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6 Questions About Made-For-Advertising Websites

Basis

“Remember These Child Actors From The ‘80s? You’ll Never Believe How They Look Today!” If you’ve ever clicked on a link like this, you’ve likely found yourself transported to a digital space that looks more like a carnival midway ride than a normal website: ads flashing, inventory refreshing, and call-to-action buttons leading you to other websites with even more pop-up ads.

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Exclusive: Google Lets Advertisers Opt Out of Search Partner Network on All Campaigns Following Adalytics Report

Adweek

Google is now giving buyers more tools to avoid ads showing up next to unsavory content following the findings of an Adalytics report last week, Adweek has exclusively learned. The Adalytics report examined a lesser-known pocket of Google inventory called the Search Partner Network (SPN). This network includes publishers who use Google's search interfaces on.

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7 Real Estate Marketing Strategies That Drive Results

Ad Rants

It doesn't matter if you're talking about wholesale real estate or a more traditional real estate transaction; one of the most critical elements of this industry is and will always be marketing. But it would be a mistake to assume you're only marketing the property you're focused on now. In reality, there are two things you're selling - your properties and yourself.

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Top tips for building a successful brand strategy in 2024 and beyond

Martech

In this two-part feature, Jade Bunke offers a step-by-step guide to building a successful brand. A brand is an organization’s most valuable asset. The art of capturing the hearts and minds of your customers starts with crafting a brand strategy that evokes emotions and behaviors that benefit your company. Brand is more than a collection of logos and colors — it’s the personification of your organization.

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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 head of marketing

Seth Godin

It’s easy to be confused about this job, because it’s not one job, it’s at least three. This is why it’s a difficult job to fill, and why turnover is so high–we’re not allocating resources or setting expectations in a way that matches the work to be done. Marketing strategy: This is the work of positioning, story telling, status and affiliation.

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How Blockchain Solana Turned Community Criticism Into a Resonant Campaign

Adweek

While the crypto sector has received negative attention since events including the FTX scandal and publication Rolling Stone calling NFTs "worthless," brands in the space have been doubling down on refining their messaging and strengthening their marketing to appeal to a wider audience. For blockchain platform Solana, what began as a groundswell of community critique.

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New rules for bulk email senders from Google, Yahoo: What you need to know

Martech

This February, Google and Yahoo will begin enforcing new requirements for bulk email senders. The guidelines largely focus on three areas: authentication of outgoing emails, reported spam rates and the ability to easily unsubscribe from email lists. Google defined bulk senders in an early-October announcement as “those who send more than 5,000 messages to Gmail addresses in one day,” which caught the attention of email marketers in both B2B and B2C circles.

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Hope and expectations

Seth Godin

They’re not the same thing. Hope can fuel us. Hope can be refilled. Hope opens the door to possibility. Expectations, on the other hand, are a trap. They make us brittle and lead to disappointment. When we raise our hopes and lower our expectations, we establish a resilient way forward.

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Recipe for Disaster: Impossible Foods CEO Says Plant-Based Meat Marketing’s ‘Wokeness’ Hurt the Category

Adweek

If the CEO of Impossible Foods, Peter McGuinness, wrote a primer on marketing, a few of his first tenets might be: Never alienate the American heartland, and don't wag your finger at folks who love their burgers and chops. McGuinness, speaking at the Adweek X conference in Los Angeles Monday, admitted that plant-based meat brands.

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Yahoo Advertising Rolls Out Yahoo Blueprint, an AI-powered Media Buying Suite

Ad Monsters

If ad tech innovation were being redefined for 2023, Yahoo would be listed at the top of that entry. After shutting down its SPP earlier this year, the legacy brand has been on a tear rolling out new features for the buy side to drive better results from their ad spend. Yahoo Blueprint — the latest tool emerging out of the house of Yahoo Advertising — is an AI suite for media buying powering performance-based solutions fueled by over 335 million logged-in Yahoo users. “What sets our AI su

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

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Getting the most from your AI investment

Martech

Artificial intelligence. It is everywhere, or so it would seem. I was at a recent marketing conference and as I scanned the agenda more than half of the sessions, including my own, had AI in the title or in the session description. Two of the keynotes that I attended mentioned AI and the one was entirely on AI. While AI is all the rage , if you are not using it. there is no reason to feel left out.

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True/useful

Seth Godin

Here’s a simple grid that might change the way you think about internal stories: When we believe in something that’s useful but not true, it can serve a helpful purpose. The tooth fairy, perhaps. When we act on something that’s useful and also true, we’ve found a resilient path forward. That’s because the truth doesn’t vary based on whether or not others choose to acknowledge it.

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The 20 Best Ads of 2023

Adweek

As 2023 draws to a close, Adweek's annual roundup of the year's best ads is a celebration of something that may seem simple: creativity. But anyone who does creative work knows the struggle of it, the days that feel like drudgery--and how remarkable it feels to break through. When we looked back on the work.

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How Soda Brand Poppi Is Quenching Its Thirst For Closed-Loop Attribution

AdExchanger

CPG brands buy digital media to make their in-store sales pop. But attempts to measure the impact of digital ad dollars on physical sales often fall flat. Blame it on retail data silos, said Graham Goeppert, VP of digital commerce and media at probiotic soda brand Poppi. Real-time inventory information typically sits separately from sales […] The post How Soda Brand Poppi Is Quenching Its Thirst For Closed-Loop Attribution 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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3 tips to tackle the annual marketing budget challenge

Martech

Creating the annual marketing budget is notoriously challenging. Trying to justify every line item to finance teams that don’t understand marketing can be frustrating and overwhelming. This article explores practical tips for navigating the annual budgeting process smoothly. 1. Appoint a lead to run the annual budget planning process In a perfect world, someone on the marketing operations team manages the overall marketing budget, working closely with a trusted finance partner.

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Abundance and ideas

Seth Godin

A colleague got an angry note. It concluded with, “you should know better.” The transgression? The sender was offended that my friend had written a post about a concept she’s been developing for nearly a decade. Of course, no idea is unique, and the posted idea sort of rhymed with one that the professor had been working on for a while as well.

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Brands Shift Spend From X to Alternatives for Super Bowl 2024, Reassessing Deals

Adweek

Historically, X (formerly Twitter) has grappled with subpar ad products. That, coupled with the lack of a closely aligned sales team, could find the platform missing out on one of its highest revenue-driving periods, the Super Bowl. X's former ability to drive real-time conversations with moments such as Brand Bowl winners--which highlighted the best-performing brands.

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Business Transformation Via Augmented Intelligence

AdExchanger

As we look ahead to the much-hyped AI revolution, businesses should learn from the last two major technological revolutions: the internet and social/mobile media. History tends to repeat itself, and as a tech “veteran” old enough to have worked through both, I’ve seen the risks of companies going all-in on the hype before the tech […] The post Business Transformation Via Augmented Intelligence 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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Why edge cases matter in marketing strategy

Martech

As a general rule, marketers should major in the majors. We should pay attention to the things that make a significant difference. We don’t want to waste time trying to solve “edge cases” that nip at the periphery. But sometimes, these “edge cases” are more important than we realize, and they can expose issues flying under the radar. It’s wise to take a second look and ensure you’re not missing something.

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When was the last time you used a compass?

Seth Godin

How about an astrolabe? Or even a watch? Technology advances, and sooner or later, the old stuff gets left behind. It’s easy to romanticize some of the classic devices that we built civilization on, and it’s worth remembering that the tech we’re wrestling with now will soon be faded away, with some folks nostalgic for the good old days.

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Lego’s Fortnite Collaboration Is a Masterclass in Fan Engagement

Adweek

As 2023 comes to an end, Lego and Epic Games have finally unveiled what their kid-friendly metaverse will look like. A full 18 months in the making, the branded Lego edition of Fortnite is being described as a multiplayer "survival crafting game." It will be released on Dec.

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The ANA Releases Its Second Transparency Report – Hits The Open Web As 25% Waste

AdExchanger

The Association of National Advertisers is coming for your ad tech margin. That’s the TL;DR from the ANA’s second Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Report, which published today. It isn’t fair to summarize a report that spans 125 pages and took three years to complete into a few brash words (the report was also split […] The post The ANA Releases Its Second Transparency Report – Hits The Open Web As 25% Waste 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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From tech tools to personalized presents: Holiday gifts marketers actually want

Martech

Put away the fruit cake and ugly sweaters. This holiday season calls for a more thoughtful approach to gifting, especially when it comes to the discerning marketer in your life. Channeling the spirit of Oprah’s “Favorite Things,” I’ve put together a selection of innovative gift ideas designed to impress. From cutting-edge gadgets that redefine work efficiency to bespoke items that add a personal touch, each suggestion is handpicked to surprise and delight the marketers in

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All species are invasive species

Seth Godin

Human beings as we know them have only been around for 70,000 years or so. Honeybees got to North America around the time Columbus did. And the same is true for technologies and companies. Western Union was an interloper, telegrams were the scary new tech that was going to change everything for the worse. It’s easy to be in favor of the status quo, but it’s also true that the status quo used to be a brand-new threat.

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X to Double Down on SMBs Following Musk’s Advertiser Attack

Adweek

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will target more small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to win advertising following owner Elon Musk's attack on departing brands from the platform. According to the Financial Times, as advertisers such as Apple, Comcast, Disney, IBM, Lionsgate Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Paramount Global and Warner Bros.

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This Startup Collects Mobile User Data – But Doesn’t Share It With Anyone

AdExchanger

Privacy and personalization often feel mutually exclusive in ad tech. And no wonder. The online advertising industry is in the midst of a mighty struggle to redefine itself in light of signal loss, regulatory scrutiny, platform privacy changes and negative consumer sentiment. (As a side note, whenever I try to explain the industry I write […] The post This Startup Collects Mobile User Data – But Doesn’t Share It With Anyone 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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Marketers can now use topic tags on Threads to boost engagement

Martech

Meta’s Threads now has its own version of hashtags. Meta calls this new feature “topic tags”, emphasizing its difference from hashtags by prioritizing community focus. Topic tags are now accessible to all users worldwide to enhance search functionality within the app. Why we care. While ads are not currently available on Threads they are coming soon), marketers can still engage with users and enhance brand awareness by creating profiles and generating organic traffic.

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The sixty-day staircase

Seth Godin

In the moment, it’s really difficult. L’espirit descalier means, “the spirit of the staircase.” That thing you wished you had a said just a moment ago, the bon mot or the clever riposte. It only comes to us as we’re walking away. But this sort of quick comment is good for the movies, not so much for the work we seek to do.

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Why the Always Sunny Team Took a Shot at a Whiskey Brand

Adweek

When It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney launched whiskey brand Four Walls, it was supposed to be a beer. "We felt we were uniquely positioned to actually authentically bring a celebrity brand of something to the market," Howerton said at Adweek X in Los Angeles this week. "We'd.

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Why La Colombe Put An AI Company In Charge Of Its Video Ads

AdExchanger

La Colombe was ready to shake up its marketing mix like a glass of cold-pressed espresso, oat milk and ice cubes. Coming out of COVID-19 lockdowns in February 2022, La Colombe saw customers returning to cafés in person but a dip in site traffic. The company’s most pressing goal became driving site traffic from new […] The post Why La Colombe Put An AI Company In Charge Of Its Video Ads 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.