October, 2023

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Ad Targeting And Measurement On Disney+ Gets An Upgrade

AdExchanger

Disney is celebrating the first birthday of ad-supported Disney+ with a new slate of targeting and measurement options for advertisers. The post Ad Targeting And Measurement On Disney+ Gets An Upgrade appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Setting goals for your digital marketing

Smart Insights

Set the right goals for digital marketing using the 5Ss Do your set of goals for online marketing cover all the bases? A good set of digital marketing goals covers a range of different measures to help set, review, and … The post Setting goals for your digital marketing appeared first on Smart Insights.

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Meta Is Rolling Out Its First Gen AI Tools For Ad Creative

AdExchanger

Generative AI for ad creative is coming to Meta’s Ads Manager. On Wednesday, Meta announced it’s starting the process of rolling out three of the AI-powered tools that it’s been incubating within its AI Sandbox so advertisers can implement them for ad campaigns. The tools will gradually be made available to more and more advertisers […] The post Meta Is Rolling Out Its First Gen AI Tools For Ad Creative appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Why Swifties Should Be More Than Just A Target Audience to Brands

Adweek

Before "Traylor," the Eras Tour showcased the economic powerhouse that is Taylor Swift. There seemed to be no recession in sight as millions went to Ticketmaster to grab their seat to see the one and only Taylor Swift. There were meltdowns, TikTok live videos of the tour and more. Now there is an upcoming concert.

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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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Meta launches genAI features for ads

Martech

This week, Meta announced it is beginning the rollout of generative AI capabilities in Ads Manager. These should be globally available by next year. These capabilities are: Background generation. The creation of multiple ad backgrounds allowing advertisers to choose relevant creative for their targeted audiences. Image expansion. Automates the adjustment of image assets to aspect ratios suitable for specific channels like Feed or Reels.

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No thank you

Seth Godin

Failing to acknowledge a favor or a courtesy is a triple mistake, and it’s becoming more common. ChatGPT is now promoting the idea that it can write a thank you note for you, and a text is a lot easier than a handwritten note, and yet, the level of ‘thank you’ seems to be falling. It’s not that people don’t have the time to offer an honest ‘thank you’ It’s that they don’t want to acknowledge the obligation or connection.

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Industry Adoption of Amended IAB Tech Lab Guidelines Is Vital to Drive Change

IAB Tech Lab

Building a more transparent and efficient ecosystem is an industry-wide effort, and in August of 2022, the IAB Tech Lab introduced updates to its Ad Formats Guidelines for Digital Video and CTV in hopes of driving further transparency.

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Google Answers The Industry’s Burning Questions About The Privacy Sandbox

AdExchanger

Google’s Privacy Sandbox APIs became generally available for the majority of Chrome users in early September, which means marketers need to start actually using them. But the industry still has lingering questions about Google’s long-hyped replacement for third-party cookies in Chrome and how these APIs will function in practice. Alex Cone, product manager for the […] The post Google Answers The Industry’s Burning Questions About The Privacy Sandbox appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Amazon Brings Streaming Advertising Capabilities to More Brands

Adweek

Amazon wants viewers to have a steady stream of brands on streaming. At its unBoxed event today, Amazon Ads announced Sponsored TV, a new self-service advertising product that allows all brands that sell on Amazon in the U.S. to reach audiences on streaming TV, including on Amazon Freevee, Twitch and third-party services through Fire TV.

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Best of the Bot: Identifying the latest trends in digital marketing

Martech

Best of the Bot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech layered 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 search marketers. I am trained with MarTech content.

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

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The Pizza Principle

Seth Godin

Good pizza is rare, even though the method to create it is well known. Any efforts to make it more convenient, cheaper or easier will almost always make it worse. If you think this post is about pizza, I’m afraid that we’re already stuck.

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‘What a bozo move’: Publishers react to X update removing headlines from posts

Digiday

Another day, another platform change at X. As of last week, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter no longer automatically features headlines in posts containing links. This change has led publishers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, to notify their newsrooms with guidelines for posting to the platform. The Washington Post’s deputy director of social and off-platform curation Travis Lyles sent out a memo to the newsroom on Friday, which was shared with Digiday,

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BuzzFeed Inc. Is Considering Selling Complex Media to Ecommerce Platform Ntwrk

Adweek

The entertainment and culture publisher BuzzFeed Inc. is in advanced discussions to sell Complex Media, which it acquired in January 2021 for $300 million, to the livestream ecommerce platform Ntwrk, according to three people familiar with the transaction.

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News Publishers Welcome Tobacco Ads—Just Not for Cigarettes

Adweek

In 1999, more than a dozen news publishers including The New York Times publicly pledged to ban cigarette advertisements. The move was part of a broader effort to curb the influence of an industry whose products were then--and remain now--the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the CDC. But since.

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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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NBCUniversal’s Paris 2024 Ad Sales ‘Double’ the Pace of the Olympics in Tokyo

Adweek

With 10 months to go until the opening ceremony in Paris, NBCUniversal is seeing record-setting ad sale revenue. The company is "further ahead than we've ever been, from a pure sales perspective," Dan Lovinger, president of Olympic and Paralympic partnerships, told Adweek, saying the best comparison would be the company's performance with the original 2020.

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Bridgerton Breakout Star Shills for Booze-Free Spirits Brand

Adweek

As the dreamy duke from Bridgerton, Reg?-Jean Page worked his smoldering magic to win over his on-screen love interest, along with a massive Netflix audience. In a commercial for Seedlip, the heartthrob exercises his literal sleight of hand to promote the booze-free spirits brand and drop a new tagline, "Choose Different." The spot debuts during.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer Launches Brand Campaign Celebrating Its ‘Philly Bias’

Adweek

The Philadelphia Inquirer unveiled a multiplatform, multi-month brand marketing campaign today, part of a broader effort from the 194-year-old publisher to reintroduce itself to readers following a brand refresh spearheaded by chief executive and publisher Lisa Hughes. The campaign, created by Philadelphia media agency Red Tettemer O'Connell, centers around the sense of pride Philadelphians have.

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The Information Hires Former Morning Brew Exec in Latest Consumer Revenue Leadership Shuffle

Adweek

The technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew, as its COO, where he will be tasked with growing its consumer revenue and branded partnerships businesses. As part of the shuffle, the publisher has also parted ways with its first-ever chief commercial officer, Karl Wells, who.

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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 Turns Vegans Into Carnivores in New Steak-umm Campaign

Adweek

Take a peek into a focus group of vegans, where a handful of participants talk about what it means to them to follow an animal-free diet. One man says it "shows I'm a moral person," while another proudly points to his "V" for vegan tattoo and a woman adds: "I would never consider eating meat.

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The Always Sunny Gang Gets Into the Whiskey Business With Spots Reminiscent of 1970s Beer Ads

Adweek

Three-fifths of the gang on Always Sunny in Philadelphia is getting into the liquor business. But lest you think this is yet another celebrity spirits brand, Four Walls Irish American Whiskey is less about the celebrity and more about the places and the people you enjoy the beverage with. Four Walls, the Irish-American whiskey brand.

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Yet Another Programmatic Problem, Bid Duplication, Gets Fresh Attention

Adweek

The programmatic advertising industry has lately publicly rallied around cleaning up the ecosystem, championing quality over quantity: fewer spammy websites, fewer supply-side platforms and fewer resellers. Nonetheless, bid duplication--where buyers and their ad-tech partners must sift through multiple bid requests for the same publisher ad slot--persists.

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BuzzFeed Inc. Quietly Shutters Catalyst, Complex Media’s Audience Network

Adweek

Entertainment publisher BuzzFeed Inc. quietly shuttered Catalyst, the audience network originally launched by Complex Media in March 2020, over the summer, according to three people familiar with the program. The publisher did not respond to a request for comment. The closure reflects a broader effort from BuzzFeed Inc., which acquired Complex Media in December 2021.

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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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3 Major Ways Generative AI Is Redefining Search

Adweek

The generative AI race is well underway, and we're already seeing applications in advertising and marketing for creative ideation and development. This includes one of the key pillars of digital advertising--search. As consumers, we have grown accustomed to being overwhelmed with ads and information in search engines, while being underwhelmed by experiences and results from.

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The Messenger Pens AI Partnership to Verify Its Reporting Quality

Adweek

The general interest news publisher The Messenger, which launched in May with an ambitious vision for its reach and revenue, has penned a multiyear, multimillion-dollar partnership with the artificial intelligence company Seekr, according to president Richard Beckman. Among other elements of the deal, The Messenger will gain access to a proprietary tool built by Seekr.

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Arnold Intelligence: Schwarzenegger Spoofs AI to Promote His New Book

Adweek

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been many things: bodybuilder, movie star, governor of California-and now a self-help guru. This month, Schwarzenegger released a self-help book titled, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. Since he's no ordinary star, publisher Penguin Press knew it couldn't promote the book in the usual way.

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Chips Ahoy Highlights Multicultural Artists Using Augmented Reality

Adweek

Cookie maker Chips Ahoy is celebrating multicultural artists with its "Happy By Design" campaign, which allows people to access an augmented reality art gallery from anywhere in the world. For this campaign, Chips Ahoy worked with the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The AR experience allows people.

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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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Chronic Cellars Brings Skeleton Mascot to Life as AI Sommelier

Adweek

To teach people about its beverages, winemaker Chronic Cellars worked with design firm Rock Paper Reality on an augmented reality experience featuring Chronic's skeleton character, Purple Paradise, who has been turned into an AI sommelier. Rock Paper Reality worked with Niantic's 8th Wall AR platform and AI character engine Inworld to create the experience.

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What Sets Latinx Influencers Apart From the Rest of The Creator Economy

Adweek

The Latinx population is one of the fastest-growing U.S. demographics, making up nearly 19% of the U.S. population. It is the youngest major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. By 2025, the Latinx community will account for 12% of all U.S. buying power. They are also digitally connected. A Nielsen study found that 60%.

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AI Watch: Weekly Updates for the Latest in Generative AI News

Adweek

Another week of a flurry of generative AI developments. Adweek's weekly AI roundup captures the latest news, regulatory proceedings, and business developments revolving around generative AI. This week's update: On the policy side IBM CEO Arvind Krishna called for Washington to hold AI companies accountable for the harms stemming from their technology, signaling a shift.

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Walmart Uses Augmented Reality to Let Shoppers Try On Makeup in Its App

Adweek

Walmart partnered with beauty and fashion technology company Perfect Corp. to allow shoppers to try on makeup and beauty products in augmented reality before making a purchase.

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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.