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  • The Great Data Smackdown: Buy Side vs. Sell Side Strategies Collide

    With the buy and sell sides constantly vying for the upper hand on data strategies, it can be hard to find common ground. In a heated debate at AdMonsters PubForum Scottsdale, representatives from each camp took the gloves off, trading blows over transparency, identity, and creative optimization. 

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  • 25 Years of ‘SVU’: Five Ways NBC Uses Events to Keep Fans Tuned in

    “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” has been on the air since 1999, but until recently, fans have mostly experienced a “one-way” relationship with the show. For the 25th anniversary of “SVU” this year, NBC flipped the script and leaned into events to give back to the fandom and provide new avenues for connecting with […]

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  • AI Won’t Replace Human Creative, But It Can Save Hours In Research

    I’m the creative and user experience director for a marketing agency that works with hundreds of CPG and ecommerce brands. I love using AI in my day-to-day job. Before you start wondering about the likelihood of a creative guy embracing AI, know this: It’s not for producing the actual work. Rather, I use it as […]

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  • Three Insights on a Cityscape-inspired Expo Design from Dish Network’s Team Summit Expo

    Team Summit is Dish Network’s annual expo that brings together a global network of partners, retailers and vendors (approximately 3,500 attendees) over three days in one space where the brand can showcase new Dish products, strategies and technology through training and general sessions. The approximately 45,000-square-foot space features different business units and anywhere between 13 […]

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  • Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

    Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Data Event Marketer released the Measurement in the AI Age report, which explores AI for measurement in events and trade shows as well as data security and the neuroscience of attention, among other […]

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  • Case Study: How Instacart Leveled Up Booth Engagement with Gamification

    At Groceryshop, a trade show for grocery and consumer packaged goods that took place Oct. 7-9 in Las Vegas, Instacart brought a fresh approach that invited attendees to “level up” their business and enhance customer experiences.  A bold visual statement with checkerboard patterns and bright, splashy colors, the eye-catching 20-by-40 square-foot activation, designed and produced […]

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  • Is Owning Content Actually A Conflict For DSPs?

    Despite CEO Jeff Green’s denials, the rumors turned out to be true: The Trade Desk has spent the last three years quietly building its streaming OS, called Ventura, to compete with the likes of Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Google’s Android.

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  • No More TV Drug Ads? Don’t Hold Your Breath

    Does the incoming Trump administration and RFK Jr.’s potential appointment as the head of Health and Human Services (HHS) spell the end of TV drug ads? Probably not, argues Josh Walsh, CEO and co-founder of BranchLab, a data science firm for health care advertisers, and this week’s guest on The Big Story. Efforts to crack down […]

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  • PR Roundup: Wicked Overload, News Influencers and a PRSA Honor

    This week’s PR Roundup looks at the “Wicked” movie’s test case for PR oversaturation, America’s fascination with news influencers and a global honor for PRSA. 

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  • Nordstrom refreshes its app with more editorial content, generative AI

    Nordstrom unveiled a refreshed shopping app this month with more editorial content aided by generative artificial intelligence, better search results, better personalization and a more prominent focus on its loyalty program.   The department store’s app has a new look and feel that aims to be more vibrant, provide better inspiration and make online shopping feel […]

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