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New Projects, Partnerships and Beginnings: Megan Thee Stallion Is on a Hot Girl Streak

Adweek

Just minutes into 2024, Megan Thee Stallion already had her first big moment of the new year. Live on ABC from Times Square, Megan delivered her fans (or "thee hotties," as she calls them) a medley of her hits. And she did it all while dressed as Planet Fitness brand character Mother Fitness, topping off.

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No Yellow Cab Detours: Our SEO Drives You Straight to NYC's Top Results

Ad Rants

In the bustling New York City's digital market landscape, navigating the online streets requires a strategic driver--an SEO expert. As businesses vie for attention in this dynamic metropolis, harnessing the power of SEO services in New York becomes important. In this article, we'll explore the essential role of a New York SEO company in propelling your brand to the top results, steering clear of detours, and reaching your online destination efficiently.

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The rock star conundrum

Seth Godin

Forty years ago, the royalty of rock spent the night in a studio to record one of the fastest-selling singles of all time. The documentary of the event is just okay, but it’s fascinating in how it shows us just how deep imposter syndrome lies. Only a few stars seemed at all comfortable–Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. On the other hand, Waylon Jennings felt excluded and stormed out halfway through.

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MarTech Salary and Career Survey: More promotions and more layoffs

Martech

For martech professionals salaries are good and promotions are coming faster, unfortunately, layoffs are coming faster, too. That’s according to the just-released 2024 Martech Salary and Career Survey. Another very unfortunate finding: The median salary of women below the C-suite level is 35% less than what men earn. The last year saw many different economic trends, some at odds with each other.

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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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Brands Are Scared to Use LGBTQ+ Marketing That Works

Adweek

Brands know LGBTQ+ marketing helps grow their business--they're just afraid to use it. A study released exclusively to ADWEEK by the ANA found that despite 82% of marketers believing there's still significant room for more marketing that includes LGBTQ+ people, just 55% of brands actively marketed to or included the LGBTQ+ community in their marketing.

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The Power of Landing Pages: Increasing Conversions and Driving Business Growth

Ad Rants

Over a website, you may occasionally come across an intriguing page that calls to you. You navigate across it by scrolling. Suddenly, a link to carry on engaging with that particular page appears. This is the page that lands here. This amazing website feature is often created by advertisers to accomplish a particular objective. They design it so that it attracts consumer interest.

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What are common pitfalls for advertisers in data privacy?

The Ad Tech Blog

Common pitfalls in data privacy include lack of consent, inadequate data protection measures, over-reliance on automated systems, and neglecting transparency. These issues can lead to breaches of trust, legal penalties, and damage to a brand’s reputation. How does lack of consent affect advertising? Lack of consent arises when consumers are not properly informed or do not agree to their data being collected and used for advertising purposes.

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Why Advertisers Claim Meta Owes $7 Billion in Damages

Adweek

According to a class-action lawsuit brought by Facebook and Instagram advertisers, Meta's metrics flub owes them potential damages exceeding $7 billion. In a ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is letting advertisers pursue legal action against Meta for monetary damages, accusing it of inflating the social platforms' Potential Reach metric.

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AI in marketing: Examples to help your team today

Martech

Is your marketing team tired of hearing about AI? To some extent, we all are. It’s part of the hype cycle of any new technology. Marketing teams now find themselves surrounded by AI. It’s coming from every direction. Most notably, the introduction of ChatGPT put AI in the hands of just about anyone who wanted to use it. But ChatGPT is far from the only AI game in town.

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Velocity and possibility

Seth Godin

The art of project management includes the dance between velocity and possibility. If you describe the outcome with specificity and remove as many variables as possible, you’ll get the work done with more speed, higher reliability and less cost. That velocity, though, might encourage us to recognize that all sorts of options are available. There are countless chances to make the project better and to find new opportunities.

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

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Triton Digital Acquires Audio Brand Safety Startup To Scale Programmatic

AdExchanger

On Tuesday, iHeartMedia-owned Triton Digital acquired AI brand safety and suitability startup Sounder in a bid to improve its programmatic chops. Triton declined to disclose the deal price. It’s worth the noting, however, that the two companies have history. Triton first integrated with the company it now owns around six months ago and shared data […] The post Triton Digital Acquires Audio Brand Safety Startup To Scale Programmatic appeared first on AdExchanger.

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The Future of Women in Gaming With Letta J and Jay-Ann Lopez

Adweek

When it comes to the future of gaming, accessibility and representation are key. Since the 1980s, gaming has been marketed as a male-dominated industry. But that's not the case. "I've been playing video games since I was 4 years old," said Jaye "Letta J" Watts, founder and CEO of Coexist Gaming. "Men have often shunted.

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How to make sure your data is AI-ready

Martech

Leading CRM platforms like Salesforce, Dynamics, Zoho and HubSpot are introducing new AI features for autonomous chats, automatic campaign launches, product suggestions and sentiment analysis. That’s great and exciting. But there’s one thing in the way: our data. Ultimately, all the technology in the world isn’t worth the investment if the data it relies on is poor.

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Explaining yourself

Seth Godin

The only reason we need to go into detail about our resume, the details of our new idea or the features of a product is to cause action to happen. And action is the result of tension, status or affiliation, and these are based on trust. There are many ways to build that trust, and an instruction manual, a powerpoint deck and a set of bullets aren’t the only ones.

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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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How RMNs Use MFA And Cheap Inventory To Game Attribution Rules

AdExchanger

Retail media has a serious attribution problem. Closed-loop purchase attribution is one of the main selling points of retail media. It’s why retail media network (RMN) placements are so expensive relative to open programmatic. But purchase attribution can be gamed by programmatic metrics and create perverse incentives for RMNs to serve ads across low-quality and […] The post How RMNs Use MFA And Cheap Inventory To Game Attribution Rules appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Ikea’s Sweet Ads Capture the Messy Realities of Pet Ownership

Adweek

Cats and dogs have an unfortunate tendency to wreak havoc on furniture and other household items. An adorable Ikea campaign assures consumers that its products are so affordable, they don't have to stress about replacing anything their pet destroys. The campaign, by agency Ingo Hamburg, shows various Ikea products in disrepair after animals have ruined.

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5 ways to evolve agile for real business results

Martech

You may have heard “agile is dead.” Agilists have overused buzzwords, promoted processes and transformations over people and treated agile like a religion rather than an evolving approach to better ways of working. Tamás Polgár declared agile has failed because proponents “merely parroted buzzwords and played with meaningless cards and colorful charts all day.

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The drift to normal

Seth Godin

As an organization grows in scale, the idiosyncrasy and distinctiveness that was originally informed by the taste of the founders moves toward the mean. Over time, things get more average. That’s because each new customer, each new supplier and each new employee wants or needs something a little more normal, at least sometimes. The drift to normal can only be countered by persistent effort, usually at the cost of some element of short-term scale. “It might not be for you,” alwa

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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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Bloomberg Media Went Direct And Has No Regrets

AdExchanger

It’s been more than a year since Bloomberg stopped running third-party programmatic display ads on its website – and it was the right move, says Christine Cook, Bloomberg Media’s global CRO. Today, Bloomberg favors direct-sold advertising coupled with a subscription-based model. It’s not that open programmatic is conceptually problematic, she says on this week’s episode of […] The post Bloomberg Media Went Direct And Has No Regrets appeared first on AdExchanger.

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The CMA Is Prepared to Delay Google’s Cookie Deprecation Plans

Adweek

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority might extend the deadline on cookie deprecation if Google Chrome does not satisfy its concerns, Craig Jenkins, director of the digital markets unit at the CMA, told a room full of ad-tech practitioners at an IAB Tech Lab event in New York today. "If we're not satisfied we can.

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A Pubmatic Server Anomaly, $1 Billion CPMs, and a Complicated Programmatic Ecosystem

Ad Monsters

Pubmatic quickly resolved its $1 billion ad auction error without significant damage. However, some still believe that the incident implies the need for greater regulation in the programmatic supply chain. Publishers, imagine this: You check your ad account like any other day and find $1 billion worth of CPMs. A sudden rush of shock, excitement, and disbelief runs through you; maybe someone is even fanning you off the floor.

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The B2B questions

Seth Godin

Questions people ask themselves when looking at a web page aimed at businesses (B2B). They are rhetorical, but should give you a place to begin: Is it my job to deal with this? Who sent me here? Will this advance my project? Will it help me get ahead if I take action? If I ignore this, will I fall behind? What are the promises being made? Are they achievable–promises that break the laws of physics or contradict my experience are hard to believe.

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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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Streaming, Politics Star In Magna 2024 US Ad Forecast

AdExchanger

If you’re sick of hearing about the volatile macroeconomic environment, Magna has some decent news. The US ad market is set to grow this year. US ad revenues are expected to increase by 6.7% to $360 billion, excluding cyclical spending, according to a Magna forecast released Thursday. And when you add political campaigns and international […] The post Streaming, Politics Star In Magna 2024 US Ad Forecast appeared first on AdExchanger.

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NBCU Extends Olympics Opening Ceremony Coverage to IMAX Screens

Adweek

NBCUniversal plans to extend live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony across over 150 IMAX screens. On July 26, the organizers are planning a four-mile-long flotilla of almost 100 boats along the River Seine carrying all the athletes from over 200 countries. NBCU states this is the first time the Summer Olympic opening.

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British Airways flies high (again) with Uncommon OOH

More About Advertising

Yet another winner for British Airways from Uncommon: an outdoor campaign that adds another big, confident brand message to the ongoing “British original” push. “Windows” captures the wonder on passengers’ faces when they look onto the world from 35,000ft. The 11 outsized and visually arresting posters will be seen across 324 print sites across the … The post British Airways flies high (again) with Uncommon OOH first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Beyond multichannel and omnichannel: Understanding the optichannel approach

Martech

There’s a newcomer to the customer experience discussion: designing and delivering an “optichannel” experience. What is that? How does it differ from multichannel and omnichannel? Hold tight. I’ll answer those questions and a few more, but let’s start with some definitions to set the stage. What is multichannel? Multichannel means the company interacts with customers through multiple channels, both online and offline.

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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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How Streamers Are Fighting The Plight Of Shrinking TV Ad Inventory

AdExchanger

US TV ad inventory – including streaming – is eroding. Which means streaming platforms are tasked with pulling off the very difficult feat of appeasing viewers while also growing ad revenue enough to placate Wall Street. The post How Streamers Are Fighting The Plight Of Shrinking TV Ad Inventory appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Politically-Charged Publisher Splinter Returns. Ad Monetizing Is Another Question

Adweek

The political news publisher Splinter relaunched Tuesday morning, three months after it was acquired by Paste Magazine in a package deal, alongside the feminist publisher Jezebel, from G/O Media for an undisclosed sum. The publisher has been dormant since November 2019 and plans to produce the aggressively left-leaning political coverage that once made it an.

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TV Tunes in to Sustainable Advertising

VideoWeek

This month saw the release of a new book aimed at guiding industry efforts on sustainability. ‘Sustainable Advertising: How Advertising Can Support a Better Future’, written by Matt Bourn, Director of Communications at the Advertising Association and Ad Net Zero, and Sebastian Munden, Chair of Ad Net Zero, lays out a manifesto for how advertising can help build a sustainable economy, and identifies some of the companies helping the industry make progress towards net zero emissions.

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Maximizing your B2B spend: Is account-based marketing worth it?

Martech

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market. But is ABM the right approach for your business? This article explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing an ABM strategy, along with key factors to consider when evaluating its sui

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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.