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#advertiser-claims

fromSocial Media Explorer

11 hours ago

The Rise of Dark Traffic: Why Your Analytics Are Lying to You - Social Media Explorer

Direct traffic is increasingly misleading due to untraceable influences from AI-driven research and decision-making processes.

fromMiami Herald

How to know if a digital marketing agency is good

Quality marketing agencies provide dedicated representatives, prioritize human management over automation, and possess extensive marketing experience.

Mobile UX

fromTECHBOOK

17 hours ago

Ads on Honor Phones-Soon in Europe?!

Honor smartphones may soon feature ads in pre-installed apps, expanding from the Middle East to Europe.

fromEntrepreneur

How to Navigate Brand Authenticity in the Age of AI Slop

Originality and authenticity in content are essential for brands to stand out in a saturated market dominated by low-quality AI-generated content.

The rise of CTV IRL: Valuable TV audiences are no longer just sitting at home

Connected TV is expanding into public spaces, transforming how audiences engage with content outside the home.

The Full-Funnel Era Is Here. Is Your CTV Strategy Built To Keep Up? | AdExchanger

Connected TV is now a dominant media channel, capturing significant consumer attention and requiring strategic full-funnel advertising approaches.

Television

fromAol

The rise of CTV IRL: Valuable TV audiences are no longer just sitting at home

Connected TV is expanding into public spaces, transforming how audiences engage with content outside the home.

The Full-Funnel Era Is Here. Is Your CTV Strategy Built To Keep Up? | AdExchanger

Connected TV is now a dominant media channel, capturing significant consumer attention and requiring strategic full-funnel advertising approaches.

Pruning The Mediavine; Shoppers Aren't Clicking Amazon's AI Ads | AdExchanger

Digital publishers face challenges due to AI and traffic changes, leading to layoffs and a focus on high-impact areas.

#social-media

Intellectual property law

5 Social Media-Based Side Hustles To Make Extra Income Online

Social media offers lucrative side hustle opportunities, including management services, live shopping, UGC creation, and paid ads services.

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media design

Meta and Google found negligent for social media design, awarded $6 million in damages, raising legal questions about social media's safety and liability.

Intellectual property law

5 Social Media-Based Side Hustles To Make Extra Income Online

Social media offers lucrative side hustle opportunities, including management services, live shopping, UGC creation, and paid ads services.

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media design

Meta and Google found negligent for social media design, awarded $6 million in damages, raising legal questions about social media's safety and liability.

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

Meta faces significant challenges with legal rulings and a shift in focus from the Metaverse to artificial intelligence.

Podcast

fromRAIN News

New audio ad service seeks reach + relevance

StreamGuys launched SGcreative, an audio advertising service targeting the U.S. Hispanic market in partnership with Nueva Network.

Deliverability

fromMiami Herald

fromwww.marketingdive.com

5 sales sequences that drive higher response rates

Cold emails have a 0.9% response rate; effective sales sequences require targeted, timely outreach with multiple touchpoints.

#advertising

Marketing tech

Go Figure: 3 big marketing numbers from March

Marketing tech

How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenue

Marketing tech

The Agentic Marketplace Is Here. Where Does That Leave DSPs and SSPs? | AdExchanger

fromThedrum

Marketing tech

A Positive Outlook for Advertising in the New World

The advertising industry is entering a positive phase with strong confidence in media investment across various sectors.

What AI disruption means for experimental ad budgets

Marketers are increasingly reallocating budgets towards experimental ad channels, including AI and retail media, to find new audiences and drive growth.

fromwww.marketingdive.com

Go Figure: 3 big marketing numbers from March

The marketing industry is facing a potential slowdown, with significant dips in advertising revenue growth predicted for major platforms like Meta.

How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenue

Advertisers must adopt modern strategies, including purchase-based segmentation, to effectively engage consumers in the evolving TV landscape.

The Agentic Marketplace Is Here. Where Does That Leave DSPs and SSPs? | AdExchanger

Swivel and Olyzon's partnership creates a new ad buying model integrating buy-side and sell-side agents for enhanced campaign execution.

fromThedrum

A Positive Outlook for Advertising in the New World

The advertising industry is entering a positive phase with strong confidence in media investment across various sectors.

What AI disruption means for experimental ad budgets

Marketers are increasingly reallocating budgets towards experimental ad channels, including AI and retail media, to find new audiences and drive growth.

How Website Traffic Data and Metrics Can Inform Effective Content Strategy

Website traffic checkers enhance content strategy by revealing audience engagement and competitive positioning.

How Samsung Ads And Crumbl Got Their CTV Campaign To Perform Like Social | AdExchanger

Crumbl's success is driven by social media and its mobile app, which accounts for over 50% of sales.

fromBenzinga

Socialtrait Launches Predictive Audience Simulation Platform

Behavioral Simulation AI aims to accurately model real human behaviors in social networks.

Podcast

Why digital audio is a must-have for your retail media plan | MarTech

Digital audio is becoming a crucial advertising channel, reflecting changing consumer behavior and offering significant opportunities for targeted marketing.

#ai-search-engines

Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap Widens as Brand Citation Rates Vary 9x Across Major AI Search Engines

The Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap is a critical issue in digital marketing strategy for 2026, highlighting disparities in brand visibility across AI search engines.

Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap Widens as Brand Citation Rates Vary 9x Across Major AI Search Engines

The Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap is a critical issue in digital marketing strategy for 2026, highlighting disparities in brand visibility across AI search engines.

Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap Widens as Brand Citation Rates Vary 9x Across Major AI Search Engines

The Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap is a critical issue in digital marketing strategy for 2026, highlighting disparities in brand visibility across AI search engines.

Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap Widens as Brand Citation Rates Vary 9x Across Major AI Search Engines

The Multi-Engine AI Visibility Gap is a critical issue in digital marketing strategy for 2026, highlighting disparities in brand visibility across AI search engines.

more#ai-search-engines

fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Is engagement now just as important as value in modern promotions? - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Promotions must engage customers beyond value to foster brand loyalty in a competitive market.

High stakes, big budgets: How brands are navigating a massive sports year

Brands are prioritizing long-term partnerships over costly live sports advertising due to economic uncertainties and high costs of ad placements.

fromBenzinga

Performance Comparison: Meta Platforms And Competitors In Interactive Media & Services Industry - Met

Thorough company analysis is essential for investors, focusing on Meta Platforms and its competitors in the Interactive Media & Services industry.

From Streaming To AI: Agency Leaders' Next Big Media Bets

Streaming platform consolidation is reshaping agency strategies, emphasizing precision and adaptability in targeting consumer attention.

fromInc

The 'Swim Lane' Strategy: How the Best Marketers Are Using AI to Beat the Competition

Hyper-specialization in marketing allows for tailored messaging to specific customer segments, enhancing competitive advantage and engagement.

fromFast Company

Why the future of brand trust is sensory marketing

Experiential communications leverage sensory engagement to build trust and connection, countering AI fatigue and skepticism in audiences.

Brands Keep Treating Gen Z Like Younger Millennials, And It's Costing Them

Gen Z prioritizes secondhand shopping and demands transparency from brands, signaling a shift in consumer behavior and expectations compared to millennials.

fromMakeUseOf

No, it's not your microphone - this is how advertisers know what you want

Advertisers use data from your online behavior, not microphone recordings, to deliver targeted ads accurately.

EU data protection

fromExchangewire

3 weeks ago

The Stack: Ad Prices Rise, Retail Dominates, and Moderation Falls Short

Meta increases advertiser fees in Europe by 2-5%, faces criticism for inadequate deepfake moderation, while UK delays AI copyright reforms and retail dominates ChatGPT ad trials.

fromAbove the Law

Strategic Planning For Marketers: Your Critical Role In Strategy Development And Implementation - Above the Law

Legal marketing professionals significantly influence law firm strategic planning by focusing on external market dynamics and competitive positioning.

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

New: Microsoft Advertising Merchant Center Enables Store & Domain Name Updates

Merchants can now update their store name and domain directly in Merchant Center within Microsoft Advertising.

Future of Marketing Briefing: Horizon Media is building a platform to orchestrate ad tech from a single command center

Horizon Media is developing an orchestration and intelligence layer to integrate various media marketplace partners into a central command center.

What happens when ad spend goes wrong | MarTech

Account ownership in advertising is primarily about financial logistics, risk, and legal responsibility, not just control.

fromGeeky Gadgets

Build a Fully Automated AI Marketing Team Using Claude

AI tools like Claude AI automate marketing tasks, optimize workflows, and enhance productivity for modern marketing teams.

How AI Is Reshaping The Marketing Scientist Role | AdExchanger

Marketing scientists now translate data into meaningful insights, bridging the gap between AI analysis and human interpretation.

#performance-marketing

Performance marketing 101

Performance marketing in 2023 emphasizes effective measurement, data interplay, and personalization within the broader marketing landscape.

Why performance marketing stops working | MarTech

Performance marketing captures demand but does not create it; brands must focus on building meaning to avoid stagnation.

Performance marketing 101

Performance marketing in 2023 emphasizes effective measurement, data interplay, and personalization within the broader marketing landscape.

more#performance-marketing

Why performance marketing stops working | MarTech

Performance marketing captures demand but does not create it; brands must focus on building meaning to avoid stagnation.

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Performance Max Asset Group Theming

Google Ads introduces asset group theming for Performance Max campaigns, enabling quick creation of themed ad variations using AI.

Boathouse's New Chief Strategy Officer Says It's Time For Agencies To Take The Reins Of Measurement | AdExchanger

Sonia Chung emphasizes the need for agencies to develop their own data infrastructures to reduce dependency on major tech platforms.

#marketing

Marketing

Why Understanding Moments Matters More Than Reach

fromFast Company

AI didn't break marketing. It exposed what wasn't working.

Marketing leaders focus on growth and proving marketing's value, while AI changes how buyers discover information and measure marketing impact.

Marketing tech

Jones Road Beauty Is Using A New Type Of MMM To Reset Its Media Measurement | AdExchanger

Why Understanding Moments Matters More Than Reach

Marketers should focus on connecting brands to cultural moments rather than just measuring reach and impressions.

fromFast Company

AI didn't break marketing. It exposed what wasn't working.

Marketing leaders focus on growth and proving marketing's value, while AI changes how buyers discover information and measure marketing impact.

Jones Road Beauty Is Using A New Type Of MMM To Reset Its Media Measurement | AdExchanger

Cody Plofker values discovering ineffective marketing channels to optimize strategies, contrasting with typical marketers who struggle with measurement confusion.

Why is Pinterest losing advertisers?

Pinterest faces declining advertiser spending due to tariff pressures on retail partners and slower AI innovation compared to competitors Meta and Google.

fromNeil Patel

How to Boost a Post on LinkedIn: Tips for Better Reach

Boost successful LinkedIn posts with social proof to enhance visibility and engagement, rather than attempting to fix weak content with paid spend.

Basis Wants To Help Marketers Bring Agentic AI Into Media Planning | AdExchanger

Basis launched Compass to simplify campaign planning without replacing human input.

fromHubspot

Brand optimization: What it is and why your AI visibility depends on it

Brand optimization enhances brand perception and experience through consistent, iterative improvements without a complete rebranding.

After The Trade Desk's audit row, rivals rush to pitch features and transparency chops

Transparency crises in ad tech prompt competitors to pitch their services, but buyers remain skeptical and focused on value over transparency claims.

fromExchangewire

Attekmi's Roman Vrublivskyi on Ad Tech Trends, Ad Strategy, and AI - ExchangeWire.com

First-party data and AI are crucial trends shaping ad tech strategies in 2026.

The Media Spend Skim | AdExchanger

Agencies are increasingly using principal-based buying, leading to disputes over fee structures and the emergence of AI-driven sell-side agents in ad tech.

After The Trade Desk's audit row, rivals rush to pitch features and transparency chops

Transparency crises in ad tech prompt competitors to pitch their services, but buyers remain skeptical and focused on value over transparency claims.

fromExchangewire

Attekmi's Roman Vrublivskyi on Ad Tech Trends, Ad Strategy, and AI - ExchangeWire.com

First-party data and AI are crucial trends shaping ad tech strategies in 2026.

The Media Spend Skim | AdExchanger

Agencies are increasingly using principal-based buying, leading to disputes over fee structures and the emergence of AI-driven sell-side agents in ad tech.

more#ad-tech

fromWorld Economic Forum

Understanding Value in Media: Perspectives from Consumers and Industry

The internet has transformed publishing, creating challenges for revenue and consumer satisfaction, while a shift towards consumer payments may offer a solution.

TikTok On Why Brands Can't Buy Its New Ad Formats Programmatically | AdExchanger

TikTok's NewFronts presentation showcased a shift towards optimism with new features and ad formats under the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.

Martech stacks are holding back sales and marketing teams | MarTech

Sales and marketing alignment remains a challenge, with only 56% of GTM professionals reporting high alignment in their organizations.

#social-media-marketing

fromAol

60+ social media marketing FAQs, answered by experts

Social media marketing uses platforms to promote businesses, connect with audiences, and drive measurable results through both organic and paid efforts.

fromBusiness Insider

E-Commerce

Brands that skimp on social media marketing do so at their own peril

fromAol

60+ social media marketing FAQs, answered by experts

Social media marketing uses platforms to promote businesses, connect with audiences, and drive measurable results through both organic and paid efforts.

fromBusiness Insider

more#social-media-marketing

E-Commerce

Brands that skimp on social media marketing do so at their own peril

fromNeil Patel

Misleading Marketing Metrics: Are Your Reports Inaccurate?

Traditional marketing metrics are outdated and do not accurately reflect business growth or marketing impact.

AI influencer discovery tools are changing how agencies cast creators

AI is increasingly used for influencer selection in marketing campaigns, enhancing brand engagement and measurable impacts.

fromSocial Media Examiner

Ad Creative Strategy: The Easy Way to Improve Facebook and Instagram ROAS : Social Media Examiner

Creative strategy is essential for effective Facebook and Instagram ads, focusing on the right messages and formats to engage audiences.

fromThedrum

#programmatic-advertising

MASTERCLASS: Why annual marketing plans are failing your business

Traditional annual marketing plans are ineffective in today's fast-paced market, leading to wasted resources and missed opportunities.

As programmatic faces signal degradation, agentic advertising offers a solution

Traditional programmatic advertising is struggling due to fragmentation and privacy issues, necessitating a new infrastructure for better efficiency and outcomes.

Reclaiming The Original Promise Of Programmatic | AdExchanger

Fragmentation in programmatic advertising complicates access to audiences, especially for smaller agencies, but AI offers new solutions to manage this complexity.

CIMM Is Out To Prove That All Media Isn't Equal | AdExchanger

Programmatic ad tech often neglects media quality nuances, leading to industry challenges and overspending on low-quality ads.

Five Questions To Ask Before Handing The Keys To Your Programmatic Partner

Evaluating programmatic partners requires looking beyond features to understand their operating model and potential conflicts of interest.

As programmatic faces signal degradation, agentic advertising offers a solution

Traditional programmatic advertising is struggling due to fragmentation and privacy issues, necessitating a new infrastructure for better efficiency and outcomes.

Reclaiming The Original Promise Of Programmatic | AdExchanger

Fragmentation in programmatic advertising complicates access to audiences, especially for smaller agencies, but AI offers new solutions to manage this complexity.

CIMM Is Out To Prove That All Media Isn't Equal | AdExchanger

Programmatic ad tech often neglects media quality nuances, leading to industry challenges and overspending on low-quality ads.

more#programmatic-advertising

Five Questions To Ask Before Handing The Keys To Your Programmatic Partner

Evaluating programmatic partners requires looking beyond features to understand their operating model and potential conflicts of interest.

fromQuartz

Can AI-Driven Advertising Growth Unlock Further Upside for MELI?

MercadoLibre's advertising business is driving revenue growth through AI enhancements and increased advertiser adoption within its commerce ecosystem.

Programmatic Video's Waste Problem Is A Growth Lever - If We Choose To Pull It | AdExchanger

Programmatic video spend suffers 20-30% loss due to misrepresentation and low-quality inventory, impacting ad revenue and high-quality content.

Publishers see double-digit growth from TTD's OpenPath, but volatility remains

OpenPath revenue remains strong for publishers, with some experiencing double-digit CPM growth, prompting trials of OpenAds despite temporary bid duplication allowances.

AI Is Deciding What Your Customers See - Most Brands Haven't Caught Up

AI agents are transforming e-commerce, projected to account for 25% of global sales by 2030, shifting traditional consumer engagement models.

fromFortune

AI agents are already driving 10% of revenue for some brands. Is yours invisible to them? | Fortune

Agentic commerce allows AI agents to autonomously handle the entire shopping journey, transforming e-commerce and driving significant retail revenue growth.

AI Is Deciding What Your Customers See - Most Brands Haven't Caught Up

AI agents are transforming e-commerce, projected to account for 25% of global sales by 2030, shifting traditional consumer engagement models.

fromFortune

AI agents are already driving 10% of revenue for some brands. Is yours invisible to them? | Fortune

Agentic commerce allows AI agents to autonomously handle the entire shopping journey, transforming e-commerce and driving significant retail revenue growth.

more#agentic-commerce

The Trade Desk shakes up Identity Alliance payouts, with a new focus on incrementality

The Trade Desk is shifting to an incrementality-based payment model for identity partners, rewarding unique data contributions over volume.

Retail Media's Measurement Problem Is A Trust Problem - And Incrementality Is The Way Forward | AdExchanger

Retail media's growth is hindered by inconsistent measurement of incremental performance, complicating budget decisions for advertisers.

fromHarvard Business Review

A Better Strategy for Location-Based Advertising

Consumers prefer personalized ads, with location data becoming a key factor in targeted advertising.

fromRAIN News

ChatGPT advertising watershed: A hundred million $ in six weeks

ChatGPT's advertising platform has achieved $100 million in annualized revenue within six weeks of its launch.

fromSocial Media Today

The analytics blind spot: Why 70% of marketers can't prove social media ROI (and how to fix it)

Consolidate fragmented social and analytics data into a unified platform, define business-specific ROI and attribution, and measure true social media impact.

Pinterest bets measurement and SMBs will boost performance revenue

Pinterest is focusing on measurement to attract more small-to-medium business advertising spend amid competition and ad spending cutbacks.

fromMarketing Dive

The battle for attention on CTV: Premium video platforms vs. YouTube

VAB partnered with TVision to analyze CTV content consumption across various platforms, revealing significant lifts in brand metrics.

Marketers, Stop Donating Free Advertising To Your Competitors

Pepsi's 2026 Super Bowl ad featuring Coca-Cola's Polar Bear exemplifies a persistent challenger marketing mistake: building campaigns around competitors' distinctive assets, which strengthens rival brand memory instead of the advertiser's own.

AI Media Is Already Here. Here's What Marketers Need to Know | AdExchanger

AI media is transforming advertising strategies as consumers increasingly use AI platforms for product research and decision-making.

The One Metric That Tells Clients Whether Their Marketing Is Working

Client expansion over time is the most honest metric of whether marketing work truly benefits a business, reflecting confidence and trust rather than short-term performance metrics.

#marketing-measurement

The End Of Easy Measurement: Building An Evidence-Based System For Marketing ROI | AdExchanger

Marketers must adopt deterministic-first measurement systems combining experiments, marketing mix modeling, and multitouch attribution to establish ground truth and optimize ROI in a post-identifier era.

Marketers Want Better ROI Proof, But Lack The Tools

Marketing measurement confidence is declining despite increased data availability, with over half of marketers reporting no year-over-year improvement and internal stakeholders increasingly questioning metrics.

The End Of Easy Measurement: Building An Evidence-Based System For Marketing ROI | AdExchanger

more#marketing-measurement

Marketers Want Better ROI Proof, But Lack The Tools

fromModern Retail

As retail media enters its second act, savvy brands diversify networks and tactics

Retail media maturity requires brands to orchestrate complete customer journeys across multiple retailers and funnel stages rather than relying solely on bottom-funnel search tactics.

fromGeeky Gadgets

How to Create Adverts That Convert : Tracking, Trials & Iteration in 2026

Effective app advertising balances short-term investment with data collection to refine strategies and maximize long-term ROI through platform-specific targeting and conversion optimization.

New to native advertising? 5 ways to adapt social media ads for native

In 2022, major social platforms like Facebook and YouTube saw their first-ever declines in ad revenue. Many advertisers are looking to diversify their customer acquisition channels and reduce their reliance on social media ads. One alternative channel they're exploring is native advertising on the open web. Using native ads, businesses reach massive audiences across premium publisher properties at competitive rates.

Online marketing

3 weeks ago

Meta's measurement and attribution updates are welcomed, but not ground-breaking, ad execs say

Meta redefined click-through attribution and rebranded engaged view to engage-through to align with third-party reporting tools and reduce measurement discrepancies with platforms like Google Analytics.

fromInc

Paid Does Not Equal Ineffective

Brands should use high-quality sponsored content and invest in AI visibility to shape presence, because earned coverage alone is slow and insufficient.

fromEMARKETER

Social media still dominates marketers' priority lists

Social media is the top priority for 84% of US digital media professionals, surpassing influencer marketing by 23 percentage points.

Marketing learned how to grab attention, but forgot what to do with it | MarTech

Attention alone is insufficient; marketers must pair novelty-driven attention with credible, valuable substance to convert interest into sustainable success.

How To Stay Relevant In Marketing Without Chasing Every Shiny Thing

Prioritize strategic craft, storytelling, and practical AI literacy to build B2B websites that drive buyer decisions rather than chasing hype or fear.

Why your affiliate program needs to be marketed like a brand

If you do not get laser focussed on this right now, you run the risk of having marketing activity that drifts loose with no real purpose. You need to base everything you do to promote and acquire new affiliate partners around three clear principles: Why You - Why do you want to work with that affiliate in particular? Why Me - Why are you the right program or affiliate manager for that affiliate?

Why brands are shifting toward 'less precise, more accurate' gauges for paid social

Marketers are shifting from deterministic last-touch attribution to hybrid approaches and mixed-media modeling with AI to better estimate paid social and creator marketing impact.

fromEMARKETER

Most marketers are giving themselves 3-6 months to master GEO

Key stat: 54% of US marketers plan to fully implement their generative engine optimization (GEO) strategy within three to six months, according to September 2025 data from Scribewise. Beyond the chart: Use this chart: Drop this into your next digital strategy review to show stakeholders the GEO timeline pressure. Use it to benchmark your team's implementation plans against the majority.

Marketing tech

Future of Marketing Briefing: X claims an ad comeback, reality proves out a different thesis

X's ad recovery is overstated: many top advertisers returned but are spending far less, and overall ad spend remains roughly flat.