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How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis

How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis

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Jonathan Frangakis has been a champion of out-of-home / OOH advertising for years. He and his brother Gabe founded an OOH analytics platform called Mira in 2014. Mira was acquired by Reveal Mobile, where he serves as its Chief Commercial Officer.  He gave us insights into the next wave of moving OOH advertising (as in […]

Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

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Scibids, the global leader in artificial intelligence for digital marketing, announced a partnership with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance-marketing firm across streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The objective of what’s being called Scibids AI Insights Solution is to provide a new level of transparency and control over planning, buying, and measurement of the digital […]

Tinuiti Digital Ad Spending Report Signals Optimism for 2023’s Second Half

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If Q2 ad spending in paid search, retail media, and across social media is any indication, the U.S. economy just might serve up a Merry Little Christmas, according to Andy Taylor, VP, of Research at Tinuiti. In disseminating the latest findings of Tinuiti’s recently released Q2 2023 Digital Ads Benchmark Report, Taylor said, “Signs are […]

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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.

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Privacy-forward Digital Marketing Can Outperform Traditional Models

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The results of a new campaign by Brave Software and Dentsu International show that digital privacy might not be the monolith that it’s thought to be, and that advertisers can still generate a positive ROI on their campaigns without sacrificing consumers’ online privacy.

Consumers Request Deals and Emails, not Targeted Ads

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The Cheetah Digital survey suggests that the answer to shifting privacy rules may be simple and surprisingly conventional: ask for an email address in exchange for clear value such as deals and discounts.

GoDaddy Launches Instagram Integration for SMB Users

GoDaddy Launches Instagram Integration for SMB Users

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In a move that’s indicative of the small business community’s increasing reliance on social media for organic growth and digital marketing, GoDaddy is launching a new Instagram product for its website builder designed to help its users attract and engage with customers across digital platforms.

Google’s Ad Changes: The King Just Built a Moat Around His Castle

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The initial frenzy over Google’s news regarding its latest privacy updates has abated, and now it’s time to really think about what it means – for Google, for brands, and for the industry as a whole.

As governments have lit a fire under brands and consumers have become more data-conscious, the future of marketing and advertising is unfolding before us. Let’s take a dive into what it all really signifies.

Brand Marketing 2.0: Brand is Back, But Expectations Have Changed

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The allure of immediately seeing metrics like clicks, downloads, or form completions outweighed instincts to make investments that pay dividends over the longer term. No longer.

Sprint to Success with Agile Marketing

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Even though agile marketing has been around for a couple of decades, keep in mind that it’s a modern approach for today’s marketers — in keeping with the focus on data. With the right martech to support performance measurement needs (using metrics that are credible outside of marketing), you can sprint to success with agile marketing.

Retailing in the Post Covid-19 World

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Throughout the pandemic, lockdowns and safety restrictions have forced retailers to tweak their operations and strategies in accordance with changing circumstances around them. AI has played a key role in helping retailers adapt to the conditions of today and those on the horizon.

With that in mind, here are three key areas where AI is helping retailers cope with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Contextual Ads and Brand Suitability Are the Future of Targeting

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Cookies and blocklists put brands on the back foot. Brand suitability draws on perception and customization to make sure that surrounding content makes sense for the brand’s image and customer base. And, when you combine this with context-informed targeting and human intelligence, brand suitability is the more powerful approach to engage with today’s consumers and customers in a way that also helps to future-proof today’s savvy brands.

Clearlake Acquires Precisely in $3.5B Deal

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Google making hotel search listings free, WazeAds and Mojo’s coffee campaign, T-Mobile enrolling all customers in an ad-targeting program, and Clearlake re-acquiring Precisely in a $3.5B deal.

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Expert Roundup: How Will Privacy Define the Near Term? Part I

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As Covid-19 took over the collective mindset of the past year, several previously prominent topics shifted to the back burner. But now that there’s a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, those previously resonant topics are re-emerging.

At the top of that list is privacy.