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Adweek Podcast: How Solo Stove Really Got Snoop Dogg to Go Smokeless

Adweek

Last week rapper and cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg whipped the internet up into a frenzy with a social media announcement saying he was "giving up smoke." "Please respect my privacy at this time," the 17-time Grammy nominee told his 83 million Instagram followers. But, plot twist: the post was later revealed to be part of.

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A New Industry Trade Org Is Born; Google Versus Publishers

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Addressing Addressable Say hello to yet another trade org that wants to address the current woes of TV advertising: Go Addressable. The industry initiative that TV and broadband distributors pushed is now a nonprofit organization, NextTV reports. Paramount is the first programmer to join […] The post A New Industry Trade Org Is Born; Google Versus Publishers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Las Vegas Encourages Football Fans to Celebrate Excessively During the Super Bowl

Adweek

Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson was loud and brash when he played in the NFL, someone who made a show of his post-score antics and was definitely hit with a few excessive celebration penalties. As an ex-player, he's still plenty raucous, shouting his opinions over social media whether you like them or not. Now, Johnson is being.

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The hard part first

Seth Godin

If you’re trying to reduce risk, do the hard part first. That way, if it fails, you’ll have minimized your time and effort. On the other hand, if you’re looking for buy-in and commitment so you can get through the hard part, do it last. People are terrible at ignoring sunk costs, and the early wins and identity shifts that come from the easy successes at the beginning will give you momentum as you go.

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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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Santa’s Elves Are ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ in Holiday Travel Ad

Adweek

Elves certainly don't belong on shelves in the first Christmas ad from global travel brand TUI. In a bid to reach travelers before the New Year vacation booking frenzy, the advertiser has unveiled a high-energy spot that shows what really happens when Santa Claus flies off to deliver presents on Christmas Eve. The hero ad.

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Personalization and real-time interaction management: Best of the Chatbot

Martech

Best of the Chatbot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals.

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The data disconnect: Why understanding your data landscape matters more than ever

Martech

If you were asked, right now, on the spot, to cite every possible source creating new contacts, leads, or supplemental data points in your CRM , could you do it? If you can answer that question “Yes!” with 100% confidence, congratulations! You can stop reading here. Go grab a celebratory cup of coffee! But chances are, if you’re like most marketers, you’ve kept your focus primarily on how data flows from your marketing automation platform to your CRM.

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How Young Fans Are Changing the Sports Marketing Game

Adweek

The sports industry is going through transformational changes to meet the needs and expectations of 21st century fans. From leagues and athletes getting closer to culture through music, fashion and gaming tie-ups, to new partnerships designed to drive audience connection, it's all about engaging with fans beyond the field. However, live sports is facing a.

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How HubSpot found the right sports sponsorship partner

Martech

Brand sponsorships require some very sophisticated matchmaking. Both sides are tying their public image to that of the other organization — which they have no control over. It’s easy to think of big failures: In 2001, the Houston Astros had to rip the name Enron off their stadium when the company collapsed. Earlier this year the Miami Heat had to do the same when naming-rights owner FTX filed for bankruptcy.

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3 Lessons for Startups to Make Their Early Marketing Successful

Adweek

LISBON, Portugal -- Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founder of global payment management company Yuno, joined Adweek on Web Summit's Startup University stage to talk about how he turned Rappi, the food delivery company he founded, into a so-called unicorn startup that's captured a larger market in Mexico than Uber Eats. Ortega plans to replicate the success.

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

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HubSpot’s October 2023 releases: The manager’s guide

Martech

HubSpot’s October releases include same object associations, adding external webpages to campaigns, AI assistant and ChatSpot additions, and more. Here are the updates relevant to managers. Associate records of the same object type (beta) To correctly demonstrate how your business relationships connect with each other, HubSpot now allows you to associate records of the same type (e.g., connecting contacts to contacts or companies to companies).

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The News Movement Nets 7-Figure Revenue After First Year In the US

Adweek

The social publisher The News Movement is on pace to generate a seven-figure revenue after launching in the U.S. a year ago, according to cofounder and president Ramin Beheshti. While other media companies have increasingly sought to cultivate direct relationships with their readers, The News Movement has moved in the opposite direction, building its business.

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TikTok creators are increasingly tapping into food-centric content — and brands are following

Digiday

Since cupcake company Baked by Melissa’s early days, co-founder and CEO Melissa Ben-Ishay has been the muscle behind its social media presence, posting regularly to Instagram and Facebook. Like many others, Ben-Ishay set her sights on TikTok in 2020 during pandemic lockdown, posting cupcake decoration videos, behind-the-scenes clips from the bakery where her brand’s signature bite-sized cupcakes are produced and other product videos.

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The Milk Wars Test the Power of Marketing as a Climate Solution

Adweek

Marketers have a critical role to play in shifting demand toward greener products--so the thinking goes. But it's becoming apparent that higher-carbon status quo (cow's milk) isn't willing to give up market share to plant-based alternatives without a fight. Compounding that, legacy products like cow's milk often have deeper pockets and a more well-established lobbying.

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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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Brands are wasting $600m+ in ad spend during the holiday season

Marketing Tech News

Brands are wasting hundreds of millions in digital ad spend during the holiday season, according to a new analysis by CreativeX, a technology company powering creative decision-making for the world’s largest brands. The analysis, which assessed over 3.9 million ads from 2021-2022, from 400+ brands across 10 different industries including retail, food and beverage, and.

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Gen Z Is Talking and It’s Time for Brands to Listen Up

Adweek

Have you ever had someone complain about you to others, but never actually talk to you about it? It's frustrating! Similarly, Gen Z feels annoyed when marketers try to appeal to them without actually speaking with them. That's where JUV Consulting comes in. JUV was founded in 2016 by three close friends, and has since.

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Google’s 2024 cookie deprecation deadline is still on, says vp of global advertising Dan Taylor

Digiday

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify Between the Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google and the impending self-imposed deadline for removing third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, there is a lot on the technology megacorp’s plate. But Dan Taylor, the company’s vp of global advertising, is confident that nothing will change the timeline that Google has set for cookie depreciation: “Cookies will be phased out completely from Chrome at the end of 202

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TechMagic Podcast: OpenAI Winners and Losers

Adweek

In this week's episode, Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler talk about the changes at OpenAI, Roblox's latest virtual fashion report, what spatial computing is and how a TikTok makeup trend might be just a fad or could be the future. Over the weekend, Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI, and a lot of.

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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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AI Lets Advertisers Focus on Mid and Upper Funnel Creative Work

VideoWeek

AI has a range of use cases on the creative side of advertising says Amy China Wire, Vice President at Teads Studios UK. AI tools can help advertisers better understand what makes creative effective, driving optimisation. And it can also be used to take the friction out of making lower-funnel creative, allowing advertisers to focus more on mid and upper-funnel work.

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Marketing Briefing: Why agency execs believe there will be more faux OOH in 2024

Digiday

Faux out-of-home advertising made headlines this year as major marketers like L’Oreal-owned Maybelline as well as fashion brand Jacquemus, among others, worked with artists to create surreal out-of-home marketing that would stand out in real life and virally on social media. It’s likely just the beginning, according to agency execs, who say that while it’s taken longer than expected to mix elements of out-of-home with digital art, the attention this year has marketers much more attuned to these

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Lost In Colloquialism …

Rob Campbell

We’ve all seen those signs where countries that don’t speak English, try to translate things into English with tragic – and sometimes hilarious – consequences. Then there’s those signs in English speaking nations, where they’ve chosen words and/or symbols that massively undermine what they’re trying to say or represent.

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Mythbuster: How the inconsistent definition of click-through rates affects publishers and their advertisers

Digiday

Email click-through rates would seem to be a simple metric for email service providers to calculate to help publishers and advertisers determine newsletter performance: Of the number of emails sent, what percentage of recipients clicked a link in the email. But no. Instead, some email newsletter platforms report click-through rates (CTR) as click-to-open rates (CTOR), which are measured against the number of emails opened.

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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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What Is the IAB’s Podcasting Buyer-Seller Checklist?

Ad Monsters

Effective communication is crucial in the world of podcast advertising. The IAB released the buyer-seller checklist to help publishers and advertisers manage change. It’s a great way to make sure both parties understand each side’s needs and capabilities. When the Interactive Advertising Bureau released new insights from this year’s Podcast Ad Revenue Report , there were many important takeaways, but one data point stood head and shoulders above the rest.

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Why a sports-first marketing strategy will provide brands with long-term loyalty

Digiday

Manny Puentes, general manager, advertising, Genius Sports With more than 100 million annual viewers, the Super Bowl has long been the marquee advertising event of the year. The upcoming 2024 event has outpaced expectations, with Paramount reporting that its inventory has already sold out. This sold-out inventory is the latest evidence of how essential a sports audience advertising strategy has become for brands.

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The Third Party Cookie Deprecation is Upon Us: What Comes Next?

Playwire

Key Points End of an Era : Third-party cookies, once a cornerstone of digital advertising, are being phased out, marking a significant shift in the industry akin to the transition from hard currency to digital transactions. Test Phase : Google’s plan to begin deprecating cookies for 1% of Chrome users in Q1 2024 serves as a crucial test phase, offering insights into the impact and adaptations needed for a cookie-less digital landscape.

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Alienware wants to make endemic esports brand partnerships cool again

Digiday

Esports organizations have spent years trying to evolve away from endemic brand partners in favor of blue-chip, non-endemic sponsors. But as sponsorships in the space grow fewer and farther between, endemics are becoming more attractive partners for esports teams large and small — and brands are taking advantage. As they jockeyed for brand partnerships during the rise of competitive gaming, many esports organizations looked down their noses at partnerships with gaming-endemic brands, instead set

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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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How CTV Helps Agencies Solve Their Biggest Challenges

MNTN

A majority of brands are looking to move (or actively moving) at least some of their digital marketing efforts in-house. Because of this drastic shift, agencies around the globe are looking for ways to stand out and drive higher value for their clients. With the performance capabilities of Connected TV , agencies can drive clear results and fight back against these changes.

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What a universal metadata vocabulary means for the future of video advertising

Digiday

Jarred Wilichinsky , senior vice president, ad operations, Paramount The days of running a videotape down the hall to air an ad for Reebok Pumps or Crystal Pepsi are long gone. The analog simplicity of one linear platform has evolved into the digital complexity of multiple video environments. And in a fragmented media universe, it’s the media company team’s job to provide the best ad experience — for audiences and brands.

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The best Black Friday ads of 2023

illumin

Black Friday is the biggest retail event of the year. The revenue brought in by this post-Thanksgiving shopping spree is critical for both the advertising industry and the retail sector. During the 1980s, Black Friday really began to take off and since then it has continued to experience year-over-year growth. With the rise of e-commerce, sales continued to evolve and Cyber Monday was born, becoming almost equally as significant a sales day for some retailers.

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VideoWeek100 Returns on Wednesday: What to Expect

VideoWeek

VideoWeek is excited that VideoWeek100, one of our networking highlights of the year, is returning this week on November 29th, at Tattu, London. VideoWeek100 is attended by industry leaders from major brands, agencies, publishers, broadcasters, platforms and technology companies, who will be coming together to network and connect over fine food and cocktails, whilst getting some end-of-year business done.

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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.