That's a good point. Rahul Chadha (08:14):. Conversation too. Marcus Johnson (08:15):. Well. So then does it matter if they're clearly labeled? You mentioned, that's just such a good point because there are California, were they using AI watermarks? Did that legislation get passed?
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| Feb 7, 2025
Consumers are using the internet and social media to a great extent for healthcare purposes. Here’s what healthcare and pharma marketers need to know about how online-acquired information influences patient action.
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| Apr 26, 2024
It just feels like the path that a lot of these digital platforms seem to be taking, and they all seem to be copying one another.
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| Nov 22, 2024
Bulletin bored: Facebook doesn’t have a good track record recently with platform innovation, as evidenced by pivots from its podcasting and live audio platforms. The decision to shelve Bulletin feels like another one of these failed ventures.
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| Oct 12, 2022
Consumers spent a record-breaking $314.9 billion online globally during this year’s Cyber Five, according to Salesforce.
But there’s lots more to learn beyond top-line sales numbers—from Target's Taylor Swift-fueled Black Friday surge to Gen Z's big spending habits.
Here are five key stats on Cyber Five performance you may have missed and what they mean for the rest of the holiday season.
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| Dec 9, 2024
Home goods, household essentials, and apparel and shoes were top sellers. Nearly three in 10 (28% of) shoppers purchased home goods, while 26% went for essentials and 24% bought apparel and shoes. Amazon was the big ecommerce winner. Online sales at retailers not named Amazon fell 7% on the first day of Prime Day compared with 2022, per Salesforce.
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| Jul 13, 2023
In other words, good content will lead to searchers staying on brand sites when they get there, which will help with page rank. Keep in mind: The leak, if credible, does show inconsistencies in Google’s messaging.
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| May 29, 2024
Consumer packaged goods (CPG): Includes food products, household products, packaged goods, tobacco, personal care products, toiletries, and cosmetic products.
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| Sep 27, 2023
When it was asked to initiate returns of purchased goods, Claude failed a third of the time. Anthropic prevented Claude from accessing the web during training to avoid risky behavior such as posting on social media or interacting with government websites, per TechCrunch. “We encourage developers to begin exploration with low-risk tasks,” the company cautioned.
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| Oct 23, 2024
During a digital ad downturn, livestream ecommerce could be a lifeline for driving alternative revenues. “You can get consumers to go directly from discovery to purchase in a very short period with very clear and direct attribution,” said senior analyst Sky Canaves. The challenge: TikTok and other platforms with livestream shopping need buy-in from users.
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| Mar 23, 2023
On today’s podcast, we discuss the ĢAV report, 9 Pivotal Shifts in AI, Regulation, and Advertising That Will Change the Business Landscape. Our analysts will compete in the Great Behind The Numbers Take Off – Top Trends edition, borrowing from the television show, The Great British Bake Off. In the Take Off, we will talk in-depth about how retail media, social and AI will undercut traditional search and will governments protect children from digital ad giants. Listen to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and Analyst Bill Fisher. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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| Jan 6, 2025
Well, you make good points about the consolidation and things becoming more centralized, but I feel like over the past year it's gotten more confusing. So we're still a ways away from it getting simplified. The year, the yearly stuff does keep you locked in long. I mean I signed up yearly for Max and I felt like I was probably more committed to it.
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| Jun 10, 2024
Travel’s Strong Prospects Mean That Search Ad Spending Is Once Again on Healthy Footing—Good News for Google. Search ad spending has been trending down as a share of overall digital ad spending in the US.
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| Sep 20, 2022
Your one-stop-shop for travel industry digital metrics in 2023.
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| Oct 13, 2023
Check the number of users: A high user count doesn’t ensure a perfect GPT, but it’s a good sign people are getting the outcomes they want. Beware of duplicates: The GPT Store may feature copycats. Make sure the tool you’re using is not a dupe by verifying the creator. Validate where data comes from: A GPT is only as good as the data it uses.
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| Jan 25, 2024
Digital continues to eat share, with CTV leading the charge. Adults will spend nearly 3 hours more per day with digital media than with traditional media this year. The gap will only increase, and digital will claim nearly 65% of US daily media time by 2025. The digital/traditional time split was roughly 50/50 as recently as 2019.
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| Jul 11, 2023
Key stat: Two-thirds of Americans at least somewhat agree that tariffs, often threatened by President Trump, will raise prices on goods they buy.
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| Jan 24, 2025
“There’s a lot to feel good about when it comes to Meta right now,” said Insider Intelligence principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson.
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| Jul 27, 2023
Brands selling goods via social channels will want to answer customer questions and send them AI-aided paid or organic marketing messages within platforms. And consumers are open to customer service interactions happening on social media.
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| Jan 7, 2025
I mean the value of the service despite having two price increases in the last year or so, or a little over a year at this point, is still extremely good. And I think the fact that user growth, even though it was 12%, that is still pretty good for the quarter immediately after a price increase, or subscriber growth rather, excuse me. Marcus Johnson (04:53):.
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| Nov 19, 2024
If people online are talking about your brand’s ick or “catching the ick” from your brand, it’s not good news. It likely means you need to listen and change. Mother: If something or someone “is mother,” they’re doing something right. Derived from Black and Latino LGBT+ slang (as many terms used widely online are), a mother or something that is “mothering” is influential, iconic, and culture-shaping.
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| Jan 4, 2024
Marketplace is what makes Facebook a leader in social commerce, which isn’t all good for Meta. On the one hand, it’s a helpful tool during an economic downturn; on the other, Meta has trouble actually profiting from these consumer-to-consumer sales. 3. What about brand participation? Brand participation in online resale has skyrocketed, according to thredUP.
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| Mar 21, 2023
“The key to the future of the internet is being able to strike that balance between preserving that participatory nature and increasing access to good information,” Robyn Caplan, senior researcher at Data & Society, told NBC. The bigger picture: The SCOTUS cases could potentially usher in a new reality for the internet, but there’s no clear indication on how the justices might rule.
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| Oct 6, 2022
With some legacy identifiers already in the history books and the rest on the chopping block, the digital ad industry is finally getting serious about adopting targeting and measurement practices that don’t rely on cookies and mobile IDs.
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| Mar 29, 2023
Temu’s appeal: Like Shein, Temu offers goods at incredibly low prices—although Temu’s offerings go beyond clothing to include electronics, household goods, and toys, among other categories. Unlike Shein, Temu is leaning on Pinduoduo’s relationships with over 11 million suppliers and manufacturers to expand the number of merchants and merchandise on its platform.
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| Oct 24, 2022