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Agencies Find New Ways to Measure Performance of Snapchat Ads

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Despite being one of the most influential social platforms on the planet, Snapchat is often viewed as being less desirable for advertisers than competitors like Facebook, TikTok, or Pinterest. That is, at least in part, due to how difficult it has traditionally been for advertisers to track their Snapchat Ads results in Snap. Now, an […]

How Fyllo Activates Contextual Advertising

How Fyllo Activates Contextual Advertising

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When Jeff Ragovin was promoted from Chief Commercial Officer to President of Fyllo, CEO Chad Bronstein positioned the move as acknowledgement of a job well done for an experienced digital advertising executive. “Jeff is perfectly positioned for this new role, as he’s already been leading our revenue growth in the US and overseas,” Bronstein said […]

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Why November 7th Could Be Your Most Important Day of 4th Quarter

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What are you doing on November 7th? If you work in a MULO (multi-location) business, you should only be in New York City at the Place conference. Why? Leaders from retail, restaurants, and other multi-location categories will be there, along with the agencies and technology companies that help take their marketing to the next level. Street […]

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Outsourcing Omnichannel Operations: How to Gear Up for the Next Peak Season

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The biggest barrier to outsourcing e-commerce operations is identifying a provider who can be trusted to handle a company’s brand and their customer experience. The chosen provider needs to be able to answer the following questions to a retailer’s satisfaction.

How to Develop High-Performing Facebook Groups Communities To Fuel Your Brand’s Growth

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Facebook Groups are not just for nosy neighbors to tattle-tale on loud parties or podcast fans to debate the latest true crime controversy. When launched correctly, FB groups are a huge opportunity for brands and businesses to build customer loyalty, nurture relationships, and even gain insight from their followers.

LBMA: Yelp’s Audiences Platform

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Yelp launching their Audiences platform, AirBnB partnering with What3Words for staycations, Billboards in Paris getting brighter for the “Fearless Night” safety campaign, and imageHOLDERS launching touchless kiosks with Ultraleap technology.

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Innovation Brief: Google, Facebook & Netflix

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On a semi-weekly basis, Street Fight’s Innovation Brief series aggregates and analyzes happenings from across the technology and media spheres. This week, we look at Google’s latest machine learning, Facebook’s Watch play, and Netflix getting into e-commerce. 

How E-Commerce Apps Can Win Prime Day

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Advice abounds about how to prepare for Prime Day 2021 (June 21 and 22) — from perfecting your social strategy to how to score the best deals. Here are a few tips, backed by data, to help your brand come out of online retail’s biggest day with an even bigger win.

LBMA: NextNav Merging with Spartacus

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers a free laundry service for the homeless, Rockbot teaming with Clear Channel on the airport market, NextNav merging with Spartacus to go public, and solar-powered e-paper bringing real-time signs to the Bavarian ski resort.

Our Industry’s Efforts to Solve the Identity Crisis Are Grossly Misdirected

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Today’s industry trades are clogged with speculation and solutions addressing the forthcoming upheaval of the digital identity landscape. Unfortunately, little of the discussion and proposed paths forward are focused on mobile apps, the environment in which the loss of consumer targeting capabilities is going to be most devastating.

7 Things to Know About Cannabis Marketing

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Legal cannabis sales skyrocketed 46% last year, and the industry’s marketing sector is growing alongside it. But marketing a substance that is only recreationally legal in 14 states and medicinally permitted in 36 requires a more targeted approach than ads for soft drinks or toilet paper. Here are seven things to know about cannabis marketing.

Expert Roundup: How is Mapping Innovation Playing Out? Part I

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Mapping is one of those foundational “meat and potatoes” topics in Street Fight’s repertoire that buttresses local commerce. But despite its longstanding positioning at the center of that world, and its mature status, it still somehow continues to show rapid transformation and innovation cycles. Experts from HERE Technologies, GroundTruth, and SafeGraph expound on the state of mapping tech.

Executives Should Support Vaccinations. They Are Just Good Business

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Encouraging vaccination simply makes better strategic sense for any business facing system-wide unknowns, especially in the online/tech space. This is a moment for all e-commerce professionals to lead.

Educating Advertisers on Streaming TV: Tips for 2H Planning

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With explosive growth, there always comes a bit of a learning curve. Navdeep Saini, co-founder and CEO of DistroScale, the parent company of DistroTV, explains how the pandemic accelerated streaming TV market growth and what advertisers should be aware of as we approach 2H planning.

MOLOCO Leverages Machine Learning for Ad Creative

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When Dynamic Creative launches this morning, MOLOCO will become one of the first players in the industry to apply algorithms to creative, not just to make creative design and production easier, but also for more efficient production of ads across the programmatic ecosystem.

Vungle Acquires Influencer Marketing Platform JetFuel

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Just this morning, the mobile performance marketing platform Vungle announced its acquisition of JetFuel, an influencer marketing platform headquartered in San Francisco. JetFuel’s platform provides app developers and other advertisers with a way to scale marketing campaigns across an expansive network of verified influencers, with a combined reach of more than 4 billion Instagram followers, 1.5 billion TikTok followers, and 100 million daily Snapchat views.