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January Ad Revenue Drop: What to Do About it in (Q1) 2024?

AdPushup

Navigating the ad revenue dip in January can be a puzzle for publishers, but fear not! Our blog unveils the strategic moves that turn challenges into opportunities. Dive in for a captivating exploration. After experiencing a fruitful festive season around November and December, publishers have to deal with the January revenue drop. In this month, [.

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Edelman’s Koch Connection Follows a Long History of PR-Led Climate Obstruction

Adweek

Public relations firms have been working alongside the fossil fuel industry to obstruct climate policy for decades, and Edelman's recent connection with the Koch network is the latest example. Edelman, the world's largest PR firm, was working with the Koch network as recently as 2022--the same year that Edelman committed to a more robust climate.

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Cookies Will Finally Die In 2024: Here’s Why Advertisers Should Celebrate The Upgrade.

AdExchanger

When Google first announced plans to disable third-party cookies on Chrome in January 2020, the news hit ad tech like an earthquake. But a lot has changed in the past four years. Now, as Google finally begins acting on those plans, the death of the third-party cookie is looking a lot more like opportunity than […] The post Cookies Will Finally Die In 2024: Here’s Why Advertisers Should Celebrate The Upgrade. appeared first on AdExchanger.

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3 keys for email marketing in 2024: AI, change, learn

Martech

Welcome to 2024! A new year is like a new car — it comes with that amazing smell of promise unsullied by life events. So, let’s look at what we can do to make this new-year smell linger as long as possible for our email marketing efforts. Everything in this new year should be about setting goals for the year, creating aspirations and deciding what we need to accomplish — like how we will reach that seemingly impossible sales number our boss gave us because we smashed our goal in 2023.

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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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It’s Mac Day (#40)

Seth Godin

A lot shifted when the Apple Macintosh was introduced, and it wasn’t about the RAM, the chips or the processor speed. Our world changed forty years ago today. Marketing, technology, commerce, luxury brands, communities, communication and our expectations for how we might spend our future all shifted, and fairly quickly. Guy Kawasaki brought me one to use as a beta tester.

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G/O Media Hangs ‘For Sale’ Sign Across Its Portfolio

Adweek

Digital media company G/O Media is shopping around its portfolio of editorial assets in hopes of securing buyers for individual titles, part of a broader effort to divest the properties ahead of another challenging year for the media industry, according to four people familiar with the efforts.

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3 steps to an authentic brand: Identity, intention and implementation

Martech

Imagine visiting a doctor who only treats your symptoms, ignoring the underlying cause. Absurd, right? Yet, that’s how many brands approach marketing. A true marketer asks uncomfortable questions that reveal hidden truths. They make clients (whether internal or agency clients) squirm with questions like: What’s the real reason you exist — not just what you sell?

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Personalized marketing in a competitive environment for brands and e-commerce retailers

Smart Insights

Personalized marketing, as we know from our experiences as brand-lovers and as marketers, is the make or break of any e-commerce marketing strategy in a competitive environment Personalized marketing is all about offering improved user experience (UX) by serving relevant … The post Personalized marketing in a competitive environment for brands and e-commerce retailers appeared first on Smart Insights.

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Jon Stewart Returning to Host The Daily Show Is Your Moment of Zen

Adweek

The Daily Show is bringing you a moment of Zen. Top line Jon Stewart is back as an executive producer and host of The Daily Show on Monday nights throughout the election season. He's expected to oversee the show through 2025. Between the lines Stewart begins the hosting gig on Monday, Feb. 12, the day.

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Ad Tech Companies Will Keep Their Privacy Lawyers Busy This Year

AdExchanger

You know that scene in “Being John Malkovich” where John Malkovich, playing a version of himself, enters his own mind through a portal and falls into a world where the only word anyone can say is “Malkovich”? That’s kind of what it’s felt like to be writing about online advertising for the past three years. […] The post Ad Tech Companies Will Keep Their Privacy Lawyers Busy This Year appeared first on AdExchanger.

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

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How to develop a winning B2B ideal customer profile

Martech

Generating revenue growth is the ultimate goal for any B2B founder. While many other metrics matter, revenue is what enables success. Do you know what drives revenue growth? Focusing deeply on the customers you serve. Winning your clients’ loyalty brings you much more revenue. Satisfied customers don’t just come for more, they’ll spread the word about you.

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Stumbling in the dark

Seth Godin

Learning is complicated. While we’re doing it, it’s easy to imagine that those around us are completely sure of themselves, moving forward in a well-lit space. In fact, if you visit a growing company, a useful school or anywhere that growth is happening, you’ll quickly see that everyone is stumbling forward in the shadows. That’s part of the deal.

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Exclusive: Recurrent Ventures Raised $300 Million. Where Did It Go?

Adweek

In May 2022, media company Recurrent Ventures announced that it had raised $300 million from private equity firm Blackstone to finance the expansion of its editorial portfolio. But in the nearly two years since, it has only shed properties, eliminated staff and churned through executive leadership. The equity investment aimed to supercharge Recurrent Ventures' commercial.

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Brands Are Getting Shy On DEI, But Reaching Diverse Audiences Is Still Good Business

AdExchanger

In the wake of 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests, the advertising industry appeared unified around promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for underserved communities. There have always been questions about how committed advertisers really are to DEI. Now, however, advertisers seem poised to reverse the tentative steps they’ve already taken.

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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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The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts

AdPulp

It’s Customer Contact Week and hundreds of people who are responsible for delivering better customer experiences are gathered this morning at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin. Neil Hoyne, chief strategist at Google, Wharton fellow, and author of Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts is this morning’s keynote speaker. “I get people to click […] The post The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts appeared first on Adpulp.

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A good idea, well executed

Seth Godin

Why isn’t this enough? There are plenty of good ideas, easy to learn from and copy. There are countless projects, well executed, with the steps on display. Any entrepreneur could find a local business and bring a version of it from over here to over there. And a social change maker could find a successful non profit and simply follow the playbook.

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Dolby Duets With J.Lo for Its First Global Campaign 

Adweek

For its first global campaign, which premiered during the most watched National Football League Divisional Playoff game in history, Dolby Laboratories called (in) an audible (experience) with "Jenny From the Block." In "Love More Jennifer Lopez," the multihyphenate star famously known as J.Lo dances it out with commuters stuck in traffic "vibing" to her new.

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Optable Says Chrome Privacy Sandbox Is Finally Ready For Real Campaigns

AdExchanger

Even clean rooms have to play in Google’s Privacy Sandbox. Optable, which operates a data management platform (DMP) and a clean room, announced its early access program for Chrome Privacy Sandbox activation on Thursday. Through the program, advertisers can target audiences for Privacy Sandbox auctions by matching their data graphs to those of publishers that […] The post Optable Says Chrome Privacy Sandbox Is Finally Ready For Real Campaigns 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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The One Where Peak TV Starts to Decline

MNTN

If there’s one thing the streaming revolution has given TV viewers, it’s options. Options for devices, a myriad of streaming channels, and above all else, more original content than a person could consume in their lifetime. However, as top shows bid their farewells at the Emmys, streaming channels are reevaluating their business models — and possibly bringing the golden age of television to a close.

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Coercion

Seth Godin

One way to look at power is “you get to tell people what to do.” But an alternative is that the most powerful institutions, brands and people are the ones who are in alignment with their audience. Trust and the benefit of the doubt are more powerful and resilient than command and control. It’s more difficult to earn this leadership role, and more valuable once you have it.

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Minute Media Acquires STN Video, Expanding Its Video Footprint

Adweek

Sports media company Minute Media, home to brands including The Players' Tribune and FanSided, acquired STN Video Wednesday morning, part of a bid to further expand its digital footprint. Minute Media declined to provide financial specifics. The acquisition, its sixth, was funded in part by HSBC Innovation Banking and BlackRock, according to a representative.

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With Lockr’s New Tool, Publishers Can Test Multiple Alt Identity Solutions At Once

AdExchanger

It takes a publisher around six weeks on average to test and deploy a new identity solution, not to mention the maintenance they have to do over time. It can also take multiple sprints simply to update a current integration, which isn’t necessarily going to unlock more revenue and yet has to be prioritized because […] The post With Lockr’s New Tool, Publishers Can Test Multiple Alt Identity Solutions At Once 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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Dan Roberts of The Romans picks his Desert Island Ads

More About Advertising

Dan Roberts is creative director of The Romans, part of the Mother family of agencies Okay, so the obvious approach here is to choose ads that make you look thoughtful, wise, cultured, dare I say it maybe even inspirational. But let’s be honest, if you’re stuck on a desert island and all you’ve got is … The post Dan Roberts of The Romans picks his Desert Island Ads first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Direct questions worth answering

Seth Godin

For everyone on the team… Do you care enough to do great work? Can we agree on what great work looks like? When the world changes, do we have a process to redefine great work? Do you have the tools you need to reach your goals? How could we create a system where great work is easier to do?

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Layoff Speculation Hits Paramount Following CEO Memo

Adweek

Layoffs are apparently in the works at Paramount. Top line On Thursday, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish sent an internal memo seemingly announcing cuts, saying a 2024 priority is to drive earnings by growing revenue and closely managing costs. The memo came amid news that talks have heated up for a Paramount buyer. Bloomberg reported that.

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With Privacy Top Of Mind, The Future Of Targeting Could Be In Mobile’s Hands

AdExchanger

Each time the calendar turns over, the ad industry dusts off its arguments for what could finally make this year “the year of mobile.” As someone who’s worked in mobile marketing for more than 15 years, I’ve yet to see the channel truly have its moment. But the push for more privacy-compliant ad targeting, combined […] The post With Privacy Top Of Mind, The Future Of Targeting Could Be In Mobile’s Hands 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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Pega launches new AI buddy

Martech

Pega, the CRM and BPM software company, announced the launch of GenAI Knowledge Buddy, to generate answers for employees and customers based on a synthesis of content distributed across enterprise knowledge bases. It will be available in the first half of 2024. The problem Knowledge Buddy sets out to solve is the difficulty of finding and synthesizing fragmented information scattered across different siloes in the enterprise both for staff who need it to do their jobs and for customers using sel

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Communications hygiene (and the demise of texting)

Seth Godin

Attention is scarce. Decisions are difficult. Searching takes effort. For thirty years, texting has been a powerful medium. It’s the thing that vibrates in our pocket. It promises something urgent, and a reply that’s demanded equally urgently. “I’m running ten minutes late,” is a fine text, and “okay” is a great response.

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AB InBev Shares Super Bowl Plans for 3 Brands

Adweek

Brewing giant AB InBev will run three ads in the Super Bowl this year. Michelob Ultra and Bud Light will get 60-second spots, while Budweiser will get a 30-second ad featuring its Clydesdales. Though the company no longer has exclusivity in the alcohol category, it is still the biggest alcohol advertiser in the game so.

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As The Open Web Wobbles, Index Exchange Is Betting On Curated Deals

AdExchanger

The open web can be a scary place for brands. The targeting signals they once relied on are disappearing, and they’re wasting a ton of money on made-for-advertising sites. Instead of casting their net across the entire internet, some marketers are matching their own data to publisher data sets on the open web. Then, they […] The post As The Open Web Wobbles, Index Exchange Is Betting On Curated Deals 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.