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  • Can LinkedIn Become A B2B Streaming Hub?

    Over the past few years, LinkedIn has been investing in video like nobody’s business. But there were a few hiccups in its evolution from a desktop display business to a mobile-first, video-centric platform. Remember LinkedIn’s short-lived attempt at short-form ephemeral video? LinkedIn launched its version of Stories in 2020 and shut it down the following […]

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  • The Force Of Data Gravity, With Snowflake

    Why bring data to SaaS applications when you can bring the applications to your data? That’s what modern data platforms do, says Erin Foxworthy, global industry go-to-market lead for marketers and advertisers at Snowflake. Cloud-based platforms, meanwhile, are becoming the foundation for technologies that are increasingly integral to how digital advertising functions.

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  • The Behavioral Economist’s POV On Marketing Measurement

    Marketing measurement is messed up – it’s hard to argue otherwise – and most people agree on the reasons why: vanity metrics, imperfect models, unrealistic expectations. But there’s another issue at play, argues Julian Runge, an assistant professor of marketing at Northwestern University – and that’s a simple lack of communication.

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  • The Outcomes Era Is Dead. Long Live The Quality Era

    The digital ad industry is obsessed with outcomes – to its detriment. That’s the case made by Erez Levin, principal at media consultancy Emet Advisory, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. Levin has often pushed back against the industry hype machine touting its “Outcomes Era” and the promise of advanced ad targeting and optimization […]

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  • How Ecommerce Brands Are Finding Customers During A Tempest Of Headwinds

    Americans are dealing with tumultuous change. For an ecommerce ad agency, that means navigating the same tariff craziness, Temu advertisements being pulled from the US market, the Meta ad platform going haywire and platform AI solutions all looking to replace human agency services.

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  • Straight Talk With Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise

    In 2017, Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise predicted the demise of supply-side platforms. The category survived, but he’s sticking to his theory that pureplay SSPs are a thing of the past. Plus: An update on Mediaocean’s $550 million Innovid acquisition and Wise’s counterpoint to recent criticisms of The Trade Desk.

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  • AI Isn’t Something To Fear – Or Rush Into

    AI isn’t something a marketer “does.” It’s not a singular action or task, and there is no AI easy button. And so AI researcher and consultant Cecilia Dones tries to “get underneath” the reasons behind why marketers want to integrate AI into their businesses.

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  • ‘Real-Time Creativity,’ With Brandtech CEO David Jones

    To say that David Jones, CEO and founder of The Brandtech Group, is bullish on generative AI would be an understatement. “Every single facet of marketing can be done better, faster and cheaper using technology and AI,” Jones says. “I’d rather have a fast, efficient machine than a slow, grumpy creative with a big ego.”

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  • Bob Lord Is A Holdco Skeptic

    Bob Lord is back in Agency Land and he’s in the mood to poke a few bears. “Bigger is not always better,” he says on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks, referencing the megamerger between Omnicom and IPG. It’s an interesting perspective for someone who worked at an agency holding company for more than a […]

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  • Rob Wilk Is All Charged Up About Yahoo’s O&O

    Microsoft ad sales vet Rob Wilk joined Yahoo last year to lead revenue for the company’s advertising business with one main goal in mind: to evangelize Yahoo’s owned-and-operated properties. Most advertisers just aren’t aware of the inventory Yahoo has to offer – and that’s on Yahoo.

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