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Online Advertising
IAB Tech Lab Made Moves To Acquire Prebid In 2021 – And Prebid Said No
Seven years ago, as publishers were using header bidding to level the online auction with Google, Prebid was a bit of open-source header-bidding code developed by AppNexus. Fast-forward to today, and that code is now Prebid.org, a standalone industry standards body producing widely adopted open-source tech. The story of how Prebid.org came to be – […]
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Media Relations
Looking in the Mirror: When Client Issues Are the PR Pro’s Fault
Misunderstandings about client expectations for media placement are often the result of PR professionals’ failure to help decision-makers understand what would be necessary to achieve success long before the contract is signed. Here’s how to turn such challenges into trust-building opportunities and prospects into long-term clients.
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CTV Roundup
How Expedia’s TV And Digital Teams Became Travel Buddies
The “set-jetting” phenomenon means TV advertising and, more specifically, CTV advertising is a natural fit for travel brand Expedia promote its service.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: McDonald’s Bad Week, Google and Political Ads and Generational Differences in Advertising
PR Roundup looks at the communications responses of McDonald’s after several chaotic appearances in the news, Google’s ban on political ads and a new report on how different generations respond to advertising and messaging.
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B-to-C Events
Photos: How 20 Deadpool Variants Took Over Manhattan During New York Comic Con
New York Comic Con is a bustling fandom event, but outside the walls of the Javits Center in New York City is a landscape and people not so easily surprised—unless it involves 20 unique “Deadpool” variants galavanting about, that is. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment unleashed a street team to promote the “Deadpool & Wolverine” […]
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Tech & AI
Adjust, pivot and tweak: How digital marketers survive
Harrison Gross, CEO of smart eyewear brand Lucyd Eyewear, discusses the marketing and customer experience tactics the brand employs to stay relevant and growing in 2024. Facebook ads are roughly half as effective today than they were five years ago, said Lucyd Eyewear CEO Harrison Gross. Most retail marketers know this and point to Apple’s […]
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B-to-C Events
Citi Resurrects its Sound Vault Platform with an Intimate Jack Harlow Show in Brooklyn
When Citi cardmembers gathered for a Jack Harlow performance in Brooklyn, NY, on Oct. 17, it was a grand homecoming of sorts. The occasion marked the revival of the Citi Sound Vault concert platform after a four-year hiatus and took place at the historic Brooklyn Paramount, which reopened this year after a multimillion dollar renovation. […]
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B-to-C Events
Walmart Taps into TikTok Trends and Fashionistas for its 40-city Style Tour
There are more than 4,600 Walmart brick-and-mortar stores spread across the U.S. But in promoting its new fashion collections and convenient online shopping experience, the brand wanted to engage consumers where they are—anywhere—and offer a trendy, luxe and convenient experience. Kicking off the fall fashion season, Walmart in September launched the Walmart Style Tour, which […]
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AI
Diverse Data Matters: Unpacking AI, Culture, and Inclusivity at BlackWeek
With AI, everyone’s talking about efficiency, scale, and optimization. But at BlackWeek’s “Diverse Data Matters – DE&AI” session, the conversation took a turn — toward the very real blind spots lurking in AI’s algorithms.
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B-to-C Events
EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH
For more than a decade, EventTrack has been the leading and largest annual research study on experiential marketing. There’s nothing else like it. Six Surveys in One Report. Separate surveys were initiated to consumer event marketers, b-to-b event marketers, corporate trade show exhibitors—plus attendees at consumer events, b-to-b events and trade shows. Fortune 1000 Insights. From spending, […]
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