Search Results for: data
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Shopper/Retail
How they did it: Email marketing conversions increase 54% at Aaron’s
It was 2019 and the email marketing program at retail chain Aaron’s needed a reset. The list was dirty. The sends were batch and blast. And the content was dry, said Hody Crouch, vice president of data and analytics at the lease-to-own retail chain. “At the same time, the company was digitizing. We were moving […]
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The Big Story
The Shrinking Open Web
The open web is getting smaller, with the squeeze happening in two directions: Curated deals are skimming the cream off the open web, and exposed made-for-advertising websites are shuttering.
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AI
How to Address MisInformation, Ad Brand Safety Concerns, and Keep Journalistic Integrity: A Q&A with Pat LaCroix of Seekr
Pat LaCroix, EVP of Strategic Partnerships at Seekr notes that the oversaturation of disinformation fosters skepticism for both consumers and advertisers. But the rise of AI presents a potential solution to the spread of misinformation. Through natural language processing and machine learning, AI tech offers promising solutions for detecting and mitigating false content.
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AI
Navigating the Post-Cookie Era: A Call to Arms for Publishers
As digital advertising braces for the post-cookie era, publishers face significant revenue challenges and a $10 billion shortfall. The rise of privacy concerns and cookieless tracking calls for innovative solutions like Ops Mage, an AI-driven contextual targeting tool that promises precision, performance, and privacy compliance. Explore how Ops Mage can redefine engagement and monetization.
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Shopper/Retail
PayPal to expand its ad business using shopper data
Digital payment platform PayPal is planning to build an ad business unit powered by the data from the hundreds of millions of shoppers that use the platform to pay for online purchases. This week, PayPal announced it hired Mark Grether as senior vice president, general manager, PayPal Ads. His role will be to build an […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Embracing Incrementality: Navigating Post-Privacy Measurement Challenges
As privacy changes lead to signal loss, digital advertising is diverging from user-level data and specific measurement methods like multi-touch attribution (MTA) and media mix modeling (MMM) in favor of bigger-picture analysis of marketing performance and a multi-methodology approach. Relying solely on MTA and MMM is not enough. There’s also a third method: incrementality. This […]
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 05/28/24: The WBNA is on a roll
Tuesday May 28, 2024 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is the new, monthly Cynopsis sports newsletter. THE W IS ROLLING This summer, all eyes are on the WNBA as it gets fully underway in what many are calling the league’s most transformative season. While there’s plenty of hype around Caitlin Clark and the […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
RAG Against The Machine: Injecting First-Party Data Into AI Models For Better Results
First-party data has long been in a marketer’s toolkit as a critical instrument to personalize the customer experience across media touch points. But it has yet to influence how most companies use generative AI technology. However, proprietary data sets have the potential to play an important role in several key marketing applications for generative AI […]
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Decoder
Smarter Advertising: How Small and Medium Businesses Can Harness the Potential of Programmatic Buying
According to Statista, in 2023, global spending on programmatic advertising reached $558 billion. By 2026, this number will likely grow to $700 billion. Also, the share of programmatic advertising in digital spending worldwide has increased since 2020.
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Branding/Marketing
Diving In to Challenges: Q&A With Citi’s Global Head of Communications, Jennifer Lowney
Lowney shared her experiences navigating the traditionally male-dominated financial industry, and highlighted the importance of confidence and support in professional growth.