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Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce is more than the latest celebrity headline. Swift and Kelce are major brand names in their respective industries, and their romance provides marketing and communications professionals with a premium case study in cross-industry branding.

Building a career in social media marketing while raising kids has been a unique, dichotomous experience.  From 9 am to 5 pm, I’m heads-down, focused on maximizing audience growth and engagement while crafting content designed to captivate viewers and keep their eyes (and thumbs) locked in. At home, however, I find myself actively monitoring the […]

Since ChatGPT exploded into public consciousness, the conversation in ad tech has centered around AI. Generative tools, predictive models, attention algorithms: AI now touches nearly every part of the ecosystem, from media planning and creative to optimization and reporting.  But while AI captures the spotlight, another foundational technology has quietly enabled much of this progress: […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

CTV advertising platforms often try to sell small businesses on how closely the channel resembles the digital marketing avenues they’re used to working with, like paid social. For Wildgrain, a DTC subscription service for artisan breads and other grain-based foods, this argument proved to be very compelling.

If you’re going to promote a waterproof bandage, there’s no proving ground quite like Summerfest. It’s a sentiment that Band-Aid put to the test during the first two weekends of the Milwaukee, WI-based music festival as this year’s official bandage sponsor. As a relative newcomer to the festival scene, the brand wanted to make a […]

Swivel is putting AI agents to work for publishers, automating the messy middle of ad ops so teams can focus on strategy. From faster troubleshooting to smarter workflows, here’s how they’re reshaping the sell-side playbook.

On Wednesday, Bluefish, an AI marketing platform that helps advertisers understand and refine how they’re showing up in AI queries, announced $20 million in series A funding. The round, which brings Bluefish’s total funding to $24 million, was led by NEA and Salesforce Ventures. It’s worth pointing out that the word “bluefish” is also the […]