The Passion and Purpose of Magazines
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Is it too soon to consider messaging and assurances outside of COVID? Elliott Millard, head of strategic planning at Wavemaker doesn't think so."We live in a marketing world where the obsession around relevance has reached saturation in the current Covid-19...
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Long Term Benefits for the “Real” Category
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Many business categories have been changed forever by COVID-19. Some have been accelerated into the future; e-commerce, streaming and video games ... all things that can be done from home. But the future is omnichannel and it's the best way...
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Flipping Advertisers into Long Term Partners
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There’s a good trend afoot in our industry, as publishers pivot to a more consultative relationship with their advertisers. The Atlantic is the latest to announce plans to create deeper, more long-lasting partnerships with their advertisers. “This week it’s launching...
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Ad Industry Invites Apple to the Table on IDFA Usage
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Apple’s much-talked-about iOS 14 was supposed to include a major advancement for user privacy… and it was poised to have a massive impact on the digital ad industry.“When iOS 14 rolls out to the public this fall, users would be...
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Apple Hits Pause on Much-anticipated Privacy Feature
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Well, this is a bit of a surprise.Apple’s IOS14 was poised to torpedo the digital ad machine with its anticipated privacy feature that would require developers to get user permission to gather data and track them online. Users were expecting...
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Back-to-School Buying Looks Very Different This Year
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This year’s back-to-school retail season is understandably… a mess. While some categories (like home computers and home office gear) are up, the typical back-to-school rush for new clothes and sneakers and notebooks is facing major disruption as parents grapple with...
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The Pause that Refreshes… Coke Pulls the Plug on FB Ads
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Well, add Coca-Cola to the list of brands that have hit pause on their social media advertising. According to Karlene Lukovitz in MediaPost, the beverage brand halted all social media ads at least through July. The same day, “Dockers and...
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The Facebook Ad Boycott is a Great Opportunity for Publishers
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For the first half of 2020, Disney was Facebook’s biggest spender, according to Suzanne Vranica in the Wall Street Journal. Now, they’ve quietly and dramatically slashed their spending on social platforms. “In the first half of this year, Disney spent...
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The Apple Popup that’s about to Torpedo the Online Ad Industry
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Is Apple about to ruin everything for the digital ad agency? Judging by the collective gasp from agencies and marketers during Apple’s recent WWDC2020 Keynote event, something big just happened. That “thing” is the privacy feature announced during the event...
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The Real Reason Brands are Turning to Long Form Print Ads (Hint: It’s About Trust)
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It’s 2020, and brand messaging matters more now than perhaps at any time in our recent history. And this is fueling a resurgence in long-form print advertising, according to Larry Light writing in Forbes. “In a world of instant messaging,...
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