November, 2024

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How TikTok is transforming brand advertising

Martech

TikTok is no longer just the platform for viral dances and trends; it’s transforming how brands connect with consumers and driving unprecedented advertising success. As companies embrace TikTok’s unique blend of storytelling, targeted ads and interactive features, they’re discovering a powerful path to growth that seamlessly integrates brand visibility, audience engagement and increased sales.

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How Publishers Are Using AI Tools To Achieve Their Ad And Rev Ops Goals

Ad Monsters

Publishers leveraging AI to optimize workflows, engage audiences, and streamline ad operations are driving innovation across their content and revenue strategies. The AI race is sticky and has hurdles that could trip even the most seasoned publisher. Despite regulatory and ethical hurdles, many publishers still see the tech as essential for crossing the finish line.

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CTV Advertising Examples: 10 Campaign Ideas Proven to Work

MNTN

Connected TV (CTV) has quickly become one of the most powerful marketing mediums for today’s biggest brands. CTV ads are delivered on streaming devices like smartphones, smart TVs, and tablets. You can target users while they’re watching content on their favorite streaming service, such as Hulu , Amazon Prime, or Netflix. Whether you’re new to CTV advertising or you simply need to refresh your current campaign strategy, try getting some inspiration by looking at successful CTV examples.

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Key Considerations for a Future-Ready Agency Tech Stack

Basis

Inefficient processes, rising costs, and shrinking profits are some of the biggest challenges agencies face today. And in recent years, these struggles have been amplified by industry developments such as increasing signal loss and growing media fragmentation. To stay competitive, many agency leaders are turning to their advertising and marketing technology stacks to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver better results.

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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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Verizon Quietly Cuts Adfellows Program, Severing Key Path for Diverse Ad Talent

Adweek

Verizon is ending its annual adfellows program, ADWEEK has learned. Founded in 2017 by the telco's former CMO Diego Scotti, adfellows' nine-month fellowship provided career growth opportunities for diverse candidates. Adfellows will now be integrated across Verizon's early talent programs, according to Christina Schelling, svp and chief talent and diversity officer.

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How AI is shaping digital advertising

illumin

Digital advertising has always grown and changed as technology evolves. With the continued development of artificial intelligence, digital advertising is seeing major shifts. AI has been front and center in minds and headlines through 2023 and 2024, with no signs of slowing down. The rise of platforms like ChatGPT and debates surrounding legal regulations have captured the imaginations of advertisers and audiences across the globe.

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AI Transforms Ad Marketing with Unmatched Creativity and Impact

Ad Monsters

As artificial intelligence reshapes the ad-marketing landscape, it revolutionizes data-driven decision-making, enhances creative processes, and paves the way for predictive analytics. Discover how AI’s integration drives efficiency and personalization while keeping the human touch at the forefront of meaningful customer interactions. The ad-marketing ecosystem is seeing significant changes due to AI, which is no longer just a future idea.

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CTV Measurement: 8 Metrics & KPIs to Track Success

MNTN

Connected TV (CTV) has transformed TV advertising into a precision-driven, performance marketing channel, but unlocking its full potential requires understanding the right metrics. With detailed measurement capabilities, CTV empowers marketers to track success beyond traditional awareness, delivering data that fuels optimizations and drives ROI. Here, we break down eight essential CTV metrics and KPIs you need to monitor to maximize your campaign’s impact and performance.

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TikTok quietly tests product links in posts as it looks to boost its reputation for shopping

Digiday

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. TikTok is letting some creators add product links from third-party affiliate networks, including Amazon, Walmart and Target, directly to their posts through a new integration. TikTok hasn’t posted about the integration on any official channels, but creators who were invited to participate posted about it on social media.

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Customer-Centric Marketing: Speaking Your Audience's Language in a Digital World

Ad Rants

The effectiveness of marketing strategies hinges on one fundamental concept: customer-centricity. For experienced advertisers and marketers, embracing this approach isn't just beneficial; it's imperative for driving engagement and ensuring brand success. The modern consumer demands more than just a product or service; instead, they value experiences that resonate with their personal values and needs.

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

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IAB Europe’s 10th Annual Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising Report Unveils Latest Market Insights & Trends

Exchange Wire

IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital advertising ecosystem, has today (November 6th, 2024) released its highly anticipated 2024 Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising Report. Now in its 10th year, the report reveals the current state of programmatic [.] The post IAB Europe’s 10th Annual Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising Report Unveils Latest Market Insights & Trends appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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TikTok launches AI video generation tool for marketers

Martech

TikTok wants to help brands make content for the platform with its new AI tool, Symphony Creative Studio. The tool generates TikTok-style video clips based on a product description or URL. It can pull images directly from a website to build videos that align with TikTok’s popular trends. How it works: Brands input product info or assets, or import them from a URL.

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Publisher “Hedged Gardens” Drive Higher Value for Audiences and Advertisers

Ad Monsters

A confluence of events in 2024 is dramatically reshaping media buying, which has major implications for publishers. The shift away from MFA ( Made for Advertising ), the rise of AI, and the looming threat of cookie deprecation are front of mind for buyers and sellers. Buyers want higher quality offerings that are future-proofed as cookies decline. Sellers are working hard to provide differentiated products in the face of Google’s changing search and cookie strategies, retail media network growth

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Media Quality Remains Barrier to Programmatic Adoption, Finds IAB Europe

VideoWeek

The use of programmatic channels for media investment is falling among advertisers but growing for agencies, according to IAB Europe’s latest ‘Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising’ report. The tenth annual edition of the study surveyed 254 respondents across 31 European countries, suggesting fluctuations in programmatic trading, but seemingly increases in overall programmatic investment.

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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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How playable ads are converting users and increasing ROI

Digiday

Berat Oguz, CEO, Playable Factory The constant bombardment of stimuli from digital devices has caused huge challenges in capturing and retaining consumer attention. Marketers, therefore, must change their approach and adapt advertising strategies to engage with audiences more effectively. Playable ads are emerging as a powerful solution to this challenge.

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WARC: global adspend to hit $1.08trn in 2024 – 68% is digital

More About Advertising

Industry measurement body WARC says global advertising spend will surpass $1trn for first time this year (to $1.08trn), up 10.7% on 2023. Further rises of 7.6% and 7.0% are forecast for 2025 and 2026 culminating in a global ad market worth $1.24trn. Global ad investment has more than doubled over the last decade and has … The post WARC: global adspend to hit $1.08trn in 2024 – 68% is digital first appeared on More About Advertising.

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TikTok launches its search ads

illumin

TikTok is pushing the envelope on search advertising. Here’s what you need to know about the social media platform’s initiative to boost search ads. Modern social media advertising will look a lot brighter as one of the social media giants is investing more in its search ads portfolio. TikTok launched its “Search Ads” campaign on September 24, 2024.

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Why ‘risk on marketing investment’ is the new ROMI

Martech

For years, marketers have championed ROMI — return on marketing investment — as a key measure of success. But for one Fortune 100 CEO, ROMI stands for something very different: risk on marketing investment. In a candid conversation, he shared why traditional metrics fail to address the critical uncertainties of marketing spend and how a shift in mindset is essential for navigating today’s volatile landscape.

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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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How HUMAN and Opera Ads Are Building a Stronger Front Against Ad Fraud

Ad Monsters

From ad optimization to comprehensive fraud protection, HUMAN Security’s collaboration with Opera Ads highlights its mission to create a safer, more transparent digital ad ecosystem. Geoff Stupay’s career path may not have started in cybersecurity, but his journey as an online publisher laid the groundwork for a mission to protect ad placements from fraud.

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Xperi Gears Up for In-Car Video

VideoWeek

Images of cars full of screens serving video and gaming entertainment once seemed a sci-fi vision, but the reality is honing into view. Though still in their early stages, audio gaming and in-car video are gaining traction, and advertising opportunities are part of that roadmap. Xperi, the parent company of TiVo, DTS and HD Radio in the US, is providing those “connected car” technologies via the DTS Auto Stage platform, wielding its presence in over 100 million vehicles to bring ente

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Jasper adds new control and marketing knowledge tools for AI-generated content

Digiday

Jasper, one of the earlier players in generative AI marketing tech, has developed new ways to give marketers more control over AI-created content. Today, the Austin-based startup is adding several new features to give marketers more control and consistency when creating and scaling AI-generated content. One new feature, Brand IQ, uses API-based tooling to let marketers embed brand guidelines into an AI model for consistent text and visual outputs.

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Christmas ads ‘Super Bowl’ should be a bonanza for UK broadcasters – why isn’t it?

More About Advertising

“Christmas is the the UK Super Bowl of marketing,” New Commercial Arts and Ogilvy CEO James Murphy told the FT this week. Murphy should know, being a veteran of John Lewis at adam&eve, still the defining Christmas ads, and now Sainsbury’s. But it’s getting to feel like the Super Bowl in another respect: the ads, … The post Christmas ads ‘Super Bowl’ should be a bonanza for UK broadcasters – why isn’t it?

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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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Why retail media should be part of your first-party data strategy

illumin

Retail media is on the climb in 2024 and is a critical part of a well-rounded first-party data strategy. While Google spent most of 2023 and 2024 threatening to remove third-party cookies from Chrome , marketers went to work finding alternatives and first-party data jumped ahead as a promising solution. As a direct result, retail media started its meteoric rise.

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Why ‘risk on marketing investment’ is the new ROI

Martech

For years, marketers have championed ROMI — return on marketing investment — as a key measure of success. But for one Fortune 100 CEO, ROMI stands for something very different: risk on marketing investment. In a candid conversation, he shared why traditional metrics fail to address the critical uncertainties of marketing spend and how a shift in mindset is essential for navigating today’s volatile landscape.

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Unpacking Misconceptions About Curated Deals

Ad Monsters

In this insightful follow-up to her talk at AdMonsters PubForum Scottsdale, Hélène Parker, CEO of Hélène Parker Consulting, unpacks common misconceptions about curated deals. Bridging buy-side and sell-side perspectives, this guide explores setup ease, performance, and the evolving role of curation in driving advertising success. In the wise words of Albert Thompson , Managing Director, Digital Innovation at Walton Isaacson, “Anything more intentional always does better.

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Over Half European Viewers Visit Linear TV as First TV Destination

VideoWeek

More than 50 percent of Europeans still choose linear TV as their first port of call for connected TV viewing, according to the latest ‘TV Key Facts’ report from RTL AdAlliance, with 53 percent first visiting linear when turning on their TV. The 31st edition of the report emphasises the relatively high consumption of TV in Europe, where daily viewing time averaged 3 hours 13 minutes in 2023.

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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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OTT Advertising Examples: 10 Campaign Ideas Proven to Work

MNTN

QuickFrame (QF) works with clients across a wide range of industries to produce on-brand, impactful video content that supports their growth goals. When combined with MNTN Performance TV , these videos can be displayed over-the-top (OTT) on smart TVs and streaming devices, serving ads directly to advertisers’ ideal audiences. Below, check out our list of 10 OTT advertising examples to get those creative juices flowing.

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Electric Vehicle Brands Want to Move Beyond Politics—and Range Anxiety

Adweek

Electric vehicles aren't just for climate nerds. That was the underlying message of this year's Electrify Expo, a multi-city event promoting electric cars, bikes, motorcycles, and other battery-powered modes of transportation. Marketers from Ford, Nissan, Toyota, and others are working to clear up consumers' confusion around charging and simplify the switch from internal combustion engines.

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Transform On-Site Display Challenges into Commerce Media Triumphs

PubMatic

As we look toward 2025, commerce media has emerged as an undeniably dominant force in the digital advertising ecosystem. Retailers are establishing media networks, providing brands with valuable on-site display advertising opportunities, and maximizing on the unique potential to reach shoppers at the exact moment of purchase. With global spending on commerce media expected to surpass  $81.6 billion by 2025 , and global ecommerce display investment reaching nearly $10 billion in 2024, let’s take

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How marketing leaders can transform marketing from a support function to a growth driver

Martech

The decline of marketing as an influential business function is well documented. Among C-suite roles, chief marketing officers (CMOs) are the least likely to advance to the CEO spot and the most likely to be dismissed. This unsettling trend is supported by the Fall 2023 CMO Survey, where most CMOs reported limited involvement in executive-level decisions.

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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.