Marketing

TikTok looks to turn search queries into ad dollars with new tool

After months of will-they-won’t-they, TikTok is finally getting serious about turning user searches into ad dollars. As of today (Sept. 24), the short-form video giant has rolled out its Search Ads Campaign tool, giving advertisers the ability to target ads based on what users are actively searching for. The goal is to turn those searches

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How Clean Room Tech Helps Advertisers, Publishers And Agencies Cut Media Waste

The push for better data privacy protections in digital advertising is changing how publishers, advertisers, agencies and tech vendors collaborate on campaigns. Case in point: Canada-based news outlet The Globe and Mail has transformed how it runs its always-on direct ad campaigns with Canadian transit company VIA Rail. With input from VIA Rail’s agency, Omnicom

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How Performance Advertisers Are Working Backward To Build Their Brands

The targeting and measurement for performance advertising keeps getting more granular, more precise and more sophisticated. Yet brand advertising – even on digital channels – can feel like it’s stuck in the 1950s. Advertisers blanket broad audiences with high-level brand messages, accepting that the value and impact of these efforts may be largely intangible or

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WaPo Lays Off 54 People at Publishing Tech Arm Arc XP

The Washington Post is laying off one-quarter of its workforce from Arc XP, the publisher’s stand-alone software unit–the latest change as the company aims to turn its business around under new leadership. (WSJ) A total of 54 jobs are being cut across the organization in functions such as sales, engineering, marketing, technology, product, etc., a…

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TikTok Bans RT and Sputnik as Banned Political Ads Surface on Platform

TikTok said Monday that it removed accounts belonging to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik for engaging in what it called “covert influence operations.” (NBC News) TikTok has banned all political advertising on the application since 2019, but that hasn’t stopped advertisers from running what appear to be paid political messages on the platform….

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