November, 2019

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Creative Leadership and what it could mean to your organization.

Gods of Advertising

Over the years, creative leadership has meant different things to different people in different kinds of agencies. The following is meant to clarify what it could (and probably should) mean to an agency right now and moving forward… The primary purpose of creative leadership is to enhance the creative reputation of the agency, to be a creative advocate for the agency (and its clients), and to help the agency win new business and to grow organically.

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Lorie-Jo Trainer Buckingham of MOFILM picks her Desert Island Ads

More About Advertising

Lorie-Jo Trainer Buckingham is ECD of MOFILM, a 10,000 strong community of professional filmmakers and creators from different geographies, backgrounds and cultures. MOFILM is owned by David Jones’ Brand Tech group You & Mr Jones. Desert Island Ads As an artist and ECD working in film I’ve selected campaigns that connect with me emotionally, are.

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Women Often Feel Unsafe Because Way Too Many Men and Boys Are Sexual Predators

AdPulp

One in three women experiences physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Thus, women are continuously on guard. This is an emotional, physical and economical drain on half of the global population, and a wake-up call for the other half. In order to create a society that is intolerant of violence against women, men and […].

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People hate ads.

Advertising to Baby Boomers

* The following post is about advertising to baby boomers. A shocking research report featured in a The New York Times article: The Advertising Industry Has a Problem: People Hate Ads By Tiffany Hsu … The advertising industry faces an “existential need for change,” according to a blunt report published on Monday by the research firm Forrester. Now the agencies must “disassemble what remains of their outmoded model” or risk “falling further into irrelevance,” the report concludes.

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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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Most Viewed Video Ads: Product Demos Never Looked So Good

illumin

We love this week's chart because it features 4 brand new videos!! Most importantly, there are robots. and has anyone not seen that Boston Dynamics video yet because if you haven't, prepare to be blown away! Our other favorite is the Luis Vuitton content series launch, since they obviously got the point with a 60-second video spot that is dominating this week's chart and we bet it'll be there for at least a few more weeks.

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Who Uses Apps to Meet Their Fitness-Related New Year's Resolutions?

InMobi

To meet their main New Year’s resolutions (and to stay on top of their health and fitness goals overall), many people turn to apps. There are hundreds of apps now available to help you keep track of your runs, access workouts virtually, monitor calories and overall stay on top of every element of your health routines. In fact, in January 2019, some of the top health and fitness apps included MyFitnessPal, among others.

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TimeTo lays down the Christmas party rules

More About Advertising

TimeTo and agency Lucky Generals are going in to bat for better behaviour in adland again, this time with a campaign telling people what’s on and what’s not at the Christmas party. Actually it’s what’s not. We’ve attended a few agency Christmas parties in our time but invitations are few and far between these days.

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What’s Your “Truth Well Told”?

AdPulp

Quick. In a sentence tell me what your agency is all about. Come on, we don’t have all day. Ad People Can’t Seem To Sum Themselves Up Darren Woolley is the founder and global chief executive of TrintityP3, an independent global marketing management consulting company. Q. A what? A. He’s a consultant. Over the past […].

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Programmatic audio advertising: customer engagement on air + TAVR Media Case Study

Admixer

Programmatic is rapidly evolving into new formats and spreads into new channels. And most recently — to screenless media with programmatic audio advertising. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) review, the audio advertisement hit $2.25 billion last year against a $1.8 billion in 2017. The audience of digital radio listeners in the U.S. has […].

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Holiday Survival Tips for Digital Marketers by Digital Marketers

illumin

The holiday season is upon us and we know you’re all gearing up for some peaceful and relaxing time at home. Unfortunately, as digital marketers, those campaigns just don’t run themselves! The holidays can be extremely stressful for media buyers, campaign managers and anyone involved in the digital marketing task. We are all concerned about […].

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

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Announcing InMobi Exchange Customer Advisory Board

InMobi

We are excited to announce the formation of a Customer Advisory Board for InMobi Exchange! Our flagship Customer Advisory Board features an array of forward-thinking, programmatic-first companies who will help chart the course of InMobi’s innovation as we continue our mission of providing a fully transparent, safe and data-driven programmatic marketplace.

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4 Tried and Tested YouTube Marketing Tips for Your Ecommerce Business

Smarty Ads

Whether you believe it or not, YouTube marketing can take your business to nauseous heights. With how popular the platform has become, YouTube now has over a billion viewers. That contains sizeable market potential waiting for you to dive in and reach out to. Marketers have leveraged YouTube to.

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Super Bowl 2020 sells out at $5.2m a pop

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People have been reading the last rites over TV for years now but the message evidently hasn’t got through to Super Bowl advertisers. It’s Fox’s turn to broadcast the highlight of the NFL season in 2020 and all 77 in-game spots are sold, with a top price of $5.

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You’re Not “Woke” Until You Start To Pay Women Fairly

AdPulp

Can we, the people, shop our way to social change? Definitely not. Can we favor manufacturers and retailers that explicitly appeal to our values? Naturally. This December 4th, ChooseWOMEN, an international platform piloted by Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization, is asking for a focus on the female. “Choose Women Wednesday” invites everyone to shop at women-owned […].

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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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Why should brands invest in video advertising?

Ad Beat

In today’s technology-first world, where information is readily accessible and attention spans continue to dwindle, brands everywhere are finding new, innovative ways to communicate with their customers. . You don’t have to dig deep to figure out why video has emerged as the dominant force in the digital marketing universe. For example, including an explanatory video on your website’s landing pages can increase conversion rates by more than 80 percent , and just by mentioning the wo

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CTV, ATV, PTV, Who TV?

illumin

The digital advertising industry is notorious for using an exorbitant quantity of acronyms. In the case of the industries next sweetheart, Connected TV (CTV), acronym-mania has truly gotten out of hand. Connected TV is taking the digital industry by storm, and for very good reasons. ¾’s of US Households Have At Least 1 CTV Device […]. The post CTV, ATV, PTV, Who TV?

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Understanding the Modern American Beer Drinker

InMobi

Americans drink a lot of beer - whether out with friends, watching sports or doing just about anything else. In 2018, brewers in the U.S. cranked out over 8 billion gallons of beer. There are now close to 7,500 breweries across the country, and the beer industry is now worth more than $114 billion. But, staying competitive in this market is not a foregone conclusion, especially for major U.S. beer brands.

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How Can You Preserve SEO Rankings after Website Redesign: 10 Steps to Follow

Smarty Ads

If you are interested in redesigning your website, search engine optimization is one of the topmost concerns that you need to think about. Preserving the organic rankings, conserving link popularity, and recycling old content are crucial. According to www.forbes.com, the ranking factors of Google keep changing. When you.

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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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Now MSQ Partners recruits top Dentsu exec Kate Howe

More About Advertising

MSQ Partners has hired another adland heavy hitter, Kate Howe, formerly executive director Creative & content, CX and Commerce, at Dentsu Aegis Network. She joins MSQ hard on the heels of Simom Davis, who’s setting up a new media operation Walk-In Media, chairman Charles Courtier (formerly of MEC) and creative Lucas Peon from JWT. Howe.

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Big Mike Bloomberg Is Going To Spend Whatever It Takes To Defeat Don

AdPulp

There are many maddening areas of public life, including “Pay to Play,” which rules American politics. To win a seat in the U.S. Congress, it takes about $3M every two years. We could opt to change the rules, but we’re nowhere near bringing this legislative change to the fore. In politics, as in so many […].

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Operation Full Disclosure, Continued: FTC Releases Disclosure Guides for Influencers

All About Advertising Law

Influencers, if you ever wished you had a handy brochure on how to make proper disclosures in your sponsored posts, you are in luck. On Tuesday, the FTC issued a new guide titled “ Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers ,” along with three videos , that lays out the agency’s guidelines for when and how influencers should disclose their connection to a brand.

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Why Is Instagram Hiding Likes (& What This Means for Social Media Marketers)

Single Grain

Instagram is now hiding likes. On November 14, 2019, Instagram announced the expansion of their world-wide test in which “you'll no longer see the total number of likes and views on photos and videos posted to Feed unless they’re your own.”: Not everyone understands why, and plenty of people aren’t happy about it. Just a little while ago, studies indicated that a little over 75% of marketers will use Instagram for advertising their brand in 2020.

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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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Mobile's Role in Black Friday Holiday Shopping

InMobi

Mobile is the most prominent device in our lives, and the weekend after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping time period of the year. How do these two true but unrelated statements connect? That’s what we wanted to find out. To uncover the truth about mobile’s role in shopping habits from Thanksgiving until the following Monday, we surveyed hundreds of people in and near the 10 biggest cities in the U.S. using InMobi Pulse.

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Ads.Cert: What Is It, and What It Has to Do with Ads.txt?

Smarty Ads

As new IAB standard popped in, many ad tech players need clarification on what is ads.cert in order to stop confusing it with previous IAB standard: ads.txt. There’s a shared opinion that ads.cert is an improved version of ads.txt. Indeed, it serves the same anti-fraud purpose but in.

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Greenpeace roasts turkeys – and us – for Christmas

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Comedian and their comedy roasts are appearing more and more often in ads, sometimes to annoying effect – think Nationwide. They may be funny/diverting once but the same joke over and over again pales somewhat. But Greenpeace and agency Nice and Serious are giving the format another whirl this Christmas, the clincher in this contest.

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Your Ego Will Lift You Up, But Eventually, There’s A Wicked Fall from False Heights

AdPulp

One of the first challenges a person faces in the advertising business is the need to grow a thick skin. Like yesterday. Sadly, it’s a lesson unlearned by way too many acting professionals, inside and outside of media, marketing, and advertising. According to Suzanne Pope, professor of advertising at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, […].

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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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Operation Full Disclosure, Continued: FTC Releases Disclosure Guides for Influencers

All About Advertising Law

Influencers, if you ever wished you had a handy brochure on how to make proper disclosures in your sponsored posts, you are in luck. On Tuesday, the FTC issued a new guide titled “ Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers ,” along with three videos , that lays out the agency’s guidelines for when and how influencers should disclose their connection to a brand.

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How to Boost Conversions with Your Article’s Featured Image

Single Grain

As the web is becoming more visual and interactive, standing out and being remembered is getting even tougher. Visual content can certainly boost engagement and brand memorability, but only if you create an effective visual marketing strategy. First and foremost, you need to start paying more attention to your article's featured image because that's what shows up in many places, strongly impacting your content visibility.

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App Onboarding Checks at InMobi

InMobi

Trust and transparency concerns have dominated ad tech headlines over the past few years, with the focus primarily remaining on traffic quality. As fraud continues to evolve, the need for a definitive strategy regarding advertising environments both from a brand safety as well as a user experience perspective has emerged. The term “brand safety” here refers to considerations, practices and tools to ensure that advertising does not appear in a context that is inappropriate for a brand.

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3 Challenges of Ad Tech Platform Development

Smarty Ads

If you plan to start your own digital business, you won’t necessarily need to make big money loans. More than 58% of all registered startups manage to stay afloat with a starting capital of less than $25,000, and the third of them even get by $5,000. At the.

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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.