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AI in Advertising, According to Criteo
Romain Lerallut, VP of Engineering at Criteo, believes that AI will play a fundamental role in advertising for MULO (multi-location) brands. Enabling marketers to “speak” directly to consumers at all stages of the decision-making and purchase process, AI will not only result in more effective campaigns but also save companies advertising dollars and resources. What […]
Pharma, Healthcare Brands Optimistic about Tech and Its Impact on Media Spending
Media spending by big pharma and other healthcare brands is getting better all the time this year. New findings from Mediaocean’s 2024 H2 Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Market Report, based on surveys conducted via Tech Validate in July 2024, say so. The report references data collected from a specific subset of 151 leading pharmaceutical and healthcare […]
How to Get That Precious Email Address: A New Study by LiveIntent
Close to 40 percent of brands are increasing their email budgets. Although consumers’ inboxes remain packed, email marketing remains one of the most effective options for targeting and attribution. A new survey by LiveIntent offers some compelling data and implications for those MULO (multi-location) marketers using email as part of their marketing strategy. The biggest […]
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Location-Based Marketing Association: Walmart Partners with Instacart on 30-Minute Delivery
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers PepsiCo hosting a Summer of Giveaways in New York City, Mini USA appeasing long customer wait times with puzzles, and Walmart partnering with Instacart on 30-minute delivery in Canada.
How Much Longer Can Apple Ignore the Needs of App Developers?
Developers long favored iOS as it offered the best ability to monetize, the most valuable audiences, and the highest revenue per thousand impressions (RPM) in the app ecosystem. But are the scales now tipping in Google’s favor? Google’s recent billing move puts new pressure on Apple — an added pressure that may have contributed to the lack of new anti-tracking rules announced at Apple’s recent Worldwide Developer Conference.
How to Build a Sustainable Growth Team
A clearly outlined strategic growth plan and dedicated growth team can make all the difference. For most, however, knowing where, when, and how to start building said growth plans and teams can feel like an almost impossible riddle to solve. I’m here to help demystify the first steps toward doubling down on growth and scaling your business to its best next stage.
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Why These 6 Retailers Are Expanding Into Service Businesses
If you’re a retailer with a successful omnichannel strategy and a robust e-commerce business, how do you continue to grow in 2023? The latest marketing play has retailers thinking beyond the store shelf and expanding into service-based businesses.
Hyperlocal Restaurant Advertising Hits CTV
Roku’s new partnership with DoorDash builds a channel for CTV advertising for local restaurants that already work with DoorDash. The multi-year deal in North America offers DoorDash merchants the ability to buy and deploy interactive and shoppable ads that let users click-to-order food deliveries on the spot.
4 Reasons to Hesitate Before Using AI to Create Content
AI can’t build a differentiated brand. It can’t capture the expertise of your thought leaders. And your customers are discerning enough to tell the difference between automated and human-written content. For all three of these reasons, organizations should at least hesitate before using AI to create content.
Was Super Bowl LVII Advertising Worth It to Brands?
While people across the country debate their favorite ads from Super Bowl LVII and re-watch the biggest commercials on YouTube, brands are questioning whether the Super Bowl has reached a tipping point and asking how much higher the price for a 30-second spot can rise.
Regulators Crack Down on Cookie Consent Designs That Manipulate Consumers
After winning their battle against Meta for forcing users to accept personalized ads, E.U. regulators are taking on a new challenge — cookie consent banners. Specifically, lawmakers are beginning to look at how cookie consent banners are designed and whether deliberate design tricks are being used to manipulate web users.
Co-Op Advertising is Local Advertising
The bottom line is that co-op advertising programs make it easy for local dealers and channel partners to engage customers, promote a brand, and make sales.
BrightLocal Survey Finds Businesses Still Offering Incentives for Reviews
Nearly half of consumers have been offered incentives in exchange for leaving a business review, despite widespread efforts throughout the online review industry to cut down on the practice. According to BrightLocal’s Local Consumer Review Survey, the practice of offering discounts or cash in exchange for reviews is on the rise.
What the Rise of Generative AI Means for Marketers
While these are still early days for OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, marketers have begun to pounce. From creative production and versioning to content generation and customer service, marketers are finding innovative ways to use AI chatbots to generate more reliable results for their clients.
Google’s AI Chops and Local Search
ChatGPT celebrants have lauded it as a Google killer or questioned why Google wasn’t first to the generative AI phenomenon. But there’s a problem with that narrative: Google has been all over AI for years.
Lessons from the 2022 Holiday Shopping Season
As 2023 gets into full gear, we should look at the key trends and factors persisting and fueling growth into the next holiday season peak, which will arrive before we know it. Retailers and brands planning for upcoming quarters should remember these lessons from the 2022 holiday e-commerce shopping season:
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