Consumers Want More Personalized, Interactive Video From Brands, Study Finds by Wayne Friedman , July 6, 2023 Consumers want more video from brands, of all types, in all their messaging — especially personalized video. Over 80% want more video from brands, but 70% rarely or never get it — this from a survey of 2,009 … Continue reading Consumers Want More Personalized, Interactive Video From Brands, Study Finds
By Rob Pegoraro June 30, 2023 Since its 2008 founding, Airbnb has prospered on the assumption that people will be comfortable staying in the homes of strangers. But the rental behemoth still has some trust issues among its customers—and its executives were more than willing to talk about those struggles with attendees at this … Continue reading How Airbnb is trying to convince more users to become hosts
Google, Microsoft Create More Ways To Let Consumers Shop by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 29, 2023 Google has stepped up options for consumers to purchase from retailers and brands on Search and YouTube, while Microsoft has added the ability to make purchases from Bing and Edge, the company said in separate announcements. Microsoft announced Thursday … Continue reading Google, Microsoft Create More Ways To Let Consumers Shop
By Sam Becker June 28, 2023 It’d be easy to forgive most people for changing or even abandoning their financial or investing strategy over the past few years. With the pandemic, inflation, ongoing prospects of a recession, and rising interest rates, there’s been a lot of economic action packed into a relatively short period … Continue reading Gen Z and millennials are already dipping into their retirement funds—even more than Gen X
Here’s why you should avoid having too many metadata fields and how to streamline metadata management in your DAM. Rachel Edwards on June 15, 2023 A digital asset management (DAM) platform isn’t meant to be a lock box or a black hole where assets go in but never come out. Your DAM creates value and … Continue reading DAM metadata: Why less is more
Google Ads Changes Trademark Policy, Puts More Accountability On Brands by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 8, 2023 Google Ads will begin rolling out changes to its Trademark Policy on July 24, and will only consider trademark complaints against specific advertisers and ads, rather than all advertisers in the trademark owner’s industry. In an email to … Continue reading Google Ads Changes Trademark Policy, Puts More Accountability On Brands
By Jeff Beer June 10, 2023 When Jae Goodman stepped down as CEO of creative ad agency Observatory last summer, he didn’t know what his next chapter would be. He had spent the previous 16 years building a portfolio of award-winning work predicated on the thesis that brand entertainment could have a significant impact … Continue reading There’s going to be more brand entertainment than ever. These guys want to make it actually good
Google MSA New Transparency Policy Provides More Campaign Data by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 9, 2023 Google plans to give advertisers more information on the ads they serve in Search and YouTube. The company plans to instate a new Master Service Agreement (MSA), a contract that sets the standard Terms and Conditions for one or … Continue reading Google MSA New Transparency Policy Provides More Campaign Data
On Brand: Zenni Gets More, Pays Less With In-Housing by Steve Smith , Staff Writer @popeyesm, June 2, 2023 Zenni’s Senior Director, Performance Marketing Dennis Maxwell has nothing against agencies, so don’t take this personally. He even started as an intern at and agency. And he was well aware of how much effort goes into media … Continue reading On Brand: Zenni Gets More, Pays Less With In-Housing
The B2B Stash: Most Firms Are Spending More On Marketing, Especially Social Media by Ray Schultz , Columnist, May 30, 2023 B2B marketers are somewhat upbeat about the economy, and are adjusting their budgets accordingly. Most are also hopeful about AI, judging by State Of B2B Digital Marketing, a study released Tuesday by Wpromote and … Continue reading The B2B Stash: Most Firms Are Spending More On Marketing, Especially Social Media
