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A new form of advertising: Is This The Metaverse? Podcast, episode 5

Digiday

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify The metaverse is built to sell ads. It’s not a secret. In recent years, executives at companies like Meta and Roblox have thrown millions of dollars into their goal of building an immersive virtual world. Eventually, they must figure out a return on that investment — and, like any new media channel, advertising looks to be the most promising way to do that.

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The Information Hires Former Morning Brew Exec in Latest Consumer Revenue Leadership Shuffle

Adweek

The technology publisher The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Morning Brew, as its COO, where he will be tasked with growing its consumer revenue and branded partnerships businesses. As part of the shuffle, the publisher has also parted ways with its first-ever chief commercial officer, Karl Wells, who.

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The Power of Visuals: Adding Photos and Videos to Your GMB Profile

Ad Rants

Not leveraging Google My Business marketing for your business can be one of the biggest mistakes you may make as a business owner. This platform is one of the best and most effective mediums for generating awareness about your business. Moreover, using the right type of images and videos in your GMB profile can be extremely transformative. It can unlock a huge opportunity to engage, entice, and convert your audience into a customer.

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No thank you

Seth Godin

Failing to acknowledge a favor or a courtesy is a triple mistake, and it’s becoming more common. ChatGPT is now promoting the idea that it can write a thank you note for you, and a text is a lot easier than a handwritten note, and yet, the level of ‘thank you’ seems to be falling. It’s not that people don’t have the time to offer an honest ‘thank you’ It’s that they don’t want to acknowledge the obligation or connection.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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AI in marketing: How to balance automation and the human touch

Martech

Marketing technology is progressing at such an accelerated pace that it’s hard to keep up and easy to let the tech do the driving. We now have machine learning and AI driving much of our marketing platforms. Whether it’s letting Google or Facebook make our ad decisions for us or asking ChatGPT to write all our content (a very bad idea), AI is making our job easier.

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What Sets Latinx Influencers Apart From the Rest of The Creator Economy

Adweek

The Latinx population is one of the fastest-growing U.S. demographics, making up nearly 19% of the U.S. population. It is the youngest major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. By 2025, the Latinx community will account for 12% of all U.S. buying power. They are also digitally connected. A Nielsen study found that 60%.

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Getting it right the first time

Seth Godin

How unlikely is this? The artist who paints a masterpiece, from scratch, without hesitation. The playwright who doesn’t need a workshop or a reading. The architect who designs a food hall that has a layout and vibe that works without one alteration… Evolution is powerful. It gives us the chance to revise, edit and do what works while removing what doesn’t.

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The Perfect Combination: GenAI and Persuasion Strategies for Unbeatable A/B Tests

Martech

In first part of a two-part article , Kath Pay takes a deep dive into writing prompts for a genAI-created campaign brief. In the second part, we’ll see how the LLM responded. Persuasion is at the heart of so much of what we do as marketers, no matter which channel we’re working in. As marketers, we can be most effective when we understand why we humans do what we do and use that information to help our customers make decisions others make on matters that concern us.

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Walmart Uses Augmented Reality to Let Shoppers Try On Makeup in Its App

Adweek

Walmart partnered with beauty and fashion technology company Perfect Corp. to allow shoppers to try on makeup and beauty products in augmented reality before making a purchase.

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Here’s Why CTV Isn’t Working For Performance Marketers

AdExchanger

Most performance marketers’ experience with connected TV starts with sticker shock and ends with broken promises. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When CTV burst onto the scene as the holy grail of reach and targeting, eyes popped at the rates quoted by the big CTV players. Marketers held out hope that the promise […] The post Here’s Why CTV Isn’t Working For Performance Marketers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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

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Password stupidity is no longer viable

Seth Godin

[Of course, it’s not stupidity. It’s fear and superstition, which often go together. First, the rant.] It’s 2023. Major corporations should not be posting rules like this: This is not just security theatre. It’s a waste of time, the math makes no sense and it leads people to create worse passwords, not better ones. If the person who maintains your office sprayed water on the front walk just before the temperature dropped to freezing, you’d never stand for that.

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B2B social media ‘sweet spots’: What’s working and what’s not

Martech

Never has the expression, “Don’t confuse activity for performance,” rang truer than in B2B social media programs. You can divide organizations into two buckets based on their approach to social media execution: Those that think strategically and plan their programs. The ones who just post… anything and everything. In a nutshell, that was our finding from a best-in-class research project evaluating the social media programs of close to 50 companies spanning multiple industries.

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AI Watch: Weekly Updates for the Latest in Generative AI News

Adweek

Another week of a flurry of generative AI developments. Adweek's weekly AI roundup captures the latest news, regulatory proceedings, and business developments revolving around generative AI. This week's update: On the policy side IBM CEO Arvind Krishna called for Washington to hold AI companies accountable for the harms stemming from their technology, signaling a shift.

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The TV Industry Wants Accreditation. But Does It Want The MRC?

AdExchanger

When the MRC revoked its seal of approval for Nielsen’s TV ratings in 2021, it spurred a hunt for alternatives. Now, media and tech companies are debating whether MRC accreditation is even necessary. The post The TV Industry Wants Accreditation. But Does It Want The MRC? appeared first on AdExchanger.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.

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Possibility and opportunity

Seth Godin

We have the chance to build something that creates connection and generates value. On the other hand, a system that diminishes agency and dignity is inherently unstable. When we seek to create scarcity and control and optimize output at the expense of our humanity, it may pay off for a while, but it’s brittle and will ultimately fail. As it falters, it’s easy to see how the forces seeking control can double down and simply make the situation even worse.

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How to stay visible as AI transforms SEO

Martech

With AI tools and chatbots like ChatGPT now becoming the go-to source for quick answers, the traditional SEO game is changing. People are increasingly getting their questions answered directly in the chat or through supplemental results on the search results page. This shift means potential customers have less incentive to click through to your website.

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Why Brands Should Foster Long-Term Relationships With the LGBTQ+ Community

Adweek

Increasingly, brands need to focus on establishing long-term relationships with the LGBTQ+ community and invest internally in cultivating a culture of diversity and inclusion. In a conversation with Adweek's Brittaney Kiefer during Social Media Week Europe, Natalie Wills vp, brand, Booking.com, emphasized the brand's deliberate year-round commitment to investing in the LGBTQ+ community.

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Sincera Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round To Help Ad Tech Companies Build Better Ad Tech

AdExchanger

Sincera doesn’t fall neatly into an existing category. When the data startup – which closed its $4.2 million seed funding on Tuesday – launched in early 2022, co-founders Mike O’Sullivan and Ian Meyers would refer to their company as a “media telemetry service.” By which they mean they can generate insights about everything that’s happening in […] The post Sincera Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round To Help Ad Tech Companies Build Better Ad Tech appeared first on AdExchanger.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

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.

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It could have easily gone the other way

Seth Godin

It could have been way better. It could have been far worse. It’s easy to imagine that outcomes are inevitable, but they’re not. Was it your fault, or was it luck (good or bad)? If our story of the past is filled with second guesses, shame or blame, it can carry forward. Or perhaps we’ve over-sold ourselves on just how talented, hardworking and insightful we are, when in fact, we sort of got lucky.

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AI-powered marketing in 2024: A playbook for success

Martech

It’s no secret that B2B marketers have a challenging task in front of them: a niche audience, an often technical offering and tighter budgets than their B2C counterparts. However, a recent survey has found that over 50% of B2B marketers have plans to increase their marketing budget over the next year – and they are looking to AI to help them succeed.

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The Astounding Results of Maximum Effort’s NFL Stunt With Jake From State Farm and Taylor Swift

Adweek

A brand doesn't need to air an ad during Kansas City Chiefs game to make a huge impact; it just has to know what's happening in the NFL universe: Right now, there's Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored relationship. Swift wasn't in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field Oct. 1 when the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders.

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Where Do Panels Belong In TV Measurement?

AdExchanger

The TV industry still can’t agree on the point of panels. They're a necessary resource for measurement, but there's no consensus about how to actually build or use them. The post Where Do Panels Belong In TV Measurement? appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

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.

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Jargon comes and goes

Seth Godin

Forty years ago in engineering class, it wasn’t unusual to talk about GIGO or FUBAR. These weren’t technical terms, they were mild complaints that signaled insider status and cultural cohesion. In a closed profession, like airplane pilots, the insider jargon lasts for generations. Now, though, everyone in the world is no more than a handshake away from a computer.

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Cracking the code on accurate attribution for connected TV by MNTN

Martech

In the old world of TV advertising, accurate attribution was all but mythological, so much so that many marketers seem to be under the impression that the same is true for newer solutions like connected TV. A survey from eMarketer found that of all the ways marketers want to see CTV improve, attribution is at the top of the list. And we get it — attribution is important.

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Gen AI Skeptics: Ad Agencies Weary of Half-Baked AI Tools

Adweek

In the past nine months, ad agencies have been inundated with pitches from new generative AI companies, as well as incumbent tech giants like Meta and Google. However, as agencies delve deeper into the practicalities of existing generative AI tools, a growing sense of skepticism is taking hold based on frustrations with where the tools.

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Call It Consumer Health; The Rise(-ish) Of The Media Agency

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Clean Bill Of Health? Everyone knows the infamous anecdote of a young woman’s early pregnancy being spotted and outed by a Target circular back in the early days of advertising-oriented predictive analytics. But big retailers still casually profile customers using a mix of […] The post Call It Consumer Health; The Rise(-ish) Of The Media Agency appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

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.

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Input choice is easily taken for granted

Seth Godin

We can give instructions to a fellow human by: Talking to them Handwriting a note Typing a text Waving a flag Triggering a traffic device Sounding a siren Sending a memo Choosing from a list of choices on a menu Making a facial expression and perhaps a dozen or more other methods… Most people develop voiceboxes and limbs and facial expressions that make any of these usable.

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Why we still need DAMs in our martech stack

Martech

I recently attended the Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management (DAM) conference in New York City, where I moderated some sessions and workshops. I was also able to interact with my fellow colleagues, catching up on all the pertinent issues affecting marketing and creative management. It’s my pleasure to report that martech is so alive and that we still need digital asset management (DAM) platforms to be the core of all we do in those efforts.

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Christina Aguilera and Latto Serve Up Opera-Rap Crossover in Just Eat’s Musical Ad

Adweek

Food delivery platform JustEatTakeaway.com is following up its blockbuster campaigns featuring Snoop Dogg and Katy Perry with a new musical starring Christina Aguilera and rapper Latto. The minute-long film shows Aquilera and Latto in a mansion dressed in ball gowns. While Aquilera sings opera, Latto raps about Just Eat's offerings, from groceries to gyoza.

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Big Tech, Please Don’t Move Fast And Break Artists

AdExchanger

“Magic.” Months ago, that’s what I told the AdExchanger editorial team it felt like to play around with ChatGPT, DALL-E and other generative AI tools. But while generative AI can feel like magic – instantaneous, effortless, able to leapfrog human abilities in a single bound! – many of the tech’s wondrous outputs are built on […] The post Big Tech, Please Don’t Move Fast And Break Artists appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

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.