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Brands Are Getting Scarily Good at Spooky Marketing

Adweek

But in 2017, the winter month saw the release of Jordan Peele's Get Out, the cultural phenomenon that upended the horror genre and everything we knew about its audience. The post-holiday doldrums of February are typically when the movies that studios don't expect to do much business hit theaters. Since then, it seems like horror.

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Are attention spans really getting shorter? How should marketers respond?

Martech

In MarTechs MarTechBot explains it all feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot , which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the broader internet. And how should marketers respond? This diversity allows marketers to engage users in ways that resonate with their preferences.

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Snap Taps Meta’s Ty Ahmad-Taylor for New Role of VP, Organic Growth and Product Marketing

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in the newly created position of vice president of organic growth and product marketing. He had been vp of product marketing at Meta since 2017, leading an 800-person organizations across product/engineering and sales, which is similar to his new role at Snap. Ty Ahmad-Taylor joined Snap Inc.

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The Tech Driving Diageo’s $3 Billion Marketing Spend

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Diageo has increased its marketing spend by 51% since 2017, according to its annual report published in August. In 2022, the Guinness and Johnnie Walker owner spent $3.1 billion (2.7 billion pounds) promoting its drinks range, up from $2.1 billion (1.8 billion pounds) six years ago.

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Brands Missing Their Shot at European Soccer Digital Marketing

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and it happened while marketers weren't looking. By 2017, roughly 7% of Americans considered. Soccer is now one of the Big Four sports in the U.S., Football and basketball remain sports powerhouses here but, roughly 20 years ago, a Gallup survey had hockey and auto racing ranked higher among the nation's favorite sports to watch.

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New horizons for data-driven direct mail marketing

Martech

Ross admits he’s a proponent of direct mail marketing but tells us: “If what shows up in your mailbox is relevant and respectful, then you’re likely to engage with it. ” That’s essentially the theory behind Sendoso’s offering : a personalized gifting automation platform, primarily for B2B marketers.

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Before Performance Max, There Was Google’s App Campaigns, Muddying Transparency

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Automation is taking hold of the ad industry, and marketers are grappling with the idea of balancing transparency with effectiveness, spurred by interest in Google's year-old tool Performance Max. But that doesn't mean marketers are happy about it. Back in 2017, Google told mobile advertisers.

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