Marketing

Confessions: How an indie agency’s over-reliance on AI drove it out of business

Despite success stories at Unilever and Kellanova, skepticism about generative AI is mounting across the wider business world. An MIT study published last week, which estimated that 95% of organizations that tried to implement generative AI into their workflows found zero return on their investment, sent AI-related stocks tumbling. Small businesses, including agencies of every […]

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In Graphic Detail: AI adoption increases, but U.S. consumers are still wary

For better or worse, generative AI has become a tech the industry can’t escape. Whether it’s taking over processes, agentic assistants or a way to scale productivity and creativity, AI is usually involved somehow. Now that generative AI is in its hype mode, the next stage of the AI journey is anyone’s guess. To understand

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Substack creators attribute their boost in subscribers to the platform’s community tools

Substack’s bet that writers want the platform to provide a community just as much as distribution appears to be paying off in 2025. Five newsletter creators who moved their operations over to Substack from other platforms such as Patreon and Beehiiv in the past year told Digiday that their following — and revenue — had grown since

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From Upfronts To Endgame: Navigating 2026’s Sports Advertising Market

2026 will be a massive year in sports, and the race is on for advertisers to reach sports viewers. There’s no shortage of sports programming options, with everything from major global tentpole events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2026 Winter Olympics to nonstop NFL action, college football and basketball, NBA/WNBA, MLB, NHL,

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What Raising Teens Taught Me About Ethical Marketing In A Hyper-Engaged World

Building a career in social media marketing while raising kids has been a unique, dichotomous experience.  From 9 am to 5 pm, I’m heads-down, focused on maximizing audience growth and engagement while crafting content designed to captivate viewers and keep their eyes (and thumbs) locked in. At home, however, I find myself actively monitoring the

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