Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
Generative AI search engine Perplexity, which claims to be a Google competitor and recently snagged a $73.6 million Series B funding from investors like Jeff Bezos, is going to start selling ads, the company told ADWEEK. Perplexity uses AI to answer users' questions, based on web sources. It incorporates videos and images in the response.
Seth Godin
APRIL 1, 2024
Courage is a generous act that involves risk. It’s not courageous to hang out with friends and make a crank phone call. The risk involved might be actual risk (it took courage to go to the moon) or it might feel risky (raising your hand at a meeting to ask a useful question probably has no real downside but it feels that way). Too often, we get hung up on how risky it feels, and fail to focus enough on how generous the work is.
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Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
The idea behind Bud Light's #EasyCarryContest, which debuted around this time last year, was straightforward: Offer people a chance to win $15,000 for posting a video of themselves carrying as many cans, bottles or glasses of beer as possible. Much like some of the footage participants shared online, the outcome has been messy. Enter to.
AdExchanger
APRIL 1, 2024
Advanced TV advertising company Cadent announced plans to drop $324 million to acquire the performance marketing company AdTheorent. The post Cadent Acquires AdTheorent For $324 Million, With Plans To Expand Beyond TV appeared first on AdExchanger.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
Carter's, a heritage children's apparel brand, has named Mischief @ No Fixed Address its creative agency of record as it looks to appeal to a whole new generation as Gen Z becomes parents. The company is looking to grow its brand and equity with unignorable marketing aimed both at its loyal customers and a whole.
Martech
APRIL 1, 2024
Left to right: Jayson Dubin, CEO, Playwire; Julie Piskin, head of global partner program, Roblox; Pete Basgen, director and global lead, gaming & esports, Wavemaker; Paul Chenier, EVP global sales, Playwire at IAB PlayFronts. Image: IAB. “We’ve been trying to compete for media dollars by talking about how gaming is mass entertainment for playing the ‘scale’ card,” said IAB’s vice president, Experience Center Zoe Soon, at IAB PlayFronts this week.
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Martech
APRIL 1, 2024
Events play a crucial role in fostering connections and driving growth in B2B marketing. However, traditional methods of measuring event success often fall short. Enter event-led growth (ELG) — a transformative strategy focused on win rates rather than mere attendance. This article tackles the limitations of traditional event metrics and how ELG is revolutionizing B2B marketing events.
Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
New York, NY, April 1st, 2024 - Suzy, a leading end-to-end market research software platform, is thrilled to announce the renewal of its partnership with ADWEEK, a leading source of news and insights covering marketing, media and technology, for the podcast, The Speed of Culture. The partnership, which first took the ADWEEK Podcast Network by.
Martech
APRIL 1, 2024
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.
Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
Brooklyn agency Red Antler named Kiser Barnes as partner and chief creative officer to elevate the work of its client roster, expand its portfolio of global business partners and solidify the agency's creative reputation. Barnes comes to Red Antler from Digitas, where he served as executive vice president, head of design. His years of design.
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AdExchanger
APRIL 1, 2024
Although SuperAwesome is no longer part of Epic Games, it’s got a gameplan to expand its youth-focused ad marketplace, CEO Kate O’Loughlin told AdExchanger. After being acquired by Epic Games a little over three years ago, SuperAwesome was spun off in September in a deal that involved SuperAwesome’s management team reacquiring most of the company’s […] The post SuperAwesome Targets New Opportunities In Kids Advertising Beyond The Metaverse appeared first on AdExchanger.
Adweek
APRIL 1, 2024
In this episode, host Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler discuss a wild week in laws and regulations. Kebler shares a Florida bill prohibiting those 14 years and younger from joining social media. While some social media regulation could be useful, the question is, how is it enforceable? They discuss the implications of the.
The Ad Tech Blog
APRIL 1, 2024
Tech advancements have significantly influenced the evolution of advertising. Google’s ad tech algorithms are at the heart of these advancements. The Mechanics Behind Google’s Ad Tech Google’s ad tech suite, including Google Ads and Google Ad Manager , leverages sophisticated machine learning algorithms to efficiently match ads with their target audience.
Digiday
APRIL 1, 2024
As media agencies tout the potential of AI efficiencies, marketers are probing: Will this translate to cost savings, and if so, will those savings benefit them? No one’s brandishing pitchforks yet, but a storm of probing questions is gathering momentum. Marketers are asking: How is your agency harnessing AI and automation? Which tasks or workflows are AI-driven?
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AdExchanger
APRIL 1, 2024
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Yummy Data For Yum Brands, owner of chains such as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC, the new “secret sauce” isn’t the sauce at all. It’s cross-brand customer data. Yum, yum, yum. Joe Park, Yum’s new chief digital and technology officer, tells The […] The post Taco Bell’s New Secret Sauce; YouTube Is Ditching The Services Biz appeared first on AdExchanger.
Digiday
APRIL 1, 2024
Much of the chatter about the impact of generative AI on advertising tends to focus on the potential future possibilities rather than current applications. Over the last six months, eBay’s in-house AI team has been figuring out how the company can leverage generative AI to help with ad personalization. “A lot of where we’ve focused our AI and personalization activities in the past has been in predictive modeling, really understanding more of what you want, when you might want it, how you might w
Rob Campbell
APRIL 1, 2024
This blog has been going for a loooooooong time. Which means, it’s had its fair share of April Fool posts. Some have been very good [ even though I say it myself ] with different industry people picking it up and commenting on it thinking it’s real. And some being utterly, utterly shite. But this year I decided not to do one. Not because I couldn’t be bothered.
Digiday
APRIL 1, 2024
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify Prebiotic soda brand Olipop is in growth mode, coming off $200 million in annual sales and its first national campaign with pop star Camila Cabello last year. A lot of the six-year-old brand’s initial popularity tracks back to TikTok. However, the last year has been transformational for Olipop, positioning itself as a true competitor to the likes of legacy brands like Pepsi or Coca Cola.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Playwire
APRIL 1, 2024
Key Points Target Your Niche : To attract relevant brand partners, identify and build an engaged audience within a specific niche. Show Your Value : Create high-quality content aligned with potential partners' products and audience interests. Start Small and Build : Reach out strategically, land initial brand collaborations, and deliver results to secure long-term, lucrative partnerships.
Digiday
APRIL 1, 2024
Four months down, and Google’s endeavor to wrangle the tracking chaos in Chrome is… well, let’s call it complex. A grand total of one percent of browser traffic is now free from third-party cookies. Hooray? Amidst the ensuing chaos, there’s been a medley of trial and error, wild guesses, and enough pontificating to fill a library. Time to hit pause, sift through the wreckage, and brace ourselves for the next act in this digital circus of drama.
Smart-Hub
APRIL 1, 2024
Both first-party and third-party cookies are used for tracking user behavior on the Internet and allow for refining advertising strategies and delivering a more personalized user experience. However, due to the growing privacy concerns, as well as privacy-related regulations, advertisers and publishers need to review their data collection and usage methods.
Brid.tv
APRIL 1, 2024
Increasing global concern about online user privacy has brought big changes within the digital advertising industry in recent years. Data privacy regulations such as GDPR, heightened consumer awareness, and cookie depreciation have undoubtedly led to a giant shift in how platforms, publishers, and advertisers conduct business. User data privacy is now front and center.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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Martech
APRIL 1, 2024
Break-neck rates of change are inevitable as digital marketing responds to technological advancements, shifting consumer behavior and policy demands. For the past three decades, marketers have been leading the way on the web, adapting to constant changes. Despite this, progress isn’t slowing down. Projections show that digital marketing in the U.S. could increase by $100 billion in the next three years.
Ad Monsters
APRIL 1, 2024
With the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union is charting new territories in digital media and advertising. Let’s dive into how these changes will create waves throughout our digital world. Nowadays, strategies for thriving in the ever-evolving world of digital media and digital advertising are more about navigating the complex seas of regulation than anything else.
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