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Your CMO, Not Your CTO, Should Lead AI Strategy

Adweek

Two years after the launch of ChatGPT, the business world is finally waking up. This isn't just another tech trend that VCs will throw money at while screaming "disruption"--one that may be gone in another year. AI is the new electricity. It will impact everything. Companies are fumbling in the dark, trying to figure out.

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Guardrails and governance: How to protect your brand while using AI

Martech

Marketing has traditionally served as the “guardian of the brand,” ensuring organizational consistency across all channels. AI creates brand assets at scale, offering speed and efficiency. However, it also introduces new risks. Here’s how it changes guardrails and governance and what to do about it. Guardrails vs. governance While closely related, guardrails and governance serve different but complementary functions in AI-powered marketing organizations.

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“Does it work?”

Seth Godin

That’s the first question. The second question is, “how do we make it work better?” These two questions, patiently repeated, lead to incremental improvement and an understanding of reality. The opposite approach is, “because I said so.” Reality might not care what you want.

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AI agents are the new iPaaS and the next frontier of intense competition in digital ops orchestration

Chief Martech

Welcome to 2025! It’ll be the Year of AI Agents in martech, in word and deed. Here’s what I think that means… From the moment there was more than one software product in a company’s tech stack, there’s been jockeying to determine who was boss. If the tech stack were an orchestra, which product would be the conductor? Whichever one directed the flow of data among apps and determined which function in which app was called when literally orchestrating the tech stack

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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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TikTok’s North American Ad Chief Steps Down as Ban Nears

Adweek

Sameer Singh, TikTok's North America head of ad sales, is leaving the company, according to an internal memo reviewed by ADWEEK. The announcement comes as the popular video-sharing app faces mounting pressure, with a U.S. ban set to take effect on January 19. Singh joined ByteDance in 2019 and has been a central figure in.

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The influencer marketing space kicks off 2025 with another acquisition

Martech

Influencer marketing and social media management platform Later announced Friday it acquired Mavely for $250 million. Mavely has a network of more than 120,000 creators who the company says drove more than $1 billion in gross merchandising volume for more than 1,400 major brands, including Nike, Anthropologie, Lululemon, Macy’s, Old Navy and Adidas.

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Higher, Further, FAST-er: CTV Will Keep On Growing In 2025

AdExchanger

As the new year begins, expect CTV growth to continue blasting along with a vengeance. Experts are bullish on the channel and believe that many of 2024s biggest CTV trends will continue well into 2025. The post Higher, Further, FAST-er: CTV Will Keep On Growing In 2025 appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Bracing for a TikTok Ban: 5 Key Implications for Ads, Creators, and Businesses

Adweek

With a potential TikTok ban set to take effect on January 19 in the U.S., the ripple effects will be felt far beyond its millions of users in the country, causing major disruptions to the broader digital landscape. In April last year, Congress passed a law banning "foreign adversary-controlled applications" from app stores, which could.

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Retail media networks continue to grow: 2025 predictions

Martech

Over the last year, the RMN space saw new in-store standards and solid growth. This is likely to continue. Here are a few ways we expect to see this dynamic space continue to mature. Growing in-store networks While retail media networks have gained some attention [in 2024], I believe their full potential remains largely untapped, said Melanie Babcock, Vice President, Orange Apron Media and monetization at The Home Depot.

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2025 Programmatic Advertising Trends to Know

Basis

In the ever-evolving world of digital advertising, programmatic has proven to be a reliable mainstayand a dynamic space for innovation. Despite overall ad spending forecasts suggesting slower growth ahead , programmatic advertising remains a bright spot, with global spend reaching $595 billion in 2024 and projected to approach $779 billion in 2028. In the US, it has accounted for more than 90% of digital display ad dollars since 2023 and is forecast to see double-digit growth through 2026.

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

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2025 Predictions: Policy & Regulation

Exchange Wire

As with all industries, government regulation across the globe is set to have a critical impact on the advertising industry throughout 2025. From updates to privacy legislation, affecting targeting and the use of consumer data, through to new laws governing [.] The post 2025 Predictions: Policy & Regulation appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Media Industry

Adweek

Working in media--let alone reporting on it--can be a grim task. It often feels like the industry is perpetually on the verge of collapse, with news about layoffs, closures, and declines in trust and readership dominating the headlines. The reality is more complex. There are plenty of challenges ahead for journalism and media, but there.

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The Dawn Of First-Party Data: Navigating The New Advertising Landscape

AdExchanger

Back in 1966, McKinsey astutely observed, Change gets costlier every day, yet not changing can be costlier still. This statement rings truer than ever in todays rapidly evolving advertising landscape. As data proliferates across customer touch points, marketers face the challenge of delivering optimal experiences without comprehensive audience understanding.

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Secret recipes

Seth Godin

“You can try this at home…” But you probably won’t. The secret recipe isn’t the reason Coke is successful. And the recipe for KFC isn’t much of a recipe at all. The secret way you do the thing isn’t what keeps your clients coming back. It’s the part you do in public that matters.

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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.

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Lessons from AI’s 2024 rise and a pragmatic path for marketing in 2025

Martech

As 2024 comes to a close, its impossible to ignore the central theme that has shaped marketing and technology this year: artificial intelligence. From breathtaking advancements in generative models to bold proclamations about the agentic era, the year has been dominated by promises of transformation. And yet, for all the excitement, theres a significant gap between these bold visions and the day-to-day realities of most companies.

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How AI Will Impact the TV Industry in 2025, According to 15 Executives

Adweek

Whether you love or hate to hear about it, artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it's here to stay. In the past year, AI has dominated every industry. But in the TV space, it seems like everyone is still trying to figure out how it's going to be used. More personalized user experiences and more AI-generated.

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How AI Has (Already) Become The Foundation Of Digital Advertising

AdExchanger

Generative AI is quickly becoming the bedrock of the digital advertising landscape. That might sound like a bold statement after all, generative AI only hit the mainstream two years ago. But while many industries are just beginning to explore the potential of generative AI, advertisers have been leveraging AI and machine learning for years. […] The post How AI Has (Already) Become The Foundation Of Digital Advertising appeared first on AdExchanger.

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6 Platforms That Will Define Retail Media in 2025

Ad Monsters

Retail media is on track to hit $106 billion by 2027, with giants like Amazon and Walmart dominating, while innovators like Instacart, Kroger, and Home Depot carve out specialized niches. In 2023, eMarketer called retail media the third and likely the biggest wave in digital media. So far, the ad revenue data hasnt proved the research company wrong.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Will AI agents conduct the martech orchestra in 2025?

Martech

“If the tech stack were an orchestra, which product would be the conductor?” asks Chief Martec Scott Brinker in his first column of the year. To cut to the chase, Brinker thinks there’s an important role for AI agents to play here. That will be the case for some businesses certainly and almost by default for businesses relying on vendors that have themselves taken the agentic route.

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The Top Rising and Declining Job Titles in Marketing

Adweek

Although the number of U.S. jobs in advertising, public relations, and other related services remained flat throughout 2024, the jobs themselves are changing. Exclusive data from LinkedIn shows how. When comparing the quantity of marketing-related job titles on LinkedIn user profiles in 2024 versus 2022, no position experienced more growth than "Sales Marketing Supervisor," which.

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Grocery Retail Media Networks Are Evolving – Here’s How And Why

AdExchanger

When seemingly every industry is standing up its own version of a retail media network (RMN), grocery chains stand out with unique shopper data and insight into the real purchase behaviors of consumers. These are people who are ready to spend money, said Bobby Gibbs, a principal inthe retail and consumer goods practice at consulting […] The post Grocery Retail Media Networks Are Evolving Heres How And Why appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How AI could shape content and ads in 2025

Digiday

Tech giants and startups alike have spent the past year building new generative AI tools for users and advertisers. From AI images for programmatic ads to a growing number of AI-generated TV commercials, brands are starting to explore new ways of thinking about creative across various platforms. The final weeks of 2024 had big news with expanded access and improved outputs of generative models like OpenAI’s Sora, Amazon’s Nova and Google’s Veo.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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How to maximize event ROI using smart budgeting

Martech

Understanding the real costs of events and how to manage them effectively is the difference between a successful conference and a budget nightmare. When planning a conference, most teams start with the big-picture items: venue, food and beverage and production. But veteran event professionals know success lies in the details and building flexibility into your budget from the start. “Put your whole wish list in there from the beginning,” said Kristene Hentz, an event planner at One

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Flashback: Connie Chung Revisits the Interview That Ended Her CBS News Career

Adweek

Flashback is a feature series that revisits key moments from TV news history with the Newsers that were part of them. With apologies to the late, great George Carlin, there are actually eight words you can never say on television. Connie Chung learned that lesson the hard way 30 years ago when a certain five-letter.

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Ad Tech M&A Went From Weak Sauce To Hot Sauce In 2025

AdExchanger

Following a tepid 2023 for ad tech M&A, the sector had a little heat in 2024. There were noteworthy deals throughout the year, including LiveRamps acquisition of data clean room startup Habu in January and Experians acquisition of DMP and curation vendor Audigent in December. The number of ad tech deals nearly doubled during the […] The post Ad Tech M&A Went From Weak Sauce To Hot Sauce In 2025 appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Advertising’s dealmakers are gearing up for a 2025 surge

Digiday

This year, chatter concerning mergers and acquisitions is all about whether 2025 will spark a deal frenzy across advertising and ad tech. Heres the twist: the deal flow never really dried up in 2024. In fact, the year kicked off with LiveRamp snapping up Habu for $200 million, and the pace of dealmaking steadily picked up though it never quite became a flood.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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The Best AdMonsters Decoders of 2024: 8 Essential Explainers to Power Up Your Ad Tech Know-How

Ad Monsters

2024s best AdMonsters Decoders demystify ad techs hottest topicsDark Traffic, EUs DSA, Privacy Sandbox, and more. Dive in for essential insights! Picture your Slack channels lighting up faster than a Kendrick Lamar Drake-diss-track dropand each ping is yet another question about privacy regs, ad blocking, or floor pricing. Sound familiar? Weve got your cure.

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20 Media Executives Offer Their Predictions for 2025

Adweek

The great thing about predictions is that they are never wrong, which is why ADWEEK gathered responses from more than 20 media executives to hear what they think the new year holds for the industry. Naturally, artificial intelligence dominated the conversation, but media operators are of a mixed mind as to how the technology will.

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Honey Caught With Its Hand In The Jar; Indie Agencies Zero In On The ‘Forgotten Middle’

AdExchanger

Trap More Flies With Honey Honey, a free browser extension that automatically finds and applies discount codes, is being accused of defrauding its users and the online content creators who championed it. Thats according to a YouTube tech investigator who goes by MegaLag. He alleges that the PayPal-owned Honey effectively steals the credit for online […] The post Honey Caught With Its Hand In The Jar; Indie Agencies Zero In On The Forgotten Middle appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Top Amazon marketing Trends 2025: Predictions and Insights

Ad Badger

Ready to crush it in Amazon marketing in 2025? The rules are changing fastAI is getting smarter, analytics are digging. Read More Top Amazon marketing Trends 2025: Predictions and Insights The post Top Amazon marketing Trends 2025: Predictions and Insights appeared first on Ad Badger.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.