Adweek
APRIL 11, 2024
Last year, rapper Lil Yachty made the unusual move of adding his 11.3 million Instagram followers to his Close Friends list on the app. His fans were confused, wondering why a globally famous figure had invited them into an intimate circle. Lil Yachty posted on Instagram as if only his closest friends were watching, becoming.
Ad Rants
APRIL 11, 2024
If you like taking a selfie or two, you'll know that lighting is everything. It's crazy the impact lighting has on the outcome of the selfie. If you can catch the day when the sun is just right, you'll have a golden glow and piercing eyes. But not every hour of the day will allow you to get that look. So, below, we've created a guide for the best time of day for selfies.
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Seth Godin
APRIL 6, 2024
When a resource can be used more efficiently, we end up using more of the thing, not less. So, when cars get better gas mileage, people drive more, and consumption can actually go up. When AI learns to write computer code, the demand for programmers goes up , because more efficient code is more attractive, and we want more of it. Household appliances that are designed to save time and trouble end up being used for more than simply maintaining the previous level of tidiness.
Martech
APRIL 11, 2024
In our zeal to harness the tech part of martech, the ops part of MOps and the automation part of marketing automation, MOps professionals have failed to accomplish the most important part of the equation — marketing. B2B marketing is suffering from an effectiveness crisis, having chased efficiency gains for years. Effectiveness should be mastered and constantly invested in ahead of efficiency.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Adweek
APRIL 11, 2024
Megan Thee Stallion has always had a front-row seat to the evolution of content creation on social media. The rap superstar first started posting her freestyle videos on YouTube as early as the 2010s before her rap in a Houston artist cypher went viral on social media in 2016. The Grammy Award-winning artist's original content.
The Ad Tech Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Welcome to the cutting edge of change, where MarTech meets AI to redefine how businesses reach their audiences online. FAQs on MarTech and Its Evolution with AI As we delve into the intricacies of martech and AI, several questions arise. Below are some of the most common inquiries: What differentiates MarTech from AdTech? While both focus on reaching consumers digitally, martech covers a broader spectrum, including tools for creating, managing, and analyzing campaigns, whereas Ad Tech specifical
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Martech
APRIL 8, 2024
Email has come a long way from its early days as a blunt instrument for blasting information to a wide audience. Today, it’s more like a Swiss army knife, with a use case for almost every situation across the customer journey. From the moment someone first encounters your brand to the ongoing relationship that follows a purchase, email is the connective tissue that binds these interactions together — if you’re using it correctly.
Adweek
APRIL 9, 2024
Bacardi Rum, leaning further into music as a key driver in its marketing, kicked off its most significant artist collaboration to date with a global campaign featuring pop star Camila Cabello. The new relationship marks the first time the liquor brand has signed a performer to a multiyear pact, according to Roberto Ramirez Laverde, Bacardi.
illumin
APRIL 11, 2024
When you think of TikTok, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the platform’s short-form videos, its entertainment value, or its reputation for authenticity and virality. Undoubtedly, the social network has experienced an explosive growth trajectory over the past five years and quickly surpassed the beginnings of other social media platforms.
Seth Godin
APRIL 8, 2024
Until just recently, a solar eclipse wasn’t a tourist event. It was the cause of real panic. Two reasons that are worth considering: It was a surprise. They were not predicted. They were unexplained. No one had any idea what was going on. Eliminate surprise and explain the circumstances and panic starts to fade.
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Martech
APRIL 11, 2024
“What marketing technologies should a (fill in the industry) company have in their martech stack?” That’s a question I’m asked regularly, likely because all companies are curious about their competitors. So I thought I’d use it to test Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT and Perplexity AI. Gemini (formerly Bard) and ChatGPT returned similar content in a similar format to my query, “What marketing technologies should a luxury retailer have in their martech stack?
Adweek
APRIL 10, 2024
A delicious smell can inspire cravings and lure passersby into a restaurant. McDonald's put that power to the test by deploying a series of billboards diffusing the scent of its bestselling french fries. Amsterdam-based agency TBWANeboko collaborated with Raul&Rigel, a production company specializing in fabricating unusual billboards, to produce a series of unbranded, blank red.
AdExchanger
APRIL 9, 2024
Last week’s Adalytics report about Forbes operating a made-for-arbitrage (MFA) subdomain has the ad industry asking itself: How did no one catch this? According to Adalytics, the “www3.forbes.com” subdomain has existed since 2017. This subdomain received almost exclusively paid traffic to repurposed articles from “www.forbes.com” that were reconfigured into slideshows laden with auto-refreshing ad inventory. […] The post Why Does Ad Tech Still Fail To Spot – And Stop – MFA-Fueled Schemes?
Seth Godin
APRIL 11, 2024
That’s the first part of the confusion. It’s a group of people who can’t decide what the thing they do is supposed to be. Is it: Advertising Publicity Increasing retail distribution Direct and measured response SEO Making the logo pretty Wholesale and trade relationships Maintaining the status quo and not screwing up Keeping the website running Positioning Creating network effects Community engagement Strategy Listening hard to market desires Customer service Customer delight Q
VideoWeek
APRIL 9, 2024
ID5, an identification services provider, has raised $20 million in its latest funding round, the company announced this morning. The Series B funding marks the largest investment in the identity space to date, according to the London-based business, and sees Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4S Ventures join the ranks of investors in the identity specialist.
Adweek
APRIL 11, 2024
Paramount Global has hired the bank Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips to explore the sale of VidCon, a live event franchise focused on the creator economy, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company is hoping to secure a strategic buyer for the experiential property rather than a private equity firm, according to the person. The.
AdExchanger
APRIL 8, 2024
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the 2024 IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit in Washington, DC, about the importance of standardization in privacy compliance, discuss the IAB Diligence Platform, and hear directly from regulators about what they are looking for. Standardization is an urgent issue for three reasons. Advertising is now […] The post The Ad Industry Urgently Needs Consistent Privacy Standards appeared first on AdExchanger.
Seth Godin
APRIL 9, 2024
Have you ever wondered what the wiring layout behind the control panels at Abbey Road studios was like? Neither have I. The Beatles recorded some of their best work there, and I have no idea if it was a rat’s nest of tangled wires, or if each wire was labeled, coded and perfectly aligned. Just as I have no idea if Eliot Peper writes his novels in Scrivener or Word.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Martech
APRIL 9, 2024
Effective search is the foundation of a successful digital asset management (DAM) system. However, search relies on the power of metadata. Metadata unlocks your digital content’s true potential, enabling efficient search, improved findability and trusted content governance. This article explores the essential role of metadata in driving successful DAM practices.
Adweek
APRIL 6, 2024
Taco Bell has the power to take over on social media, and it's time to taco bout it. CMO Taylor Montgomery has been at the center of some of Taco Bell's biggest campaigns, including recruiting Doja Cat to headline the return of Mexican Pizza, teaming up with LeBron James to fight against the "Taco Tuesday".
AdExchanger
APRIL 11, 2024
Tracking is a mess. Attribution is broken beyond repair. IP address identity data may go the way of the dodo. Which means marketing mix modeling is back, baby! If you need proof, Google launched its open-source MMM model, called Meridian, last month. A marketing mix model (MMM) is a way to attribute ad spend channel […] The post As MMM Rides Again, Google Finds Its Place In The Conversation With Meridian appeared first on AdExchanger.
Seth Godin
APRIL 10, 2024
Over the next few days, I’m going to feature a new project we launched today. A small and mighty team has been working on this for a year. I want to share the highlights along with some of the critical design choices we made along the way Each year, charities in the US raise about a billion dollars a day from individuals. That money goes to great use–for the arts, for healthcare, for education, for countless projects that benefit our communities.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Martech
APRIL 12, 2024
The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. At a time when uncertainty about everything from war to global warming to economics dominates the headlines, the customer data platform is increasingly seen as one of the musthave elements of the martech stack.
Adweek
APRIL 8, 2024
There's a new chief in town: the chief brand officer (CBO). Does this mean the CMO role is becoming obsolete? Not at all. It simply means many companies are recognizing the shifting landscape of customer engagement and the implications and opportunities for better brand-building. In most organizations, the CBO role complements the CMO, where both.
AdExchanger
APRIL 11, 2024
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Reddit Here First Google and Reddit have numerous deals – the contours of which are unknown – that will likely come under some scrutiny. Take Reddit’s search visibility. It showed some improvement last year, but ever since a search algo update last month, […] The post Reddit And Google, Sitting In A Tree; Meta’s Glitch In The Matrix appeared first on AdExchanger.
Seth Godin
APRIL 12, 2024
There are few sitcoms, thrillers or plays where the plot can tolerate the addition of a cell phone. Once the characters have the ability to connect and clear up misunderstandings at will, a lot of tension disappears. If Juliet had had a smartphone, she and Romeo would have ended up married, living in a house in the suburbs. And the ubiquitous meeting-in-person has a similarly long history.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Ad Monsters
APRIL 8, 2024
Google started deprecating third-party cookies on January 4, 2024, but most companies are unprepared for the cookieless future. A 2023 EMARKETER survey reported that 50 – 90% of industries hadn’t yet invested in non-cookie programmatic ads. Now, feedback on Google’s Privacy Sandbox fuels more confusion. The IAB Tech Lab found few use cases viable in the Sandbox.
Adweek
APRIL 11, 2024
Puma wants to be known as the "fastest" sports brand in the world, and it's hoping the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will help it cement that status. The German sportswear company has unveiled its first global brand campaign in a decade, "Forever Faster," highlighting its performance prowess and targeting everyone from athletes to your regular.
AdExchanger
APRIL 11, 2024
While Walmart’s acquisition of Vizio is still pending, the smart TV maker must keep its eye on its own future priorities. In recent years, Vizio has undergone a metamorphosis, transitioning from a hardware company to primarily a connected TV ad platform. Now, its biggest growth opportunities lie in programmatic ad sales and home screen monetization […] The post Vizio’s Vision For Programmatic And Home Screen Monetization appeared first on AdExchanger.
Seth Godin
APRIL 12, 2024
When someone starts a business, they spend a bunch of time with a business plan, working to raise funds and get it off the ground. After that, though, the purpose of the business is completely aligned with the idea of not running out of money. We run a business to make money, not to spend it. If done well, there’s no more fundraising after a startup period.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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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