Marketing

When The Last Click Disappears: How AI Shopping Breaks Attribution And Rejuvenates Brand-Building

For the past three decades, most of digital advertising has revolved around one obsession: performance. Marketers leaned on channels that could prove conversions: search ads, programmatic retargeting and affiliate links. A purchase trackable to a click was gold. Multi-touch attribution (MTA) models thrived. Conversely, brand-building was often dismissed as harder to justify next to the

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Publishers are hunting for AI prompt data — now they’re starting to get it from third-party companies

Next year, tracking AI search visibility may get a little easier for publishers. Thanks to the rise of AI search, publishers’ usual tracking tools won’t cut it. They need a full arsenal of analytics and monitoring tools to know how, when and why they’re being mentioned across platforms and AI products. Tech companies aren’t willing

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Media agencies test AI planning agents, while edging toward buying tools

AI agents have become a focal point for media agencies and brands hoping to move AI tech past potential and into practical benefit.  Agencies across the industry, from giants like WPP to indie shop Mediassociates have already begun using agents in an advisory capacity; they’ve developed programs that can make audience-segment suggestions based on client

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Media Buying Briefing: How the 4As’ Justin Thomas-Copeland is updating the org’s mission

As industries change — and which industry isn’t undergoing massive transformational change right now? — so must their industry associations.  Look no further than MMA, which started out as the Mobile Marketing Association during the decade that was “the year of mobile!” – then subtly became the “modern marketing association” – and is now simply

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