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AI’s Impact On CPG Advertising: A Game-Changer For Achieving Business Goals

AdExchanger

In the ever-evolving digital advertising landscape, CPGs face unique challenges in achieving their KPIs. The demand for developing cost-effective media programs that drive a brand’s desired outcomes is daunting. Legacy optimization systems often struggle to meet the intricate and specific definitions of quality engagement that CPG brands require, a concept we refer to as Quality […] The post AI’s Impact On CPG Advertising: A Game-Changer For Achieving Business Goals appeared first on

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Exclusive: BuzzFeed Inc. Announces Strategic Shift, Longtime Publisher Steps Down

Adweek

Culture and entertainment publisher BuzzFeed Inc. unveiled a strategic pivot during an internal meeting on Tuesday, according to two memos obtained by Adweek. The media company, which houses the editorial titles BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Complex Media, First We Feast and Tasty, is shifting to operate its sales, technical and editorial operations by brand rather than emphasizing.

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The reluctant spammer

Seth Godin

“I don’t want to send this pitch to a list of every single podcaster in the world, but we have to get the word out.” “I don’t want to send an email to every one of our previous donors every three days until they unsubscribe, but our work is so important, it has to be done.” “I don’t want to robocall every person in the district, but if I don’t, our campaign has no chance… the other guy is even more aggressive than we are.” Except

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Thought leadership: The human element your marketing needs

Martech

AI is everywhere, filling the web with content that often lacks the depth, nuance or forward-looking angle of expert insight. While tools like ChatGPT can supplement expertise with efficiency and creativity, more than ever, buyers need perspective that comes from years of experience and deep industry knowledge. In this sea of increasingly repetitive and recycled content, you need to offer something unique to capture attention.

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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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The Specialist DSPs Giving Omnichannel Giants A Run For Their Money

AdExchanger

There are no new DSPs out there. Nobody’s investing in the category. Google, Amazon and The Trade Desk won, and there’s no point trying to become another omnichannel DSP for everything. That isn’t true, mind you. What is true is that the only way to win now as a DSP is seemingly to forsake the […] The post The Specialist DSPs Giving Omnichannel Giants A Run For Their Money appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Angel Reese Is Taking Her Game to the Next Level—and Bringing Brands With Her

Adweek

Angel Reese was already a star, but when LSU won its first NCAA women's basketball championship in school history in April, No. 10 knew things would never be the same. "My price just went up. Today's price ain't tomorrow's price," Reese told reporters that night--with a gold crown in front of her--post-game in Dallas before.

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2023 in review: 3 key trends to inform your 2024 marketing plan

Martech

Whoa, did you just hear that? If you’re a retailer, an ecommerce company, or anybody else who relies on Q4 to make big money, that distant rumbling is the Black Friday engine revving up to what will become a deafening roar. At this time of year, we’re all crazy, working on campaigns, tightening our final strategy and getting ready to run the last big race.

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YouTube Is Quietly Piloting An Ad Buying Program For YouTube Shorts

AdExchanger

YouTube is making a behind-the-scenes effort to allow more advertisers to buy ads on YouTube Shorts – and only on Shorts. The post YouTube Is Quietly Piloting An Ad Buying Program For YouTube Shorts appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How Marketers Are Navigating AI’s Language Gap

Adweek

When Mike Sotelo, vice president of digital content and experience at ad agency Alma, experimented with OpenAI's generative artificial intelligence tool GPT-3 in Spanish earlier this year, it wasn't long before he came across a language gap. Sotelo entered two prompts: "How does a guey [a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a man] look in Miami?".

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6 Best Grammarly Alternatives for 2024 [Hands-on Review]

Single Grain

If you’re reading this, I’m pretty sure you know all about the useful features of Grammarly. From spelling and grammar checks to more advanced features like plagiarism detection and tone suggestions. While Grammarly may have all these features, sometimes I find myself in need of a specific tool – a more dedicated content marketing tool. In this post, I’m going to present to you the 6 best Grammarly alternatives that you’ll want to check out once you’re done reading this guide.

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

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Heavy Lemon Tuna

Seth Godin

It’s easy to smirk at the ridiculous images one can make in twenty seconds with AI. People used to smirk at photographs in the 1800s. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” is no longer a useful thing to say. Truth is real, photos are not.

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GroupM Does Its Part To Kickstart Privacy Sandbox Testing

AdExchanger

With third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome beginning next year (so says Google, at least), buyers are finally building frameworks to test the Privacy Sandbox APIs. Better late than never. With support from Google, WPP-owned GroupM announced a new initiative on Wednesday to integrate Privacy Sandbox tests into the media plans of select clients over the […] The post GroupM Does Its Part To Kickstart Privacy Sandbox Testing appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Coca-Cola’s Holiday Campaign Gets a Generative AI-Powered Makeover

Adweek

Coca-Cola has rolled out its third generative AI initiative of the year, this time as part of a global holiday campaign. The 130-year-old brand is opening its vault to the public via Create Real Magic, an artificial intelligence-powered holiday card generator. Built on the combined capabilities of GPT-4 and Dall-E 2, within a few clicks.

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4 essential ways to boost your marketing automation program

Martech

Marketing automation platforms (MAPs) help marketers speed up processes and increase efficiency. There are always more tasks that can be added to the marketing automation program and other ways that the program can be improved. Here are four essential steps marketers can take to boost MAP performance and drive value for their organization. Reverse engineer segmentation Customer segmentation is something marketers frequently do to improve marketing automation and make sure the right messages are

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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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Who’s got the camera?

Seth Godin

For years, I’ve been using this picture of Neil Armstrong when I tell the story of meeting him and hearing his talk at one of his last public appearances: I wasn’t there when this photo was taken, so I relied on a Google image search to find it: I compounded Google’s error. Sorry, Buzz. Neil had the camera. The photos of him on the moon were taken by a long selfie stick on the LEM.

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Why Advertisers Should Care About Hitting The Right Note With Hispanic Audiences

AdExchanger

Brands interested in targeting Hispanic and Latinx audiences run into challenges, from insufficient data that doesn’t accurately represent different segments to cookie-cutter creative that erases the complexity of a demographic with roots in more than 20 countries. The post Why Advertisers Should Care About Hitting The Right Note With Hispanic Audiences appeared first on AdExchanger.

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What Brands Need to Know About Creator Marketing in 2024

Adweek

In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, the creator economy has emerged as a powerful force, reshaping the way brands connect with consumers. A recent study conducted by LTK in partnership with Northwestern University's Retail Analytics Council highlights the profound impact of creator marketing, an industry now estimated at $21 billion.

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Google gives advertisers new generative AI tools for the holidays

Martech

Google is introducing new generative AI capabilities for advertisers in search generative experience (SGE) to mark the start of the holiday season. The new features include: New SGE subcategories. Photo search shopping. The expansion of its virtual try-on technology. Why we care. These updates offer fresh opportunities for brands to enhance product visibility and drive potential customers toward making purchases.

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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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Hulu Takeover to Expand the Disney Universe

VideoWeek

Disney has begun testing a combined Disney+ and Hulu app, as the company takes full control of the latter streaming service. Apart from allowing subscribers to watch High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and High Fidelity ( the series) in one place, how will the takeover impact the streaming landscape? The entertainment giant has held majority control of Hulu since 2019, and this month announced it would acquire the remaining one-third stake from Comcast for an estimated $8.61 billion.

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CTV Budgets Could Go To The Open Market – But Only With Enough Transparency

AdExchanger

Transparency is making its way into CTV bid requests, including supply source, content genre and, increasingly, show-level transparency. According to Rob Hazan, senior director of streaming TV product at Index Exchange, the right amount of transparency could make the open exchange a viable place for CTV ad budgets. The post CTV Budgets Could Go To The Open Market – But Only With Enough Transparency appeared first on AdExchanger.

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These AR Ads Helped Marcolin Promote Eyewear Through a Try-On Feature

Adweek

To promote its Guess Eyewear collection, eyewear group Marcolin recently worked with AR company Aryel, digital marketing agency Intarget and media platform Teads for a campaign that ran in Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the U.S. from May to June. The campaign featured two AR-supported ad formats. One allowed people to view a pair of.

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Continuous improvement and innovation: Successful customer journey operations

Martech

Creating a great customer experience is a top priority for most brands because customers value the entire journey, not just the products or services they purchase. However, delivering on this promise is often more challenging than it sounds. In this series, we looked at the collaborative aspects of customer journey operations and what successful governance looks like.

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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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Change Agents Are Always Needed, Even If They’re Not Always Welcome

AdPulp

I don’t hear the words, “change agent” too often these days and that’s okay. Buzzwords never contain much value in the first place. But let’s not confuse the buzzy name for the work. The work of a change agent is to make a difference by recognizing what must change, and then having the chops and […] The post Change Agents Are Always Needed, Even If They’re Not Always Welcome appeared first on Adpulp.

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OpenX Volunteers Itself As Head Of The CTV Cleanup Crew

AdExchanger

CTV advertising is experiencing some growing pains, especially in its convoluted supply chain. Issues include auction duplication from header bidding products and a blend of high- and low-quality ad products that obfuscate what media buyers get for their money. Which is to say, welcome to programmatic. But when will advertisers investigate CTV, since many accept […] The post OpenX Volunteers Itself As Head Of The CTV Cleanup Crew appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Creativity Does Not Thrive in Fear—How Marketers Can Drive Real-World Change

Adweek

It's a consequential time to be a brand. Every day, social, political and economic issues are creating flashpoints in culture that provoke opposing opinions and concerns. And businesses are feeling the effects: 64% of people would either buy from a brand or boycott it, solely because of its position on a social issue. Most brands.

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5 Black Friday trends marketers can act on this holiday season

Martech

Holiday shopping will soon begin — officially — the Friday after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. Black Friday. And despite fears of economic slowdowns and lingering inflation, the holiday season is expected to be a boon for retailers. Holiday spending is projected to be up between 3% and 4% over 2022, according to the National Retail Federation. Here are the trends we’re watching for Black Friday and throughout the rest of the ever-expanding holiday calendar.

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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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Inside ITV’s Metaverse Strategy

VideoWeek

Amid all the hype around AI, one could be forgiven for thinking certain other emerging technologies have fallen by the wayside. Specifically the metaverse appears to have been lost in the shuffle, not helped by its association with Facebook owner Meta. But reports of the metaverse’s death are arguably overstated. The immersive virtual spaces have 600 million monthly active users, according to consultancy firm Metaversed, largely concentrated in “Web2” virtual worlds such as Rob

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Comic: State Privacy Law Lab

AdExchanger

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… The post Comic: State Privacy Law Lab appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Dow Jones Names Mother, Mediahub and TBWA’s EG+ Its Global Agency Partners

Adweek

Dow Jones, parent company of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Barron's, MarketWatch brands, among others, has selected three new agency partners--Mother, Mediahub and TBWA Worldwide subsidiary EG+-following a review it launched in March. The review spanned all Dow Jones' consumer brands, plus its business intelligence assets, including Factiva, Risk & Compliance and OPIS.

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Onesend and ActiveCampaign support Australian office gear sales

Martech

What does the martech stack for an Australian B2B office supplies dealer look like? We asked Elle James, head of marketing and sales systems at Stuart and Dunn, an Office Choice dealer based about two hours out of Sydney. “We rely to a large extent on the Office Choice national support office,” she said. The stack includes Pronto’s CRM (Pronto is an Australia-based business management vendor).

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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.