Marketing

Viewers Don’t Just Want To Watch Your Ads. They Want To Interact With Them

Viewers aren’t just watching streaming content anymore; they’re living in it. And while they’re streaming, they’re telling us something important about how they want to experience advertising. They want to do more than watch; they want to engage. How do we know? We asked. We partnered with Publicis Media and third-party research firm Latitude to […]

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The AI Search Reckoning Is Dismantling Open Web Traffic – And Publishers May Never Recover

Generative AI didn’t just transform search results this past year; it upended how monetization works on the open web. So how have digital publishers been faring in this new era of content discovery? Uh, let’s just say things aren’t looking great. As expected, the rise of zero-click AI chatbots and answer engines caused massive drop-offs

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Virality is no longer just a vibe at MrBeast’s Beast Industries

MrBeast is hiring a head of viral marketing. Marketers would be wise to pay attention.  When one of the world’s largest creators starts formalizing how his company grows, the hire is less a staffing note than a signal.  The job description makes that explicit. Continue reading this article on digiday.com. Sign up for Digiday newsletters

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Ad Tech Briefing: CES marks the opening of digital advertising’s (likely) year of consolidation

Historically, the Consumer Electronics Show was the January kick-off event where media buyers could eye the hardware onto which they could festoon their clients’ wares. Manufacturers of household goods took center stage.  However, now the lines of the traditional business calendar have blurred, making it difficult to delineate between industry verticals. Sources characterized CES, which

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At CES, Omnicom Media ties a deal with Walmart purchase data into Meta’s influencer followers

If you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know how pervasive influencers have become to marketers and agencies looking to sell products or services. At Omnicom Media, there’s an effort to scientifically quantify that, er, influence.  Digiday has learned that Omnicom Media today is unveiling a partnership that connects Walmart customer purchase data

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