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Looking for a New CMO? Look No Further Than Your Social Media Manager

Adweek

There is a perpetual discourse around social media managers: Are they the wizards of the online realm, or are they just interns who know how to make cool videos? Love us or hate us, you can't do without us. Social media is crucial to all businesses. Worldwide, 4.48 billion people use it--that's more than half.

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3 things customers expect from marketers to prove that they’re human

Martech

Marketers are using more automation tools to improve workflow efficiency and scale campaigns. But they have to remember that they’re marketing to humans, and that customers expect a human touch. There are three main values that customers expect at every touchpoint, according to CEO and founder of B2B marketing consultancy Simple Strat, Ali Schwanke, who spoke at The MarTech Conference.

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Fintech Is Banking On Influencers For Brand Building

AdExchanger

It makes sense that brands in sexy verticals like fashion and hair care turn to social media influencers. But banking brands hire influencers, too. One recent example is Kasasa, a fintech company that launched in 2003 and partners with local credit unions and community banks to offer discounts and attract people looking to open or. Continue reading » The post Fintech Is Banking On Influencers For Brand Building appeared first on AdExchanger.

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E-commerce apps lose pandemic luster

Marketing Dive

New research shows downloads and marketing spending is declining amid shifts in consumer behaviors, data privacy changes and recession fears.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Miami: Web3’s Home Base

Adweek

In the same way that Silicon Valley became the place to be for tech, Miami has quickly become a hub for venture capitalists and Web3. From allowing citizens to pay city taxes via cryptocurrency to proposals for paychecks to be received in Bitcoin--the city is at the cutting edge of this revolution. Jesse Kirshbaum, CEO.

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Webinar: If the customer is always right, your tech should be too

Martech

According to a new survey from Forrester, 56% of your marketing peers plan to increase investment in advertising/marketing solutions over the next year. Where do they plan to invest? Join this webinar to hear experts from AWS, Forrester, Merkle and Treasure Data discuss findings from the study about the state of customer experiences and the advertising and marketing technologies that influence your ability to meet customer expectations.

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How an empowered creator economy is challenging marketers

Marketing Dive

Likes no longer equal success, authenticity sells and TikTok’s highest paid contributors just launched their own enterprise, leaving marketers on a continuous pivoting loop.

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Building Community and Connection in the Metaverse

Adweek

Verizon was a player in the metaverse before it even had a name--experimenting with customer experiences before rules or measurement were formulated, or the space was even fully realized. Why? Because it's a boundary-busting, inclusive-first space to bring people together, enable community, and allow for creativity and exploration. Verizon's chief creative officer Andrew McKechnie joined.

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Samsung bridges metaverse and real life experiences for Climate Week NYC

Martech

Samsung’s #RecycleUp fashion show livestreamed from New York in the metaverse. Image: Samsung. This week, Samsung honors Climate Week NYC with metaverse, as well as in-person, community-building activations. Environmentalists and consumer electronics fans will be engaged on Discord , in real life at Samsung’s New York flagship store, called Samsung 837, as well as at the brand’s metaverse hub, Samsung 837X, located in Decentraland.

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For TV, GRPs Are Out, And Impressions Are In

AdExchanger

As TV viewership behavior has evolved, both buyers and sellers were increasingly forced to deal with digital inventory (CTV). Impressions are the standard metric in the CTV environment, which means there’s been a surge in support and comfort around impressions as a currency, writes Brie Pinnow, co-founder of Blinc. And this trend will only continue.

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

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Tripadvisor pushes beyond banner ads with data-driven content studio

Marketing Dive

San Diego Tourism Authority is the first external client for the shop that leverages the platform’s first-party insights to reach high-intent travelers.

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The Limitless Metaverse: Not Just a Moment, but a Movement

Adweek

As the tsunami of change rears and roars with pandemics, global warming, digitization and crumbling social structures washing over us, we're looking for new tools to manage our anxiety and become more resilient. The metaverse is emerging as an alternative existence, one which will grow exponentially as real life becomes more difficult due to political.

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The secret to building a useful martech stack

Martech

We all know someone who has struck out on their own to become an independent consultant or gig worker, or to launch something more significant. Many of us have also been part of promising (and not-so-promising) startups, like those we joined during the dot com boom — or maybe we even had a startup or two of our own. In any case, I think you’ll agree that in nearly every instance, the main reasons for any of those ventures failing were: No capital.

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Why Meta Is Investing Big In Business Messaging

AdExchanger

An interview withDan LevyVP, Business MessagingMeta is struggling to get its wheels turning on Reels. A leaked internal report recently revealed that Instagram Reels get 10 times less engagement than videos on TikTok. But Meta has seen more success with business messaging, which Mark Zuckerberg highlighted as a priority during Meta’s Q2 earnings call in.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s refresh brand identity with flavor as inspiration

Marketing Dive

The changes will debut in an ad campaign and come months after parent company CKE announced plans for a $500 million brand transformation.

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Meta Sued for Tracking Users, Flouting Apple’s Privacy Rules

Adweek

Meta finds itself in the crosshairs of a class-action lawsuit for allegedly building a secret workaround to Apple's 2021 App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system, allowing it to track users' activity and collect their personal data. Top line Two Facebook account holders have accused the company of skirting Apple's privacy rules and snooping on users, according.

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Channel, partner, and ecosystem tech is one of the hottest categories in martech today

Chief Martech

Jay McBain , formerly of Forrester and now with tech analyst firm Canalys, is the world’s leading expert in partner, channel, and ecosystem technology. Where I’ve gone broad with the martech landscape , Jay has gone deep with his own ecosystem tech landscape. He recently released his 2022 Channels Ecosystem Landscape , shown in the image above but discussed in more detail in his accompanying release write-up.

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Walmart Connect Is Offering Closed-Loop Measurement on TikTok, Snapchat and Roku

AdExchanger

Walmart Connect has gotten a lot more Connect-y of late. Now the retail media platform is striking partnerships to measure social commerce on TikTok and Snap, CTV ads on Roku and live-shopping content with companies Firework and TalkShopLive. The Walmart ad business has had bursts of new partners since it settled on The Trade Desk. Continue reading » The post Walmart Connect Is Offering Closed-Loop Measurement on TikTok, Snapchat and Roku appeared first on AdExchanger.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Drizly offers another round of ad solutions for brands

Marketing Dive

With the launch of Drizly Ads, the alcohol delivery service looks to expand an ad business that counts Diageo and Molson Coors among its clients.

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Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier Exits for Roku

Adweek

Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier is pivoting to streaming. On Thursday, Collier announced he's exiting Fox Corp. in favor of Roku, taking on the role of president of Roku Media, effective in late October. The former broadcast chief will oversee advertising sales, the company's ad platform business and content for Roku's owned-and-operated channels, including The.

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Preparing people for Customer Journey Orchestration: Getting started on CJO

Martech

Customer Journey Orchestration (CJO) offers brands the ability to create omnichannel personalized experiences for consumers, which increases the likelihood of both initial conversions and long-term loyalty. Doing this well requires a combination of people, process, and platforms working in harmony. This means that in order to understand how to be successful, we should look at it in terms of those three categories: people, processes, and platforms.

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For CNET’s EVP Of Data, Protecting Privacy Is More Important Than Monetization

AdExchanger

An interview withKarthic BalaEVP of Data, Product and Technology“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. After this exclusive first look for subscribers, the story by AdExchanger’s Anthony Vargas will be published in full on AdExchanger.com tomorrow. First-party data will be indispensable in a world without third-party-cookies.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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YouTube brings revenue-sharing to Shorts as battle for creator talent intensifies

Marketing Dive

Short-form video is also becoming a pathway to YouTube’s partner program as it tries to keep creators within its ecosystem and away from rivals like TikTok.

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Patagonia Climbs Into Lead for Purpose-driven Companies to Follow

Adweek

Sports metaphors are often the stuff of narrative clich?s, but in the wake of Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard's announcement last week that the company would transfer its full ownership to a nonprofit trust, a climbing metaphor is apt. Patagonia is most definitely climbing into the lead, not just for other purpose-driven companies but also for.

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3 ways Panasonic embraces a customer-centric approach using technology

Martech

Successful marketers embraced a customer-centric approach long before the pandemic. But changes over the last two years have impacted what customers expect from experiences, and marketers need to use every technology they can in order not to leave their customers behind. “The way we engage has changed significantly over the past few years,” said Brian Rowley, VP of marketing for Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America, who spoke at The MarTech Conference last spring.

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Is CTV Ad Buying Heading To Open Exchanges?

AdExchanger

Just because the media world has gone fully digital doesn’t mean we need to impose early digital models and constraints on every opportunity, said Philip Inghelbrecht, CEO of Tatari. More CTV inventory will roll into programmatic pipes in coming years, he writes, but the notion that it'll achieve programmatic domination is faulty — CTV inventory is still very different from digital.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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ESPN launches creator network to attract Gen Z

Marketing Dive

While creators will not be compensated, they will be provided with travel, tickets, access, equipment and a series of learning courses.

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Alo Yoga’s Web3 Mission: Wellness, Inclusivity and Safe Spaces

Adweek

According to a 2021 report by ArtTactic, only 20% of NFT users and creators are women, less than 16% of all NFT artists are female and NFTs with female-presenting avatars have been valued lower than male-presenting avatars. As the Metaverse continues to blossom, brands, particularly in the fashion and beauty spaces, realize what they create.

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How to make the time to solve marketing problems

Martech

Hey, thanks for stopping by to read my latest article here on MarTech. But before I share my advice for this month, I’m going to make you do a little work. It should take you no more than five minutes, and it will help you apply my advice to your daily work. That’s always been my goal with this column. . Here’s what I want you to do: Grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil.

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What Does “Premium” Mean, Anyway?

AdExchanger

The word “premium” gets thrown around a lot. Marketers chase “premium” publishers to reach “premium” audiences. DSPs and SSPs promise “premium” inventory. And every publisher wants to sell itself as a “premium” supply. But what exactly does “premium” mean? It seems the definition varies depending on who’s using it – that “premium” is in the. Continue reading » The post What Does “Premium” Mean, Anyway?

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.