On Monday, IBM debuted Watson Ads Builder, a self-service conversational ads platform developed specifically for marketers. The new software seeks to enable digital marketers to deliver highly personalized, one-to-one interactions with consumers through display ads. “Consumer expectations are shifting, and people expect the ability to communicate with brands on demand,” said Jeremy Hlavacek, Head of Revenue […]...

Apple is doubling down on privacy as a differentiator against Android. Yesterday at Apple’s WWDC conference the company emphasized privacy and announced two features of iOS 13 that give users more control over their data: “just once” location sharing and sign-in with Apple. Just once location sharing. Just once sharing joins, “never,” “while using the […]...

U.S. advertisers spent an all-time high of $479 million on podcast ads in 2018, up 53% from $314 million the year prior, according to research by IAB and PwC. The report also predicts that domestic podcast marketplace revenues will double to over $1 billion by 2021. via PwC’s 2018 Podcast Ad Revenue Study Why we […]...

Last week, outdoor clothing brand The North Face and its ad agency Leo Burnett Tailor Made, came under fire after the agency updated images on Wikipedia pages for popular travel destinations. The efforts were part of a campaign to get The North Face branding at the top of Google image search results when anyone searched […]...

Google has reacted to Amazon’s market dominance with a Smart Bidding solution that is designed to simplify bid management and product advertising. Yet in an environment where an AI-driven solution is making all the bid decisions, how can retailers differentiate? Join Crealytics founder and CEO Andreas Reiffen as he discusses how leading retailers can survive […]...

Over the past few weeks, senior-level marketers like you have told us the workplace challenges and pain points they’ve faced… and the creative and practical solutions they’ve devised to overcome them. Those journeys are the foundation of the newly redesigned MarTech® agenda. Marketing experts of all stripes will tackle some of the most vexing aspects of […]...

Facebook introduced several new Video Creation Kit features Tuesday, including a tool that will automatically create multiple versions of a video with different aspect ratios. Video advertisers will also have access to new templates, more font options, seasonal stickers and a new feature to save works in progress. Tool to resize videos. Facebook is making […]...

This column will be tough for me to write because, after 20 years of being in marketing, something happened to me that changed the way I see our industry. It gave me new insight into situations that women face every day. I’ve heard them talk about it, but I didn’t understand it until it happened […]...

Instagram is rolling out branded content ads to all advertisers, making it possible for brands to create ads using organic posts from the influencers they have relationships with. The company said the branded content ads will be available to all advertisers over the coming weeks, and branded content ads for Stories will roll out over […]...