Marketing

Why rethinking syndication will help publishers succeed in the AI era

Mark Carlson, CEO, SimpleFeed With the rapid decline in search and social referrals, publishers have never faced a more challenging environment. Even Google admits the open web is “in rapid decline.” How do publishers reach viewers, build brand recognition and generate revenue? Syndication is an answer Smart publishers are re-emphasizing content syndication to reach customers

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Nextdoor Gives Its Local Ad Platform An AI-Powered Upgrade

Nextdoor wants local advertisers to feel more at home on its platform. On Wednesday, the company rolled out a bunch of new advertising capabilities, including campaign optimization, contextual weather-based ad targeting and expanded video ad formats. It’s also testing generative AI creative, AI-powered targeting recommendations and expanded personalization options for image-based ads. These are all

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Visa finally joins Asia Pacific’s QR payment party—but is it too late?

Visa’s November 12 announcement of its Scan to Pay solution for QR payment adoption across Asia Pacific raises a fundamental question: what took so long, and does anyone actually need this? The payment network giant has launched partnerships with digital wallets including Samsung Wallet across eight Asia Pacific markets (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore,…

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Everyone’s A Little Scared Of AI – Even The CEO Of This AI-Powered Platform

AI tools are – for better or worse – infiltrating every step of the advertising journey, from creative and planning to execution and measurement. At the same time, some consumers are becoming increasingly skeptical as they question the authenticity and human touch of the content they encounter. “There is a lot of negative backlash against AI-generated content

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