Marketing

Duolingo wants to make its green owl mascot ‘as famous as Pikachu’ with its first pop-up store

This story was first published on sister site, Modern Retail. To say that the language learning app Duolingo relies a lot on its green owl mascot — also known as Duo — is something of an understatement. The fluffy bird is plastered all over the company’s merchandise, from plushies and t-shirts to beanies and backpacks.

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Media Buying Briefing: Agencies create full-time roles for creators as ‘pirates’ of marketing

Creators may increasingly find themselves with more options for full-time gigs at influencer agencies. Whether it’s a holding company agency or influencer-focused shop, content creators are filling in-house roles from creative and strategy directors to community management for brands. This comes as various agencies need to move rapidly on social media trends and create more

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Over a year and a half later, Netflix still has a long road ahead to get advertisers on board

Back in the first quarter of the year, Netflix’s new ad chief, Amy Reinhard, was wrapping up her European ad industry meet and greet in London. While there, she met with executives from GroupM to hear how they prefer to work with Netflix and, more crucially, their expectations. It was during this chat that she

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AI Briefing: The AI search race heats up with more audit tools, ads and pending antitrust outcomes

Large language models powering AI search platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity are still largely a black box, but some CRM and SEO providers are looking to give marketers more info about how brands appear on the inside — even from the outside. Hubspot, for example, recently debuted a free new tool called AI Search Grader,

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Confessions of a performance marketing ad buyer on ‘uptick’ in platforms’ ad rejections amid election advertising

With the 2024 presidential election in full swing, ad buyers will contend with more political ad dollars in the marketplace. The flood of political ad dollars isn’t the only issue for marketers and ad buyers. As political advertising ramps up, one performance marketing ad buyer believes that the platforms are getting more sensitive and potentially

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Beetlejuice Is a Used-Car Salesman in CarMax and Warner Bros. Partnership

What if Beetlejuice owned a car dealership? One spooky night, a family finds out when they pull up to a used-car dealership thinking it’s a CarMax. Instead, they’re greeted by a creepy cast of characters who work at “BeetleMax.” Their search for a car takes an eerie turn. Within a few moments of the family…

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