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Meet the Incoming Weber Shandwick Collective CEO, Susan Howe

Adweek

This month, The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) got a new CEO--but it seems like there won't be much of an adjustment period. Susan Howe stepped into the chief executive role at the communications agency on Dec. 2, and since joining nearly 29 years ago, she has held successive leadership roles running the gamut from regional.

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From guesswork to growth: How to build a customer-centric marketing strategy

Martech

As marketers, weve put a lot of work into fooling ourselves. We think we know what were doing. But its all a lie. Think about it our so-called expertise is built on a foundation of assumptions (sprinkled with data) as shaky as a house of cards on a diving board. We spend millions creating a marketing mix based on assumptions crafting buyer personas and guessing at customer problems.

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Amazon PPC: 12-Point Guide (2024 Update)

Ad Badger

If you recently mistook “pay-per-click” advertising for “paperclip” advertising, then you’re likely unfamiliar with Amazon PPC. However, let’s quickly dive. Read More Amazon PPC: 12-Point Guide (2024 Update) The post Amazon PPC: 12-Point Guide (2024 Update) appeared first on Ad Badger.

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For Incrementality Testing, It’s One Step At A Time

AdExchanger

Olivia Kory has experience up and down the online advertising supply chain, including at Sonos, Netflix, Quibi, TubeMogul and the Publicis agency Starcom MediaVest. Its been a long road home to Detroit, where she works remotely as head of strategy at Haus, an ad measurement and incrementality testing startup. In this weeks episode, we catch […] The post For Incrementality Testing, Its One Step At A Time appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Advertising’s Road to Success Starts with the Right Wheels

VideoWeek

After a year dominated by Google’s cookie u-turn, digital marketers find themselves at a crossroads. Mathieu Roche, CEO and Co-Founder of ID5, makes the case for tech platforms to steer them towards alternative ID solutions. The ad tech industry found itself at a stalemate after Google made its infamous cookie u-turn this past July. If Google was no longer removing cookies but leaving it up to users to opt in or out, what did this mean for an industry that had spent the past four years exp

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ESPN Debuts New Animated Characters to Promote Its Platforms

Adweek

ESPN is assembling a new team. Today, the sports network announced the debut of the ESPN Squad, four animated characters that viewers see when watching ESPN's content. ESPN Squad was developed by ESPN Creative Studio and is designed to bring fun and entertainment to audiences, while introducing something unexpected to the ESPN ecosystem. The main.

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Change your shoes

Seth Godin

Like all good metaphors, it might be practical too. Your ‘shoes’ are the point of greatest leverage. The spot where you have traction and engage with the world most directly. For a freelancer, it might be the way you engage with customers, or your software tools. It might be the reputation (or lack of reputation) you have with your peers.

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What You Looking At, Chief?; Copycat Cases

AdExchanger

Publisher C-suite drama has been making headlines recently. Plus, there are now 27 different active lawsuits against various AI content generation companies. The post What You Looking At, Chief?; Copycat Cases appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Inside e.l.f. made, e.l.f. Beauty’s new entertainment arm

Digiday

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Over the last few years, marketers have been trying to flip their position in the cultural zeitgeist making moments themselves as opposed to retroactively marketing around them. That’s why e.l.f. Beauty has built out its own entertainment arm, e.l.f. made, tasked with creating of the moment content around music, movies, gaming and sports.

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Nearly Three Years Into War, Ukrainian Agency Opens London Office and Offers Tender

Adweek

Founded during the pandemic and forged amid an ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian agency Bickerstaff.734 has been through a lot since its launch in Kyiv four years ago. As the war broke out and staff scattered across Europe, the agency put out lauded work for its clients while fighting Russian aggression with creativity. Still staunchly.

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

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The AI-powered path to smarter marketing

Martech

The rise of generative AI has fueled an explosion of data, creating immense potential for marketers. However, navigating this abundance requires sophisticated tools to extract actionable insights from the noise. With insights from Tooba Durraze , Ph.D., founder and CEO of data analytics firn Amoeba, lets explore how AI-powered solutions can turn overwhelming data into actionable marketing intelligence.

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The stories we tell ourselves

Seth Godin

If it happened to us, our memory of it is a story, our record of it with us at the center. Even if it’s on video, even if other people were there, our narrative and the context and the play by play belong to us. The useful question might be: “Is my story helpful?” And the follow on could be: “Is there any other version of this story that might be more helpful?

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Hallelujah, Retail Media Standards: Miracle Or Meh?

AdExchanger

The IAB released its first set of standards for retail media at the beginning of December. But are these new standards the Christmas gift advertisers have been waiting for? Not exactly. Brands want standards to make it easier to spend across multiple retail media networks. Absent standardization, it makes sense for brands to just spend […] The post Hallelujah, Retail Media Standards: Miracle Or Meh?

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How consumer purchase insights unlock the potential of CTV and retail media

Digiday

Damian Garbaccio, Chief Business and Marketing Officer, Affinity Solutions CTV and retail media are some of the fastest-growing advertising channels and the spend is only going to increase. CTV ad spend is forecast to reach $33.35 billion next year, accounting for 7.8% of all spend while retail media networks will reach a stunning $62.35 billion, accounting for 14.7% of spend.

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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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WPP CEO Mark Read Tells Staff Omnicom-IPG Deal Is ‘Good News For Us’

Adweek

WPP boss Mark Read has described Omnicom Group's acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) as a "moment of opportunity" for the U.K.-based ad network, urging employees to keep delivering for clients "without distractions." "Clients will not have missed the fact that, in the last week or two, several of our competitors have spent a lot of.

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Mobile’s growing role in holiday shopping

Martech

Consumers arent just using their phones to research products they see on TV, theyre using them to make purchases. Seventy-seven percent of smart TV owners said they frequently make mobile purchases based on TV ads they see, according to a recent study by Samsung Ads. This behavior will carry through the rest of the holiday season as Salesforce forecasts a high volume of mobile shopping.

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The fame/trust inversion

Seth Godin

A generation ago, the Generals ruled. General Motors, General Foods, General Mills, General Dynamics… they were big, and they had a lot to lose. As a result, people trusted them to show up and keep their promises–it just wasn’t worth letting a few people down at the risk of their reputation. The same was true for folks like Mr. Peanut, Mr.

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If Games Want Brand Advertising, They Should Play By Brands’ Rules

AdExchanger

This year, numerous publications (including AdExchanger) have reported stagnation in the gaming segment of the advertising ecosystem. These reports reference recent studies by the IAB and WARC/Dentsu, which found that brand advertising spend on video games still lags behind audience time spent playing these games. For those who have been championing in-game advertising for years, […] The post If Games Want Brand Advertising, They Should Play By Brands Rules 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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How Perplexity calculates publishers’ share of ad revenue

Digiday

AI search engine Perplexity introduced a new revenue share model back in July , amid the wave of deals between AI tech companies and publishers this year. But the way Perplexity is sharing ad revenue with publishers depends on a number of factors, according to information from Perplexity and conversations with five publishing execs, who declined to speak with attribution.

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IPG’s Initiative Wins Volvo’s $500 Million Media Account

Adweek

Volvo is shaking up its media agency roster for the first time in 25 years. IPG Mediabrands' Initiative has won Volvo's global media review, ADWEEK has learned. The account spans all regions outside of China, with key markets including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Korea. Work will begin in 2025 after a brief.

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Take the 2025 State of Your Stack Survey

Martech

TL;DR: Here’s a link to take our new 2025 State of Your Stack survey. How is your martech stack working for you? Is it growing or shrinking? How are you incorporating AI? These are important questions for members of the MarTech community. After all, it’s not easy to navigate a vendor landscape with more than 14,000 tools, the disruption of AI and resource constraints within their organizations.

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Best of AdMonsters Wrapper: The Top Ad Tech News Stories You Couldn’t Stop Clicking on in 2024

Ad Monsters

Missed the most buzzworthy ad tech stories of the year? Dive into AdMonsters Wrappers top six issues of 2024, where we unpacked the news that shaped digital advertisingAI, antitrust, streaming shifts, and more. In 2024, ad tech kept us on our toes with innovation, controversy, and everything in between. From the AI surge reshaping publisher strategies to antitrust showdowns, publishers and advertisers navigated seismic shifts in the digital landscape.

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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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How Us Weekly’s Publisher Turned Away From MFA

AdExchanger

The programmatic ecosystem is constantly changing. If publishers dont evolve with it, they risk going extinct. Over the past decade, A360 Media has transformed its business model in response to shifting ad industry trends. Formerly known as American Media, Inc., its legacy print business revolved around tabloids like The Star and its flagship publication, the […] The post How Us Weekly’s Publisher Turned Away From MFA appeared first on AdExchanger.

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What do we do with our chance?

Seth Godin

Everyone needs more chances, more benefit of the doubt, more opportunity. But what turns a chance into a big break is what we do with it once the chance arrives.

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Indian Startup YesMadam Looks to Bounce Back From the Layoff Email That Wasn’t

Adweek

The maxim that "all press is good press" was put to the test this week at Indian beauty startup YesMadam, which is dealing with the fallout from campaign that used a false layoff notice to shed light on workplace stress. According to several reports, employees at the company completed an internal wellness survey and then.

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How Gen Z values are changing marketing

Martech

In two decades of guiding B2B enterprises through digital trends and transformations, I’ve witnessed seismic shifts in consumer behavior. None of them quite compare to what we’re seeing with Gen Z. The first truly digital-native generation is solidifying its standing in the workforce and gaining increasing purchasing power. As they do, their impact is fundamentally transforming what we market and why.

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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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Marketers Can Expect the Unexpected and Watch for Innovation in 2025

Ad Monsters

In 2025, marketers will face a reckoning: adapt to AI-driven targeting, attention-based metrics, and streamlined curationor risk falling behind in a digital ad landscape reshaped by privacy pressures and industry upheaval. As we look toward 2025, marketers are facing a host of challenges and opportunities brought on by a tumultuous 2024. Even for an industry that likes to talk about transformation, the degree to which the old order is changing in the digital advertising ecosystem is truly rare.

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AdExchanger’s Top 3 CTV Stories Of 2024

AdExchanger

With both Christmas and New Years falling right in the middle of the week this year, lets be honest with ourselves: For all intents and purposes, 2024 is already over. Which means now is a fine time to see how far CTV advertising has come by looking back at some of this years most-read stories on AdExchanger. The post AdExchangers Top 3 CTV Stories Of 2024 appeared first on AdExchanger.

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2024 in Review: 7 Essential Resources for Agency Leaders

Basis

2024 brought a variety of twists, turns, and evolutions for everyone in the advertising industrybut for agency leaders, it was a particularly bumpy ride. Agencies confronted mounting signal loss , the rise of AI (and clients expectations around its usage), ongoing media fragmentation , and a variety of transformative regulatory developments all against the backdrop of significant economic and financial pressures.

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Party City Abruptly Closes All Stores, Lets Employees Go

Adweek

The mood at Party City was far from festive Friday, as CNN reported that the retailer will abruptly shut down its stores and let all employees go at the end of the day, ending a run of nearly 40 years. Party City specialized in items such as balloons, Halloween costumes, and party goods, and CNN.

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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.