Tue.Feb 28, 2023

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Coltrane Curtis Wants Brands to Rethink the Definition of Influence

Adweek

Coltrane Curtis tracks down talent who would be left largely unfazed if social media suddenly ceased to exist. The founder and managing partner started his influencer marketing career well before the term was widely recognized. Since launching the full-service creative agency Team Epiphany in 2005, Curtis hasn't let the industry's fixation on follower counts and.

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Where Does PR Fit Into Your Marketing Strategy?

Ad Rants

Public relations and marketing used to be like oil and water, two separate entities that didn't mix. There was a set PR team and a set marketing team, and brands needed both to succeed. PR and marketing firms had two sets of goals and thus two separate ways of reaching and achieving said goals. The rise of digital media, however, has led to blending between the two practices.

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Serious Business on the Virtual Playground With 3QualiTy

Adweek

When it comes to the metaverse and people who trade Bitcoin, we all probably have an idea of who that demographic is. It seems like only those with a certain financial background can buy cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Fin-tech company 3QualitTy is working to level the playing field so everyone can access the blockchain community. 3QualiTy's.

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The Great Restructuring: How Generative AI Is Changing Creative And Media Agencies

AdExchanger

Generative AI is the talk of the town. At creative and media agencies, everyone from designers to copywriters to marketing leaders are giving generative AI programs like ChatGPT and DALL-E The post The Great Restructuring: How Generative AI Is Changing Creative And Media Agencies 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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TikTok’s New Audio Catalog Caters to Brands on a Budget

Adweek

As consumers become increasingly supportive of brand underdogs and TikTok small businesses boom, the platform is playing into this evolving allegiance and refreshing its historic facilitation of unexpected virality and account discovery. As an audio-first platform that rewards users who creatively adopt viral sounds, TikTok is nurturing small businesses by expediting their creative processes and.

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What is your digital marketing maturity?

Smart Insights

Use our digital marketing maturity models to assess new opportunities for upskilling and digital transformation Ever since I’ve been involved in working with businesses to improve their digital marketing, I’ve seen huge variations in digital capabilities. That's why at Smart … The post What is your digital marketing maturity? appeared first on Smart Insights.

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Maybelline enlists its first-ever digital avatar for mascara launch

Marketing Dive

The virtual ambassador, named May, will help launch the Falsies Surreal Extensions Mascara and support future metaverse activations.

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Tiffany Rolfe Promoted to IPG Chair While Sean Lyons Departs IPG for Accenture Song

Adweek

There has been a shakeup at the top of the R/GA leadership team, as the IPG agency elevated Tiffany Rolfe to chair of R/GA. The news comes as CEO Sean Lyons departs the agency for Accenture Song, where he will take on the newly created role of global capabilities lead. Robin Forbes, currently global chief.

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How Petco boosted emails and customer experience with a new CRM

Martech

National retailer Petco were hoping for the best when they implemented a customer relations management (CRM) solution to drive a new customer-first strategy. They got it. In the first two years of implementation, email opens rose 30% and click rates jumped 50%. Here’s what they did. “We implemented Salesforce Marketing Cloud and the platform alone is great, but it’s not going to do all the hard work for you,” said Andrea Mathews, Petco’s vice president of CRM, at The MarTech Conferen

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Black History Month Ads Need a Makeover

Adweek

As we celebrate Black History Month in the United States, it's important to remember our purpose and goal to continue striving for racial equality and justice. We also need to recognize that for too long, the history and experiences of Black people have been marginalized and misunderstood. How can we tell a story we don't.

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

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Stacey Ackerman: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

In the first of a new series, we dig deeper into the stories of our expert contributors. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Stacey Ackerman is an agile marketing coach who has written some 60 articles for MarTech on the topic. She recently launched the Agile Marketing Navigator , an in-depth guide to implementing agile within marketing foundations.

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Oliver Launches New Cultural Marketing Division InKroud

Adweek

The in-housing specialty agency Oliver is helping marketers connect authentically with Black and Latinx communities. It's launching a diverse, poly-cultural division called InKroud, founded by Oliver business director Tyra Jones-Hurst. The founder piloted InKroud last year in response to a growing number of inquiries from clients on how their in-house agencies could more authentically connect.

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Why CMOs must be the company’s biggest advocates for digitalization

Martech

Marketers play a glass-half-full role in business. We’re expected to see a product or service as it is and create a compelling, transformative message no matter the type of offering. It’s a strategic process for connecting a target audience to the company’s products and services. There’s no sleight of hand. In other words, the company provides the steak, and marketing offers the sizzle.

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ESG Reporting Is Increasingly Important—and Complex. Here’s What Marketers Should Know

Adweek

As industries and lawmakers grapple with the reality of climate change and the transitions that it requires, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory and reporting landscape is expanding into a complicated sprawl. To help marketers navigate those complexities, the 4A's today released a new white paper that outlines what agencies should know about ratings.

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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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Build a winning marketing attribution framework by Cynthia Ramsaran

Martech

Equipping marketing leaders with the skills, tools and data they need to prove ROI is like setting out to sea on a fishing expedition. Rather than distributing equal bait to each rod of a marketing campaign despite not knowing which will produce the most bites, marketing attribution teaches marketers to assemble the best combination of bait before casting its line into a sea of prospects.

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Adweek Podcast: Building a Brand With Jess Zafarris

Adweek

On this week's very emotional episode of Yeah, That's Probably an Ad, Adweek managing editor of creativity, creator economy and DEI Shannon Miller is joined by managing editor for marketing and agencies, Jameson Fleming, and special guest Jess Zafarris on her last day as Adweek's director of audience engagement. Over the last three years, Jess.

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What is Native Advertising?

Basis

Native advertising: the veritable chameleon of the digital marketing world. It’s come a long way since its inception over a decade ago, evolving into an important strategic component of digital campaigns that can effectively connect brands with their audiences. Marketers find it powerful enough that US native display ad spending is forecast to reach $97.46 billion this year, accounting for nearly two-thirds of total display ad spending.

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In Pursuit of Ad Revenue, CafeMedia Partners With LiveRamp’s Data Clean Room, Safe Haven

Adweek

Publisher ad management outfit CafeMedia, which manages the tech and sales for titles like MacRumors and Thought Catalog, is working with tech platform LiveRamp to offer its data clean room Safe Haven solution to the millions of readers across CafeMedia's 4,000 creators' sites. The move will ultimately lead to higher publisher ad revenues. This expands.

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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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FTC addresses ‘AI hype’ with warning about potential abuse in advertising

Marketing Dive

Words of caution come as the sector reaches feverish levels of curiosity thanks to solutions like ChatGPT, which this week inked a deal with Snap.

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Brave Commerce Podcast: Fostering Vulnerability and Defining Culture in the Workplace

Adweek

On this episode of Brave Commerce, Grant Hill--basketball Hall of Famer, co-owner of Atlanta Hawks and board member of Campbell Soup Company--shares strategies for fostering trust and vulnerability by identifying and defining your workplace culture. Hill, who spent 19 years in the NBA, has expanded his business portfolio to encompass real estate, executive leadership, sports.

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IRONSCALES Named a Representative Vendor in 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Email Security

Martech Series

By 2025, 20% of anti-phishing solutions will be delivered via API integration with the email platform, up from less than 5% today, report finds IRONSCALES , the leading enterprise cloud email security platform protecting more than 10,000 global enterprises, announced that it has been named as a Representative Vendor in the Integrated Cloud Email Security (ICES) category in the 2023 Gartner ® Market Guide for Email Security.

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LinkedIn: How to Stop Auto-Play Videos on Mobile

Adweek

By default, videos will automatically play as users come across them in the LinkedIn mobile application. However, users have the option to prevent videos from automatically playing. Our guide will show you how to stop videos from automatically playing in the LinkedIn mobile app. Note: These screenshots were captured in the LinkedIn app on iOS.

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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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AB InBev seltzer brand’s first national campaign focuses on simplicity

Marketing Dive

Nütrl Vodka Seltzer establishes itself as “The One with the Umlaut” through an effort featuring “SNL” star Chloe Fineman as a vodka seltzer sommelier.

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A Marketers’ Guide to 5G and XR in 2023

Adweek

The advent of 5G mobile technology is revolutionizing marketing and advertising. The high speeds and low latency allow marketers to create campaigns that are not just interactive, but immersive. Brands can deliver 360-degree live video streams and sensory experiences that engage customers in remarkable ways, no matter where those users are. And they can deliver.

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Factoreal Introduces Omnichannel Chatbots to Help Businesses Create Always Open Communications Channel with Their Customers

Martech Series

Leading Customer Engagement Platform Unveils Bot Builder for Businesses to Deploy on Various Marketing Channels Factoreal , the leading customer engagement platform helping marketers create robust experiences at every touchpoint, today launches its new ‘Omnichannel Chatbot’ feature to ensure businesses maintain an open channel to their customer base.

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Dana Walden Shakes Up Disney Leadership, John Landgraf and Simran Sethi Expand Roles

Adweek

In a game of executive musical chairs, Dana Walden made her first big moves as head of the company's TV networks since CEO Bob Iger's return. Earlier this month, Walden was upped to co-head of the entertainment group alongside Alan Bergman, and she's wasted no time executing her leadership vision. Firstly, the Mayor of TV.

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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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Atlassian Spotlights UserTesting’s Custom Workflow Template as Best-Practice for Accelerating Customer-Driven Product Development

Martech Series

Custom Workflow Combines Direct Customer Feedback and User Research from UserTesting with Atlassian’s Confluence, Jira Product Discovery and Jira Software UserTesting, a leader in video-based human insight, announced the availability of pre-configured templates in conjunction with Atlassian for fast customer-led product development. The template incorporates customer feedback from the UserTesting Human Insight Platform with workflows powered by Confluence, Jira Product Discovery, and Jira

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BBH USA publishes children’s book in defiance of Florida ‘Don’t say gay’ bill

More About Advertising

Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis – author of the infamous “Don’t say gay” bill – has written a book called The Courage to be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Survival, published by Harper Collins, which lays out the threat to America presented by woke culture and elites. In response, BBH USA and Alliance LGBTQ for Youth. The post BBH USA publishes children’s book in defiance of Florida ‘Don’t say gay’ bill first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Gradient MSP and Cloudradial Announce Integration That Will Streamline Business Operations for MSPs

Martech Series

Partnership will improve efficiency for CloudRadial’s MSP partners in over 20 countries Gradient MSP is pleased to announce that CloudRadial’s Client Services Automation (CSA) platform will now integrate with its Synthesize platform, a strategic partnership that will improve billing reconciliation for CloudRadial partners around the globe. “Billing reconciliation can be a time- and labor-intensive activity for MSPs, and inaccuracy can mean MSPs are delivering services they are not being paid for

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Marketers seek adaptability amid a fragmented post-cookie landscape

Digiday

Marketers are increasingly hemmed in by the rising tide of privacy laws across the globe, plus multinational corporates’ preference for a tighter grip on the technology they use forcing them to seek flexibility. The signals marketers have traditionally used to both target online audiences and track the efficacy of such activities are on the wane as epitomized by the sunsetting of third-party cookies in the Google Chrome browser and Apple’s diminution IDFAs on iOS.

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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.