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The Kentucky Derby Rode Style and Social Media to Gen Z Success

Adweek

For an event that is 150 years old, the Kentucky Derby has made a lot of young fans in recent years. Beyond the Derby's layers of tradition that include bourbon-soaked mint juleps, big hats, bugling and blankets of roses, there is a growing audience that is seeing and interacting with sports marketing far differently than.

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Decentralized Verification Systems for Ad Traffic

The Ad Tech Blog

Understanding Decentralized Ad Verification Key Points Enhanced Security: Decentralized systems reduce the risk of fraud and data manipulation by distributing data across multiple nodes. Increased Transparency: Every transaction and data exchange is recorded on a blockchain , ensuring transparency and traceability. User Privacy: By decentralizing the verification process, user data remains private and secure from unauthorized access.

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Tango Returns to Humorous Roots With an Awkward Prison Dance Scene

Adweek

Britvic's soft-drink brand Tango produced some of the most celebrated and comical British ads of the 1990s. To reach a new generation, the brand and its agency VCCP London are returning to that humorous heritage with a "dangerously potent" platform. "Warden" shows an inmate being busted for having a can of Orange Tango--"the most powerful.

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The other choices

Seth Godin

The intentional, noticed choices are obvious. “Vanilla or chocolate?” But most of the choices we live with are unseen. They’re expensive, challenging and invisible. When we plan an event with an outdoor component, we’re choosing to be anxious about the weather in the week leading up to the big day. When we buy something with a credit card, we’re choosing the long-term cost of paying the ongoing debt.

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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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Kentucky Derby Horse or Ad Agency: Volume VII

Adweek

Is Fierceness a creative agency in Sparta, New Jersey or a horse running in this year's Kentucky Derby? It's this year's favorite in the world's most famous horse race. What about High Wide & Handsome, Carte Blanche and Good Apple? If you said horses for any of those, you'd be wrong--they're all ad agencies. Seven.

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The problem with B2B marketing: Misaligned measurement is stifling innovation

Martech

It’s a tired cliche that B2B marketing is the “boring” sibling to B2C, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. When it comes to the creativity of our advertising and its effectiveness, there are more systemic issues at play. Also, while B2B deals with leadership mindsets that make creativity difficult, that is only part of the problem. Most of the problem is that marketing success is measured by outcomes that have nothing to do with how advertising works.

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HubSpot’s April 2024 updates: More AI tools, refined service features and more

Martech

The April 2024 HubSpot updates introduce a variety of features designed to streamline your team’s workflows and improve customer interactions through advanced automation and integration capabilities. Here’s what’s new. This month’s releases bring you some awesome tools like predictive deal scoring to prioritize sales efforts, along with tools to elevate the customer service experience and smarter, automated conversations powered by AI.

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Meta’s NewFronts Push Was All About Three Things: Reels, AI And Creators

AdExchanger

Meta’s NewFronts presentation on Thursday was Reely focused on AI. (Please forgive me.) But seriously, folks, Meta has three intertwined obsessions right now: short-form video, the creator economy and artificial intelligence. The event was a hypefest for AI-powered ad products and creator tools, including several new features designed to bring ad spend more in line […] The post Meta’s NewFronts Push Was All About Three Things: Reels, AI And Creators appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Data literacy: The key to correcting the C-suite trust deficit

Martech

Take a moment to search “CMO tenure” and you’ll find a wide variety of content discussing the short tenure of CMOs and how it’s among the shortest of roles in the C-suite. If you dive deeper, you’ll find that CEOs don’t seem to trust CMOs. Boathouse’s CMO Insights study (registration required) noted several sobering conclusions: 34% of CEOs have great confidence in their CMOs. 32% of CEOs trust their CMOs. 56% of CEOs believe their CMO supports their long-term vision.

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Liquid I.V. Sponsors A Formula 1 Race As DTC Brands Compete For Sports Fans

AdExchanger

Digital-native brands are racing to break free of their social media roots to reach a broader base of US customers. For many brands, this means betting big on sports. Not sports gambling, mind you, but tapping into the power of US sports fandom to boost business growth. And, in keeping with their data-driven ethos (and […] The post Liquid I.V.

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

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Google’s antitrust trial spotlights search ads on the final day of closing arguments

Digiday

Ads took center stage today in Google’s antitrust trial, as the U.S. Dept. of Justice sought to show the search giant as the only player in a game with rising prices. This morning, lawyers from the DOJ and a coalition of state attorneys said Google’s search advertising business has trapped advertisers into its ecosystem while higher ad prices haven’t led to higher returns.

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Power Returns to the Content Creator: Why MFA & Audience-based Advertising Is No Longer the Way

Ad Monsters

With the death of cookies, the decline of MFA sites, and 96% of publishers depending on contextual targeting for their business, a paradigm switch is set to occur, placing more value, and power, to the publishers who create high-quality content. The video publishing industry is a strange enigma. In what other industry do you create a product, only to make revenue from a byproduct of those products?

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Clare Hornby launches fashion brand ME+EM internationally – with T&Pm

More About Advertising

Haven’t heard much from Johnny Hornby recently someone said the other day and, indeed, one of adland’s more interesting and engaging characters has been absent from these pages recently. Aside from rebranding agency The&Partnership as T&Pm (he seems to like verbal origami) and bringing media shop m/Six in-house as part of a full service offer. … The post Clare Hornby launches fashion brand ME+EM internationally – with T&Pm first appeared on More About Advertising.

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The Future of (C)TV Is Now

MNTN

If you’re anything like us, you probably get excited about the updates for your favorite streaming services — like an improved search feature or a new billboard in Roku City. While these viewer-facing changes are happening, there’s also a ton of work going on behind the scenes to improve the Connected TV (CTV) advertising experience. From improved audience targeting to advances in automated optimization, these changes can create significant results for advertisers, allowing them to make the mos

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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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MAA Ad of the Week: Lynx from Lola MullenLowe (the pick of a decent crop)

More About Advertising

Unilever seems to be doing a screeching U-turn from its purpose-driven path of recent years and this lively effort from Lola MullenLowe is another example. It’s a pretty good joke (maybe agencies are already vying for Cannes’ new ‘humour’ Lion) and compeletly devoid of any purpose other than to make us laugh and say that … The post MAA Ad of the Week: Lynx from Lola MullenLowe (the pick of a decent crop) first appeared on More About Advertising.

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OpenX Earns Spot on the Top 50 Programmatic Power Players 2024 List

OpenX

In exciting news, OpenX has been named one of AdExchanger’s Top 50 Programmatic Power Players for 2024. Released every spring, this searchable directory is widely considered the digital marketing industry’s definitive list of the best agencies, strategic partners, and technology service providers who are pushing the industry forward in measurable ways.

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The WIR: TF1+ is Off to a Strong Start, Roblox Rolls Out Video Ads, and Paramount Receives $26 Billion Offer from Sony and Apollo

VideoWeek

In this week’s Week in Review: TF1 reports strong Q1 ad growth, Roblox rolls out video ads, and Sony and Apollo up their bid for Paramount. Top Stories TF1 Reports 6.6 Percent Ad Revenue Growth After Streaming Revamp TF1 revenues were up 6.7 percent YoY during Q1, according to the French broadcaster, driven by a 6.6 percent uptick in advertising.

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Manchester mess leaves Co-op brand short-changed

More About Advertising

After spending a reported £100m on a 15-year sponsorship of the UK’s biggest arena, Co-op Group is now having to spend time and energy distancing itself from the whole thing. Due to ongoing technical issues, Manchester’s new Co-op Live Arena failed to open on 23rd April as planned, and has postponed or cancelled shows at … The post Manchester mess leaves Co-op brand short-changed first appeared on More About Advertising.

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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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The Stack: OpenAI Sued by Eight Newspapers; Friday’s MadTech Daily

Exchange Wire

This week on The Stack: AI Faces More Legal Wranglings; Twitch Moves Into Short-Form Video; Friday's MadTech Daily AI came under the spotlight again this week: OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued for copyright infringement. The case has been brought forward by eight [.] The post The Stack: OpenAI Sued by Eight Newspapers; Friday’s MadTech Daily appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Onetag Continues Global Expansion with Four Senior Hires

Exchange Wire

Cookieless curation platform Onetag has bolstered its senior global team with four new hires, as it forges forward with its vision of smart programmatic technology that focuses on finding the best quality placements in the open internet. Harry Charalambous joins Onetag [.] The post Onetag Continues Global Expansion with Four Senior Hires appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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