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Spotzer and Adplorer Partner, Ad-Tech Collaborations Continue Street Fight

Spotzer and Adplorer Partner, Ad-Tech Collaborations Continue

In a recent strategic move, Spotzer announced a partnership with Adplorer, integrating Adplorer’s ad-serving technology into SpotzerAds. This collaboration will help Spotzer’s enterprise partners and agencies, by improving ad-serving capabilities, supporting platforms like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and LinkedIn. Adplorer, with over 14 years of experience and €750 million in managed ad spend, complements Spotzer’s extensive […]

Survey: CTV Is the Channel to Watch for Advertising Dollars Street Fight

Survey: CTV Is the Channel to Watch for Advertising Dollars

The shift of advertising budgets from linear TV to CTV reflects the most significant consumer behavior this year, according to a report by Mediaocean, released on August 19. The omnichannel ad-media platform just released its 2024 H2 Market Report that looks at emerging consumer, media, and media-technology trends for the rest of the year, the […]

UGC and Marketing: Veronica Lin Shares Her Perspective Street Fight

UGC and Marketing: Veronica Lin Shares Her Perspective

Today’s consumers are cynical when choosing MULO (multi-location) brands. They realize that most advertising and PR is created by brands and therefore potentially inauthentic. That’s where User Generated Content (UGC) plays a huge role in marketing today. “Content created by real people greatly sways purchasing choices across age groups, with 79% of individuals influenced by it and 93% […]

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How Popular Are Tailored Features in Local Search?

Local search results are very different today compared with just a couple of years ago. I’m not just talking about the redesigned 3-Pack or the increased likelihood that Google will surface local results for a broad variety of searches. I’m referring to the features, such as photos and granular business details such as inventory, shown in the results themselves.

Retail Audio Advertising Firm Vibenomics Raises $12.3M Series B

Vibenomics, an audio out of home provider that helps retailers monetize their customers’ in-store attention and advertisers reach shoppers near the point of purchase, announced a $12.3 million Series B Tuesday morning. Panoramic Ventures led the round.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Near Goes Public

In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Near going public via a merger with Kludeln, FinGo using Hitachi’s vein mapping for user identification, Reveal Mobile launching Mira console for OOH measurement, and Domino’s deploying PopID tech for facial recognition ordering to promote the new season of Stranger Things.

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Why You Should Add CTV Advertising to Your Local Channel Portfolio

As a marketer, it’s essential to advertise in the places where your customers spend their time. Increasingly, that place is CTV.  

LiveRetail Aims to Build the Canva of Hyperlocal Advertising

LiveRetail is aiming to solve the problem of localized creative with what co-founder Wayne Reuvers calls the “Canva” of hyperlocal advertising.

Heavy Flu Season Has Medicine Brands Bringing More Ads Into Store Aisles

To differentiate themselves from competitors in a busy flu season, some brands are investing in in-store retail media that places their messages as close to the point-of-decision as possible.

Changing Perceptions of Debt Make Buy Now, Pay Later More Lucrative

Changing perceptions of what debt means are leading to increased adoption of Buy Now, Pay Later payment methods, according to a new report by Reach3 Insights.

The Rise of UGC in Connected TV

User-generated content (UGC) is full of opportunities to foster authenticity and awareness to reach younger audiences, many of which watch CTV as opposed to linear TV. 

Geopath Analysis Pinpoints Optimal OOH Inventory for Last-Minute Holiday Ad Buys

As the OOH advertising industry continues to push past the pandemic, and be featured more prominently in omnichannel budgets, OOH is positioned to be a cornerstone of top brands’ strategies.

How Frequence is Enabling Hyperlocal Omnichannel Media Sales

Frequence recently won a Digiday award for helping a media company triple its omnichannel revenue with automated proposals, reporting, and workflows. 

Retailers Elevate the Customer Journey with ‘Feel-Good’ Experiences

Savvy retailers are finding ways to insert joy and lightheartedness into their 2022 holiday marketing campaigns.

Marketing on Twitter amid Platform Uncertainty

Users keep discussing whether to abandon the platform for a new one, but what should businesses do? Many companies use Twitter to create brand awareness and reach customers, so should they leave Twitter or wait to see what happens? 

Google’s Performance Max Gets a Boost When Brands Reallocate Ad Spend from Twitter

While it’s still early days, two contenders have pulled into the lead to steal ad market share from Twitter. Investments in Google’s Performance Max and TikTok are rising fast, particularly among big-name brands.