Thu.May 25, 2023

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Marketers Lukewarm on Meta’s Twitter Clone App

Adweek

Marketer response to Meta reportedly building its own decentralized Twitter clone app this summer is tepid, three industry leads told Adweek. That's mostly due to questions circling around the platform's handling of data, adoption and monetization. Meta is reportedly working on a text-based app that would compete against Twitter, which has had its fair share.

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Oracle To Shut Down AddThis – Completely This Time

AdExchanger

Oracle is subtracting social sharing widget AddThis from its marketing cloud. As of May 31, Oracle will permanently terminate all AddThis services globally, including in the US. The post Oracle To Shut Down AddThis – Completely This Time appeared first on AdExchanger.

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These Are the 2023 Winners of D&AD’s Most Coveted Pencils

Adweek

D&AD has awarded its top honor of a Black Pencil to two pieces of creative work: a music video from Pharrell, 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator; and a device that turns the heartbeats of children with heart defects into musical rhythms. The industry awards body reserves its Black Pencil for truly groundbreaking work and.

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Customer engagement: Moving from value creation to value expansion

Martech

Customer engagement is essential to the growth of any business, yet so many companies fail to do it effectively. This could be due to messy data, limited resources or lack of expertise. Many companies do well in creating value for their customers, but the real key to a consistent growth engine is found in expanding value. Learn why you should aim for the latter when it comes to engaging customers.

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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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Meow Wolf Taps Into ’90s Mall Culture to Hype Its New Exhibit

Adweek

A typical American mall scene--circa the 1990s--gets a trippy makeover where aliens mingle with shoppers and mannequins come to life, stores have sardonic names like "Earholes" and mall walkers form a cult-like community. This surreal take on a well-known shrine of conspicuous consumption comes courtesy of art collective and entertainment company Meow Wolf as a.

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Gartner: Give up on the complete view of the customer

Martech

Almost half of the most advanced CDP users have significant challenges with data integration, Gartner’s Matt Wakeman told an audience at Marketing Symposium. He described as “wishful thinking” the following sentiment: “If only we had a customer data platform, then we wouldn’t have to rely on IT to manage and integrate our data, and our customer data program would succeed!

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In massive executive shuffle, Nike names new Jordan president

Marketing Dive

Heidi O’Neill's promotion to president of consumer, product and brand will “fully integrate [Nike’s] brand marketing storytelling to build deep relationships and engagement with the brand.

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Inside Brompton Bike’s International Brand Growth Strategy

Adweek

In an era when the environment can heavily influence purchase behavior, bicycle ownership is a sustainability play. The global bike market, according to SkyQuest Technology Group, will grow over the next five years by 6.1% to $89.8 billion as more people move away from cars for various reasons. Now in 46 countries and producing 100,000.

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6 reasons why you need a marketing work management tool

Martech

The shift to remote work has created the need to bring teams together using work management platforms and project management tools. Regardless of whether the majority of your marketing team is back at the office or still working remotely, the entire organization can benefit from implementing a marketing work management platform. “There has been an increase in the output that marketing teams are required to bring to the table, and even more focus on metrics and ROI than ever before,” said Brianna

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Cold Coffee ST?K and Betty Buzz Join Wrexham AFC’s Fairytale Rise as Sponsors

Adweek

Newly promoted to the English Soccer League, Wrexham AFC has announced two new sponsors, with owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds releasing a typically self-deprecating ad to welcome ST?K Cold Brew Coffee as the official stadium sponsor and Betty Buzz as its training kit sponsor. The North Wales-based soccer club, which has just achieved promotion.

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

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Smoothie King pens paperback romance novel with aid of ChatGPT

Marketing Dive

The 250-page “A Summer Fling to the X-Treme” is laced with secret codes readers can crack for the chance to win a free smoothie via the brand’s app.

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How to Keep Your Marketing All-Stars Happy

Adweek

People build companies. Period. No matter how great your product or service is, the talent you hire and retain will always make or break your success. Your marketing talent in particular is crucial to your growth and, now more than ever, with 61% of Americans looking to leave their current jobs, chief marketing officers and.

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Comic: Nonplussed.

AdExchanger

By guest artist Lila Ash A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… The post Comic: Nonplussed. appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Categorizing Attention Tracking Partners: What Marketers Need to Know About This Ad Metric

Adweek

The ad industry is now brimming with vendors claiming they can track and measure ad viewers' attention. Hungry to strike partnerships with agencies and their clients, these vendors want to prove that running engaging ad campaigns is not just an art, but a science. The trouble is, attention-tracking and measurement vendors are still developing their.

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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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ArcSpan Claims Its New DMP Lets Publishers Monetize Their First-Party Data

AdExchanger

ArcSpan's new DMP, called AMS, was specifically built to organize a publisher’s first-party data into buyable contextual audiences and also highlights which audiences are likely to drive the most revenue. The post ArcSpan Claims Its New DMP Lets Publishers Monetize Their First-Party Data appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Fox Wins TV Season in 18-49 Demo, CBS Continues As No. 1 in Total Viewers

Adweek

With upfronts week over, CBS is ending the 2022-2023 television season on top, finishing as the most-watched broadcast network for the 15th consecutive year. The broadcaster announced on Thursday that it averaged 5.96 million viewers in primetime per weeknight, nearly 700,000 viewers ahead of second-place NBC. Among the highlights, NCIS was the No. 1 broadcast.

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Invisalign rejects the hassle of braces for creator-led social media push

Marketing Dive

“Stay Clear of Drama” enlists popular TikTok creators to share the perks of Invisalign compared to braces, like the ability to eat gummy candy.

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Snapchat Celebrates Beauty Brands With New AR Lenses

Adweek

Snap is celebrating the power of Snapchat's beauty community by highlighting two new AR lenses released by beauty brands Supergoop and OPI. The Supergoop Lipshade Lens promotes the launch of the sunscreen company's new Lipshade SPF 30 lip colors. The lens allows Snapchat users to virtually try on four different colors of the Lipshades in.

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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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Bacardi extends brand platform with custom Snap AR lens, sneaker NFTs

Marketing Dive

A speakeasy pop-up event in New York and music festival experiences are also part of the brand’s latest iteration of its “Do What Moves You” platform.

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Amazon Prime’s Sweet Ads Tell Stories of a Breakup and an Aspiring Chef

Adweek

Amazon Prime offers a range of services to subscribers, including expedited free delivery and the ability to stream shows and movies on Prime Video. Wieden+Kennedy London is spotlighting just how powerful that can be with a pair of minute-long commercials directed by Michael Spiccia. Set to Burt Bacharach's "Always Something There to Remind Me," the.

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The first person

Seth Godin

“I” is first person. “You” is second person. “She” “They” “It” are all third person. So far, so good. But how can ChatGPT use the word “I”? And when we talk about ChatGPT, is it “he” or “she” or “they” or “it”? Because anything that is an “it” shouldn’t be able to say “I” We probably need a form of “it” that can be used by ChatGPT when

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Let’s Talk About Brand Podcast: Branding Your Offer With Janine Coombes

Adweek

Presumably, your brand is supporting an actual business, and that business has offerings, whether it be products or services. But what are those offerings? How do you make sure that they are supporting your brand? And how do you make sure that your brand is supporting them? How do you put together an offer that.

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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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As GDPR turns 5 years old, the U.S. ad industry seeks to peddle influence

Digiday

Facebook owner Meta was fined earlier this week for yet another privacy infraction in Europe, just days ahead of GDPR entering its fifth year of enforcement. Such a high-profile player in the sector being hit with a €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) fine — this time by the Irish data protection authority for mishandling EU user data when transferring it to the U.S. — underlines the fact that every ad tech operator must make compliance with such laws their top priority.

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Consolidations and Consolations: What the Move to MAX Tells Us About Streaming’s Next Chapter

MNTN

This week marked the launch of MAX, the latest bundle offering-slash-rebrand from Warner Bros. Discovery, which combines content from Discovery Plus, HBO, CNN, the CW, and more into one app. It’s the latest in a series of consolidations from other streaming networks (looking at you, Disney+) and yet another sign of streaming’s cannibalization of the TV market.

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How to Get BRAG-ing Rights

Digital Turbine

Our BRAG Index 3 puts a lens on the relationship between brand building and user growth. BRAG stands for “Brand Relative App Growth”, and like the name implies, compares “brand power” with app performance. Brand power is measured by the amount of people that say they are aware of an app and would consider installing it. Simply put, the more known and desired an app is, the higher the brand power.

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Expert Take: Approaching Convergent TV Advertising in its Most Dramatic Season Yet

Basis

Sit down, Sopranos. Back up, The Bachelor. Get lost, Game of Thrones! The latest season of TV upfronts might be more dramatic than all three of you combined. OK, we’re exaggerating.but only slightly. The real-world story has progressed so quickly and taken so many twists and turns that it’s felt like one of those shows you kind of have to read the recaps for.

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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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Host-Read Ads, Meet Video

AdExchanger

Host-read ads are a staple of podcasting, but they have a different – and compelling – flavor when converted into video form for podcasts that also have a video component. The post Host-Read Ads, Meet Video appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Commerce Meets Web3 – What Happens Next?

Exchange Wire

It would be an understatement to say the commerce landscape changed significantly over the last few years. Thanks to a shift towards digital at the start of the decade, prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce has boomed: this year, 20.8% [.] The post Commerce Meets Web3 – What Happens Next? appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Meta Pumps More Ads Into Instagram; Black-Owned Media Says No To Programmatic

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Search Continues Instagram now has ads in its search results. Users will see sponsored posts for products The post Meta Pumps More Ads Into Instagram; Black-Owned Media Says No To Programmatic appeared first on AdExchanger.

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What Is Supply Path Transparency & Optimization?

Ad Monsters

The ad tech industry is growing on a massive scale, it is expected to grow 5.9% YoY (according to an IAB report). To keep up with such scale and the complex nature of the industry, folks should be prepared to also face the unique challenges that come with it. Transparency in the programmatic supply chain is one such challenge prevailing in the industry.

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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.