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Chasing trends without a deeper strategy still carries real risk, and trending is not the same as winning.

When every screen is saturated, the most effective channel may be the one you can hold. The 2025 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report reveals how leading brands are evolving their acquisition strategies by integrating personalized, data-driven mail into their omnichannel ecosystems.

What consumers are saying—and how marketers can deliver. The latest consumer research shows direct mail has become one of the most influential, enjoyable, and trusted forms of advertising—especially in a landscape where digital fatigue is very real. This guide unpacks the key findings from Franklin Madison Direct’s 2025 survey of 600 U.S. consumers. You’ll learn […]

Audio advertising presents a paradox: It’s an increasingly popular form of media, making up between 20% and 30% of consumption time in the US, depending on the source, but it’s woefully underrepresented in terms of spend. Wondercraft, an AI-powered audio content creation studio, is hoping to bridge that gap by making audio a more accessible […]

While Telemundo is certainly proud of its soccer legacy, it’s also always looking to expand its horizons to other sports its audience wants to watch.

When a brand’s statement or action or advertisement inadvertently provokes a cancel culture backlash from certain sectors of their market, rather than apologize and go underground, companies are embracing the challenge, using it to energize new market opportunities and burnish their reputation with new audiences.

The use of AI is evolving at neck-breaking speed across every aspect of our lives, rapidly changing how we plan, work and even think. In trade shows, this evolution is also happening fast, with AI powering everything, from access to knowledge to agents that can be built with no coding skills. Here’s what we’re seeing […]

Hearing protection brand Axil is making a push to grow its brand through brand partnership and retail.

AI bots are hungry. They’re scraping information found on passports and credit cards and training on novels without authors’ consent. Even fanfiction has been used to train some (presumably quite nerdy) bots. But a bill proposed in the Senate a few weeks ago could change that. In late July, Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard […]

From Apartment Therapy’s sponsor-backed tools to MotorTrend’s interactive awards and Digital Trends’ AI gamification, publishers are finding fresh ways to keep audiences engaged. Here’s how they’re turning stickiness into loyalty—and loyalty into revenue.