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How 3 Brands Have Modernized Their Loyalty Programs in 2023

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Virtually every top retail brand today has a mobile app designed to build loyalty, but the majority of those apps aren’t delivering the kind of return on investment that their creators expect. With so many branded apps and loyalty programs vying for consumers’ attention, companies are learning that they have to lean into personalized experiences […]

What the Cadent Acquisition Means for the Future of Converged TV

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As consumers grow more comfortable with the idea of combining live TV, streaming services, and on-demand content into one platform, private equity firms are betting that converged TV startups are about to become a revenue goldmine. In the latest example of what’s become a trend in the space, Novacap, one of the most well-known private […]

Data Privacy Compliance Report Shows Slow, Positive Movement 

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Five years have passed since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, and companies across the U.S. are still struggling with compliance. According to a new report on the state of CCPA and CPRA data privacy compliance by CYTRIO, just 13% of non-compliant companies in the first quarter of 2022 moved to manual […]

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Try Day Parting to Boost Your Amazon Ads

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Advertisers are turning to day parting — scheduling pay-per-click (PPC) ads to run only during certain days and times — to better optimize their ads on Amazon’s marketplace. The tactic helps sellers reach more consumers, boost conversions, and drives down costs.

The Work-From-Home Revolution and What It Means for SMBs

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Small business leaders are increasingly reimagining the workplace as they consider how to best blend in-office and virtual work.

4 Reasons Why Now is the Time to Double Down on Your Mobile App

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If the current upheaval in the market signals anything, it is that the relationship you have with your customers must be cherished, cultivated, and mutually beneficial in order to be monetized effectively. As the user acquisition game becomes more challenging, businesses must invest in personalization and engagement in order to improve retention, activation, and conversion metrics. This means doubling down on your mobile app strategy and centering it on transparency, on-device targeting, and trust.

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Verizon Provides FLoC Alternative. Will It Work?

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Verizon became the latest player to compete against Google’s FloCs this month with the launch of its new Next-Gen Solutions tool. The move marks a broader shift in ad tech toward contextual ads.

Private Ad Marketplaces Pave the Way for Post-Cookie Advertising

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Private marketplace ad programs (PMPs) are becoming more and more popular with advertisers. In 2020, eMarketer announced that programmatic ad spending on private marketplaces will exceed open exchanges for the foreseeable future. Let that sink in for a minute — the exchanges that have long underpinned the way we way buy digital media are no longer the most popular tactic for media buyers.

The Era of Zero-Click Consumer Engagement Is Here

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Location marketing has now had its testing moment, a moment that Google and its contemporary alternatives have been priming themselves for, whether knowingly or not, for quite some time. The era of zero-click consumer engagement has arrived; if that had been apparent to local SEOs prior to this year, it’s now clear to consumers and everyone else concerned with the business of local commerce.

Fanplayr Allows Advertisers to Do More with First-Party Data

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With 88% of marketers citing the collection and storage of first-party data as a “high priority,” a startup called Fanplayr is stepping in with a solution.

Apple’s IDFA Change: Call It Advertising Shockwave: The Prequel!

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How Facebook adjusts to the lack of identifiers on Apple devices may provide a broad template for digital advertising as targeting becomes more challenging.

Don’t Call It a Recovery Yet: Small Business Growth Still Lags

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Like the consequences of the shutdowns, the recovery is far from uniform. Booming growth, bull markets, crypto surges—these have little relevance to the real-world health of our economy. A decade of “roaring 20s” celebration is possible, but it’s not here yet. If the needs of the smallest firms are not perfectly aligned with the needs of the largest, their recovery won’t be, either.

Vaccine Rollout Spells Opportunity for Brand Marketers

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Using foot traffic dashboards from technology companies like Quotient, brands are gaining insight into consumers’ movement in and around vaccination locations. The insights are being used to fuel targeted OOH and DOOH campaigns, designed to engage consumers on an intimate level.

LBMA: Verizon Announces Hyper Precise Location Service

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers fake restaurants tricking delivery apps and consumers, Dollar Tree getting into the retail media business, Verizon announcing its Hyper Precise Location service, and Stirista releasing its OMNA identify graph platform.

Why the End of Cookies Creates a Problem for Ad Frequency Capping

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Without third-party cookies and with fewer individual identifiers from iPhones, aspects of digital marketing that we have come to take for granted and barely think about are about to be seriously impacted. One of these is frequency capping.

Expert Roundup: How Will Location Intelligence Transform This Year?

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To define the current state and future trajectory of location intelligence, we’ve rounded up top industry voices and thought leaders. Executives at Foursquare, Gravy Analytics, and UM weighed in.