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Why Granular Voter Data Matters for Ad Buyers Street Fight

Why Granular Voter Data Matters for Ad Buyers

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Comscore, which plans, transacts, and evaluates media across platforms, is for the first time, sharing its Congressional District CTV Index data for some Congressional Districts in New York, California, Nebraska, and Alaska.  With transformative data science and vast audience insights across digital, linear TV, over-the-top (OTT) and theatrical viewership, Comscore is a third-party source for […]

Who is Today's Franchisee? Street Fight

Who is Today’s Franchisee?

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The answer is, “It could be anyone!”  Among the new breed of franchisee (in addition to celebrities and private equity firms) are what we call “corporate refugees.” Experienced business professionals are burning out and aging out of big businesses and seeking autonomy, ownership, and creativity; they seek ways to operate and scale businesses without some […]

Is Bankruptcy the New Normal for MULO Brands? Street Fight

Is Bankruptcy the New Normal for MULO Brands?

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Over the past year, we’ve featured many articles about multi-location (MULO) brands that declared bankruptcy (BUSTs). But we’ve also seen brands emerge from bankruptcy, become part of other companies (like Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock), and/or change their business model to be online-only (as Lord & Taylor did with its iconic brand). Some other […]

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Why and How Businesses Should Embrace Product-Led Growth

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For SaaS organizations especially, PLG can open up new revenue channels, giving you a competitive advantage by making it easy for customers to understand the value of your product. PLG becomes an efficient, no-touch way to scale revenue, affording customers the ability to self-serve and self-select without being weighed down by a traditional sales cycle.

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The Power of Choice is Rekindling the Connection Between Consumers and Marketers

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As with any change, opportunities to respond are plenty, and they start with control. The simple gesture of offering an end user the ability to exert at least some level of control over their advertising experiences is a step in the right direction.

It’s Time to Leverage the Entire Digital World in Your Marketing Strategy

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On any given day, a person will switch between scrolling social media, listening to their favourite playlist, browsing products online, bingeing their favourite show on a connected TV (CTV), and more. This is why in 2022, advertisers should consider leveraging a multi-channel strategy. Marketing across several channels means an advertiser is casting a wider net and expanding the potential for reaching the right audience in the right moment.

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The Six Building Blocks of Successful, Revenue-Generating Partnerships

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There is a blueprint for getting started with partnerships — six basic components that will give any partnership a solid and scalable foundation to build on. After over 20 years of watching and helping businesses launch successful partnerships, I can vouch for this six-point checklist.

OneScreen.ai Launches the ‘Yellow Pages of the OOH Industry’

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Rapid expansion in out-of-home advertising is making it harder for buyers and sellers to manage inventory and sales cycles. Now, with the launch of its new public directory, OneScreen.ai is hoping to provide industry-wide transparency and standards to enable streamlined media buying and selling.

Ad Tech and Privacy

InfoSum Launches Platform Sigma

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The data collaboration company InfoSum launched Platform Sigma last week to expand its ability to help clients navigate privacy-safe first-party data sharing and activation.

Love Languages: 5 Ways to Earn Brand Loyalty 

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Hard metrics define brand loyalty’s value, but brand loyalty is really a feeling we earn by inspiring love, trust, and connections. It’s time to embrace that.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Heineken Uses Projection Ads to Reach NYC Office Workers

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Heineken using projection ads to target late-night NYC office workers, GeoGuessr bringing you virtual tourism, Radar launching “Place Matching” to improve POI data, and H&M and Amazon teaming up to test tech-enabled COS stores.

GumGum and JW Player Partner to Bring Contextual Targeting and Viewability to Video

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A new partnership between the digital advertising platform GumGum and JW Player, a video platform for broadcasters and publishers, could be a game changer for brands and agencies looking for deeper insights in video environments. 

3 Predictive Analytics Models for Retailers

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Here’s how brands can understand the predictive analytics models available to them and determine what they need to improve their business.

How alice + olivia Uses Customer Insights to Deepen Loyalty

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Rising customer expectations have retail brands working overtime this summer, and alice + olivia is no exception. The luxury fashion brand is launching a new program designed to provide its in-store associates with tools to deliver more consistent and relevant shopper experiences as a way to increase brand excitement and loyalty.

How Netflix’s Entry into Advertising Will Shape the Future of TV Marketing

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Netflix’s imminent dive into the world of advertising will initiate the video advertising industry’s biggest event since the rise of TikTok. Curt Larson, chief product officer at omnichannel supply side platform Sharethrough, believes Netflix will push the whole TV ad industry forward.

Report: Consumers Accept Higher Prices But Demand Better Customer Service

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According to a new report from the conversation intelligence platform Invoca, rising inflation has consumers rethinking high-value purchases, like cars and home improvement projects. However, the majority of consumers say they’re willing to pay those higher prices if it means getting better customer service from their favorite brands.