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Allison Schiff

  • Manscaped’s Whole‑Body Media Strategy

    Behind the scenes with Manscaped CMO Marcelo Kertész on the brand’s first Super Bowl spot – a musical ad starring singing hair balls (just watch it) – and how he’s shifting Manscaped’s marketing from performance-heavy DTC to a broader, brand-led strategy.

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  • AdMarketplace Is Piloting Performance Ads In AI Chat

    AI chat is starting to look more and more like a media channel, which means someone’s gotta figure out the ad model. Although chatbot conversations are loaded with commercial intent – ChatGPT knows it – there’s still no clear playbook for monetizing those interactions without messing with the user experience. Search advertising specialist adMarketplace is one of […]

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  • ‘Bake It Till You Make It’: Inside Quicken’s Kid-Run Small-Business Campaign

    Most financial marketing that’s aimed at small business owners has a cookie-cutter feel. But for Quicken’s latest campaign to promote its all-in-one app for managing business and personal finances, the team decided to get a little playful.

  • AI Is The New Ad Space

    AI isn’t just a productivity tool, says Debra Aho Williamson, founder of Sonata Insights. It’s a brand-new media environment that’s reshaping how people decide what to buy and challenging marketers to completely rethink the funnel.

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  • Betterment’s ‘Anti‑Marketing’ Machine

    Kim Rosenblum, CMO of investment app Betterment, unpacks her “anti‑marketing” playbook, which involves telling customers not to engage and shifting away from chasing cheap CAC to prioritizing lifetime value.

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  • Who Needs ‘Corrosive Intermediaries’ Anyway?

    The programmatic supply chain is “pretty flawed,” says Danny Spears, COO of publisher alliance Ozone, and value is leaking away from digital media brands. But that doesn’t mean they need to stand there and take it.

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  • Why Scripps Is All In On Women’s Sports

    Scripps CRO Brian Norris explains why the broadcaster is leaning into women’s and local sports – and how that shift is reshaping the media plan.

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  • What Happens When A Brand Fails To Deliver On Its Basic Promise

    FedEx delivers more than 15 million packages per day in the US. It runs one the largest, most time-sensitive logistics networks on planet Earth. Last year, it had a 95.3% on-time score for package delivery during the peak parcel season. Wow. But what if you’re part of the 4.7% percent? I’d argue a company whose […]

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  • Perion Is So Over The AI Hype Cycle

    Perion CEO Tal Jacobson is done with AI buzzwords. Instead, he’s betting big on agents, outcomes and letting machines handle the messy parts of media buying.

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  • How Molson Coors Keeps Creative Effectiveness On Tap

    For Molson Coors, creative effectiveness is about more than just generating buzz; ad creative needs to boost sales and improve brand health. Who cares how funny or award-winning a piece of creative is if it’s not helping sell beer, said Sofia Colucci, North America CMO of Molson Coors, speaking at the Marketecture Live event in […]

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