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P&G’s Marc Pritchard: Great Advertising Finds Inspiration in Everyday Moments

Adweek

Diapers, laundry, soap, toothpaste, body wash, and toilet paper may not be the first products people turn to for inspiration, but according to Procter & Gamble (P&G) chief brand officer Marc Pritchard, such ordinary things can hold creative opportunities. "Everyday moments are full of inspiration potential," Pritchard said during his presentation at the ANA Masters.

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A marketer’s guide to implementing generative AI

Martech

GenAI’s transformative power accelerates marketing objectives and unlocks growth. The benefits are clear: enhanced productivity, deeper data analysis, personalized experiences, content generation and more. However, tapping into genAI’s full potential requires more than just adding another tool to the martech stack. Shifting from pilot projects to widespread implementation demands a strategic approach.

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With Google in hot water with the DOJ, what exactly are anti-trust laws?

illumin

The United States Department of Justice is cracking down on companies violating anti-trust laws. In particular, Google is under fire for allegedly operating a monopoly in the digital advertising industry. Google is now in a Virginia court defending its digital advertising business against monopolizing allegations, a process that is estimated to take four to six weeks.

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PAAPI Could Be As Effective For Retargeting As Third-Parties Cookies, Study Finds

AdExchanger

There’s been plenty of mudslinging in and around the Chrome Privacy Sandbox. But the Protected Audiences API (PAAPI) maybe ain’t so bad. PAAPI – a proposal for retargeting on Chrome without third-party cookies – could be nearly as effective as retargeting with third-party cookies, according to a new paper by researchers at Boston University’s Questrom […] The post PAAPI Could Be As Effective For Retargeting As Third-Parties Cookies, Study Finds appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Havas Media’s First Shell Campaign Is Under Fire With More Than 70 Complaints for Greenwashing

Adweek

More than 70 people have filed complaints with ad watchdog the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority claiming a recent Shell ad is guilty of greenwashing. The spot is part of the first campaign that Shell's media agency Havas Media worked on for the oil giant since winning the account in September 2023, following months of climate.

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Who really owns your data? Protecting your business from agency lock-in

Martech

This is a warning to all business professionals. If you’re an agency in the world of data collection (analytics, marketing, etc.), this might be a “shame on you” moment. Data is the lifeblood of all organizations. Without it, how can executives, business owners and managers make day-to-day and long-term decisions? Yet, for many organizations, the question of who owns their data rarely arises — until problems emerge.

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The Role of Color in Brand Identity

The Ad Tech Blog

Introduction Color plays a pivotal role in shaping brand identity, influencing consumer perceptions, and driving marketing success. Understanding the impact of color branding can significantly enhance your brand’s visibility and emotional connection with your audience. In the advertising and marketing industry, where competition is fierce, leveraging the right colors can set your brand apart and foster a deeper connection with your target market.

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Razorfish Offers Clients Real-World AI Use Cases Through Beta Labs

Adweek

Publicis agency Razorfish has widely opened up its suite of gen AI tools Beta Lab, to give all brand clients practical examples of how can be used to enhance content creation and improve customer experiences. Beta Lab has been open to over half of the agency's clients--including Samsung--since this summer. The lab has already featured.

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AI-powered martech news and releases: October 24

Martech

More than three-quarters of U.S. workers say they don’t know how to use their new AI tools, according to a report from Slingshot. The survey found only 23% of employees feel completely educated and trained on AI. And while 72% of employers say their employees are at least adequately trained on AI, only 53% of employees believe they are. There’s also a significant difference between genders with AI training: 66% of males feel adequately trained on AI, but only 44% of females say the same.

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B2B Advertising: the only guide you need

illumin

In the rapidly evolving landscape of business, B2B (business-to-business) advertising is emerging as a critical component for companies aiming to grow, scale, and maintain competitive advantage. Unlike B2C (business-to-consumer) advertising, which targets individual consumers, B2B advertising focuses on engaging other businesses, often with a longer sales cycle and more complex purchasing decisions.

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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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Important problems

Seth Godin

Some problems are easy to solve, others are difficult, requiring a lot more labor, willpower, resources and coordination. Some problems have simple solutions, while others are complex in what it takes to move forward. The trivial problems are fun. They’re simple to solve and don’t require much effort. Yes, please, go solve them. We’re tempted to focus on the problems that are complicated but apparently easy.

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Heineken’s Technology Stops Smartphones From Ruining Gigs

Adweek

Heineken wants people to put down their phones. In its latest bid to foster IRL social connections, the beer brand hacked two music events -- Mexico's Live Out festival and Amsterdam Dance Event's opening party -- to discourage phone use on the dance floor. With its creative agency LePub, Heineken installed technology that delivered a.

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Why you’re probably underutilizing email sequences

Martech

For HubSpot users, HubSpot email sequences are a powerful way to save time and stay consistent when connecting with your audience. But if you only use them for cold outreach, you’re letting a valuable tool sit idle. Think of email sequences as a Swiss army knife of sorts — useful for a ton of different things. You can use them to promote events, keep leads engaged, follow up with customers and much more.

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The UK’s ICO Is Helping Ad Tech Companies With Privacy Compliance

AdExchanger

A new nonprofit organization in the UK wants to develop the first regulator-approved privacy-compliance certification for ad tech – and it’s got the UK’s data protection authority on board. The group, which launched earlier this year, is called the Coalition for Privacy Compliance in Advertising or CPCA for short. (Not to be confused with the CCPA, […] The post The UK’s ICO Is Helping Ad Tech Companies With Privacy Compliance appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Intuition

Seth Godin

Intuition is simply a theory we haven’t yet put into words. Once we write down and share our intuition, it becomes more resilient, focused and useful to others.

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Kate McKinnon Aims to Create an Online Fandom for Her Wacky Sonicare Character

Adweek

Kate McKinnon likes to get under the skin of the characters she plays, which often starts with how they look and what they're wearing--perfectly parted hair and severe brunette bun for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for instance, and ultra high-rise pants for alien abductee Colleen Rafferty. For a recent project for Philips Sonicare, the Saturday Night.

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Google Performance Max gets new AI-powered video creation, asset testing

Martech

Google has announced major updates to its advertising tools, including the integration of its advanced Imagen 3 AI model to help with creative optimizations and new Performance Max capabilities. Key updates: Imagen 3 integration for AI-powered image generation. Sharable ad previews for easier team collaboration. Enhanced video creation capabilities.

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The Curation Debate

AdExchanger

We discuss the rise of curation in programmatic buying and the current backlash. Is curation an ad network with new window dressing? And will it save or undermine the open web? The post The Curation Debate appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Confused about good

Seth Godin

How often do we assume that popular things are good, and that good things become popular? If your work doesn’t catch on, does that mean it wasn’t good? In almost every field, people with insight, taste and experience admire and emulate good things that aren’t popular, and are surprised by popular things that aren’t good. Perhaps we need to broaden our definition (or narrow it) so we can be clear about what we mean.

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Saucony’s New CMO Says Understanding Culture is Key To Lifestyle Push

Adweek

Where competitors like Asics and New Balance have found success in striking a balance between their performance wear and streetwear offerings, Saucony is finding its footing with the latter, under the direction of new global chief marketing officer (CMO) Joy Allen-Altimare. Since joining the 126 year-old footwear brand in June, Allen-Altimare has forged partnerships that.

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SMS deliverability: What you need to know

Martech

SMS campaigns can yield big results for marketers , but there’s a catch: High hurdles around deliverability. For consumers, and ultimately for brands, it’s good that SMS messages are regulated. It’s bad when customers think you are intrusive. At the same time, many consumers prefer SMS as a communication channel, so the right text could be valuable to them and your brand.

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Discover Wiped Out MFA Spend By Following These Four Basic Steps

AdExchanger

Any brand can erase MFA from its programmatic spend – if it wants to. That’s according to the ANA and TAG TrustNet’s second quarterly Programmatic Media Transparency Benchmark report. The ANA previewed the report, which is set to be released in November, at its Masters of Marketing event in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday. By implementing […] The post Discover Wiped Out MFA Spend By Following These Four Basic Steps appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Thoughts on audiobooks

Seth Godin

I’m listening more than reading these days, and I find that a good audiobook can make a real impact on the way I absorb and learn from a book. It’s a once in a century sort of shift in this medium. My new book is now available in audio. It’s not on Audible, at least not now. Audible has exploited their dominant position and the offer they make to authors is unfair and almost untenable.

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Chick-fil-A’s Play App Will Launch Nov. 18

Adweek

Chick-fil-A isn't chickening out when it comes to jumping head-first into the entertainment world. Today, the restaurant chain announced it will launch Chick-fil-A Play App on Nov. 18. The company describes it as a digital "playground" centered around four core themes: Listen, Play, Create, and Read. The goal, said Dustin Britt, executive director of brand.

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Unlock the real value of genAI in martech

Martech

Eighteen months after GPT-4 shook the martech world, the dust is settling and it’s time to evaluate the real-world impact of generative AI. As brands and vendors navigate integrating genAI into their marketing stacks, one key question emerges: What’s actually working and where should the focus be? Below, we’ll explore the genAI landscape using our data and recent research, highlighting key use cases.

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Learning To Love And Let Go Of Attribution Models

AdExchanger

In the past couple of years, digital advertisers and ad platforms have increasingly returned to marketing mix modeling (MMM). In this generations-old approach, media channels (like TV, radio and print – now joined by the likes of Google, Meta and Amazon) are attributed for their sales contributions over the course of a months-long campaign. But […] The post Learning To Love And Let Go Of Attribution Models appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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What does retail media need to do next?

Exchange Wire

Retail media has been a hot topic for the last year. But what does it need to do to hit the next level? The industry gives their thoughts. Brands and retailers are leveraging retail media to reach consumers at critical buying [.] The post What does retail media need to do next? appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Why We Must Stop Google

Adweek

I was head of sales for independent adtech company MediaMath until 2019, during which time the company was considered a top player in the space. Our tech was licensed by big brands and premier agency holding companies in major media markets globally. Though I remain proud of MediaMath's growth, I believed it was always bounded.

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How to revamp your lead scoring strategy for 2025

Martech

If you’re concerned about the effectiveness of your lead generation strategy, you’re not alone. As we approach 2025, B2B marketers increasingly adopt data-driven strategies to refine their lead management processes and ensure they deliver sales-ready leads optimally. About 50% of marketers prioritize lead generation in their campaigns and 65% cite generating traffic and leads as their biggest marketing challenge, per HubSpot’s 2024 State of Marketing Report.

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Streaming Reach Is Still No Match For Linear

AdExchanger

In the age of streaming services, it’s easy to overlook the enduring power of linear TV. But even though platforms like Netflix and Hulu have captured a significant portion of the market, traditional television still reaches a massive and valuable audience. And, as a result, linear TV remains a vital component of any effective advertising […] The post Streaming Reach Is Still No Match For Linear appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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.