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3D DOOH Goes Local: How Brands Are Driving Store Visits Faster
3D DOOH is shifting from brand awareness to a measurable local performance channel. With faster production and built-in mobile retargeting, campaigns can now drive store visits and conversions at scale across locations. Are we ready for 3D, “Pixar-quality” digital billboards? Big Happy thinks we are and have built a 3D DOOH platform that can scale […]
AI-Driven Media Quality Signals Move Into Campaign Activation
Media quality and performance optimization are moving closer to the point of execution. A new integration between Basis and Protected by Mediaocean is embedding real-time, AI-driven verification, attention, and quality signals directly into campaign activation—reflecting a broader shift toward outcome-based media decisioning. Basis and Mediaocean have announced a direct integration that brings Protected by Mediaocean’s […]
Brand Ad Spend Is Moving Into Mobile Apps
Brand advertising is shifting beyond the open web—and mobile apps are emerging as a key destination. LoopMe’s launch of Chartboost Direct reflects that transition, introducing infrastructure designed to connect brand demand directly with in-app inventory at scale. LoopMe announced Chartboost Direct as a solution to help mobile app publishers access brand advertising demand more directly, […]
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The Top Challenges in Localization and How Brands Solve Them
For mission-driven brands, trust is everything. Yet a single poorly worded message or misplaced visual can unintentionally damage that trust—especially as awareness campaigns expand into new communities. Growth requires reach, but reach without localization and cultural relevance risks appearing inauthentic or disconnected from the people you want to serve. With 76% of people preferring information […]
Streets Ahead: OpenAI ‘Code Red’, Google Maps & Gemini, Review Extortion
In this week’s Streets Ahead update, SOCi discusses Google and OpenAI escalating the AI platform race as Gemini outperforms GPT-5, Google Maps gaining new Gemini features, and Google responding to rising review extortion. Gemini’s Lead Triggers OpenAI ‘Code Red’ The News OpenAI has been shipping new ChatGPT features at a steady clip, but on core […]
The App-or-Web Dilemma: Where Brands Should Steer Holiday Shoppers
A shopper clicked on your Black Friday email. They landed on your mobile site, ready to buy. A full-page interstitial pops up: “Download our app for a better experience!” They closed it. Lost sale: $150. Multiply that by thousands of clicks during peak shopping days, and you’re leaving serious money on the table. Most retailers […]
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How Agencies Can Protect Multi-Location Brands from AI Visibility Gaps
For years, agencies helping multi-location brands with local SEO have wrestled with the same challenge: keeping potentially hundreds of listings, web pages, and other digital assets consistent. A few mismatched hours, conflicting service descriptions, or outdated images and reviews could cause one location to outperform another in local search. But in the AI search era, […]
Genius Sports Limited’s New-Found Audience Granularity
Who are your fans? More specifically, who is your fan? Genius Sports Limited’s recent acquisition of Sports Innovation Lab, promises to make both scale and granularity possible when building an audience. Sports Innovation Lab is a data, analytics, and insights leader. Its research on fan behavior through its Fluid Fan™ Graph has helped global brands, […]
In-Game Ads Play the Long Game
Just because someone is an avid gamer doesn’t make them impervious to DOOH advertising. In fact, it’s a great channel in which to reach them via geotargeting and complements the in-game advertising experience across devices. As always, DOOH is non-intrusive. So why does only 5% of ad spend target the immersive, highly focused user platform […]
MULO Brands With Soul Fall Pick: Neighborly
What’s soulful about having a toilet unclogged or dust bunnies removed from under your bed? Neighborly, the fastest-growing home services company (with 19 brands in North America and $4B+ in revenue) prides itself on offering services along with soul throughout their business, building out a culture of caring and community. In fact, their recent convention was […]
Keen and Accretive: OOH Drives Hidden Growth
In a media landscape dominated by search, social, and streaming, a new analysis from Keen Decision Systems and Accretive suggests marketers may be missing one of their most efficient levers for growth: out-of-home (OOH) advertising. The joint study reveals that OOH delivers a marginal ROI (mROI) of $7.58 … well above the average media mROI […]
Authentic Storytelling: Real-Life Scenarios Showcase Brand Values and Build Trust
When consumers question what to believe, brands that show (not just tell) who they are will stand out. Authentic storytelling isn’t a marketing trend but a strategic approach that builds trust through clarity, action, and proof. The strongest stories don’t come from scripts. They come from real people, real moments, and real values in action. […]
The Digital Ceiling Is Here – OOH Advertising Is Breaking Through
For years, marketers have been told to chase efficiency, driving budgets deeper into digital and social media. And for a while, that made sense. But efficiency has a ceiling, and today’s marketing ecosystem is hitting it hard. Digital feeds are oversaturated, audiences are fatigued, and the once-reliable growth engine of online marketing has plateaued. With […]
Andy Wiederhorn Returns to Fat Brands
Sometimes stepping away from a role for a while gives leaders a whole new perspective on their company and its future. Andy Wiederhorn, CEO of Fat Brands, spent more than a year as an outside consultant and strategic advisor to the company. It allowed him an opportunity to focus on long-term strategy and capital allocation. […]
Spectrio and Screenverse Partner to Monetize Brand-Owned Screens
Spectrio announced a strategic partnership with Screenverse, one of the fastest-growing players in the programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) space. The collaboration, announced October 15, 2025, expands Spectrio’s capabilities by introducing programmatic ad monetization directly into its enterprise signage ecosystem, turning brand-owned screens into scalable media opportunities. For Spectrio, a long-time leader in digital signage and […]
Has the SWAS (Store-Within-A-Store) Model Hit the Brand Wall?
Retail brand partnerships are nothing new. Big-box retailers seeking new ways to drive traffic were drawn to the SWAS (store-within-a-store) model. In other words, retail brands that had their brick-and-mortar stores set up “outposts” in other well-known stores to bring new consumers through the doors and boost sales of the co-located brand, without the full […]
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