Data was the new oil, but context is the new refinery. Because without a refinery, oil is just a smelly, toxic mess that often brings more harm than good. By Mike Pastore March 3, 2026 Around Q3 of last year, I started hearing the word “context” pop up in many of my conversations. … Continue reading The era of data dominance is over, and it didn’t last very long
February 07, 2026 Anthropic joins a long list of brands that have vowed to stay ad-free. They don’t always keep their word
December 06, 2025 The ‘Mad Men’ are dead! Long live the new advertising lions! It’s been an unprecedented and brutal week for the advertising industry. The finalization of Omnicom Group’s $ 13 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) (the biggest takeover in advertising history) is affecting tens of thousands of workers—most immediately the 4,000 expected … Continue reading The ‘Mad Men’ are dead! Long live the new advertising lions!
November 19, 2025 The WNBA labor fight is the latest in a long history of women-led worker movements When Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier calmly sat down and told a group of assembled local media the WNBA is helmed by “the worst leadership in the world” on September 30, she likely did so with a … Continue reading The WNBA labor fight is the latest in a the long history of women-led worker movements
November 02, 2025 Facebook’s new holiday ad pines for a social platform that’s long gone
The new AI agents aim to help tackle long buying cycles by identifying decision-makers, personalizing journeys and accelerating deal flow. Constantine von Hoffman on October 9, 2025 Adobe has launched a new suite of AI agents to help B2B marketers and sales teams with one of their biggest challenges: the slow, complex buying journey. … Continue reading Adobe introduces AI agents to help B2B marketers navigate long buying cycles
Prompt engineering isn’t a strategy. To unlock real impact from AI, go-to-market teams must stop scaling improvisation and start engineering context. Mark Ogne on August 5, 2025 For a while, prompt engineering felt like strategy. Craft the perfect input, unlock perfect output. Add a few tokens here, adjust tone there and suddenly your chatbot … Continue reading Prompt engineering is dead. Long live context engineering!
20% reported liking an advertiser less after seeing ads on social media alongside user-generated hate speech. Constantine von Hoffman on September 22, 2023 The FTC approved Omnicom’s purchase of Interpublic Group this week, after the ad agency giant promised not to engage in any nefarious brand safety activities. If you think I’m exaggerating, the … Continue reading FTC says Omnicom deal is OK, as long as there’s no brand safety involved
July 11, 2024 Playing the Long Game: How the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is Driving Technology Innovation KPMG has a 10-year history of elevating women’s golf through the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, and the next advancement was about technology BY FastCo Works At this year’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club, seasoned competitor Amy … Continue reading Playing the Long Game: How the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is Driving Technology Innovation
Get tips on finding the right reporting window to capture your email campaigns’ true long-term performance. Kath Pay on May 15, 2024 When someone talks about “long tail” strategy, you probably think it begins and ends with search engine marketing. But it should be a part of your email campaign planning as well. If … Continue reading Why you should track your email’s long tail to measure success (plus a case study)
