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The rise of vibe marketing and what it means for marketers
Vibe marketing is using AI and no-code tools to turn plain-English ideas into live campaigns faster than traditional teams and stacks can keep up. By Océane Li , January 7, 2026 Vibe coding, popularized by tech leaders in early 2025, describes using AI to generate software by simply describing the desired vibe … Continue reading The rise of vibe marketing and what it means for marketers
How Howie Mandel’s Clean Eating Ties To Agentic Measurement
How Howie Mandel’s Clean Eating Ties To Agentic Measurement by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 7, 2026 The jump to marketing mix modeling-like features for small companies became a reality with support from AI agents, but JamPack’d’s co-founder never thought the technology would nearly double campaign performance for ads running across apps owned by … Continue reading How Howie Mandel’s Clean Eating Ties To Agentic Measurement
Registration is open for the March 2026 MarTech Conference
MarTech March is online and free to attend, with six live panel discussions and a new community feature called the Vibe Marketing Lab. By Mike Pastore , January 22, 2026 TL;DR: You can check out the agenda for the March 4, 2026, installment of the virtual MarTech Conference and register for free. … Continue reading Registration is open for the March 2026 MarTech Conference
High schoolers are building a solution to Boulder’s housing crisis
January 07, 2026 High schoolers are building a solution to Boulder’s housing crisis span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>On the edge of Boulder, Colorado, a remarkable convergence of mutually beneficial collaboration is underway, and it could reshape how housing gets built, who builds it, and who is able to afford it. This is all happening inside BoulderMOD, a new … Continue reading High schoolers are building a solution to Boulder’s housing crisis
SGLA pushes for sweepstakes regulation over an outright ban in Indiana
SGLA pushes for sweepstakes regulation over an outright ban in Indiana Rachael Davies Suswati Basu The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) is urging Indiana lawmakers to rethink a sweepstakes ban, pushing instead for regulation. Testimony on Indiana House Bill 1052 was heard on January 5, sparking a new push from the SGLA … Continue reading SGLA pushes for sweepstakes regulation over an outright ban in Indiana
What privacy and email laws reveal about today’s compliance risk
From CAN-SPAM to state privacy statutes, federal preemption has been inconsistent. Playing it safe in a patchwork system matters now. By Jeanne Jennings , January 6, 2026 I’ve written that the AI panic we’re living through feels a lot like the dawn of the commercial internet, full of promise, panic and policy … Continue reading What privacy and email laws reveal about today’s compliance risk
Who Would Have Predicted This: Google Opens Once-Prohibited Ad Market
Who Would Have Predicted This: Google Opens Once-Prohibited Ad Market by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 6, 2026 Google has quietly redrawn its rules around advertising based on the types of companies that can and cannot run ads on its platforms. One category until now has largely remained off limits. This updated policy will … Continue reading Who Would Have Predicted This: Google Opens Once-Prohibited Ad Market
IAB releases agentic AI roadmap for digital advertising
The roadmap shows how digital advertising can scale AI-driven execution with existing standards rather than rebuilding the ecosystem from scratch. By Constantine von Hoffman , January 6, 2026 IAB Tech Lab released an agentic roadmap outlining how the digital advertising industry can scale agentic buying and selling without tearing down what already works. … Continue reading IAB releases agentic AI roadmap for digital advertising
4 trends marketers must follow in 2026
Marketers head into 2026 navigating AI’s next phase, looming tech change and an inbox that’s quietly evolving — with cautious optimism intact. By Ryan Phelan January 6, 2026 Last year was exhausting for many people for many reasons. It’s not just job and family stress, or changes in our industry. But as the … Continue reading 4 trends marketers must follow in 2026