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#mid-tier-advertisers

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14 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.

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

19 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.

fromCity AM

23 hours ago

World Cup no longer has global audience - and that's a marketers challenge

The World Cup is evolving, presenting new challenges for fans and brands due to its expanded format and diverse audience engagement.

#connected-tv

fromAol

Television

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

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

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.

Media industry

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.

Tech industry

fromwww.npr.org

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.

Business intelligence

fromBusline News

Analysis Highlights 20x ROI For ABA Marketplace Attendees - Busline News

ABA Marketplace generated $124.9 million in business activity, reinforcing its status as North America's leading bus and group travel event.

Social media marketing

fromBenzinga

fromwww.architectsjournal.co.uk

Socialtrait Launches Predictive Audience Simulation Platform

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

Renovation

Practices launch architects on your doorstep' mobile AI advertising drive

The Architects on your Doorstep project uses AI to generate home makeover ideas, helping architects engage with the public and drum up business.

Growth hacking

The B2B digital marketing playbook for growth on autopilot

Companies prioritizing marketing in their growth strategy experience significantly faster growth compared to those that do not.

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.

How Website Traffic Data and Metrics Can Inform Effective Content Strategy

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

What the fees customers hate reveal about your pricing strategy | MarTech

Fees impact customer trust and experience, often reflecting a company's operational choices rather than fair pricing.

Media industry

Media Briefing: Publishers debate the value of AI licensing and GEO

Publishing executives discussed the challenges and opportunities of AI search optimization and licensing deals during the Digiday Publishing Summit.

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.

Social media marketing

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.

#advertising

fromwww.marketingdive.com

Marketing tech

How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenue

Marketing tech

Go Figure: 3 big marketing numbers from March

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

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.adexchanger.com

2 years ago

Platforms | AdExchanger

Measuring advertising's impact on in-person sales is challenging, prompting companies to seek innovative solutions.

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.

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.

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.

fromwww.adexchanger.com

2 years ago

Platforms | AdExchanger

Measuring advertising's impact on in-person sales is challenging, prompting companies to seek innovative solutions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

#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.

Time pitches GEO insights into a new brand offering

Time is launching a GEO product that analyzes brand sentiment in AI search engine summaries to help brands improve their messaging.

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.

Time pitches GEO insights into a new brand offering

Time is launching a GEO product that analyzes brand sentiment in AI search engine summaries to help brands improve their messaging.

more#ai-search-engines

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

fromeLearning Industry

How To Build A Full-Funnel Marketing Strategy That Attracts Enterprise Buyers

Enterprise buyers require a unique full-funnel marketing strategy due to complex decision-making processes and longer sales cycles.

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.

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.

fromwww.marketingdive.com

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

Publicis sharpens sports marketing focus with 160over90 acquisition

Publicis Groupe has acquired sports marketing agency 160over90, integrating it into Publicis Sports to leverage data-driven solutions and enhance client offerings in sports marketing.

Marketing

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.

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.

fromFast Company

Brands are getting more physical

Marketers are increasingly focusing on physical experiences to foster human connection and emotional engagement with consumers.

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.

What happens when ad spend goes wrong | MarTech

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

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.

Agency Leaders Debate: Who owns the future?

The future of the marketing industry hinges on the balance between big tech companies and consumer importance.

#programmatic-advertising

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.

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.

Why confidence, not performance, is shaping media spend | MarTech

Marketers' confidence in a few channels drives budget allocation decisions.

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

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

Why confidence, not performance, is shaping media spend | MarTech

Marketers' confidence in a few channels drives budget allocation decisions.

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.

more#marketing

#performance-marketing

Performance marketing 101

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

Your most efficient campaigns might be limiting your growth | MarTech

Over-optimization in performance marketing can cap growth despite improved efficiency metrics.

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.

Your most efficient campaigns might be limiting your growth | MarTech

Over-optimization in performance marketing can cap growth despite improved efficiency metrics.

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.

Spotify's ad exchange grew its programmatic ad base, but buyers want more

Spotify's ad exchange significantly increased its programmatic advertiser base, achieving 222% growth in active advertisers since its launch.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marketers shift growing shares of search spending to GEO

Marketers are reallocating search budgets towards generative engine optimization (GEO) as AI transforms search and shopping behaviors.

E-Commerce

fromBusiness Insider

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

Social media posts and affiliate links drove roughly one quarter of US retail holiday online revenue, with social-driven revenue share rising substantially year-over-year.

fromNeil Patel

Misleading Marketing Metrics: Are Your Reports Inaccurate?

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

The Most Valuable Evergreen Assets Agencies Invest In (And Why)

Evergreen content and creative assets provide long-term value, building credibility and supporting business development beyond single campaigns.

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.

Ad Tech Briefing: Criteo makes self-serve push with GO, targeting SMB growth

Criteo launches self-service capabilities for its GO platform, targeting small and mid-sized advertisers to compete with Amazon and Google.

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.

Media Buying Briefing: Is ad marketplace uncertainty the new normal?

Advertising budgets remain stable despite geopolitical crises and economic uncertainty because market volatility has become normalized and media flexibility enables gradual adjustments rather than immediate pullbacks.

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

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.

fromAccounting Today

Growth as infrastructure: Rethinking marketing's role in firm strategy

The operating model that ensured success for firms in the past two decades is inadequate for future sustainability.

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.

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.

Media Buying Briefing: Horizon's Bob Lord on the ways agencies have to adapt to survive today

Lack of transparency in marketing agencies hinders growth; AI should be used to enhance client partnerships, not just reduce costs.

#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

fromMarketing Dive

Beverage marketer sees cost savings with agentic media-buying test

PubMatic and Butler/Till executed a fully autonomous AI-driven advertising campaign for Geloso Beverage Group that reduced supply chain costs by 5.5x while maintaining quality standards and exceeding performance targets.

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.

To Succeed With Paid Media, This Indie Agency Advises Nailing Organic First | AdExchanger

LV8 integrates content creation and paid media as inseparable disciplines, using high-performing organic content to amplify paid campaigns and gain deeper platform insights.

More advertisers see agencies as good value for money (though media has a lot to prove)

CMOs' perception of agency value is the highest in over a decade, yet media agency value and transparency still raise significant concerns.

Advertisers turn to performance-based remuneration for ad agencies

Marketers increasingly adopt performance-based remuneration with agencies to boost value, transparency, and alignment; output-based fees as main contracts rose to 28%.

1 month ago

Why smarter media allocation - not bigger budgets - is driving better reach

Reallocating portions of TV budgets into podcast advertising can cost-neutrally increase incremental reach and engagement among high-value, younger audiences.

1 month ago

Is your ad campaign garbage? Read this

OOH advertising can be effective when executed thoughtfully, with clear purpose, targeted creative, and cross-channel integration; otherwise media buys risk being 'garbage'.

fromThedrum

New Study Finds That Advertising Cultivates Brand Trust Leading to Purchase Intent

A one-point increase in brand trust substantially raises consumer purchase intent, driven by reliability, respect, ethical practices, authenticity, and relatability.

1 month ago

From Avoiding Bad Ads To Demanding ROI | AdExchanger

We view media quality as an engine for growth. What we hear consistently from brands is, 'Prove to us that media quality drives higher ROI and higher efficiency.' Advertisers increasingly demand verification providers demonstrate concrete performance improvements from premium placements rather than simply protecting against brand safety risks.

Marketing tech

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