according to a pitch deck obtained by ADWEEK. The deck revealed sponsorship opportunities for potential partners for its numerous spaces across the Palais--the central hub of the Cannes.

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Taxi TV To Brands: Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm For DOOH

AdExchanger

Whether taxi riders like it or not, backseat screens are ad inventory, too. Curb, which operates a network of digital screens within taxi cabs, has technology that helps advertisers get in front of cab passengers. The post Taxi TV To Brands: Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm For DOOH appeared first on AdExchanger.

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NowThis Combines With Accelerate Change Portfolio to Become NowMedia

Adweek

Social publisher NowThis Media, which was acquired by nonprofit media organization Accelerate Change last April, is combining with the eight other publishers in the Accelerate Change portfolio to become NowMedia, according to NowThis CEO Sharon Mussalli. The network will reach over 190 million people monthly--including web traffic, social audience and newsletter subscribers--with the majority of.

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

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Alzheimer’s is ‘The Long Goodbye’ as New Commercial Arts dramatises effect on communities

More About Advertising

What do you do when you’re advertising for the Alzheimer’s Society? Somehow sweeten the pill even though, unlike nearly every other, disease, there isn’t much sign of a breakthrough against it even though there are glimmers of light as well as the clear need for more early diagnosis (for those brave enough to find out.) … The post Alzheimer’s is ‘The Long Goodbye’ as New Commercial Arts dramatises effect on communities first appeared on More About Advertising.

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What’s the Deal With The Netflix Effect?

Adweek

A queue of people spills out onto the pavement outside a quaint, blue-fronted cafe in North London. Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" finds its way back onto the charts after 37 years. Bridgerton-inspired corsets, gloves and empire waisted ball gowns feature heavily on the 2024 Oscars red carpet. This isn't a string of unconnected.

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Comic: Pandora’s Chumbox

AdExchanger

Enjoy this weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem … The post Comic: Pandora’s Chumbox appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Sony Pictures Turns Snapchat Users Into Slimer to Promote Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Adweek

Ahead of the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in theaters on March 22, Sony Pictures launched an AR campaign on Snapchat featuring two augmented reality Lenses and a video ad. The AR Slimer Lens allows users to answer a fake video call from Trevor, a character in the film played by Finn Wolfhard. Once the.

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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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Accurate keywords are essential in contextual targeting

illumin

Using accurate keywords is a critical part of contextual targeting. While keyword research is a good first step, it isn’t enough. Marketers need to use specific and relevant keywords to sell their brand. The context surrounding a word is just as important as the word itself. Keywords and product names can be flagged as inappropriate or irrelevant out of context.

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Gap and Palace Join Forces With Collection Celebrating 90s Culture

Adweek

Retailer Gap continues to lean into nostalgia to revive its marketing, with a collaboration with London-based skateboarding and clothing label Palace that celebrates 1990s style and skate culture. The two brands, both synonymous with certain facets of 90s style, will launch the Palace Gap collection Friday (March 22). The 55-piece collection of adult and children's.

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The DOJ Vs. Apple; Can Reddit Ride Google To Profitability?

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. First Bite Of The Apple The Justice Department published its antitrust suit against Apple on Thursday, alleging the company operates and abuses a monopoly in the smartphone market. Do a Ctrl+F search for the word “green.” Seriously. Because one example the DOJ highlights […] The post The DOJ Vs.

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Jason Sudeikis Challenges Taco Bell’s Late Night Reputation

Adweek

Taco Bell is often a go-to spot for late-night cravings, but a new campaign starring Jason Sudeikis aims to lure consumers in daylight, too. A 30-second ad launching March 21 shows Sudeikis, who repeatedly expressed his love for the brand in interviews, responding to a real social media post about how "Taco Bell only really.

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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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A Privacy-Focused Ecosystem With Diminished Data Quality: Insights From IAB State of Data Report 2024

Ad Monsters

The IAB’s State of Data Report 2024 highlights a privacy-focused industry grappling with reduced data availability, resulting in significant organizational shifts and a focus on first-party data. The IAB releases its State of Data Report every year to understand how the industry is tackling data evolution. This year’s study reveals that the digital advertising industry has acknowledged the lasting impact of data privacy changes and signal loss, but these have magnified measurement an

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Don Cheadle Runs a Speakeasy with Forbidden Snacks in PopCorners Campaign

Adweek

In case last year's "Breaking Good" Super Bowl ad wasn't an indication, Frito-Lay brand PopCorners' latest commercial featuring Don Cheadle as a speakeasy proprietor drives home the point that the air-popped snack is so good it should be forbidden. In "Get Caught with Something Good," patrons of a 1920s-themed establishment meet in secret to enjoy.

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What Are Amazon PPC Negative Keywords? (2024 update)

Ad Badger

Negative Keywords are the words or phrases that prevent your ad from appearing on an Amazon SERP (Search Engine Results Page) when those terms are in a customer’s search query. In other words, you would use a Negative Keyword to tell Amazon when you don’t want your ad to show. The post What Are Amazon PPC Negative Keywords? (2024 update) appeared first on Ad Badger.

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Digiday+ Research deep dive: TikTok is getting even more marketing spend from brands and retailers

Digiday

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. TikTok’s seemingly had a rough few months. Marketers are making contingency plans as the platform faces a ban in the U.S. (again). Meanwhile, TikTok lost U.S. users for the first time in Q4, according to a report from Business Insider. ( Data.ai reported that its average monthly users age 18 to 24 in the U.S. fell by almost 9% between 2022 and 2023.

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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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Brandtech’s Jellyfish lands Oatly

More About Advertising

Challenger marcom groups have found it difficult to scale beyond a certain point because of media. Building a biggish media agency from scratch these days is nigh on impossible and independent agencies of much note are thin on the ground – Horizon in the US is the obvious exception, PE-backed Brainlabs maybe another. MightyHive’s impact … The post Brandtech’s Jellyfish lands Oatly first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Why media companies are still hybrid, four years since the pandemic started

Digiday

It’s been four years since the pandemic caused media companies to make the overnight switch to a work-from-home model. Though many companies have brought employees back into the office since then, most large digital publishers are still choosing a hybrid model over a full-time model, with staff working only a few days a week in the office. And there seem to be no plans to change that system for the foreseeable future, at least among six companies including Bustle Digital Group, Condé Nast, Forbe

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Sustainable Advertising: How Far Have Industry Efforts Taken Us?

Exchange Wire

Planet Earth is heating up, and the advertising industry is fanning the flames. As players in the advertising ecosystem attempt to pave the way for a more sustainable future, how far have industry efforts taken us? The Advertising Ecosystem vs the [.] The post Sustainable Advertising: How Far Have Industry Efforts Taken Us? appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Best Western overhauls its data ahead of a cookie-less future

Digiday

As the third-party cookie fades, advertisers have started shoring up their first-party data, more seriously harvesting it (and sometimes peddling it for additional revenue) as signal loss continues to mount. It’s what Joelle Park, the new svp and CMO at Best Western parent and global hospitality network BWH Hotels, has spent the last eight months in her new role doing — overhauling customer insights to improve targeting.

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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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AI-powered martech releases and news: March 21

Martech

Right now we’re using AI to detect AI-generated content, AI to generate content that will avoid AI-detectors and AI to review the work of AI researchers. At the same time, OpenAI’s chatbot store is filling up with spam created by … you guessed it … AI. I am not saying we’ve reached peak AI recursiveness, but I am not not saying it, either. I guarantee that sentence will get past all AI-content detectors because AI can’t do silly.

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Por qué Amazon está implementando las partes más lucrativas de Twitch en Amazon Ads

Digiday

Una década después de la adquisición de Twitch por $1.000 millones de dólares, Amazon está tratando de llevar la plataforma de live streaming más a su redil – o partes de ella, de todos modos. Por el momento, Amazon parece estar desmantelando Twitch, con vistas a trasplantar sus activos más lucrativos a otras partes de la empresa. El proceso ha dejado a algunos observadores preguntándose cuál podría ser el valor de la marca Twitch para Amazon en 2024.

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Former Publicis boss Jorg Riommi forms new agency

More About Advertising

Former Publicis East Europe CCO Jorge Riommi is launching a new agency, Ain’t. Riommi was part of the team that worked on the much-awarded Burger King ‘Moldy Whopper’ campaign. The new agency is based in Milan but plans to operate globally. Riommi has won over 300 international awards, including a rare D&AD Black Pencil. Riommi … The post Former Publicis boss Jorg Riommi forms new agency first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre Reddit tras la salida a bolsa de la plataforma

Digiday

Reddit finalmente salió a bolsa el miércoles y logró su tan esperada oferta pública inicial, pero su juego publicitario no se ha puesto exactamente en marcha. Para la mayoría de la gente, incluidos los anunciantes, sigue siendo una plataforma de nicho peculiar, pero eso está bien, o al menos debería estarlo. Los anunciantes no son precisamente reacios a la idea.

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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.