Marketing

Media Buying Briefing: Two years later, media buyers still aren’t fully sold on The Trade Desk’s Kokai platform

Two years after its launch, The Trade Desk’s Kokai tool has acquired a mixed reputation among the agency media buyers it was designed for. Kokai was supposed to be the DSP titan’s next shield against the tech giants. The hope was that by making ad inventory on the web easier to invest in, brands and […]

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In Graphic Detail: As ‘Grow a Garden’ booms, a new report shows the marketing power of Roblox

Roblox is officially the home of the most popular video game of all time — but marketers are still unsure of the platform’s value as an advertising channel. This is despite a recent boom in attention on the platform. On June 16, “Grow a Garden” — a Roblox experience in which users can feed and

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WTF is behind the explosion of faceless creators? 

Faceless creators are taking over social media. Now, they’re coming for brands’ influencer marketing dollars. Influencer and creator marketing is steadily gaining ground in ad budgets — Unilever, for example, plans to significantly boost spending on social channels in 2025. Amid this shift in priorities, advertisers are looking beyond high-profile, personality-led creators. They’re increasingly tapping

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Google Doesn’t Expect Online Bot Traffic To Double By Mid-July (Despite What Its Help Center Says)

Oh, the confusion a poorly worded Google Help Center update can bring. A recent update to the Google DV360 Help Center had some advertisers panicking that invalid impressions served through Google’s ad platform would effectively double starting in mid-July. The update amplified concerns that increased bot activity online due to generative AI adoption is producing

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Why Publishers Need Smarter AI Support To Maximize Monetization

In an omnichannel environment, managing and selling ads is becoming too complex for humans to handle alone. That’s why many are turning to AI tools to maximize ad inventory monetization. AI can analyze data and make decisions at a speed and scale beyond human capability. This rapid innovation is both exciting and challenging. Recently, the

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Fresh Meat: Cannes Lion Festival In Retrospect From An Industry Novice

Early last Wednesday evening, I found myself in a closed courtyard off the Croisette in Cannes at an exclusive event co-hosted by a publisher and a tech company. Who am I and why was I there? I’m just a dude with a passion for interesting tech accompanying my girlfriend as she navigates her industry’s largest

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