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How to Boost Your Social Media Marketing Efforts with Content Marketing Tools

Single Grain

Social media marketing has historically been an island of its own: We seldom see it integrated into other digital marketing channels, like SEO or content. This is unfortunate because your social media strategy can benefit a lot from data and insights that your other teams and tools can contribute. After all, there's one single goal behind all your digital marketing channels: You want to better understand and better serve your target audience to turn one-time visitors and one-time buyers into bra

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FCB resigns Nivea as creative agencies begin to stand up to even big clients

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FCB has resigned Beiersdorf’s global Nivea account, after working on it for over 100 years. The split allegedly follows a client remark that “we don’t do gay” on viewing submitted creative work. FCB and Nivea are staying schtum although FCB CEO Carter Murray confirmed the split in an internal memo. Nivea is set to call.

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Most Viewed Video Ads: Hulu Leads With Sports Streaming

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This week on the MVVA chart, streaming service Hulu gains enough views to take the first and second spots! Their chart-topping campaign is new to the MVVA list, featuring the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. Retail vacuum company Dyson grabbed a spot and new to the chart this week in the fourth spot is GEICO, with an ad featuring the winner of their “Best Of” sweepstakes.

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Heads Up, Here Comes Uncommon Path from REI

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The great outdoors is where we go to face the elements and welcome the grandeur of nature into our lives. If we are fortunate, we return with stories that nourish us for years to come. “You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover […]. The post Heads Up, Here Comes Uncommon Path from REI appeared first on Adpulp.

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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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How to Build a Facebook Ad Funnel

Single Grain

If you’re ready to break into the world of PPC campaigns to build brand awareness, attract leads and drive sales, Facebook Ads is one of the best platforms to start with. Facebook, after all, is the world’s third-most-visited site with a monthly active user count of 2.38 billion. Their ad system has exceptional targeting, letting you get incredibly specific; if you want to target a young parent who loves anime and works as a software engineer, you can do that.

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Samir Patel: does purpose-driven advertising do good causes more harm than good?

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This year at Cannes we saw the expected deluge of purpose-focused winners, from the massive Dream Crazy ad from Nike to the less well-known Carling’s Address the Future initiative. Each year, it seems that more Lions are awarded to campaigns with a purpose — marketing that puts a cause front and centre. Cause-related marketing isn’t.

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It’s Not Stock, It’s Shutterstock (Which Means, It Is Stock)

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Stock images are hard to “own.” That’s because anyone can buy them and render your singular look obsolete in a few keystrokes. Nevertheless, creative teams are tasked with tight production schedules and shallow budgets, which forces their mouse hands. There’s Stock, And There’s Shutterstock Shutterstock claims to know that “creative professionals are busy, but they […].

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What Is Buzz Marketing?

Single Grain

About 10% of all messages I get through the contact form of my site express a passionate interest in “going viral.” Whether they want me to write the first ever blog post for their site that is so popular it’s syndicated on major publications all over the world or a video script that gets millions of social shares, it’s a common request. Normally, I tell these people “sorry, most marketing campaigns don’t work like that.

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Jane Austin: why do people in advertising – especially CMOs – have to speak in riddles?

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Trust was the most popular word at Cannes this year, the actual meaning of which covers a multitude of strategies and intentions. It is usually delivered with a serious face and a slowing of speech, a bit like Esther Rantzen moving to the earnest bit on That’s Life! After the bit when everyone laughs at.

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Introducing Mobile Shake, a new ad template

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Now advertisers can truly shake up their campaigns and amaze their audiences with a new shake banner template available in all Admixer Products Line. Mobile Shake banner: same but new You might have already come across Mobile Shake ad format previously requiring at least basic HTML5 and JavaScript code knowledge. With the new Mobile Shake […].

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

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Common Problems Call for Comprehensive Solutions

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Digital media is one of those inventions, like television, with the potential to change the world for the better. Instead, many digital spaces have become a cesspool, and a cesspool is an unhealthy place for marketers wanting to connect with future customers. Meet GARM Some of the world’s largest advertisers including Adidas, Diageo, Mars, Procter […].

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What Is A/B SEO Testing?

Single Grain

Are you struggling to get website traffic from Google? If so, you’re not alone. One report found that 91% of content gets zero organic traffic. It’s easy to feel frustrated if you fall within that range, especially if you’ve executed an SEO strategy you hoped would work. However, you don’t need to overhaul your entire approach to SEO to start seeing results.

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Is It Worth Entering Cannes? The short answer is ‘Non.’

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To qualify that, it’s not worth entering if you’re a small agency…. Yes, I’m probably as sour as three-day old Château de Saint-Martin because we didn’t win a single Lion after entering five categories at a cost to make your stomach squirm.

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What is “Incidental”? Ninth Circuit Provides Guidance on How to Determine if a Fax is an “Advertisement” Under the TCPA’s Junk Fax Provisions

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On May 17, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal in Supply Pro Sorbents, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc. , apparently satisfied with a Ninth Circuit ruling that the inclusion of a one-line company identifier on a fax cover page was not in violation of the TCPA’s bar on unsolicited advertisements. In Supply Pro , the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a Junk Fax Prevention Act (“JFPA”) claim, holding that an unsolicited fax that

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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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Entertainment Writers Do Battle with The Savages in Suits

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Fade in. The writer’s room is oddly clean, bright, and empty. There’s a cog in the movie making machine. Writers in entertainment, as in advertising, dream it up and write it down. Writers are the spark that lights the story’s fire. In a city and in an industry that manufactures dreams, you’d think that writers would […].

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The Effects of Natural Language Processing (NLP) on Digital Marketing

Single Grain

NLP, or natural language processing, is an area of computing that aims to help computers make sense of human (or “natural”) language. It’s on the rise, incredibly powerful and is about to have a life-changing impact on marketing. Even though language is second nature for the vast majority of humans, it’s very difficult for computers to interpret and use correctly.

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WPP rings the changes at Ford agency GTB

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WPP evidently isn’t giving up with Ford and its bespoke ford agency GTB. It may have lost US creative to a combo of BBDO and Wieden+Kennedy but GTB trucks on, appointing Robert Guay (left) from Publicis-owned Digitas as its new CEO in place of Satish Korde.

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Here’s the Only Guide You Need for Cannabis Advertising

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To put it bluntly: navigating the restrictions around cannabis advertising truly sucks. The laws are ever-changing. There are new restrictions almost every day, changes to what you can (and cannot) show on ads, updated exchanges to run with, etc. Don’t panic – we’ve put together a handy guide to help you plan your marketing strategy. We detail the current restrictions across Canada and the U.S. and put together ways you can target cannabis consumers, where you can run, and what you can say

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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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Tame Beer Drinkers Asked to Return to the Wild with Rainier

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Once upon a time in Pacific Northwest advertising, an anthropomorphic creature known as Wild Rainier roamed the deep woods around Seattle. In order to get a glimpse of the beer in the wild and experience the refreshment, beer drinkers had to leave the comforts of their couch or bar stool and go outside. Seattle agency, […]. The post Tame Beer Drinkers Asked to Return to the Wild with Rainier appeared first on Adpulp.

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The Power of Social Shopping on Instagram (and How to Sell More in 2019)

Single Grain

Here’s one thing we all can agree on: Every business aims at gaining new customers (or keeping existing ones) to increase the sales of its products and services. But people don’t care about your brand and product until you can solve their problems or satisfy their needs. Before making a purchase, 36% of customers search for information about your product on social media.

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Cheil’s Russell Schaller: making the most of six seconds

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Have you got a second? Thought not. Advertisers are all too familiar with a negative response from consumers, weary from being perpetually bombarded with content – so much so that the Internet Advertising Bureau defines a viewable impression as one where 50 per cent of an ad appears on screen for more than one second.

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Adland’s brightest star: Cannes and the cult of David Droga

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It’s hard to remember a time when one figure was so dominant in the advertising industry, but David (don’t ever call him Dave) Droga has taken on official guru status. He was the king of the Croisette last week, and it was hard to have a conversation at Cannes that didn’t include him. The rumours.

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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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Is Burning Man Sorrell on the right side of the holding company argument?

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Sir Martin Sorrell is a Burning Man it seems, a keen attendee of the Burning Man festival which takes place in the Black Rock desert in Nevada – in the height of summer. They build it up and burn it down at the end. A Burning Man image appeared on the cover of his new.

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Talon, MGOMD and partners deliver “Unlimiting” data-driven creative for Virgin Media

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Taking a truly data-driven approach to creative solutions, over 50 creative Out of Home (OOH) formats have been created and planned for Virgin Media‘s new ‘Unlimiting’ campaign. The new campaign combines complex media planning using Talon’s Ada AdTech platform with creative solutions impact across multiple OOH formats to create one of the biggest creative solutions-led.

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David exodus from Ogilvy shows problems holding companies have retaining creative talent

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One of WPP’s better ideas in recent years was to form David, an Ogilvy offshoot named after founder David Ogilvy. But all isn’t well: David Miami MD and global COO Paulo Fogaca is off to join David founders Juan Javier Peña Plaza and Ricardo Casal at their new agency GUT (below) and oversee their offices.

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Creative boss Nick Law set to leave Publicis for Apple

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Well that didn’t last long. Publicis Groupe CCO and Publicis Communications president Nick Law (below) is reported by Ad Age to be leaving the French-owned marcoms group after just 18 months. To join Apple in an as yet undefined role – which is less of a surprise. Law spent 17 years at Interpublic’s R/GA. Sometimes.

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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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BBDO remembers that laughter’s the best marketing medicine in new Foot Locker spot

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Some of the Cannes commentators have lamented the lack of jokes this time round: maybe adland is so intent on “purpose” and saving the world that it’s mislaid its sense of humour. Even though much research tells us that ads that make us laugh are half-way there already. BBDO New York has remembered this old.

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Laurence Green of MullenLowe: why great advertising books matter more than ever today

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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” (Dr. Seuss.) Or, to put it another way: reading is good for you. I doubt this brooks much disagreement: you’re reading this, after all. The case for reading about our chosen profession is, of.

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Wieden+Kennedy, Droga5, FCB and Omnicom are big winners at 2019 Cannes Lions

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Wieden+Kennedy is the 2019 Cannes Lions Agency of the Year – chiefly thanks to a wheelbarrow full of Lions for Nike’s ‘Dream Crazy’ – but Droga5 New York’s ‘the Truth is Worth It’ won the Film Grand Prix to add to its film Craft Grand Prix. Do you think the jurors were making a point.

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Ocean Outdoor secures live stream Wimbledon deal

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Ocean Outdoor has struck a partnership agreement with the All England Tennis Club to live stream this year’s Wimbledon tournament, including both men’s and women’s finals. Jaguar has been signed up as Ocean’s sponsor for the tournament coverage. Sites include both Westfield shopping centres in London and Ocean is hoping to extend the coverage to.

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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.