Year: 2025
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B-to-B Events
Five Lessons from CollegeVine’s AI-powered Vineyard Summit in Chicago
In the world of higher education, AI is typically applied to learning and development initiatives, but overlooked when it comes to the day-to-day operations that keep universities running. So CollegeVine, a company that uses a network of students, data and AI agents to alter how institutions recruit and retain pupils, aimed to flip the script […]
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Trade Shows
How Nokia Created a Midsummer Forest for its Booth at DTW Ignite
At the Digital Transformation World (DTW) Ignite, which took place in Copenhagen this June, Nokia Autonomous Networks invited attendees into “Midsummer Metsä,” a forest-inspired retreat where every detail, from the live pine trees to golden solstice light, spoke of the brand’s Finnish roots as well as its commitment to thoughtful innovation. The tagline for the […]
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Trade Shows
Partner Perspectives: How to Make a 10×10 Trade Show Booth Successful
It’s hard to wow with a roll-up and a tablecloth, yet small booths, the basic building blocks of a trade show floor, can have a huge impact and remain a key part of many trade show programs. Sometimes they’re the brand’s only asset. Sometimes they’re part of a scalable exhibit solution, deployed depending on the […]
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AI
How AI Is Redefining Contextual Ad Placement In Media
Before the advent of AI, scene-level contextual advertising was largely impractical. Implementing it required labor-intensive manual review to interpret dialogue, context, language and tone, often leading to misjudgments.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Trend of the Week: Times Square Takeovers
It’s an entertainment hub, a cultural destination, a commercial mecca, a tourist hot spot… and prime real estate for brand activations. We’re talking, of course, about Times Square, the Midtown Manhattan locale with billboards so bright it can be seen from outer space, and where companies with the right strategy (and budget) can make a […]
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AI
Brands Want To Know What LLMs Are Saying About Them, And This Startup Has Answers
It used to be enough for brands to just track what their human customers were saying about them. Now they need to know what LLMs are saying about them, too. At the same time, the rise of AI has sped up every factor of digital marketing. Campaigns can be designed and launched in a matter of […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
A Year In Data Privacy Is A Lifetime, So Your ‘New’ Compliance Policy May Already Be Outdated
Everything seems to get better and last longer. Remember when it was recommended to change your oil every 3,000 miles? Now it is 5,000 miles. Remember when milk used to go sour in the fridge in a few days? Now it will make it through the weekend. However, as the realm of privacy law advances, […]
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Acquisition
Blue Apron Sheds Subscription Model, Expands Offerings in Brand Relaunch
On Aug. 11, meal-kit company Blue Apron introduced expanded offerings, an upgraded digital experience, new creative and shed its subscription model. Here’s how the brand is communicating those changes to customers and prospects alike.
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B-to-C Events
So Delicious Talks Multisensory Sampling in a Giant Pint at Lollapalooza
A little mystery and the promise of a sweet treat drew Lollapalooza festivalgoers into a nondescript, oversized frozen dessert pint. A minimalist design on the exterior of the black box that included just “The Pint of No Return” messaging and So Delicious Dairy Free’s logo didn’t give a hint of the colorful, multisensory adventure that […]
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AI
Singing The AI Scraping Blues At Sell Side Summit Nashville
The Nashville Sell Side Summit theme “Beyond the Browser,” resonated with publisher concerns around AI-powered, zero-click answer engines and the need to meet audiences outside of their own websites, which are receiving less referral traffic from search and social.