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Brands Risk Being Caught in the Crossfire of New EU Political Ad Regulations, Industry Bodies Warn

Adweek

The impending regulations from the European Union (EU) regarding political advertising messages could have repercussions for brands who risk their marketing messages getting caught up under the loose--and overlapping--definitions, industry bodies have warned. The EU is in the process of drafting regulations around political communications. The proposals are expected to be agreed early next year.

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Comic: The Fear Of Finding Out

AdExchanger

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…. The post Comic: The Fear Of Finding Out appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How Microsoft Windows Reached 1 Million TikTok Followers in Nine Months

Adweek

Like many brands on TikTok, Microsoft Windows was seeking attention, but from the one person who wouldn't listen. The object of Window's affection was TikTok comedian Emily Zugay, known for making fun of brand logos and offering her own goofy redesigns. After Windows commented relentlessly on her videos, the creator finally gave the Windows' four-paned.

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The WIR: Netflix Ad Prices Emerge, Nielsen Goes Private, and Samsung Doubles Down on FAST

VideoWeek

In this week’s Week in Review: Rumours circulate around the cost of advertising on Netflix, Nielsen shareholders approve its sale to private equity, and Samsung revamps its streaming service. Top Stories. Netflix Ad Rumours Spell Value for Consumers, Costly for Brands. Details of Netflix’s ad-supported plans finally began to emerge this week, including rumours of subscription pricing and the potential cost for advertisers, plus key hires for its advertising business.

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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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Adnatomy: Staples Takes a Stroll Down the Nostalgia Aisle

Adweek

When it comes to advertising, a great way to get your messaging to stick is a catchy jingle. Staples took it up a notch with its 60-second spot "The Sign," set to the hit Ace of Base song by the same name, tapping into '90s nostalgia to remind customers that when it comes to making.

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What Starbucks’ bet on NFTs says about the future of loyalty

Marketing Dive

The chain's renowned rewards program adds a buzzy new value-grab, potentially laying a course for other marketers to follow.

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Four Seasons brushes off old luxury tropes as part of brand relaunch

Marketing Dive

A new campaign represents the marketer’s largest paid media effort to date and was inspired by real guest stories showcasing personalized stays.

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CarMax Pulls Up to the New York Market With High Line Activation 

Adweek

"You only come to New York once. And when you do it, you gotta do it big. Hence.this!" That is how Yujin Heo, CarMax's vp of creative, described the company's recent activation on The High Line, the elevated park along Manhattan's west side that runs through the bustling and high-end real estate-heavy neighborhoods of the.

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Forget Web3. Tide Is Excited About … Laundromat Franchising

AdExchanger

For CPG brands, valuable business lines and data access can come from unlikely sources. Land O’Lakes found a useful first-party data asset in its ancillary farm equipment and seed sales. Beam Suntory, the alcohol brand, uses brewery tourists for prospecting. Another example is the Tide’s laundromat franchise business you probably never knew about. Selling laundry.

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Champion Invented the Hoodie Nearly 100 Years Ago. Now It’s Ready to Talk About It

Adweek

Champion is calling an audible on its penchant for modesty. For the launch of its "Be Your Own" campaign, the centenarian athleticwear brand proudly proclaims "Champion invented the hoodie," the wardrobe staple that's transcended sports into music, fashion and popular culture since it was created by the brand's founding family more than 80 years ago.

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

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Social Commerce Set to Be Top Objective for Influencer Marketing Campaigns Within the Next Year, According to Marketers

Martech Series

Influencer Intelligence launches whitepaper on ‘The Role of Influencers in Social Commerce’ featuring brand-side interviews and new research. Three quarters of marketers (74%) believe the growth of social commerce will drive better practices in ROI and measurement within influencer marketing. Shoppable links identified as the most popular way to integrate social commerce into influencer strategy among majority (61%) of marketers.

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Dove #KeepTheGrey Campaign Is a Brilliant Example of How to Show Up

Adweek

A storm erupted on social media when beloved Canadian news anchor Lisa LaFlamme was allegedly ousted from her job. LaFlamme had worked for the network for more than 35 years, winning awards for reporting from conflict and disaster zones. According to reports, senior CTV News executive Michael Melling had asked who had approved the decision.

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The Advantage Plus Advantage; How Disney’s Kingdom Becomes A Fortress

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Blackest Box The name “Meta Advantage+” might confuse you into thinking Facebook has a streaming service. But the company is just following in Google’s footsteps. Google launched Performance Max, a black box within a walled garden, late last year to replace Google Smart.

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With Clash at the Castle, Drew McIntyre Brings the WWE Home

Adweek

It's been 30 years since the WWE held a pay-per-view show at a stadium in the United Kingdom. Still, the legacy of that 1992 SummerSlam has outlasted its pomp and pageantry. Three of that event's four headliners--Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the Ultimate Warrior and "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith--are now deceased. The venue itself, London's.

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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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Adswerve Announces Acquisition of Metric Partners Consulting

Martech Series

Following two strategic acquisitions of Analytics Pros and LiquidBox in the last five years, Adswerve bolsters its analytics capabilities and Adobe expertise. Adswerve, a digital media and analytics consultancy, announced its acquisition of Metric Partners Consulting, a leader in Adobe platform implementation, integration, strategy, execution and managed services.

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Smoothie King Taps Into the Coffee Space With Espresso Line

Adweek

For years, major brands like Starbucks, Dunkin and McDonald's have been at the top of the coffee game. Now, Smoothie King is aiming to find its own way into the javasphere. To perk up its menu, Smoothie King launched a new espresso line featuring cold brew smoothies. To celebrate, the brand developed a fully integrated.

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WordPress VIP Names Scaleflex as its Technology Partner

Martech Series

WordPress VIP, the leading provider of enterprise WordPress, adds Scaleflex to its prestigious Technology Partnership program. Scaleflex joins a small group of enterprise technology companies serving VIP clients and is the first European-based modern Digital Asset Management provider to propose a fully customizable media picker widget for online news and media businesses, industrial brands and large finance groups.

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Sean Moran Named Executive Chairman of Virtual Product Placement Company Ryff

Adweek

Virtual product placement company Ryff has named Sean Moran as executive chairman. Top line Moran, a former Viacom advertising chief, succeeds Louis Hernandez for the Ryff chairman position. According to the company, the new executive chairman will be tasked with providing strategic guidance and strengthening partnerships with media companies and brands.

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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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Futurist, Media & Technology Mogul Mike Johns Hops on Board With Digitalage as President of Business Development

Martech Series

Digitalage is a Web3 social media platform that is committed to providing users an unparalleled immersive experience while guaranteeing content security, digital rights management using OOVE innovative tools for creators. Hop-on, Inc. announced that Digitalage has signed Mike Johns as President of Business Development. Digitalage is poised to change the social media landscape, challenging the status quo through Cardano blockchain technology and immersive media-rich social experiences unlike any

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Cillian Murphy Helps Montblanc Sell Luxury to a New Generation

Adweek

Over the past decade Irish actor Cillian Murphy has played one of the most memorable recent TV characters, as gangster Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders. The dedication to his craft is the inspiration behind a new ad for luxury goods maker Montblanc.

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Voxfeed “Lite” Makes It Easy to Get Social Media Content From Happy Customers

Martech Series

Enhancing and simplifying the connection between brands and customers is the goal of VoxFeed Lite, VoxFeed’s new feature that goes live on September 2022. Companies are constantly looking for ways to improve their relationship with customers and enhance the value of their brand. Brands have begun to involve their customers in their marketing process.

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Instagram: How to Use Group Invite Links

Adweek

Instagram's "Invite Link" feature gives group chat administrators an easy way to invite new users to join their group chats on the photo- and video-sharing platform. When a group chat administrator turns on the "Invite Link" feature for a group chat, the Instagram application will generate a link they can share with other users to.

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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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istaging Introduces AI-Revamp, an Immersive Upgrade to Real Estate Virtual Tours

Martech Series

iStaging accelerates the visualization of real estate properties for buyers and improves lead generation for real estate professionals with 3D virtual staging. Taipei, Taiwan – iStaging, a leading virtual solutions provider driving digital transformation of business of all sizes, introduces AI-Revamp, an exciting upgrade to real estate virtual tours.

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The Great Fail: How Bikram Yoga Went From Super-Heated to Overheated

Adweek

Bikram Choudhury was the founder of the wildly popular hot yoga practice that many considered to cure ailments, detoxify bodies and change lives. At its height in 2006, there were 1,650 studios in at least 40 countries. By 2013, a series of allegations surfaced when one by one, women stepped forward with accusations that included.

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“Atomic Habits” Author James Clear to Ignite Attendees at Zapier’s Annual Conference–ZapConnect

Martech Series

The no-code workflow automation user conference takes place October 20, 2022. Zapier —the leader in no-code automation—announced its annual user conference, ZapConnect, to be held virtually on October 20, 2022. The free half-day event brings together thousands of Zapier users from marketing, IT, business, and other fields for engaging sessions on building, scaling, and growing with no-code automation.

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Medical Publisher Stat Tops 30,000 Subscribers and Nears $20 Million in Revenue

Adweek

The medical publisher Stat, a venture owned by Boston Globe Media that operates as a standalone enterprise, announced on Friday its fifth community-centric event, Stat Open Doors. It's the latest product from the media company aimed at translating its niche audience into outsized reader revenue. Since its founding in 2015, the publisher has grown its.

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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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In an Ever-Changing Advertising Ecosystem, Collaboration Is Key to Staying Afloat

Ad Monsters

It may seem that digital media and ad tech are in a constant state of change. New regulations are making it harder to collect consumer data. A possible “recession” is decreasing global ad spend budgets. And both publishers and advertisers are being critiqued for their role in improving the user experience. In a recent Think Tank roundtable discussion hosted by EX.CO at Publisher Forum Montreal , a group of revenue, product, and ad ops professionals came together and discussed what they believe t

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Dentsu International Restructures Leadership Ahead of CEO Wendy Clark’s Departure  

Adweek

Dentsu International is planning for the departure of its global chief executive Wendy Clark. Following a report by Campaign that Clark was planning to leave her post, the company released a statement to clarify that it had put together a group globally to plan continue beyond her leadership. "A cross-functional global team of our Executive.

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Joy Spreader Announces 2022 Interim Results: Its Diversified Business Strategy Continues to Solidify Fundamentals

Martech Series

Joy Spreader Group Inc., a leading marketing technology company listed in Hong Kong, announced its interim results for the fiscal year 2022 on August 31. According to the report, the Group maintained robust business growth in the first half of 2022, with a revenue of HK$1.367 billion, almost matching the revenue of HK$1.396 billion for the full year of 2021.

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Maybelline partners with Zynga for playable ad integration

Marketing Dive

The branded mini-game requires players to pair together icons to reveal a shoppable mascara paired with a customer review.

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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.