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Going Deep on Live Sports Advertising Opportunities

Basis

Picture this: The weekend is finally here, it’s game time, and you’ve got your homemade nachos all set to go (your secret ingredient: home-pickled jalapenos!). You plop down on the couch, crack open your first beer, turn on the big screen and.shoot. Where’s the game? Didn’t you read something about Amazon securing the rights for this season? No wait, that was Peacock.or was it Apple TV+?

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Amazon Brings Streaming Advertising Capabilities to More Brands

Adweek

Amazon wants viewers to have a steady stream of brands on streaming. At its unBoxed event today, Amazon Ads announced Sponsored TV, a new self-service advertising product that allows all brands that sell on Amazon in the U.S. to reach audiences on streaming TV, including on Amazon Freevee, Twitch and third-party services through Fire TV.

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Complex or complicated?

Seth Godin

Complicated problems have a solution, and the solution can often be found by breaking the complicated portions into smaller pieces. And complicated problems often have an emotional component, because there are parts of the problem we don’t want to look at closely, or deal with personally. If you’re lucky enough to be handed a complicated problem, know that effort and guts can often get you where you’re going.

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Disney Uses Self-Service To Attract New Buyers – With A Focus On Local

AdExchanger

The Mouse House is moving ahead with plans to automate as much of its ad sales biz as possible. Next up: self-serve programmatic. The post Disney Uses Self-Service To Attract New Buyers – With A Focus On Local appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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Marketing is hiring more freelancers. Should one of them be you?

Martech

Digital marketing and its technology aren’t the only things that have been transformed in the past three and three-quarter years. Digital marketers are now in an employment environment radically different from what it was pre-pandemic. One that’s giving them more leverage in the workforce. More than half (54%) of marketing leaders say they have more freelancers than ever on their teams, according to a survey by talent agency Fiverr Pro.

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BuzzFeed Inc. Is Considering Selling Complex Media to Ecommerce Platform Ntwrk

Adweek

The entertainment and culture publisher BuzzFeed Inc. is in advanced discussions to sell Complex Media, which it acquired in January 2021 for $300 million, to the livestream ecommerce platform Ntwrk, according to three people familiar with the transaction.

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Ad Targeting And Measurement On Disney+ Gets An Upgrade

AdExchanger

Disney is celebrating the first birthday of ad-supported Disney+ with a new slate of targeting and measurement options for advertisers. The post Ad Targeting And Measurement On Disney+ Gets An Upgrade appeared first on AdExchanger.

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4 ways to get more value from your martech investments

Martech

I recently spoke at a marketing conference and, unsurprisingly, AI took center stage in many discussions. My presentation centered on the need for marketers to move beyond generative AI and start using AI to gain deeper insights into their customers. One eye-catching statistic from my presentation was the Gartner survey, revealing that 63% of marketers plan to invest in generative AI in the next 24 months.

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Bridgerton Breakout Star Shills for Booze-Free Spirits Brand

Adweek

As the dreamy duke from Bridgerton, Reg?-Jean Page worked his smoldering magic to win over his on-screen love interest, along with a massive Netflix audience. In a commercial for Seedlip, the heartthrob exercises his literal sleight of hand to promote the booze-free spirits brand and drop a new tagline, "Choose Different." The spot debuts during.

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The next one

Seth Godin

When asked what his favorite composition was, Duke Ellington said, “the next one.” This is the essence of the artistic process. When we’re in the liminal space between now and what is about to come, we’re fully alive.

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

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Dentsu’s Merkury Charts A Post-Cookie Future

AdExchanger

Goodbye, cookies. Hello, agency first-party IDs. Agency holdco Dentsu launched a set of identity solutions for Merkury, its identity resolution platform, on Tuesday. The identity solutions try to create a single customer view for marketers. By connecting their tech and their partners’ tech with centralized creative, media and customer experience data across their ecosystems, marketers […] The post Dentsu’s Merkury Charts A Post-Cookie Future appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How consumers are contacting brands on social media this holidays

Martech

Chances are, brands will be hearing from customers on social this holiday season. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of consumers say they’re likely to reach out to a brand on social over the holidays, according to a new study by social media management platform Sprout Social. Seventy percent say they’re going to directly message a brand, and 63% said they’re more likely to contact a brand on social during the holidays than at other times throughout the year.

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3 Major Ways Generative AI Is Redefining Search

Adweek

The generative AI race is well underway, and we're already seeing applications in advertising and marketing for creative ideation and development. This includes one of the key pillars of digital advertising--search. As consumers, we have grown accustomed to being overwhelmed with ads and information in search engines, while being underwhelmed by experiences and results from.

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Small groups, well organized

Seth Godin

And those are the two challenges of anyone seeking to make an impact. First, we get distracted by the inclination to make the group as big as we can imagine. After all, the change is essential, the idea is a good one. It’s for everyone. Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized. Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small.

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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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Website Tags Are Your New (And Old) Best Friend

AdExchanger

You know the movie trope that involves a makeover scene during which the so-called nerdy girl takes off her glasses for the first time, lets her hair down (or pushes it back from her face) and becomes suddenly beautiful? Tag management is that so-called nerdy girl. Although website tagging doesn’t get much attention, it’s a […] The post Website Tags Are Your New (And Old) Best Friend appeared first on AdExchanger.

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MarTech’s digital transformation experts to follow

Martech

Digital transformation can mean many things to marketers and organizations. It all depends on a business’s digital maturity and the strategic goals the transformation is intended to achieve. One thing is certain — digital transformation affects the entire organization. Everyone has to be on board if it’s going to succeed. Our list of experts includes a wide range of voices that speak to the effects that new digital technologies have on organizations at all levels.

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Sweden Negotiates With Switzerland in Campaign to Avoid Confusion

Adweek

Despite being more than 10 times the size of Switzerland and located in the Nordics, tourists still confuse the two countries. Now, tired of the mix-ups, its tourism body Visit Sweden aims to do something about it--by negotiating a trade deal. To help global travelers, leaders, the New York Stock Exchange and event organizers who.

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The seduction of “why”

Seth Godin

It’s classic linkbait. Headlines that explain why something is happening. Questions to AI about why something happens. Even kids, asking their parents. Why is easy to sell. Why is hard to deliver. Consultants make a good living explaining the why. And media companies try to. But most of the time, the why they promise isn’t a why at all. It’s simply a rehash of what.

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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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AppsFlyer Adds To Its Privacy Cloud With A Clean Room-Inspired Marketplace

AdExchanger

AppsFlyer is building a marketplace so advertisers can share user-level data with third-party vendors without, well, actually sharing any user-level data with third-party vendors. The marketplace, which offers functionality similar to that of a clean room, is the most recent addition to AppsFlyer’s Privacy Cloud, the company’s suite of products for privacy-focused measurement, activation and […] The post AppsFlyer Adds To Its Privacy Cloud With A Clean Room-Inspired Marketplace appeared fi

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3 ways to improve team satisfaction and growth with agile marketing

Martech

When marketers are content and happy in their roles, it has a cascading effect on their teamwork, leading to improved collaboration. People who are part of satisfied teams are empowered and supported by leaders to develop new skills, helping the team and individual team members stay competitive in the fast-paced marketing world. “Teamwork is essential to a company’s success,” says John J.

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Google Rolls Up More Formats Into YouTube Ad Buys

Adweek

Earlier this month, Google made changes to the types of inventory that get included in certain YouTube ad buys by default, the latest example of platform algorithms choosing where ads ultimately run. Google introduced brand consideration tool, Video View campaigns, which places ads across in-stream, in-feed and Shorts placements. The company introduced the format in.

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Late-stage technocrats

Seth Godin

Water flows downhill, and tech solves the easy problems first. After the launch of Amazon and Google, when smartphones reached critical mass, an easy problem to solve involved bridging information with stuff. So you could use your phone to summon a car, a case of beer, a dog sitter or just about anything that someone with resources might want to get, with convenience.

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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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An Overview Of Post-Cookie Collaboration Tools – And Their Shortcomings

AdExchanger

Ongoing cookie deprecation and signal loss have eliminated access to the IDs that have underpinned targeting and measurement in marketing. Safari and Firefox no longer support third-party cookies for ad targeting, and Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention makes it hard to use mobile IDs. That makes only about 30% of the total online audience addressable and […] The post An Overview Of Post-Cookie Collaboration Tools – And Their Shortcomings appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Transforming email addresses into actionable insights by AtData

Martech

We’ve entered an era where emails are not just about sending messages — they’re a repository of information that can provide deep insights into consumer behavior, preferences, and trends. But how do you sift through the massive troves of data to draw actionable insights? AtData’s email address intelligence does more than just collect and interpret email data— it provides marketers with a holistic perspective on their consumers’ digital patterns.

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Unilever Brings Back the CMO Role—Here’s Why

Adweek

Just over one year ago, Unilever switched out the traditional CMO role for a marketing position that bridged sales and digital. Now the CPG giant, famously one of the world's biggest advertisers, has reinstated the role. Well, almost. On Thursday, the Dove and Ben & Jerry's owner announced that Esi Eggleston Bracey, who currently leads.

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Trouble in the grey zone

Seth Godin

In many creative industries, there’s a similar pattern. When the stakes are very low, most creators produce things that are fairly banal and ordinary. Part of that is the law of large numbers, but it’s mostly our personal cultural resistance to leaning too far into weird stuff. And so the vast majority of YouTube videos, Spotify tracks, potluck dinner contributions and craft fair items are copycats.

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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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Why Joshua Lowcock Hopes His Exit From UM Will Spark Actual Change

AdExchanger

In a post on LinkedIn announcing his departure last week after eight years at IPG-owned UM Worldwide, Joshua Lowcock quoted lyrics by the singer Poppy from a song called “Bloodmoney” to help explain what motivated his decision to leave. “What do you believe when everyone is watching? … When nobody’s watching, what do you believe?” […] The post Why Joshua Lowcock Hopes His Exit From UM Will Spark Actual Change appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Chrome’s IP address protection initiative presents new challenges for marketers

Martech

Google is preparing to test a new feature in Chrome that will allow users to hide their IP addresses by using proxy servers. Initially this will be an opt-in feature like Apple’s Ask App Not to Track. The concern is that IP addresses, like cookies, can be used to track online activity and create persistent user profiles. The logic is that, if cookies are a threat to privacy, IP addresses are too.

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Samsung France Shoppers Can Try On Smartwatches in Augmented Reality

Adweek

Shoppers at Samsung stores throughout France can now try on the Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic smartwatches in augmented reality with a virtual try-on (VTO) experience created by AR technology company Wanna and agency Cheil France. The VTO experience is accessible by scanning a QR code in 200 Samsung stores across France and on the.

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Scaffolds and talent

Seth Godin

Kindergarten teachers matter more than you think. Chess isn’t a talent, it’s a learned practice. We’re sorting for head starts, not growth. And that’s just the first chapter. I think Hidden Potential is the most important book in Adam Grant’s career. The indoctrination around test scores and prodigies runs so deep, that most of us believe it to our core.

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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.