Marketers
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Marketers
US Bank Is Using Synthetic Audiences To Generate Real Customer Insights
The scene: Sitting on a large wicker sofa 30 feet from the Mediterranean Sea drinking Perrier in the Riviera sunshine and talking to the chief marketing officer of a bank about generative AI, synthetic audiences and creative optimization. That’s how one rolls in Cannes. But rolling back the clock to 2023, which is when Michael […]
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Marketers
LinkedIn’s CTV Ads Are Helping B2B Advertisers Find Audiences Where They Live
It’s an all-too-familiar feeling for tech industry employees: You’re done with work and watching TV when suddenly a commercial comes on for the same B2B vendor you’ve been getting ads for at the office (or, at least, on a different computer screen in your home). Increasingly, you have LinkedIn to thank for that experience. Last […]
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Marketers
Advertisers Cut Back On Pride, Leaving LGBTQ Brands And Consumers In The Lurch
Previously, by February, LGBTQ media and influencers would have been setting up marketing campaigns for Pride month. In recent years, this planning was postponed by a month or two, since the immediacy of digital marketing allows for quicker activation. In 2025, however, the outreach never came. LGBTQ media often operates in the red for much […]
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Marketers
Despite Economic Uncertainty, The Advertising Market Is Still Primed For Growth
The ad market is like a hydra: Every time a head gets cut off, two grow back. Which is to say, for every channel that goes out of fashion – we’re looking at you, linear TV and physical newspapers – a new one pops up to replace it, keeping overall ad spend on the rise. […]
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Digital
DoorDash CMO Kofi Amoo-Gottfried on the Platform’s New Ad Tools, Value-Driven Campaigns and Humanizing the Brand
At a media event announcing the launch of new ad tools, DoorDash chief marketer Kofi Amoo-Gottfried shared his thoughts on where the advertising industry is headed.
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Marketers
User-Generated Content, Tariffs And AI Will Reshape The Ad Market, Says WPP Media
For proof of the uncertainty facing marketers in 2025, look no further than the industry’s ping-ponging projections for ad spending. WPP Media (the former GroupM), which released its global midyear ad spend forecast on Tuesday, is just the most recent example. Like every prognosticator that’s taken a crack at predicting spending trends for 2025, WPP […]
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Marketers
The Rise Of AI Shopping Assistants Will Influence Advertising Strategies
For generations, advertisers have been trying to get people to notice and buy their products. But what happens when advertisers need to reach something that isn’t a person? That’s the question media agency Kepler is trying to answer with its new software, Kip AIR, created in response to the rise of AI shopping assistants. These […]
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Marketers
How This Airline Added Self-Serve Advertising To Its Flight Plan
Going in-house can feel a little turbulent for advertisers. But brands, such as Spanish airline Iberia, increasingly want more control over their campaign planning, creative and optimization. Until relatively recently, Iberia’s workflow was almost entirely manual. Now, through a partnership with AI personalization platform Clinch and its Flight Control tool, Iberia has been able to […]
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Marketers
Scope3-Backed Contextual AI Platform Classify Aims To Disrupt Curation
There’s a new contextual curation platform in town, and it has the backing of some industry heavy hitters. The startup, called Classify, aims to evolve contextual and semantic targeting beyond keyword-based taxonomies. It offers buy-side deal curation tools, as well as a sell-side product for publishers to package their inventory into curated deals. Classify is […]
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Marketers
How Chocolate Brand Tony’s Chocolonely Made Friends In American Candy Aisles
For any newcomer grocery brand, taking the step from having a strong regional presence to gaining a national retail footprint is always a complicated move. Chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely hit that inflection point in the US roughly five years ago, which was when Aidaly Sosa Walker joined as VP of marketing for the US and […]