Adweek
MARCH 13, 2024
Google launched its artificial intelligence-powered search engine, Search Generative Experience, in beta last May, sending publishers scrambling to prepare for a significant disruption in organic search traffic, with potential declines ranging from 20% to 60%, according to media executives and search engine optimization experts interviewed for this story.
Seth Godin
MARCH 17, 2024
Learning is about becoming incompetent on our way to getting better. If you’re not open to the tension that is caused by knowing you could do better, it’s unlikely you’re willing to do the work to get better. As you’re doing that work, there’s the satisfaction it brings, but also the knowledge that just a moment ago, you weren’t any good.
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Ad Monsters
MARCH 8, 2024
The challenges women face in ad tech are universal, transcending specific roles or tenure in the industry. The future of ad tech is intertwined with the pursuit of diversity, as having manifold perspectives is essential for propelling this innovative industry to new heights. In honor of International Women’s Day, we gathered insights from 35 industry thought leaders to shed light on what it means to be a woman in ad tech.
More About Advertising
MARCH 28, 2024
Yet another winner for British Airways from Uncommon: an outdoor campaign that adds another big, confident brand message to the ongoing “British original” push. “Windows” captures the wonder on passengers’ faces when they look onto the world from 35,000ft. The 11 outsized and visually arresting posters will be seen across 324 print sites across the … The post British Airways flies high (again) with Uncommon OOH first appeared on More About Advertising.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
AdPulp
MARCH 18, 2024
How many times have marketers been told—mostly by other marketers—that the new tech is the best tech? So many times…remember when every brand had to have a home in Second Life? It was an absurd thing to say then, as it is today when the new new thing has to be tested, twisted, and made […] The post AI Is Not the Problem, Lack of Original Thinking Is the Problem appeared first on Adpulp.
Martech
MARCH 28, 2024
Is your marketing team tired of hearing about AI? To some extent, we all are. It’s part of the hype cycle of any new technology. Marketing teams now find themselves surrounded by AI. It’s coming from every direction. Most notably, the introduction of ChatGPT put AI in the hands of just about anyone who wanted to use it. But ChatGPT is far from the only AI game in town.
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Seth Godin
MARCH 21, 2024
All purchases involve a decision. Yes or no, this or that, now or later… But it’s helpful to realize that all decisions involve a purchase. When we decide to spend time or take a risk or make a commitment, our brains act in a way very similar to how we choose to make a purchase. When you talk about a non-profit, introduce a new sort of behavior or invite someone to follow along, you’re actually selling.
Ad Monsters
MARCH 27, 2024
Pubmatic quickly resolved its $1 billion ad auction error without significant damage. However, some still believe that the incident implies the need for greater regulation in the programmatic supply chain. Publishers, imagine this: You check your ad account like any other day and find $1 billion worth of CPMs. A sudden rush of shock, excitement, and disbelief runs through you; maybe someone is even fanning you off the floor.
AdExchanger
MARCH 22, 2024
Buyers will soon have far more transparency into video ad inventory sold through Google’s platform. Google confirmed to AdExchanger that DV360, its demand-side platform, has already adopted the IAB Tech Lab’s new video.plcmt field in OpenRTB bid requests. This field is where publishers and SSPs categorize their inventory based on the Tech Lab’s new video […] The post DV360 Accepts The IAB Tech Lab’s New Video Guidelines.
More About Advertising
MARCH 21, 2024
What do you do when you’re advertising for the Alzheimer’s Society? Somehow sweeten the pill even though, unlike nearly every other, disease, there isn’t much sign of a breakthrough against it even though there are glimmers of light as well as the clear need for more early diagnosis (for those brave enough to find out.) … The post Alzheimer’s is ‘The Long Goodbye’ as New Commercial Arts dramatises effect on communities first appeared on More About Advertising.
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Martech
MARCH 4, 2024
Marketing automation is a great tool. It allows companies to set up campaigns that run on their own without further human intervention. This saves time and greatly expands what your marketing team can accomplish with limited resources. Unfortunately, marketing automation can also go wrong somewhat spectacularly. In this article I’ll provide a list of things to check to make sure your automated programs aren’t giving you or your company a big black eye.
Adweek
MARCH 26, 2024
Cats and dogs have an unfortunate tendency to wreak havoc on furniture and other household items. An adorable Ikea campaign assures consumers that its products are so affordable, they don't have to stress about replacing anything their pet destroys. The campaign, by agency Ingo Hamburg, shows various Ikea products in disrepair after animals have ruined.
Seth Godin
MARCH 7, 2024
Long after people forget the details, they’ll remember your kindness. There are many forms of hospitality, but resilience, goodwill and gratitude are often the ones that matter. PS here’s a short ebook I published almost a decade ago.
Smart Insights
MARCH 14, 2024
Examples and definitions of integrated marketing today. Find out why integrated omnichannel marketing is essential to the success of your business Without getting too Aristotelian, with marketing, the whole is most certainly more than the sum of its parts - … The post What is integrated marketing? appeared first on Smart Insights.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
AdExchanger
MARCH 3, 2024
The advertising industry has reached a critical juncture with cookie deprecation testing in Chrome. Google’s Privacy Sandbox aims to reduce cross-site and cross-app tracking while keeping online content and services free for all. Sounds idealistic – because it is. Google has invited players from across the ecosystem to test the Sandbox and its privacy-preserving APIs […] The post Privacy Sandbox’s Latency Issues Will Cost Publishers appeared first on AdExchanger.
Ad Monsters
MARCH 13, 2024
There is a major technical issue between VAST and PAAPI from the Privacy Sandbox. It’s something that was called out by the IAB Tech Lab in a recent report. While Google claims that PAAPI supports VAST, that can’t happen without a lot of work — if at all. Today we’re talking Video and Google’s PAAPI, so bear with me it’s going to get technical. We’ll do our best to untangle the web of acronyms and give you a better understanding of the current situation as these two have been trading blows over
Martech
MARCH 27, 2024
Leading CRM platforms like Salesforce, Dynamics, Zoho and HubSpot are introducing new AI features for autonomous chats, automatic campaign launches, product suggestions and sentiment analysis. That’s great and exciting. But there’s one thing in the way: our data. Ultimately, all the technology in the world isn’t worth the investment if the data it relies on is poor.
Adweek
MARCH 10, 2024
When it comes to viral marketing at the Oscars, Don Julio is taking its shot. At the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, host Jimmy Kimmel and his right-hand-man Guillermo Rodriguez "surprised" Best Actor nominee Colman Domingo with Don Julio margaritas live during the show. In the bit, which had Kimmel taking a tequila shot on.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
Seth Godin
MARCH 18, 2024
Access to information used to be scarce. We ranked college libraries on how many books they had, and time at the microfilm reader was booked in advance. Today, if there’s something I don’t know, it’s almost certainly because I haven’t cared enough to find out. I don’t understand molecular biology, the history of Sardinia or much of agronomy–but that’s my choice.
VideoWeek
MARCH 26, 2024
This month saw the release of a new book aimed at guiding industry efforts on sustainability. ‘Sustainable Advertising: How Advertising Can Support a Better Future’, written by Matt Bourn, Director of Communications at the Advertising Association and Ad Net Zero, and Sebastian Munden, Chair of Ad Net Zero, lays out a manifesto for how advertising can help build a sustainable economy, and identifies some of the companies helping the industry make progress towards net zero emissions.
More About Advertising
MARCH 25, 2024
Parliament is expected to decriminalise abortion in the next week or so when a free vote takes place on an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act, supported by both health secretary Victoria Atkins and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Ahead of the vote, Uncommon has created a campaign in support of decriminalisation for … The post MSI and Uncommon make their voices heard on abortion rights first appeared on More About Advertising.
MNTN
MARCH 8, 2024
The streaming world lately has looked a lot like the economy at large: after a period of steady growth, it’s a little hard to tell whether things are still going well? Inflation is a hot button topic for the economy, and “streamflation” (which is exactly what it sounds like) has subscription fees climbing. However, despite the tumultuousness of the industry headlines, streaming is continuing to grow.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.
Martech
MARCH 11, 2024
Google’s full deprecation of third-party cookies is right around the corner. Time is running out to get all those well-laid marketing plans off the whiteboards and into action. No matter where your company is at in the post-third-party preparation curve, the truth is that we won’t fully realize the impact on our marketing efforts until Google finally flips the switch and we head into the unknown.
Adweek
MARCH 19, 2024
For all of the talk about the jobs AI is expected to replace (that's 85 million, according to the World Economic Forum), it's also expected to create some 97 million new roles by 2025. And the buzziest of these new roles is the position overseeing it all: the Chief AI Officer (CAIO). Major brands like.
Seth Godin
MARCH 13, 2024
The independent bookstore down the street is carefully curated. Each book takes up the spot that a different book could inhabit, so the owner makes sure that there’s a great reason a title is included. Amazon, on the other hand, has no shelf space problem, and the Kindle multiplies it. As a result, the average book on the Kindle is virtually worthless, because once it’s easy to include everything, everything gets included.
AdExchanger
MARCH 17, 2024
Google AdX will update its video policy on April 1 – April Fool’s Day – to reflect new industry standard definitions for in-stream and outstream video. Some publishers and video ad platforms are wondering whether the joke is on them. A large chunk of previously premium inventory – as in inventory that sellers previously sold as “premium” […] The post Google’s Adoption Of New In-Stream/Outstream Standards Could Spell Disaster For Some Online Video Platforms appeared first on AdExchanger.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.
More About Advertising
MARCH 28, 2024
There are some pretty good ads around just now, a relief after what we might term a fallow period. FCB London’s ‘Get Comfortable’ duo for Andrex would be a worthy winner most weeks but Uncommon Creative Studio lifts the prize with another showstopper – ‘Everyday’ (which is anything but) for BA and IAG’s Avios points. … The post MAA Ad of the Week: BA’s Avios from Uncommon first appeared on More About Advertising.
Exchange Wire
MARCH 28, 2024
NumberEight, a leader in ID-less solutions, announced today (March 28th, 2024) that it has collaborated with Yieldmo to provide brands with better access to in-app traffic by aligning in-app targeting capabilities. NumberEight has reimagined user identity management through AI technology and [.] The post NumberEight & Yieldmo Announce Strategic Partnership for Market-First Contextual In-App Targeting appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.
Martech
MARCH 8, 2024
As organizations grapple with the complexities of AI adoption, a strategic framework becomes essential for assessing readiness and ensuring successful implementation. Before introducing even more tech into your stack, you must know what you’re working with. How confident are you with your team’s readiness for change? Can you also sustain those changes?
Adweek
MARCH 19, 2024
In a sea of waste-heavy and formulaic activations at South by Southwest (SXSW), The Delta Lounge--one of the 2024 festival's buzziest experiential marketing installations--aimed to buck some of the trends that have shaped brand activity at the event in recent years. With its focus on delivering a luxury experience to all SkyMiles members, new and.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.
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