May, 2024

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Beauty Publisher Coveteur Shutters Months After Brand Refresh

Adweek

The lifestyle and beauty publisher Coveteur is shuttering, according to two people present on the Wednesday Zoom call where this was announced. As part of the closure, the company is eliminating roughly 17 roles--a dozen editorial and five staff. Six members of the editorial team will stay on until June 15, while the rest of.

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5 Tips for Making Your Online Ads More Organic

Ad Rants

The internet is saturated. Creating online ads that don't blend into the background but genuinely engage and convert audiences is a must. The key? Organic advertising. These are ads that feel less like traditional promotions and more like natural, engaging content that speaks directly to your audience. How to Create Organic Ads That Work In an ideal world, ads would never look like ads.

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Don’t Be Distracted By Cookie Drama. Google’s Search Changes Are The Real Existential Threat

AdExchanger

The long tail is fighting for its life. Thousands of independent web publishers are facing an existential crisis. Massive macro changes instituted by online platforms are transforming how people navigate the web and how content is produced and monetized, threatening the very existence of the open internet. Google has once again delayed Chrome’s third-party cookie […] The post Don’t Be Distracted By Cookie Drama.

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The defensive arrogance of TL;DR

Seth Godin

Every since there has been high school, there has been the instinct to read the Cliffs Notes. The internet took this idea, added a gratuitous semicolon and perfected Too Long; Didn’t Read. This is the mistakenly proud assertion that we are far too busy and too important to read the whole thing, we skimmed a summary instead. At first glance, it seems as though AI is good at this.

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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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Even great demand gen can’t overcome a lack of brand marketing

Martech

For more than a decade of my career, I held various demand generation titles at multiple companies, and the function has evolved greatly in that time. However, if you’ve been listening to the chatter on LinkedIn over the past two years, that evolution has gained speed and influence. What was once a lead generation and nurturing function has now been rebranded into a full go-to-market (GTM) approach, often owning most of the budget, especially in smaller tech companies.

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2024 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic — 14,106 martech products (27.8% growth YoY)

Chief Martech

Happy #MartechDay to you! On the first Tuesday of May, we celebrate the martech industry and all the talented marketing technologists and marketing ops professionals who work in it. Cheers to you for all you do in pioneering this wild and woolly field. It’s also the day when Frans Riemersma and I release our annual update to the marketing technology landscape.

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Augmented Reality and Interactive Ad Design

The Ad Tech Blog

Understanding Augmented Reality Advertising Key Points Increasing Investment: More brands are allocating significant portions of their marketing budgets to augmented reality advertising. Consumer Engagement: Augmented reality (AR) creates highly interactive and engaging consumer experiences, enhancing memorability and brand connection. Technology Growth: The adoption of AR technology is expected to reach 1.73 billion users globally by 2024 , indicating a rapid growth trajectory.

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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 unwarranted smile

Seth Godin

When we do something nice for someone, a ‘thank you’ and a smile is nice to receive. And, in many parts of human culture, it’s a bit expected. But when something goes wrong, if we drop a plate or miss a turn or make someone late, it’s particularly delightful and memorable if we are greeted warmly instead of stomped on. The moments when it’s the most difficult to be kind are the moments where it matters the most.

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Stop! Or go directly to email jail

Martech

I live in Texas, where the highway speed limits are more like minimums than maximums. Our interstates could pass for the Indianapolis 500 (AKA the “Idiot 500” here in Dallas). I contribute to this fast-moving culture because if you obey the law, you’ll get run over. The other day, I was cruising down the highway at traffic speed (at least 20 MPH over the posted limit), and I got pulled over.

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

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e.l.f. Beauty Calls for Diversity in Boardrooms With ‘So Many Dicks’ Campaign

Adweek

A striking fact lays bare inequities in corporate leadership: There are more men named "Dick" on public company boards in the U.S. than women or diverse groups. "So Many Dicks," the wryly named campaign from e.l.f. Beauty, uncovers this unsettling truth to underscore the need for more diversity in seats of power. Starting Monday and.

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Google Rolls Out SGE, Here’s How Publishers Are Responding

Adweek

Google's AI-powered search tool, formerly Search Generative Experience (SGE), is now available widely in the U.S., with a global rollout following soon, Google boss Sundar Pichai said at Google's I/O conference held in Mountain View, California, yesterday. That's not great news for publishers, who have seen a substantial decline of up to 60% in organic.

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Netflix Will Wean Itself Off Microsoft’s Adtech By 2025

Adweek

Netflix will stop using Microsoft's adtech to power its digital ad serving, a source familiar with the matter told ADWEEK. Instead, the streaming powerhouse will build its own adtech server which it aims to roll out globally by 2025. Brands who want to buy ads from Netflix directly will have to use Netflix's tech, the.

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CMOs Are Living Many Lives in the C-Suite

Adweek

Stephanie McCarty has been a chief marketing officer for a little over five years, but the job she has today isn't the same one she took in 2018.

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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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Politico Gets Access to More Reader Data, Launching Its First Consumer Registration Wall

Adweek

The politics publisher Politico began the rollout of its first consumer registration wall on Wednesday, the first step in a larger strategy from the Axel Springer property to gather more information about readers. The registration wall will initially let readers access up to 10 articles before asking them to share basic information--their email, employer and.

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Molly Baz’s Pregnant Body Is Too Risque for Times Square

Adweek

Times Square is no stranger to women's bodies, but a particular advertisement recently stirred controversy, reflecting deep societal tensions surrounding motherhood and female sexuality. The ad promoted lactation cookies in a provocative campaign by cookbook author Molly Baz in partnership with breastfeeding startup Swehl. Baz, known for her culinary creativity, ventured into the partnership to.

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Major League Soccer’s Attitude and Access Scored It a New CMO

Adweek

Major League Soccer has a robust post-pandemic story to tell, and it's found just the person to tell it. Newly announced senior vice president and chief marketing officer of MLS and Soccer United Marketing (SUM) Radhika Duggal joins the league at a pivotal point in its history. MLS has grown from 19 teams in 2014.

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Exclusive: The Trade Desk Ranks the Top 100 Publishers

Adweek

The Trade Desk, the popular demand-side platform that marketers use to buy digital ads, published a list of the 100 most premium publishers across the open internet today. The list--which includes TV, web and audio publishers globally--is part of a report on the rise of the premium internet. The DSP has recently positioned itself as.

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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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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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Complex Acquires the Food Festival ‘Family Style,’ Part of Its Broader Rebuild

Adweek

According to chief executive Aaron Levant, the fashion and lifestyle publisher Complex has acquired the food festival Family Style for an undisclosed sum, part of a larger bid for the media company to rebuild its food vertical. The acquisition comes just three months after the live-shopping platform NTWRK acquired Complex from BuzzFeed Inc. for $108.

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Longtime Condé Nast Chief Revenue Officer Steps Down

Adweek

Conde Nast chief revenue officer Pamela Drucker Mann announced her departure from the media company this morning, according to an internal memo shared by the company. Mann, who joined Conde Nast as the sales director for beauty at Jane magazine in 2005, has served as the media company's chief revenue officer since 2019. She is.

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5 Reveals From Google’s Leaked Search Docs

Adweek

A little light is shining on Google's Search black box. A leak of 2,500 internal documents, which Google has confirmed are real, sheds some light on the workings of its search engine--which has long been a mystery for search-engine-optimization experts and businesses--like what data Google collects, how it relies on links and how it views.

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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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The Chicago Red Stars Use Wrigley Field to Pitch Women’s Soccer to the City

Adweek

The Chicago Red Stars see both the history and future of women's sports in their temporary home at Wrigley Field. The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) makes its debut at the home of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs on June 8, when the Red Stars match up against Bay FC. It's the first professional women's.

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Meta Shareholders Warn of AI-Driven Disinformation: Here’s What You Need to Know

Adweek

Meta is preparing for a shareholder showdown at its annual investor meeting today over the growing threats of generative artificial intelligence. The tech giant's shareholders are pushing it to share an annual report of the costs associated with gen AI--including financial, reputational, legal and regulatory--plus how it will protect people from misinformation and measure that.

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Disney, Walmart Team Up for Enhanced Targeting, Measurement Across Streaming

Adweek

Disney Advertising struck a deal with Walmart Connect that allows advertisers to target Disney's streaming portfolio, including Disney+ and Hulu, using Walmart's shopper data, the companies announced today. In addition, Disney is joining Walmart's Partner Lab, a group of connected TV and social platforms that the retailer works with to test new ad formats and.

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Leaked Presentation Shows How Google Is Pitching Its 2024 AI Agenda to Ad Buyers

Adweek

Google's big bet on using AI to power ads is getting even bigger in 2024. At Google's Marketing Live event, which kickstarts today, the tech giant is expected to reveal how ads will look in generative AI-powered search, one week after its full U.S. roll-out. Generative AI search is already poised to change how buyers.

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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 Atlantic Targets College Students With New Group Subscription

Adweek

News and culture publisher The Atlantic launched the first group subscription product in its 167-year history last summer, which has so far focused almost exclusively on reaching college students through their universities.

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Advertisers Can Target Kroger Audiences Through Yahoo’s DSP With New Partnership

Adweek

Yahoo Advertising has struck a data-sharing deal with retail media network Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM), ADWEEK can exclusively reveal. This will let advertisers target the national grocer's audiences programmatically through Yahoo's demand-side platform (DSP). The partnership marks KPM's second DSP partnership since last fall, and ushers in a new focus on commerce media for Yahoo.

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YouTube Pitches Massive TV Viewership, Ad Targeting at Upfront

Adweek

YouTube asserted its dominance as a video platform that transcends traditional television at its upfront event from Lincoln Center today, boasting billions of viewers and achieving highly relevant ads for its brand partners. "We're redefining what TV looks like, helping creators reach new heights and using AI to expand creativity," said Neal Mohan, CEO, YouTube.

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How Creator Agencies Prepare for a ‘Deepfake Summer’

Adweek

AI influencers offer a cost-effective, continuous presence on social media, and save time for brands for user-generated content (UGC) campaigns. However, the rise of synthetic influencers has sparked concern among human influencers, who fear that these digital competitors will erode their income from brands. The spotlight on deepfakes featuring real-life influencer Ariel Marie promoting GetDirty.

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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.