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I’m Not in the C-Suite. Here’s What I Got Out of Cannes Lions

Adweek

Goodbye to the daily croissants and cappuccinos. To the hot South of France, matched only by the Fortune 500 brands. To the parade of boats on yacht row and the promenade of brand beaches opposite the Croisette. I'm back to reality. There isn't a "chief" in my title, though I was honored to be asked.

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Building A Social Media Strategy For Your Startup: 5 Things To Note

Ad Rants

Every once in a while, there comes an entrepreneur with a great idea regarding a cutting-edge product solution or a service offering. Make no mistake there is no dearth of innovative startup ideas out there. Why then are there so few startups that can call themselves truly successful? The reason is that most startups fail at marketing themselves in the best possible fashion.

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Comic: Ignoring The Third-Party Cookie Deadline

AdExchanger

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…. The post Comic: Ignoring The Third-Party Cookie Deadline appeared first on AdExchanger.

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AI and machine learning in marketing: Are you deploying the right models? 

Martech

Now that consumers expect speed and hyper-personalization in all things, marketers have to find innovative ways to meet demands and maximize their budgets. To do this, marketers are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning. In fact, there is a new term just for this – “AI Marketing.” Customer expectations have never been higher.

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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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House of the Dragon’s AR App and Comic-Con Activation Makes You the Mother of Dragons

Adweek

Winter is coming. in July. Ahead of House of the Dragon's Aug. 21 debut, the network is rolling out a new global augmented reality app and a San Diego Comic-Con activation as it ramps up the marketing campaign for its Game of Thrones prequel. Fans can enjoy the interactive House of the Dragon: The.

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4 Mistakes To Avoid When Implementing CRM Into Your Business

Ad Rants

Businesses throughout the world have one thing in common: customers! Businesses either deal with B2B clients or focus on clients from B2C; customers are their lifeblood. Today, competitors in the different industry sectors have grown, whereas customers have remained limited. This has increased the competitiveness of businesses to increase their market shares in their functioning industries.

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Closing your team’s technical gap without hiring

Martech

It’s no comfort knowing you’re not the only one having trouble finding tech talent. Demand is high, supply is low. And everyone has teams and projects stuck in limbo. What would be comforting is a solution. Well, here you go. I’ve helped many marketing teams close the gap in their technical capabilities without writing a single job description. The reality is you have many more options than you can envision right now.

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Breaking Up But Staying Friends: When Brands No Longer Want to Be Exclusive

Adweek

Recently Anheuser-Busch gave us something to sip on: They announced that they'd be ending their 34-year run as the Super Bowl's exclusive alcohol advertiser. This comes just a few short weeks after Pepsi announced they'd be ending their decade-long sponsorship of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The Super Bowl is, in many ways, as much.

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Why Yahoo’s Omnichannel Offering is Cause for Celebration

VideoWeek

Since its acquisition by Apollo last year, Yahoo has expanded its ad offering via a string of partnerships with CTV companies, publishers and even hotels. This is Cannes after all, and the forecast is sunny for Yahoo’s advertising business. “The growth that my team has been involved in has really been advertising-based,” says Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, Head of Global Revenue & Client Solutions at Yahoo.

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Adjust And AppLovin Lay Off 12% Of Their Workforce Amid Economic Downturn

AdExchanger

Adjust and its parent company AppLovin laid off roughly 12% of their combined staff on Monday. It’s unclear which roles were affected by the cuts. The layoffs come as many tech firms announce hiring freezes, hiring slowdowns and general belt tightening against a backdrop of recession fears, economic uncertainty and public market volatility. Tesla, Netflix, Continue reading » The post Adjust And AppLovin Lay Off 12% Of Their Workforce Amid Economic Downturn appeared first on AdExchanger.

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

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How to turn the great buyer resignation into B2B career opportunities

Martech

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. This is no small task, especially when B2B buyers, barraged by untimely automated messages, random cold calls and lackluster outreach from both sales and marketing, are opting out of vendor conversations.

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Amazon Prime Video, Studios Marketing Chief Ukonwa Ojo Exits

Adweek

Amazon Prime Video and Studios chief marketing officer Ukonwa Ojo is out. Ojo is stepping down from the company just months before the debut of two of Prime Video's biggest programs ever: its Lord of the Rings series, Rings of Power, and the exclusive launch of NFL's Thursday Night Football. "For nearly two years, Ukonwa.

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This Promotional Campaign for Potato Chips In A Can Is Bonkers

AdPulp

A non-player character (NPC) is a video game character that is controlled by the game’s artificial intelligence rather than by a gamer. The game Train Sim World has scores of such characters and now Pringles is working with Dovetail Games and Xbox to introduce a new NPC who will serve as a Pringles vending machine […]. The post This Promotional Campaign for Potato Chips In A Can Is Bonkers appeared first on Adpulp.

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Universal Music Makes Its Data-Driven Ad Platform Play

AdExchanger

The parade of data-driven ad platform launches by companies that don’t traditionally monetize through advertising seemingly cannot be stopped. In the past month alone, Walmart-owned Sam’s Club, the hotel chain Marriott and Volta, which manufactures charging stations for electric cars, have all launched or rebranded their advertising and programmatic revenue groups.

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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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Using Google Analytics 4 integrations for insights and media activations

Martech

No matter which stage of Google Analytics 4 implementation you’re currently involved in, the opportunities to integrate with other products shouldn’t be overlooked. The best part is that the basic versions are free for everyone, so there are quick wins to be had if you aren’t using these yet. Other features and reporting experiences aside, an edge that Google Analytics has over other analytics platforms is that it fits well with the Google Marketing Platform (GMP).

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Prudential’s Creative Account Leaps From StrawberryFrog to McCann

Adweek

Prudential worked with StrawberryFrog on last year's "Who's Your Rock?" campaign, which revived the insurers iconic Rock of Gibraltar logo first used in 1896. In the campaign, StrawberryFrog positioned Prudential as a supportive force, celebrating parents, teammates and friends set to the Marvin Gay classic, You're All I Need to Get By. But after an.

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Memsource Secures €15M in Funding and Hires US General Manager from Unbabel to Accelerate Global Growth

Ad Tech Daily

World’s top-ranked translation management solution secures new funding, led by global investment firm Carlyle, recruits Edmund Ovington to lead US operations New York, New York — Memsource, the industry’s highest-ranked translation management solution, announced today it secured €15M in fundraising, led by global investment firm, Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) and its existing investors.

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Old Spice teams with Arby's to tackle 'meat sweats'

Marketing Dive

Along with a new spot, the collaboration includes a limited-edition kit featuring a roast beef-patterned sweat suit and two cans of antiperspirant.

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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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B2B customer journeys that begin at review sites are significantly shorter

Martech

The B2B customer journey can be a long one, especially when the purchase of expensive software subscriptions is under consideration. “The average B2B customer journey takes 192 days from anonymous first touch to won,” according to Dreamdata in their 2022 B2B Go-to-Market Benchmarks — a statistic described by co-founder and CMO Steffen Hedebrandt as “alarming.” But the report also indicates that this journey can be significantly sped up — by as much as 63% — if accounts be

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Facebook Tests More New Improvements to Groups

Adweek

Facebook's emphasis on groups continued with Tuesday's news that it is testing new ways to access and organize them, as well as a way for people in groups to connect in smaller settings within those communities. A new sidebar being tested on the social network will help people more easily find their favorite groups, see.

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BidMind is Now Available in Latin America

Ad Tech Daily

BidMind’s omnichannel programmatic advertising platform offers brands and agencies a way to reach new audiences and help plan, run, and measure Mobile, Web, Audio, DOOH, and CTV ad campaigns, now in Latin America. Dover, DE – BidMind, an omnichannel programmatic advertising platform, announces the expansion of the company’s array of services to the LATAM region, […].

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Honda invites gamers to Hondaverse in Fortnite on Twitch

Marketing Dive

Creator SypherPK hosts a series of livestreams where he explores the virtual world as the auto brand doubles down on its outreach to gamers.

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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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Webinar: Grow revenue streams through web accessibility and compliance

Martech

1 out of 4 people in the U.S. lives with some type of disability. Because consumers are online now more than in previous years, your clients’ websites must be accessible to everyone. It’s not merely a matter of being compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It’s also good business—because web accessibility can deliver better results and enhance search engine optimization.

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Not Just an Add-On: AR Supercharges the Purchase Journey

Adweek

Editor's note: Today's column is part of a series with Snap on augmented reality. Below, Nina Mishkin, director of brand strategy, explains how the technology seamlessly guides consumers through each phase of the purchase funnel. Over the past few years, augmented reality has evolved from a source of entertainment and self-expression to having true utility.

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If You’re Going To Be Arrogant, At Least Earn The Right To Be That Way …

Rob Campbell

Recently I saw an interview with a photographer, I sort-of know. His name is Gavin Watson and he’s been taking photos since his early teens. He’s almost 58 now and over that time, he’s built an enviable reputation for capturing the raw beauty of subcultures people either don’t understand or fear. The photo he is proudest of is this one …. He took it while on a tube in London.

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Coke celebrates summer with AR music experience on Snapchat

Marketing Dive

The AR content in the photo-messaging app features Australian rapper The Kid Laroi performing a new song.

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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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Worsening economy has more shoppers getting online info before making in-store purchases

Martech

Summer’s here and the shoppers are wary. Consumer spending increased in May, but only by 0.2%, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This explains why 76% of U.S. shoppers are searching online for reviews and better prices before buying in store, according to a new Adobe Commerce study of sentiment among over 1,000 U.S. consumers. Also, when they’re in a store 60% are using their phone to look for better prices elsewhere.

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Cosmopolitan, PolitiFact Bring #AbortionFactCheckProject to Twitter

Adweek

Cosmopolitan teamed up with PolitiFact on the #AbortionFactCheckProject on Twitter. The #AbortionFactCheckProject is the Twitter component of Cosmopolitan's "It's Not Over" package, examining how young women are continuing the fight for reproductive freedom. Every week, Cosmopolitan and PolitiFact will join forces to debunk tweets politicians, pundits and public figures, and people are encouraged to direct.

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How One Indie Agency Is Using Automation To Avoid The Pain Of Manual Reporting

AdExchanger

Ad agencies are understaffed and their clients – small businesses in particular – often don’t have the time or the technical background to sift through reams of campaign data. And so, increasingly, they’re turning to automation to cut down on the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of account management. Tag, an independent agency based in. Continue reading » The post How One Indie Agency Is Using Automation To Avoid The Pain Of Manual Reporting appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Chipotle rolls up texting, sports and loyalty to drive results

Marketing Dive

Despite not being an official sponsor of the NBA, the chain hid a code in its TV ads during the Finals that loyalty members could text to unlock a special offer.

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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.