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Why integrations will be critical to AI in 2024

Martech

Almost every business today has access to similar AI tools, but outcomes are going to differ significantly based on how they apply the technology. Results depend not just on the AI you’re using, but how you integrate it into your existing tech stack, processes, and strategy. AI is incredibly good at gathering and analyzing huge volumes of customer data.

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Volkswagen Celebrates 75 Years in America in a Super Bowl Campaign From Johannes Leonardo

Adweek

Ever since the Beetle rolled into the U.S., confounding and exciting the American auto driving public, on Jan. 17, 1949, people have come to love Volkswagen. To celebrate 75 years in America, Volkswagen is telling visual tales about the history of the brand and its ardent fans. The campaign, "An American Love Story," by independent.

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What Do We Say to Emily? The Human Cost Of Advertising Data Abuse

AdExchanger

Last week, the Connecticut Attorney General published a privacy enforcement update that made my stomach turn. A consumer had sent a complaint to the AG’s office because they received an advertisement in the mail for cremation services after recently completing chemotherapy. Apparently, the individual had been part of a list sold to the cremation company by […] The post What Do We Say to Emily?

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Jump in the lake

Seth Godin

The waters of Buck Lake are cool and clear and restorative. All summer, it’s tempting to go for a swim. But it’s also a hassle. You need to change your clothes, find someone to guard, bring a towel and most of all, gasp at the transition when the cold water hits. And yet… no one ever regretted going for a swim in Buck Lake. After a swim, everything is better.

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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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Why it’s time to rethink your feedback emails and how to do it right

Martech

Which of the three statements below comes closest to your view when it comes to email surveys and review requests: A. Love ‘em! They’re useful, and we use the return data in our email program, customer profiles and product development B. Hate ‘em! We don’t get much helpful info from them and readers generally ignore them. C. Meh … They don’t do much for our email program, but we send them anyway to stay in the inbox and every once in a while, we get interesting comments.

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‘They Put it Where?’ Cardi B Is Baffled as Men Misuse NYX’s Duck Plump Lip Gloss in Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

Cardi B is shocked--shocked!--that men have co-opted a NYX product and used it in a way that was never intended. Is she, though? After all, the rap star might have anticipated some shenanigans from the dudes of the world, given the suggestively over-the-top ad in which she stars for a lip gloss named Duck Plump.

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The pitfall of Big Game thinking

Seth Godin

In the US, today is a major holiday. The Superb Owl, with nachos, commercials and beer. People who don’t even watch football watch this game, and it’s one of the largest audiences each year on TV. For a certain kind of mass marketer, a Super Bowl ad has been the gold standard for 40 years, ever since Lee Clow and Jay Chiat did the original Mac ad.

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Did martech break B2B marketing?

Martech

Part one: The promise Part two: The shift Part Three: The crossroads Part Four: Where do we go From here? Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. It was the early aughts. The Internet was booming…The cloud was clouding… Adobe and Salesforce were innovating. And martech was about to turn the world on its head.

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Inside Reese’s Frenetic Super Bowl Ad: Sight Gags and Slapstick Humor Intro a New Product

Adweek

Everybody takes bad news differently, and for seven characters in the Super Bowl 58 spot for Reese's, simultaneous overreaction is the order of the day. After a voice of god narrator suggests the unthinkable--Reese's is toying with a classic American confection--one man is so distraught that he drunks his face into a crock pot of.

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AI writes a Valentine’s Day romance for Japan’s Skyn

More About Advertising

It is, of course, Valentine’s Day on February 14 – which means lots of things to different people in different places it seems. Here it may be an M&S Dine-In for two, in Japan you maybe have to battle through a lot of tech to actually meet someone. Not just Japan, of course. Japanese condom … The post AI writes a Valentine’s Day romance for Japan’s Skyn first appeared on More About Advertising.

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

what retail media advertising is what a retail media network is how the changes in the privacy landscape benefit retail media networks how retail media network functions market overview of retail media networks

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All customers are the same

Seth Godin

[and all customers are different.] Customers are why you’re here. They pay the bills and they are the primary driver of your growth. But each adds a different amount of value to your organization and the journey you’re on. The customer who spends 100x as much as the average customer might be worth considerably more attention and care. The customer who has feedback that will help you understand how to serve similar customers might be worth listening to more closely.

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75% of consumers made purchases as a result of SMS marketing

Martech

Three-quarters of U.S. consumers say they buy things as a result of SMS messages from companies, according to a new study. What’s more, 60% say they expect brands to text them at least once a week, according to Vibes’ Mobile Consumer Insights Report. On the other hand, 71% cite too many messages as the main reason they no longer want to hear from brands.

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E*Trade Baby Becomes Trash-Talking Pickleball Phenom in Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

The E*Trade baby picked a new Super Bowl teammate in creative agency 72andSunny and a new pastime in pickleball for his latest Big Game ad. Using the fast-growing "tennis for babies, but for adults" as a metaphor for the daunting world of securities trading, E*Trade's 30-second Super Bowl 58 spot--airing during the second quarter--has its.

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Don’t Make These 4 Common Influencer Marketing Mistakes

AdExchanger

Influencer marketing spending is poised to reach $7B in 2024, nearly tripling since 2019. Brands trying to cut through an increasingly noisy, saturated digital environment are finding growth gains by using the social media content of third-party personalities to promote their products or services. But, of course, mistakes happen as brands rush into the space. […] The post Don’t Make These 4 Common Influencer Marketing Mistakes appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Jon Evans of System1: how to win the Super Bowl every day

More About Advertising

There’s a big opportunity most brands miss in the Big Game. Seize it and you’ll score big throughout 2024. As the biggest, most expensive audience left in advertising, the Super Bowl gives brands both a showcase and a classroom. What works in the $7 million+ spotlight can propel your advertising throughout the year. 115 million … The post Jon Evans of System1: how to win the Super Bowl every day first appeared on More About Advertising.

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How agile marketing teams can work with AI

Martech

I remember when the web was brand new, unknown and scary to many people. The company I worked for was extremely traditional and vowed never to have a website or allow employees to use email. Well, that was in 1996, and as you can imagine, a few years later, they could no longer fight it because the world had changed. It seems like AI is causing that next paradigm shift.

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T-Mobile Lets Zach Braff and Donald Faison Splashdance Jason Momoa in Latest Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

T-Mobile and Panay Films brought Zach Braff and Donald Faison back to the cul de sac for Super Bowl 58 and gave them a new neighbor for their musical 5G home internet recruitment efforts: Jason Momoa. Braff and Faison initially discussed their internet options over the hedge to the tune of Steven Sondheim and Leonard.

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This Year’s Super Bowl Is All About Reaching Gen Z

AdExchanger

To relate with Gen Z, advertisers have to do more than just spend millions on a 30- or 60-second Super Bowl spot. They need to keep up online and social marketing before, during and after the game – and using influencers will help, too. The post This Year’s Super Bowl Is All About Reaching Gen Z appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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WPP backs new Mattes Schrader digital agency

More About Advertising

WPP is investing in a new digital agency, OH-SO Digital, launching in March in Hamburg and Prague with Berlin and Munich planned to follow. Founded by industry veteran Mattes Schrader (left, of SinnerSchrader, now part of Accenture Song), the leadership team has digital experts from agencies including Accenture Interactive, Accenture Song, C3 and Diconium.

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Why now is the time to pay attention to micro-communities

Martech

It’s hard to imagine the web as a real, tangible thing — especially in the context of social media and digital communities where a screen separates our reality from the insular worlds of the internet. In the early days of web-based communities, we had LiveJournal and MySpace, with Facebook, Reddit and other forums following soon after. I used to imagine the internet then (and still do) as a city-like entity — apps and websites connected by wires like neighborhoods, each with their own rules and

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Jennifer Aniston, the Beckhams and Usher Lose Their Memories in Uber Eats Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

Uber Eats' Super Bowl 58 ad mashes together celebrities including Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer, David and Victoria Beckham, and halftime performer Usher, all of whom forget key parts of their identities. The brand's fourth consecutive Big Game commercial, created by agency Special Group, will air during the third quarter just after the halftime show.

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The FTC Gets Its Second Crack At Kochava; The Deprecation Vacation

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Selling Cells Kochava lost its motion to dismiss the latest suit brought by the FTC, which is targeting its location and consumer data sales business on the grounds it constitutes a privacy invasion and, thus, a consumer harm. It’s the second such lawsuit […] The post The FTC Gets Its Second Crack At Kochava; The Deprecation Vacation appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Now brings human touch to Petplan

More About Advertising

Pet insurance is big business these days (an increasingly expensive one pet owners will tell you) and Petplan, owned by insurance giant Allianz, is a big player. For many, pets seem more important than people and indie agency Now riffs on this in a big new integrated campaign. Just 30 seconds here, also featuring celebrity … The post Now brings human touch to Petplan first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Why bottom-of-the-funnel SEO is the game-changer your B2B needs

Martech

Too often, companies focus SEO efforts on driving traffic with top-of-the-funnel content and keywords. While this approach can generate traffic, it often fails to convert them into leads and sales. In B2B, the opportunity is in optimizing for bottom-of-the-funnel queries and conversions. Let’s delve into how we turned our agency’s SEO strategy upside down and generated revenue as a result.

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Inside Pluto TV’s First Super Bowl Appearance

Adweek

Pluto TV is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the world's biggest stage. The Paramount-owned ad-supported streaming service will make its debut Super Bowl appearance with a 60-second promo running in the second half of the Big Game.

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Criteo Profits Bounce Back, But There’s A Tough Year Ahead

AdExchanger

The Criteo bounce back is in full effect after the company reported strong profit growth and continues to hit benchmarks distancing it from the old days of retargeting. Criteo made a miniscule Q4 revenue jump – from $564 million in 2022 to $566 million last year – but earned $62 million in profit during the […] The post Criteo Profits Bounce Back, But There’s A Tough Year Ahead appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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What’s the right size?

Seth Godin

There are no city buses with just four seats. And none with 400 seats. We get to leverage the driver’s effort if we put in a few more seats, but add too many and the bus is too big to make a turn–and soon we’d have to add conductors and cleaners and then the bus economics no longer work. Doctors discovered that a solo practice made it hard to care for patients seven days a week, not to mention the benefits of sharing overhead with a few other professionals.

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Navigating the future of marketing with data

Martech

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen the sunsetting of Universal Analytics (UA) , the rise of generative AI , and major fluctuations in consumer spending owing to persistent inflation and eye-watering interest rates. Yet, amid these transformations, one thing has remained constant: our reliance on data. Data has fueled digital marketing for many years.

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Following a Slump in Demand, Fewer Electric Vehicle Ads Will Run During Super Bowl 58

Adweek

The first electric vehicle ad to air during the Super Bowl was in 2019, when Audi ran its "Cashew" ad teasing a "thrilling future" in which the brand turns a third of its fleet electric by 2025. By Super Bowl 2022, the number of EV ads jumped to six--roughly mirroring the growth of the category.

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Inside Ally Financial’s Big Bet On Generative AI

AdExchanger

Lots of marketers are dabbling in generative AI. A gimmick here, a one-off there. The hype is palpable. But some brands, like Ally Financial, are incorporating AI into their daily operations and workflows, including to support real marketing use cases. Last year, Ally launched a proprietary cloud-based generative AI platform, built internally using Microsoft Azure’s […] The post Inside Ally Financial’s Big Bet On Generative AI appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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.