December, 2019

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Positioning is the Foundation for Ad Agency New Business

Fuel Lines

Without a differentiated position, new business is much harder than it needs to be. . Many small to midsize agencies have not addressed positioning because of either procrastination or, more likely, their unwillingness to make the difficult business decisions. “Contrary to common belief, all agencies have pretty much the same basic capabilities, and processes.

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3 Simple Ways to Generate More Returning Visitors to Your Site

Single Grain

Digital marketers tend to focus on attracting new customers to a business because they measure success by the number of new clicks they managed to drive to a site. Yet, returning customers are much more important to a business than first-time visitors. In fact, it costs 5x more to acquire new customers than it does to retain current ones and improving customer retention rates by just 5% can increase profits by 25-95%.

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VW’s Beetle rides off into the sunset with farewell ad

More About Advertising

“Where one road ends another begins” says Volkswagen in this ‘The Last Mile’ homage to the Beetle, Hitler’s famed “people’s car” that moved magically to become the favoured wheels of the hippie generation, thanks in part to some outstanding advertising from Doyle Dane Bernbach, back in the Sixties the ultimate New York Jewish agency.

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3 Steps to Brand Marketing Success: Consider, Believe, and Buy

AdPulp

I can’t recall how many articles I’ve published here about the power of content marketing, a.k.a. brand storytelling. So many. Because the need is ever great, here’s another… When good fortune is on your side, and you have a well-made ad campaign (backed by sufficient media dollars to reach a multitude of desirable audiences in […].

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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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Most Viewed Video Ads: Holiday Top 10

illumin

We love this week's chart because it features 4 brand new videos!! Most importantly, there are robots. and has anyone not seen that Boston Dynamics video yet because if you haven't, prepare to be blown away! Our other favorite is the Luis Vuitton content series launch, since they obviously got the point with a 60-second video spot that is dominating this week's chart and we bet it'll be there for at least a few more weeks.

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Creating the perfect manifesto: May I compose one for you?

Gods of Advertising

Two giant companies are merging into a behemoth. They hire me to write a manifesto honoring the union. It must be celebratory but reassuring too. People from both sides are scared, fearing redundancies. The new sales force needs a clarion. I ask to be paid a modest sum. The project manager counters but promises more work if things go well. Work is scant.

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9 SEO Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2020

Single Grain

Search engine optimization (SEO) is digital marketing technique that is constantly changing. The year alone saw several Google algorithm updates: March 2019 Core update. June 2019 Core update. Site Diversity update. Maverick update. BERT update (the most recent). SEO is important for digital marketers, website owners and brands of all sizes because, in a nutshell, it allows your site to appear in the search results when someone types or speaks a query for which you have an answer or solution.

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Red Brick Road lands Canderel and 1800 tequila

More About Advertising

Independent London agency Red Brick Road is ending the year on a high note with two new clients: Canderel and Pure Via sweeteners and Proximo Spirits, which distributes a number of brands including Jose Cuervo and Bushmills. RBR will focus particularly on mass market tequila brand 1800. Canderel and Pure via are owned by Merisant.

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There Was A Dream And One Day I Could See It

AdPulp

Which came first? The idea for the commercial or the song? The song, in this case, is “Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise” by The Avett Brothers. It’s a favorite song of the Bonnaroo generation. Now, the song is also an anthem for Northwestern Mutual. GSD&M worked with Northwestern Mutual to develop the overall […].

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How Your Wishes Made DSP and Smart Hub Shine Brighter: New Year’s Recap

Smarty Ads

If you ask us ‘What is the most enjoyable thing of this holiday season?’ we’ll reply firmly - the opportunity to thank you for being with us, believing in us, and inspiring our team for great achievements. Last year, we made a resolution to carefully gather all.

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

what retail media advertising is what a retail media network is how the changes in the privacy landscape benefit retail media networks how retail media network functions market overview of retail media networks

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End Of Year Links: 2019

Advertising to Baby Boomers

I’m just so tired. Probably of politics. This last post of the year is going to be snooze-worthy. There’s no energy left. Most popular post of the year: Goings On About Town … Ranking The Best Five Toilet Papers For Seniors My favorite post of the year: Reefer Madness Redux … Along with my more-significant-than-I-am other, I finally made it into one of these new-fangled headshops.

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2020 Trends: DOOH, OTT and CTV Advertising Go Mainstream

InMobi

Is 2020 the year that digital out of home (DOOH), over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) advertising finally goes big ? All signs point to a resounding yes. Expect both connected TV advertising and OTT advertising to grow by leaps and bounds in 2020. “We’re seeing a continued increase in spending for video across platforms, but the growth has been primarily focused on mobile and Connected TV,” says Vanja B.

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What Is Category Design in Marketing (And Why Is It an Important Strategy)?

Single Grain

Traditional marketing has been evolving so fast in the last couple of years. Nowadays, it’s not about beating everyone else at the game – it’s about creating your own game. This relatively new marketing strategy is known as category design. In the age of digital disruption and rapid innovation, category design is the ultimate business strategy that allows a company to create and develop entirely new categories of products and services.

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Dan Thwaites: how to make your Christmas ad connect

More About Advertising

‘Tis the season of the Christmas ad. Frosty night-time scenes, glittering magical themes and brightly wrapped boxes fill our screens accompanied by familiar or nostalgic music, all designed to pluck at our heart strings and help us go shopping. The themes and motifs are familiar, but what is going on when it comes to influencing.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

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Best Takes of 2019

AdPulp

The advertising industry is a powerful force in western culture. I am fascinated by the industry’s reach and its ability to change hearts and minds and sometimes the course of history itself. This is why I show up here. Why do you show up here? There are countless places to go look at “the work.” […].

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An Even Quicker Method to Challenge Advertisements? NAD Announces Fast-Track Process Workshop to Kick Off the New Year

All About Advertising Law

On December 19, 2019, the National Advertising Division (NAD) closed out the year with an announcement of its plans to “develop a fast-track process to more efficiently handle certain types of online and social media advertising claims.” These claims include insufficient disclosures, such as influencer posts that fail to disclose an influencer’s material connection with a sponsor; general claims that are in violation of NAD and/or Federal Trade Commission guidance, such as unen

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CCPA California & GDPR Europe: Changes they Bring for Data and Targeting

Smarty Ads

Since the introduction of GDPR and CCPA regulations, the world of data-driven marketing started to change its shape. User privacy has become a crucial issue for many companies, so many of them have to change some of their practices to reorganize their data policies. According to.

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What's Healthy to Eat for Breakfast? Americans Chime In [Survey Results]

InMobi

Have you ever wondered what's healthy to eat for breakfast? You’re far from alone. There are so many options out there that it can be hard to determine what foods to eat to start your day. Is peanut butter on gluten-free 12-grain bread okay, or is a nut butter like almond butter a better choice? How about chia seeds or cottage cheese or boiled eggs?

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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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Neuromarketing 101: How Neuroscience Affects Customers’ Buying Behaviors

Single Grain

Marketing is all about understanding consumers' behaviors, needs and motivations and then delivering an experience that aligns with all those points. It’s why I always stress honing in on your customers’ pain points when writing copy, and why marketers will test every different ad format under the sun to see what their audiences respond to. This means that marketers who have a solid understanding of consumer behavior and psychology are typically going to be the most effective at creating strong,

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Posten Norge’s Christmas postman certainly delivers

More About Advertising

Norway’s Posten Norge and Oslo agency Pol are offering a new spin on the ‘Immaculate Conception’ this Christmas, featuring Mary, a comely postman and a suspiciously blond baby. POSTEN "Virgin Birth" from Filip Nilsson on Vimeo. Would probably cause a monumental stink if such a US or UK advertiser did it. Charming.

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The Glorification of Personalization in Marcom Is Persistent But Misguided

AdPulp

Since 2014, the Association of National Advertisers has surveyed its mostly client-side members to identify the marketing word of the year. This year the winning nomenclature is “Personalization.” Other top choices in the ANA 2019 Marketing Word of the Year voting: “equality and inclusion,” “data,” and “in-house.” “Personalization is what customers expect,” one participant in […].

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An Even Quicker Method to Challenge Advertisements? NAD Announces Fast-Track Process Workshop to Kick Off the New Year

All About Advertising Law

On December 19, 2019, the National Advertising Division (NAD) closed out the year with an announcement of its plans to “develop a fast-track process to more efficiently handle certain types of online and social media advertising claims.” These claims include insufficient disclosures, such as influencer posts that fail to disclose an influencer’s material connection with a sponsor; general claims that are in violation of NAD and/or Federal Trade Commission guidance, such as unen

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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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Online Privacy and Security Software Marketing Practices

Smarty Ads

Since the dawn of the digital age, there’ve been tons of problems associated with security flaws, and similarly, numerous unique solutions for them. Among these solutions are antivirus, password managers and VPN software. With so many individual providers in all these categories, marketing their services to the same end-users, many.

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Mobile Ad Fraud in 2020: Tracking the Evolution of Trust and Transparency in In-App Advertising

InMobi

Mobile ad fraud has long been a major concern with everyone in the in-app advertising space, siphoning away budgets, reducing campaign effectiveness and making the entire ecosystem less trustworthy. But, issues around ad fraud have not gone unheeded. The industry has made major strides in its fight against fraudsters in 2019, and our team of mobile marketing and advertising experts expect this push to continue throughout 2020.

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9 Podcast Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2020

Single Grain

Podcasts have been around for quite a while, but it's only in recent years that the industry has begun to really flourish. Small Biz Genius claims that in 2006 just 22% of Americans knew what podcasting was, but today 70% of U.S. adults are familiar with this medium. Podcasts are so popular because it's an easy-to-consume format for both business and personal topics.

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Unilever marketing changes fail to deliver sales growth

More About Advertising

Unilever has been going through one of the marketing “transformations” we read so much about – taking more work in-house, cutting agency costs (and therefore use) and using influencers and the like – but it doesn’t seem to be working. The consumer goods giant said this week that it will miss its growth target for.

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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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Hal Riney, Ad Legend

AdPulp

The year was 1956. The city, San Francisco. The agency, BBDO. The job, Mailroom clerk. The future advertising legend, Hal Riney. Riney was born in the depths of The Great Depression in Washington, a fact of his life that influenced his later work, including “It’s Morning Again in America” which helped re-elect Ronald Reagan in […].

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Holiday videos that captured your attention

illumin

There are plenty of ways that advertisers can grab consumer’s attention with holiday videos throughout the holiday season. In addition, there are more opportunities than you might think! Most people are quick to focus on Thanksgiving and therefore Black Friday deals, especially in the month of November. However, the truly noteworthy, and potentially unexpected event […].

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Video advertising: 3 Best practices to capture (and retain) a customer’s attention

Ad Beat

Online advertising has come a long way since its inception. Given that search accounts for only 21 percent of active users’ time on the internet, it comes as no surprise that businesses everywhere are using video advertising as an avenue to connect with their target audience. In fact, according to a Renderforest survey , marketers who use video content to promote their brand receive more web-traffic, generate more leads, and close more sales than their counterparts.

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Mobile Advertising Data Usage Trends for 2020

InMobi

In the programmatic-first world of mobile advertising, data is central to everything. Perhaps no topic is as talked about in this space today as data. Data is extremely top of mind for just about everyone in the mobile marketing and advertising industries. How is data collected for mobile app ad campaigns, and what specifically is being gathered? How is that data being used, and is it being utilized properly?

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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.