AI marketing assistant is the fastest-growing job in marketing, with a projected job growth rate of 21%. People rarely search for this job, which pays on average between $46,100 and $68,500 annually.
Did AI turn search into an ask engine looking for a way to monetize advertising? "This myopia is NOT something driven by user need," Scott Jenson, former Google user interface strategist and designer,
wrote in a LinkedIn post. Google is in a "stone-cold panic" that they may get left behind.
Some say generative AI will never replace traditional search engines, but the change could come sooner than expected - especially if consumers show a willingness to take the leap.
YouTube TV "still presents a great value to those still watching linear television and a great entry point for younger consumers not conditioned for the traditional distribution models,"
MoffettNathanson senior research analyst Michael Nathanson says.
I began covering market intel/measurement tech firm Skai as Kenshoo when Aaron Goldman, now Mediaocean CMO, ran marketing. VP of products Crissi Cupak has worked at Skai since 2013.
Marketers also face uncertainties as consumer privacy becomes a bigger issue, leading to an eventual disappearance of tracking cookies.
What does "personalization at scale" really mean - not just for customer interactions but for data and media strategy and even company culture? Walgreens Jennie Peelle, shares the lessons learned as
the brand moves towards personalized interactions at every touchpoint. It means changing the way you gather and use data and lean into advanced predictive modeling. It changes how you target and plan
paid media for customer acquisition vs. retention. It reworks KPIs towards customer-level measurement and away from mere sales goals. It takes more than mere shifts in tech and technique. It's a
culture thing.
Sports teams bucked the trend as fans interacted with posts amid a return to traditional schedules.
Consumers who use digital pinboard platform Pinterest are the most likely to engage with promoted or sponsored posts on social media.
As social platforms fragment, brands need to remain flexible in their paid and organic strategies. Church's Chicken reimagined its social media playbook for changed times. Alan Magee, Vice President,
Digital Marketing & Technology at Church's Chicken, explains how they sought to encourage more than engagement but engender true brand fan love. With campaigns that broke through the clutter Church's
is growing its social footprint and engagement in ways that serve the core business and not just Follows and Likes.
"Brands need to have a balance, but we see campaigns today skewed too much toward performance marketing because this gives them immediate payoff," Kantar Managing Partner of Brand and Marketing for
ROI Satya Menon said.
With so many options, do consumers still fall in love with their brands? Is there loyalty or are people just looking for the next best deal? Beardbrand founder, Eric Bandholz's, believes it's the
former. His plan was to build a brand that his target market identified with right away. So staying true to his commitment to making men "awesome" and a prolific YouTube strategy, Beardbrand quickly
became the go-to source for the underserved bearded community.
Four years ago, HP started the journey by owning its own data. "Getting through legal and procurement took a full year." Then it took on email, "and pulled that one off; now we're pulling in most of
the digital media activation: DSPs, paid social, and paid search."
The brand saw an opportunity to shine a spotlight on grass roots issues; specifically, the protection of public lands and encouraging President Obama to grant monument status to specific areas of
public lands.
It abandoned conventional tactics and created the next trend its ladies would covet, the "Santa Clarita Diet"-a new lifestyle that addressed their biggest passions: professional success, health, and
beauty.
Offering a more in-depth look into the life of a diabetic, a film was embedded into a custom article online to show how the device enables them to live more normal lives without constant
finger-pricking.
The campaign garnered 69MM+ earned media impressions across traditional and cannabis-oriented publications, nearly 16.5MM video views, and reached #1 on Reddit's "/r/funny" even though Canada has only
9MM Millennials
The key to building excitement around this campaign was a comprehensive roll-out across various social channels which started a month before with teaser content.
The team created end-to-end automation in paid media by building an ad tech stack designed as an orchestration and activation layer that sits atop a content and delivery system.