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By Sarah Bregel October 16, 2023 With inflation at an all-time high, every generation is being forced to tighten its purse strings. While that’s true for Gen Z, who say they’re cooking at home rather than going out to eat, shopping less, and sticking to grocery essentials, according to a new Bank of America … Continue reading Is college only less important to white men? Here’s what Gen Z thinks
By Rob Walker September 01, 2023 Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Instacart, the grocery delivery platform that recently filed for an initial public offering, says that it is profitable. That’s an appetizing prospect for investors, who are hungry for new tech IPOs. But the company’s … Continue reading Instacart is only profitable because of its annoying ads
Stack utilization continues to drop even as martech spending continues to grow. The reasons: Lack of training, increasing complexity and no one authority. Constantine von Hoffman on August 28, 2023 Marketers are using only one-third of their martech stack’s capability, according to Gartner’s 2023 Martech Report. That’s down from 42% last year and 58% in … Continue reading Marketers are only using one third of their stack’s capability
Microsoft Will Serve Only Verified Ads Beginning August 1 by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 6, 2023 Microsoft Advertising has an advertising verification requirement that it plans to enforce beginning August 1. The move follows the program’s announcement in June 2022. “We want our customers to have choice and control through transparency, so in addition to … Continue reading Microsoft Will Serve Only Verified Ads Beginning August 1
Twitter’s For You tabbed interface starts rolling out on desktop web browsers Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Twitter’s “For You” tab, which debuted on iOS devices earlier this week, has begun rolling out to desktop web browsers. The new interface replaces the “sparkle” icon that previously allowed you to toggle between the platform’s algorithmically generated and … Continue reading Twitter will soon only recommend paid users in its For You feed
Discussions claiming ChatGPT will solve all our digital marketing problems are missing three key things that only humans can provide. Ryan Phelan on March 2, 2023 Many people writing about ChatGPT have used the gimmick of revealing at the end that it was written by ChatGPT. Not only is it now cliché, it’s a bad … Continue reading Three things ChatGPT needs which only you can provide
Only 19% of those surveyed felt strongly that they had the right technology to execute on personalization efforts. Constantine von Hoffman on February 24, 2023 Only 25% of marketers say they have all the data they need to execute on their personalization strategy, according to a new report from marketing researchers Ascend2. Further, only 19% … Continue reading Only 25% of marketers report having all the data needed for personalization
Valentina Palladino @valentinalucia That tiny webcam on your laptop has probably gotten more use in the last few years than it ever has before. Even if you’re back to taking some of your meetings in the office, chances are that back-to-back Zoom calls are now a permanent part of your professional life. Once an … Continue reading Logitech’s StreamCam is only $100 at Amazon and Best Buy
By Porter Braswell November 24, 2022 When I was raising capital for Jopwell, my first startup, I remember going in to meet with a notable investor at a very well-known firm. I was nervous—so was my cofounder Ryan Williams. And when we walked into the board room our stomachs dropped again. We immediately noticed … Continue reading The hidden power of being “the only” in the room
Inflation is high and unemployment is low. So no one is really sure what consumers will do during the holiday shopping season. Constantine von Hoffman on November 23, 2022 Online shoppers spent $ 64.59 billion for the first three weeks in November — a 0.1% increase from the same period last year, according to Adobe … Continue reading November online spending up only 0.1% heading into Black Friday
