Marketing

GoDaddy Pitches AI Tools for Entrepreneurs in Walton Goggins-Led Super Bowl Ad

GoDaddy is making a high-profile return to the Big Game after an 8-year interlude with a campaign that trades its once-controversial shock tactics for a more polished pitch: artificial intelligence as the ultimate business partner. On Feb. 9, during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 59, the web services company will air a 30-second spot…

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Nodals AI Launches As The Latest Custom Algo Replacement For Ad Tech

Aly Nurmohamed is keenly aware of the problems faced by advertisers and publishers now that advertising IDs and data signals no longer tie them together. He spent a decade at Criteo, exiting as Global Managing Director of Publisher Partnerships in April 2020 (eek!) to join Permutive, where he was GM and COO for more than

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Publicis Doesn’t Mind Being Dethroned; Whether It’s The Cloud Or Ads, It’s All Just Google

Challenger Approaching Omnicom’s impending acquisition of IPG would create the world’s largest agency holdco – and Publicis is just fine with that. Although Publicis stands to lose its No. 1 status, Chairman and CEO Arthur Sadoun tells Ad Age that he’s happy to embrace a “challenger position” and capitalize on the potential fallout from the

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Marketers remain cautious about investing in Snapchat amid TikTok uncertainty

Snapchat is vying for ad dollars dedicated to creators, touting monetization tools and its Gen Z audience — but three agency execs say they are not seeing dollars move over just yet. There is money on the table for TikTok rivals right now, given the roller coaster of TikTok’s status in the U.S. But Snapchat

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Inside the debut Super Bowl strategies of Häagen-Dazs, Duracell and MSC Cruises

The Super Bowl represents a high-stakes maneuver for top marketers. Mess up, and you’ve tipped as much as $8 million down the drain. Stick the landing, and you’ll have reached a third of Americans in 30 seconds. For the most part, the Super Bowl is reserved for brands that have already come to terms with

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Bold Call: As Musk’s political clout rises, Twitter’s brand exodus could become a X’s brand influx

What was once a brand exodus from Twitter could be turning into a brand influx to X. Behind the scenes, some advertisers have been inching toward a return for months. According to four ad execs familiar with 2025 media plans, a quiet reconsideration has been underway with some of those advertisers weighing whether the platform’s

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Social media fragmentation exposes cracks forming in Super Bowl second screen plans

For years, X (known back then as Twitter) was the so-called second screen for the Super Bowl, where fans and brands huddled to react to Big Game moments in real time. This year, however, it’s unclear which social media platform, if any, will serve as the Super Bowl town square. At this year’s Big Game,

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Why LinkedIn is spotlighting the average watch time metric to support its video push

After promising growth in 2024 and early 2025, LinkedIn is doubling down on video with new tools and metrics. As of yesterday, creators on LinkedIn are able to track the average watch time of their videos. LinkedIn rolled out the new video metric amid a range of new features — such as improved video search

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