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Google today pushed back on “radical and sweeping proposals” from the U.S. Department of...
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Zeta Global launched a new AI-powered intelligent mobile solution, as well as an expanded...
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As September drew to a close, so did Oracle Advertising. The withdrawal from the...
In the era of big data, businesses have recognized the value of collecting vast...
Salesforce suffered an outage across a number of instances Tuesday, making some features of...
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On Friday, Google concluded its defense in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit over its...
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Almost a third of brands signing deals with influencers over the last 12 months...
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Salesforce today announced it is buying Zoomin, an enterprise knowledge platform. This is the...
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TikTok is taking a direct shot at Google with the launch of TikTok Search...
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This is the second year that Salesforce’s Dreamforce and HubSpot’s Inbound conferences happened in...
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“Data Cloud is the heartbeat of the Salesforce platform,” said Rahul Auradkar, using Salesforce’s...
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The aroma of freshly ground coffee beans filled the air as I stepped into...
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Your calendar is not just a pretty collection of dates and ideas; it’s the...
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The 2024 U.S. presidential campaign crossed another milestone this week with the first televised...
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With Google’s antitrust jury trial underway, Google claimed the U.S. Department of Justice has a “narrow...
As the second day of the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google got underway,...
Today’s advertisers face a daunting operational challenge: scaling customized, local advertising campaigns across a...
Buyers increased their 2024 ad spend projections to +11.8%, up from +9.5% projected at...
Customer engagement platform Braze launched two new free offerings, Braze for Startups and Braze...
The customer journey for B2B software is long and complex for everything but the...
We’ve come to the end of my series, “Decoding generative AI: A marketer’s guide...
Salesforce announced Thursday it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Own Company for $1.9...
HubSpot’s August 2024 updates focus on helping your teams work more efficiently, connect with...
On Monday, Google and the Justice Department will begin their second antitrust trial of...
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It’s been a bad week for Microsoft’s AI products. On Tuesday, the Wall Street...
Google Ads launched advanced “Performance Planner” plans, now including tailored strategies for YouTube campaigns, focusing on demand...
Despite inflation, a volatile stock market, fragile supply chains and general economic uncertainty, ecommerce...
No company can exist without marketing. And no modern marketer can operate without technology....
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Conference season is in full swing. If you’re spending that much cash, be sure...
A new chapter in Google’s antitrust troubles opened yesterday with Yelp filing a lawsuit...
Salesforce expects the 2024 holiday season to be shorter and more competitive with brands...
Ever since Google threatened to eliminate third-party cookies, there’s been a steady drumbeat that...
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The U.K.’s government is giving teachers AI chatbots to help them “mark and plan...
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The number of smartphone users globally is forecast to hit 7.7 billion by 2027,...
Adobe announced the general availability of Adobe Workfront Planning, a solution that delivers a...
Google today introduced four updates to help retailers ahead of the holiday shopping season....
Composable CDP Hightouch has announced a new enterprise AI product, AI Decisioning, as a...
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The Biden/Harris administration is focusing attention on bad corporate customer experience practices like customer...
Marketers are starting to think big about AI in marketing. Different organizations will take...
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It’s high time big tech resigned itself to the new reality. When it’s making...
On July 24, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a statement that...
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The focus of most B2B companies is developing products and services customers need. Selling...
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Two large publishers, Dotdash Meredith and Ziff Davis, say Google AI Overviews haven’t significantly impacted...
In my last article, we talked about how marketing systems will change with the...
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The IAB Tech Lab announced a change in terminology and an expansion of its...
Tech companies are spending a lot of money on ads about AI, despite tons...
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Today, IAB launched the updated IAB Diligence Platform, a third-party privacy compliance solution available...
Even the best CRM is nearly useless without clean data. Worse still, bad data...
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Data is not a new topic, but it is being revitalized since Google’s announcement...
CMOs and their marketing organizations face a Sisyphean task in managing their ever-expanding martech...
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Google is discontinuing its Smart Campaigns offering and integrating its features into Performance Max...
The growing use of cloud data warehouses will challenge how we think about martech...
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Google’s loss in its federal antitrust case may mean huge changes for the company,...
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A federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and advertising...
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta’s ad revenue was up 22% last quarter. The company’s...
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Adding ads to Prime Video helped Amazon bring in $12.77 billion in digital advertising...
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Gmail’s new spam guidelines are putting email and CRM marketers in a bit of...
Most U.S. digital ad platforms saw slowing ad spending last quarter, according to a...
Canva acquired generative AI content and research startup Leonardo.AI for an undisclosed sum. The...
SurveyMonkey, known for online surveys and feedback management, now offers a packaged suite of...
Is your marketing team overwhelmed and underperforming? It’s time to harness the power of...
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In B2B demand generation, buyer groups are more important than individual buyers. Traditionally, marketers...
After years of back and forth between Google and regulatory bodies, the news finally...
“Are we getting value from our martech?” This million-dollar question plagues marketers, martech managers...
A pair of influencer marketing platforms were acquired by agencies this week, in a...
While 99% of marketers say they’re personally using AI, 67% say a lack of...
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If there’s one sentiment that’s rising to the top among marketers and marketing ops,...
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U.S. Supreme Court rulings don’t often impact marketing, but a decision handed down last...
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PathFactory today acquired the well-known content experience platform Uberflip in a stock-for-stock transaction. PathFactory...
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LinkedIn is preparing to roll out Accelerate, its AI-driven campaign tool, to all advertisers...
Salesforce’s Summer 2024 releases will help teams work smarter, with new product innovations built...
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Sources told Bloomberg that Alphabet’s potential deal to acquire HubSpot is shelved. “Parties didn’t...
Today, CDP BlueConic announced it acquired Jebbit, a software company that helps build interactive...
Microsoft Advertising announced new AI-powered asset recommendations for video ads, with Connected TV ad...
First-party data has become the go-to solution for many marketers grappling with increasing privacy...
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HubSpot says fewer than 50 customer accounts were victims of a breach in late...
Dynamic pricing, once a standard practice in ancient marketplaces, is making a comeback in...
As we bid Google Universal Analytics (UA) its final adieu, we caught up with Product...
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I’m pretty frequently asked some version of this question: “How can we get more...
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While retail media networks (RMNs) continue to evolve, they are fragmented and confusing for...
European Union regulators today said Facebook’s parent Meta violated its Digital Markets Act with...
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