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Cash, Credit or Crypto? Why Digital Currency Is an Inevitable Payment Option

Adweek

On May 22, 2010, a date now known as Bitcoin Pizza Day, a Florida man made the first-ever bitcoin-based purchase for--you guessed it--pizza. He reportedly exchanged 10,000 bitcoins for two large Papa John's pizzas. Had he instead held on to his stash, it would have been worth roughly $650 million in October 2021 when a.

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Tech Tussle: Perplexity Jabs at Google with Remake of a Classic Super Bowl Ad

Adweek

The generative artificial intelligence company has reimagined "Parisian Love," which Google aired during the 2010 Big Game. As a follow-up to its first paid marketing campaign early this summer, tech startup Perplexity is taking a swipe at an industry behemoth with a near shot-for-shot remake of a classic Google Super Bowl ad.

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What We Lose When Influencers Only Post Paid Content

Adweek

In 2010, I co-founded the first. I've been a believer in real people sharing their points of view and building platforms long before Instagram existed--I touted the power of message forums, bloggers and YouTube haul videos (remember those?) back in the early days of social media.

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American Express Builds B2B Playbook Around Small Business

Adweek

The last quarter has received special attention from Amex since 2010, when it launched Small Business Saturday as a counter to big-box Black Friday shopping. American Express is ending its B2B year as it began: making big moves for small businesses. For this year's 14th installment, it introduced the Door to Shop Small augmented reality.

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George Popstefanov, CEO of PMG, Strives to Empower His Team

Adweek

North Macedonia native George Popstefanov financed the launch of PMG when he was just 28 in 2010. From there, the Dallas-based digital agency has grown to over 900 employees handling media, creativity, and technology, and delivered 20% growth over the past year. As he's built the agency, the shop has racked up multiple "best place.

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Small and Midsize Agencies Find Landing New Business Increasingly Difficult

Adweek

Since 2010, the firm has surveyed agencies to diagnose new business trends. New business is drying up for agencies ill-equipped to find clients in a squeezed market. This is according to RSW/US, the 18-year-old business development firm that works with ad agencies, marketing services firms and PR firms.

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Agency Report 2010: Sharpest revenue decline in 66 years FUEL LINES Fueling Ad Agency New Business Through Social Media. 85 social media infographics for ad agency new business FUEL LINES Fueling Ad Agency New Business Through Social Media.

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