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The Royal Rumble Is On For Who Wins Contextual Advertising

AdExchanger

Contextual advertising isn’t the privacy-safe panacea everyone thinks it is. As user-level IDs diminish on the web and in apps, publishers and ad tech companies are fighting over what “contextual The post The Royal Rumble Is On For Who Wins Contextual Advertising appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Getting Back to the Basics of Human Connection

Adweek

Advertising is the only language of communication between the consumer and the brand. If you personify brands, and a consumer's experience with a product is the equivalent to a romantic courtship, then advertising is really about establishing the trust that gets you there.

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Vacation between projects

The Ad Tech Blog

When you work as a contractor, you don’t have a job: you have a project. You don’t have a boss: you have a client. That freedom comes with a price: each project has an end date. It might be true for any job; however, it is more frightening when you know it will happen. If this project ends, how soon can I get a new one? Would I get paid more or less? Am I going to enjoy working with the new team?

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Broadcast or Video? The Choice Broadcasters Have to Make

VideoWeek

Approaching a decade ago, I wrote an analyst report on ITV called “More than just linear TV” (which, funnily enough, is very similar to ITV’s current strategy tagline “More than TV”, and predates it, but I digress!).

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What Publishers Need To Know About Implementing The MSPA

AdExchanger

To help businesses operate in a complicated legislative landscape, the MSPA offers a contractual framework and consent management guidance for compliance.

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How Mountain Dew Pitch Black Got in the Ring at WWE’s Royal Rumble

Adweek

The WWE wanted to bring back brooding superstar Bray Wyatt for the first time since July 2021. PepsiCo sought to resurrect its Pitch Black flavor of Mountain Dew, which had been dormant since 2019. Tag teams have formed under far flimsier premises. Almost a year before WWE's Royal Rumble on Jan.

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10 Black Ad Tech Professionals Making Waves in Digital Media

Ad Monsters

For some, Black history is a celebration that spans 28 days— or 29 on a leap year. But for others, Black history is a daily mantra. It is a dedication to the constant upliftment of Black people through community work, activism, and personal achievement.

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Yahoo Shuttering Its SSP Is Evidence That Ad Exchanges Are Becoming Interchangeable

AdExchanger

Yahoo pulling the plug on its SSP demonstrates how difficult it’s become for supply-side platforms to prove their value in a commoditized marketplace. The post Yahoo Shuttering Its SSP Is Evidence That Ad Exchanges Are Becoming Interchangeable appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Tubi Goes for Most Viral Super Bowl Moment With Prank Ad

Adweek

Tubi took over Twitter chatter with its Super Bowl debut during halftime, but the ad-supported streaming service wasn't done.

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EU Green Lights Telecoms Advertising Joint Venture

VideoWeek

The new ad tech joint venture (JV) between Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone has received regulatory approval from the European Commission, setting the stage for the use of telco data in digital advertising.

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E-commerce conversion rates benchmarks – 2023 update

Smart Insights

E-commerce conversion rate and lead generation landing page stats for desktop and mobile devices for benchmarking averages across different industries As you will know, conversion rates are often used as a KPI to review the effectiveness of e-commerce sites.

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IAB Tech Lab’s First Data Clean Room Standard Is Open For Public Comment

AdExchanger

The question “How do you define a data clean room?” no longer has a subjective answer. The post IAB Tech Lab’s First Data Clean Room Standard Is Open For Public Comment appeared first on AdExchanger.

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A Fresh Look at B-to-B Marketing Through Social-Colored Glasses

Adweek

For decades, b-to-b brands have formed their visual identity and logos based on "professional" tones and styles. We've all seen them: blue or red text splashed on a plain white background with minimal additional color, often devoid of any personality or flair. Appropriate for a corporate audience?

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49% of US Consumers Are Likely To Engage With “Enhanced” CTV Ads

MNTN

Though we may expect some slowing growth in the future as Connected TV audiences approach saturation, according to eMarketer , CTV viewership grew to two-thirds (66.9%) of the US population last November.

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Ad Networks vs Ad Exchanges | What makes more money in 2023?

Monetize More

Do you know the difference between an ad network and an ad exchange? If not, you’re in for a treat! It might be easy to confuse Ad Networks and Ad Exchanges, but they are two entirely different things.

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As Retail Media Grows, How Will the Advertising Ecosystem Evolve?

AdExchanger

Retail media may still be a nascent industry, but it is quickly becoming integral to retailers’ advertising strategies. And, as traditional advertisers like Sainsbury’s or Tesco join the retail media The post As Retail Media Grows, How Will the Advertising Ecosystem Evolve?

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The Future of Marketing Is Earned

Adweek

In May 1998, a tank waving a Union Jack rolled through the streets of New York toward Times Square. Once there, the armored vehicle smashed through a wall of stacked cola cans. The intended message: America's soft drink giants, Coke and Pepsi, were under attack.

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2023 UK-Based Gaming Industry Trends

Playwire

Introduction What can you expect to see across the gaming market for the remainder of 2023? That’s a difficult question but one that Playwire, being a major player in the gaming space, recently took on.

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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Legacy of Louis Jones, Brand Safety Institute

Ad Monsters

For decades, a proverbial glass ceiling kept Black professionals from rising to the top of their chosen fields. Unfortunately, cultural bias in the workplace kept them out of executive roles.

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The Android Privacy Sandbox Is Now In Beta

AdExchanger

Third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome has been delayed so many times it’s become a punchline. But progress in the Android Privacy Sandbox is proceeding apace. The post The Android Privacy Sandbox Is Now In Beta appeared first on AdExchanger.

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The Rise of AI Content Generation Stirs Brand Reputation Fears

Adweek

A new wave of language-based artificial intelligence is offering brands novel ways to automate and augment creativity. But the threats that a flood of synthetic content online, in areas like marketing communications and brand safety, have marketers vexed.

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Tech-driven marketing strategies pick up as AR/VR and AI become more accessible

Digiday

Even with economic uncertainty bringing ad budgets under more scrutiny than usual, marketers are increasingly experimenting with tech, like augmented and virtual reality, and most recently, artificial intelligence.

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The Power of the Hashed Email: Mano Pillai, Chief Product Officer, LiveIntent Talks the Future of Privacy

Ad Monsters

Consumers use their email addresses for many aspects of their digital footprint, but we often need to pay more attention to how much information it stores and collects. Some industry experts have even described your email as a digital passport.

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The Trade Desk Defies Industry Trends, Touting UID2 And OpenPath Success

AdExchanger

While other ad platforms, including Google and Meta, saw spend declines, The Trade Desk beat the ad market again by growing 24% year over year in Q4. The post The Trade Desk Defies Industry Trends, Touting UID2 And OpenPath Success appeared first on AdExchanger.

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420 Comes Early: Cannabis Brands Roll Out First Paid Ads on Twitter

Adweek

A few weeks ago, Elon Musk posted a three-character message that contained only the numbers 420, with no explanation. Many people interpreted it as yet another sign of Musk's loud-and-proud canna-fandom.

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Publisher editorial teams experiment with ChatGPT, but few use AI tech in their work

Digiday

A few publishers made headlines recently over their adoption of ChatGPT — the artificial intelligence chatbot system launched by OpenAI last November — or similar AI technology to produce content for their websites, including BuzzFeed, CNET and Sports Illustrated.

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15 reflections on martech and more from 15 years of writing chiefmartec.com

Chief Martech

15 years ago, sitting at a wobbly kitchenette table in our cramped apartment, on a frigid February morning outside Boston, I started this blog for marketing technologists. Of course, at the time, almost nobody knew what a marketing technologist was. It sounded like an oxymoron.

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Walking The DEI Walk With Direct Digital Holdings CEO Mark Walker

AdExchanger

Brands that don’t invest in diverse media are missing out on revenue. Audiences in those communities reward you for noticing them,” says Mark Walker, CEO of Direct Digital Holdings. The post Walking The DEI Walk With Direct Digital Holdings CEO Mark Walker appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Meet Synth Hamster: the Unexpected Musical Star of Pringles’ Campaign

Adweek

From the outside of its cage, it is the most ordinary of household animals: a hamster. But unbeknownst to its owner, there is something remarkable about this pet.

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The cases for and against The Trade Desk buying Criteo

Digiday

Criteo is up for sale, and there’s only one company that keeps coming up as a likely acquirer: The Trade Desk. A deal would give The Trade Desk real skin in the retail media game. But an agreement of this magnitude is also tinged with risk.

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Social commerce 2023 trends and tactics: Grow your e-commerce strategy through social media

Smart Insights

Social commerce trends to create seamless e-commerce experiences directly in social channels your customers love One of the things that has always fascinated me about social media is the way it continues to adapt and evolve to changing consumer trends.

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The Banner Ad Isn’t Making A Comeback – It Never Left

AdExchanger

Mobile banner ads have made a major comeback. The sheer volume of requests spurned by programmatic mediation have catapulted banner ads back into the ad tech spotlight. The post The Banner Ad Isn’t Making A Comeback – It Never Left appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Swayed by the Popularity of Super Bowl Ads

Adweek

Your opinion doesn't matter. Mine doesn't either. Not really. Because opinions don't drive business results. In fact, opinions often mislead. They can be like a head fake, as football coaches call it.

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4 emails that customers will love — and help them love you

Martech

Is your brand easy to love? It is if your products and services are better than anyone else’s for the price. But that’s not the only way to create a lovable brand. Lovable brands embrace customers even when they aren’t in the mood or the market to buy.

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P&G’s Pritchard says AI, algorithms are improving ad effectiveness

Marketing Dive

With more sophisticated in-house teams and the marketer saving millions, Pritchard said agencies will need to “see around corners” more than ever

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Merkle’s Inflation Resilience Dashboard Makes The Universal Personal

AdExchanger

Although inflation affects everyone, the degree to which it impacts people is “very personal,” says Courtney Hilbert, senior director of analytics at Merkle.

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Mondel?z Moves Global Production Duties Out of S4 Capital Into WPP, Publicis

Adweek

Mondel?z z International has moved part of its global content production contract into WPP, two years after appointing S4 Capital to handle it alongside Publicis Groupe, which has also picked up a larger share as a result.

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