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Some Advertisers Are Rebuilding Their Search Strategies as Google’s AI Search Engine Grows

Adweek

Google has fundamentally transformed the online search experience with its AI search engine AI Overview, which incorporates videos and images, and encourages users to ask complex and detailed questions. While it's clear that traditional SEO methods will not work with AI-powered search (Max Gomez Montejo, CMO of digital marketing firm Next Net Media, anticipates organic.

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TrustX Is Now A Subsidiary Of A Newly Created Privacy Tech Company

AdExchanger

SSP, meet PET. Supply-side platform TrustX has been spun out of publisher trade group Digital Content Next (DCN) and is now housed within a newly formed company called Symitri, which is developing privacy-enhancing technologies for programmatic advertising. As part of the deal, which was announced on Monday, Symitri is getting $5 million in funding from […] The post TrustX Is Now A Subsidiary Of A Newly Created Privacy Tech Company appeared first on AdExchanger.

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The Paralympics Isn’t Just Rainbows: IPC’s Ad Aims to Smash Disability Stereotypes

Adweek

The Paralympic Games began as a small gathering for injured World War II veterans, and the event could reach its largest audience during Paris 2024. A record number of countries--more than 160, compared to 154 for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games--have confirmed broadcast deals for this year's event. Nevertheless, misperceptions about the Paralympics persist, perpetuating.

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AdExplainer: The Rise Of Sell-Side Curation

AdExchanger

Audience curation is a manifestation of what the online ad industry has long been calling for: closer collaboration between partners that isn’t built on unreliable third-party signals. To curate custom ad inventory, buyers have started working more closely with the sell side. Publishers have strong insights into user browsing behavior that advertisers can use for […] The post AdExplainer: The Rise Of Sell-Side Curation appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Consumer Brands Are Leaving Trillions of Dollars Behind by Ignoring Women Over 40

Adweek

In 2021, when I was 37, I became a first-time car owner, first-time homeowner and first-time parent within a three-month span. After nearly two decades spent living in wildly expensive cities and focusing on my education and career, a global pandemic ushered in the rise of remote work and allowed me to move out of.

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I was wrong about sun tea

Seth Godin

The story is a good one: put some tea bags in a mason jar filled with fresh, cold water. Put it in the sun. Four hours later, smooth and delicious tea is waiting for you. The photons from the sun go through the clear glass and the water, strike the leaves and transfer radiant energy to the tea. This isn’t actually what happens. It turns out that the sun simply warms the water a bit, and tea happens.

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Escaping the marketing circus: How empathy can realign brands, audiences and results

Martech

Marketers today face a perfect marketing storm, battered by conflicting forces. They’re bombarded with data, pressured for immediate results and expected to navigate an increasingly cynical consumer landscape. But here’s the kicker: the disconnect isn’t just with the audience — it’s a three-ring circus with a front-row seat for the marketing team.

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How Maker’s Mark and Doe-Anderson Built a Brand Over 50 Years

Adweek

In an industry where agency-client relationships often only last a few years, what Maker's Mark and Louisville agency Doe-Anderson have forged is exceeding rare. They've partnered for more than five decades, with a relationship built on respect, collaboration and a deep understanding of what the brand means to its consumers. The brand has gone from.

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Telemundo Courts Brands With Ways To Reach Young Hispanic Viewers

AdExchanger

Telemundo wants to score bigger ad budgets by proving it can target ads to a multicultural audience in ways that drive real results. It's also trying to reach more Gen Z by investing more in streaming distribution. The post Telemundo Courts Brands With Ways To Reach Young Hispanic Viewers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Pizza Hut Taps Top Marketers From PepsiCo and Taco Bell

Adweek

Pizza Hut bolstered its marketing team, hiring PepsiCo marketer Kalen Thornton as global chief brand officer and tapping Melissa Friebe from sister Yum! Brands chain Taco Bell as U.S. chief marketing officer. Former Gatorade CMO Thornton will lead Pizza Hut's global brand strategy and oversee all aspects of marketing across 110 markets and territories.

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

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Launching a loyalty program: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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ID Bridging Debate Brings About New Transparency Standards From IAB Tech Lab

Adweek

The IAB Tech Lab introduced standards earlier this month that aim to make the process of declaring an identifier more transparent--a hot-button issue that has been dividing the adtech community for months. Earlier this year, the buy side called out publishers and their tech partners for using deceptive practices to identify audiences. At the center.

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Being position-less secures a marketer’s position for a lifetime by Optimove

Martech

On March 20, 2024, the Position-less Marketer was introduced on MarTech.org and my keynote address at Optimove’s user conference. Since that initial announcement, we have introduced the term “Position-less Marketer” to hundreds of leading marketing executives and learned that readers and the audience interpreted it in several ways.

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Buyers Praise Amazon’s Content-Heavy Upfront Despite Lack of Data Details

Adweek

Amazon pulled out all the stops for its inaugural TV upfront presentation on May 14. After opening with an intimate Alicia Keys performance, more than a dozen celebrities from Amazon Prime's slate of streaming content graced the stage, with only a few tight segments dedicated to its ad products. While some media buyers enjoyed the.

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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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How one content creator thrives on X, despite Elon Musk’s shakeup

Digiday

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify As a platform, X (formerly Twitter) has seen better days. After Elon Musk took over back in 2022, the platform has fallen from grace with advertisers and creators alike, due to the reinstatement of previously banned accounts, an increase in bots and simultaneous decrease in brand safety. However, X hasn’t managed to scare away everyone.

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Why WBD’s Jon Steinlauf Is Pitching Streaming Debuts as Cultural Moments

Adweek

Warner Bros. Discovery took the upfront stage last Wednesday amid a swirl of unknowns, including the fate of its NBA rights package, the future of the Venu sports streamer and the viability of its bundle alongside Disney. However, the company also made one thing particularly clear: After a writers' strike and a complex merger, WBD's.

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How sending fewer emails and content previews improved The New Yorker’s newsletter engagement

Digiday

The New Yorker has refocused its newsletter strategy in an effort to retain its cohort of 1.2 million paid subscribers and grow its audience beyond that — by sending fewer emails. Last August, The New Yorker began sending newsletters less frequently and giving paid subscribers early access to content in their inboxes. As a result, onsite page views and time spent from newsletter users has gone up, as has the percentage of newsletter subscribers who are also paying New Yorker subscribers, accordi

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Basketball Royalty Toasts the NBA Finals in Stylized New Ad

Adweek

The basketball nets appear to be made of Swarovski crystals, and nobody can dunk on that much drip. Ken Jeong catches a signature no-look pass from Magic Johnson--as if!--and Jimmy Kimmel expects a roomful of chatty party guests to "just be quiet for two hours." In those ways, the new short film hyping the upcoming.

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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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Amazon Ups Its ID And Ratings Game; Throw The Audiobook At Them

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Signaling Change Amazon has a new ad measurement product for publishers. Signal IQ, as it’s called, is designed to help sites measure the impact of alternative IDs on campaign performance, including for streaming media, Ad Age reports. The idea is to make it easier […] The post Amazon Ups Its ID And Ratings Game; Throw The Audiobook At Them appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Exclusive: Sheryl Swoopes and Nike Assist Women’s Hoop Dreams at ACES Elite Classic

Adweek

Sheryl Swoopes won an NCAA championship, three Olympic gold medals and four WNBA championships, but the star isn't planning to rest on any laurels. Off-court business and marketing opportunities in women's basketball are growing. Swoopes is helping to drive that even more, hosting the ACES Elite Classic All-American high school women's game this week.

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Digital Content Next divests TRUSTX to Symitri

Digiday

The much-touted re-emergence of dealmaking in ad tech is slowly appearing, with much of the activity taking place between strategic players. The latest episode in this trend is Digital Content Next, a non-profit aimed at promoting the interests of online publishers, offloading its ad tech arm TRUSTX to Symitri following months of strategic deliberations.

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Sean Downey on How YouTube’s AI Delivers Ad Results and What’s Next for NFL Sunday Ticket

Adweek

At its Brandcast TV upfront presentation last week, YouTube accomplished its event goals, sharing the stage with myriads of content creators, such as Zach King and Cleo Abram; showcasing brand case studies with Pepsi and Taco Bell; and closing the show with a performance by Billie Eilish. The platform also introduced tools to help brands.

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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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Publisher strategies: Condé Nast, Forbes, The Atlantic, The Guardian and The Independent on key revenue trends

Digiday

This is the second installment of Digiday’s two-part series on how publishers are optimizing revenue streams. The first installment focused on publishers’ subscriptions and events businesses. After a volatile 2023 in which publishers’ revenues were less lucrative than expected and the media industry witnessed an ongoing cycle of layoffs , publishers are placing their bets on both traditional and alternative revenue streams in 2024.

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OpenAI Inks Data Deal with Reddit; Sony Warns AI Giants over Use of its Artists; Amazon Prime Video Becomes US’ Biggest Ad-Supported Streaming Platform  

Exchange Wire

On today’s news digest: OpenAI Inks Data Deal with Reddit; Sony Warns AI Giants over Use of its Artists; Amazon Prime Video Becomes US’ Biggest Ad-Supported Streaming Platform OpenAI has struck another deal, this time with social giant Reddit. The AI [.] The post OpenAI Inks Data Deal with Reddit; Sony Warns AI Giants over Use of its Artists; Amazon Prime Video Becomes US’ Biggest Ad-Supported Streaming Platform appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Marketing Briefing: Brands collaborate on influencer marketing with an eye on ‘community infiltration,’ finding fee savings

Digiday

When a food influencer creates something new, it’s likely that the influencer will use more than one brand. Case in point: A recent recipe post ( dill pickle chicken salad ) from wellness food influencer @lainiecooks_ featured both Graza olive oil and Grillo pickles, with both brands tagged on Instagram in a paid partnership. Food influencers aren’t the only ones who combine brand partnerships in their content.

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There are 10 types of CDP. Here’s why that matters

Martech

MarTech.org has defined a CDP as follows. “Customer data platforms ( CDP ) are marketer-managed systems designed to collect customer data from all sources, normalize it and build unique, unified profiles of each individual customer. The result is a persistent, unified customer database that shares data with other marketing technology systems.” That’s a good definition, but it leaves a lot unsaid.

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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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The Rundown: How Amazon is wooing publishers to bolster its $50 billion ad business

Digiday

Amazon Advertising’s revenue neared $47 billion last year, up from 24% compared to 12 months earlier, with analysts suggesting its media earnings growth now outpaces Facebook and Google. An eMarketer forecast maintains the e-commerce giant’s advertising revenue will top $67 billion by 2025, and earlier this week at Amazon Publisher Services’ summit, it revealed new features (it hopes) will help its edge closer to that number.

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The Internet Is An Elephant …

Rob Campbell

You know those time capsule things that were all the rage for a while? Where people bury artefacts from their life with the sole intention that it is dug up 20+ years later for people to marvel at. Or be confused by. I always liked the idea of it but never got around doing it … mainly because I imagine the outtake is massively underwhelming unless you’re directly attached to it.

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Making sense of the allegations and defenses in the Colossus ad tech controversy

Digiday

In ad tech, nothing is ever straightforward – not even the perennial snafus. What seemed like a clear case of an ad tech vendor being shady is actually a lot more layered. The ad tech vendor in question is the Colossus supply-side platform owned by Digital Holdings Group. According to ad transparency startup Adalytics, there were repeated instances of user IDs being misrepresented in its programmatic marketplace.

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Samsung Ads Unveils AI Innovations: Elevating Ad Performance and Audience Engagement

Ad Monsters

Discover how Samsung is revolutionizing advertising with cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions. Hear from Michael Scott and Takashi Nakano about the latest advancements and how they’re transforming ad strategies across platforms. In an exclusive Q&A, Michael Scott, Vice President, Head of Ad Sales, Revenue and Operations – North America at Samsung Ads, and Takashi Nakano, Senior Director of Business Development and Content Acquisitions at Samsung TV Plus, share insights

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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.