January 21, 2020

At a time when brand purpose and brands standing for positive change is gaining traction in marketing and elsewhere, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is being condemned for another ‘sexist’ ad. Collective Shout has condemned a new KFC TV ad for […]

January 20, 2020

This month, performance marketing agency Merkle launched New Stream Media, a service aimed at helping retailers develop and support media programs to monetize their customer data and sell advertising on and off of their own websites. The need. The offering […]

January 17, 2020

Media plan ROI will take center stage as more dollars move to digital in 2020. Previously, linear budgets were often allocated based on content adjacency and GRPs, with measurement coming in the form of share of voice and years-long media […]

January 17, 2020

With the longest U.S. economic growth span on record, one might think the wheels may be about to come off of the economy — and marketing spend along with it. Not so, says Bruce Biegel, senior marketing partner at The […]

January 16, 2020

Ask a lot of marketers about their YouTube SEO strategy, and you’ll get a blank stare. Most marketers invest in optimizing their website SEO, but they miss the massive opportunity to rank their video content on YouTube. YouTube SEO may […]

January 16, 2020

All the signs are that 2020 is going to be a turbulent, challenging year for marketers — digital marketers in particular. That’s the cold reality. But like a New Year’s Day polar bear plunge, a dose of cold reality can […]

January 16, 2020

Personalized marketing campaigns have been a hot topic for some time now and for good reason—getting personal with your leads will help you close more deals. And since the stakes are high, it’s no wonder that 65% of B2B buyers […]

January 15, 2020

LinkedIn revealed three new features for pages Wednesday: invite to follow, LinkedIn Live and the ability for page administrators to share updates from either their profiles or their pages, directly via the professional network’s homepage. The company said in a […]

January 15, 2020

Google’s plan to drop support for third-party cookies has been expected since last year amid announcements that included its proposed privacy sandbox, but the two-year deadline is new and could compound on the already high pressures impacting ad-tech vendors, publishers […]

January 14, 2020

The “opioid epidemic” is a concept too large to fathom for many, with phrases like “tearing families apart” and “devastating communities” losing their meaning after repeated use. So, when marketers at Optum, a health services and innovation company, decided to […]