Allison Schiff
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The Big Story
Prog AI Live: AI’s Slippery Slop
Recorded live in Las Vegas at Prog AI, the AdExchanger team tackles a tricky question: As AI floods the feed with chaotic, addictive content and people engage with it, what does “premium” even mean anymore?
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AdExchanger Talks
Influencer Marketing Grows Up
If creators want brand dollars, they have to play by the rules of data-driven marketing and measurement, says Ryan Detert, CEO and co-founder of Publicis-owned influencer marketing platform Influential.
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AI
These AI Agents Want To Handle All The Annoying Parts Of Media Buying
It’s the great irony of programmatic. The bidding is automated down to the millisecond, but the day-to-day work of running campaigns is still largely manual, from copying data between systems and reconciling reports to running QA checks and drafting explanations for clients when metrics don’t line up. “Inside of the platforms, it’s AI everywhere – but […]
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AdExchanger Talks
Zoom’s Next Act
Zoom CMO Kim Storin has one of the rarer jobs in marketing: She’s responsible for promoting and evolving a brand that’s also become a verb.
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AdExchanger Talks
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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AI
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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Campaigns
‘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.
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AdExchanger Talks
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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