So looking to China, Alibaba, Taobao, big e-commerce platform, they have a pretty good model they introduced a few years ago with the pandemic. They really had to make sure that seniors could use mobile apps for e-commerce as well. They added features like voice shopping and simplified navigation and more support features.
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| May 16, 2023
Ad pitch: LinkedIn is also incorporating AI into its ad business with tools to help B2B marketers optimize campaigns and ad targeting. The black box AI tool, called Accelerate, analyzes factors like user behavior, website visits, and video views, then automatically adjusts campaigns to increase conversion rates.
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| Jan 15, 2025
Nearly half (48.4%) of Amazon Fresh shoppers try new grocery products multiple times per month, according to an Insider Intelligence survey.
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| Sep 28, 2023
“These robots, if you watch them participate in an ecommerce transaction, they cannot be upsold,” Buhler said. AI agents are reminiscent of how search algorithms and programmatic advertising have changed decision-making. Both of these shifts have forced marketers (both B2C and B2B) to find ways to game technology to stay attractive, even when some element of consumer choice is taken away.
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| Apr 11, 2024
Nearly one-third of B2B marketers (31%) reported using AI for chatbots, coding, and design, per a November Sagefrog Marketing Group survey. In a January Ascend2 survey, personalization (38%), ad optimization (34%), and customer service chatbots (31%) ranked as the highest use cases for AI.
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| Feb 15, 2024
LinkedIn introduces new marketing tools: Video ads and AI integration enhance B2B engagement and efficiency.
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| Jun 5, 2024
While the non-intrusive format is an attractive play, a clear downside is the creative brevity, said Michael Katrenak, media director at B2B agency Transmission. Pause ads can support brand recall and frequency, but more involved storytelling is crucial in building memorable brands, he said. “I don’t think it’s the time to tell a story,” said Katrenak.
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| Feb 11, 2025
Ecommerce traffic is the foundation of retail media 1.0, where in-market online shoppers search for products and brands and convert into buyers, fueling retail media’s powerful closed-loop measurement. We asked respondents to evaluate two dimensions of ecommerce traffic: traffic scale and traffic quality. Amazon Ads ranked No. 1 in traffic.
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| Sep 12, 2023
Respondents included B2B or B2C brand marketers and agencies at companies, or had clients, who spent $500K+ in digital advertising during the past 12 months.
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| Nov 18, 2024
More Chart of the Day:. 9/26 - Everybody loves YouTube. 9/25 - Show me the app money. 9/22 - B2B digital ad spend growth lags. 9/21 - Subscribe and save. 9/20 - Banking on traditional. Note: Respondents were asked, "Which generative AI platforms are local marketers experimenting with most?".
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| Sep 27, 2023
On today’s special edition podcast, we discuss how marketers and advertisers are beginning to treat influencer marketing as a need-to-have as more serious industries from B2B to politics and healthcare are developing their own creator strategies. This discussion is from the keynote of ĢAV’s The Creator Economy Trends 2025 and is hosted by Vice President and Principal Analyst Jasmine Enberg and Principal Analyst Sarah Marzano. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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| Feb 13, 2025
Disruption could be greatest for healthcare and B2B tech. On May 30, 2024, AI Overviews were shown for almost two-thirds (63%) of healthcare-related queries and nearly a third (32%) of B2B tech searches, according to BrightEdge. But they were shown in virtually none of the restaurant- and travel-related queries.
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| Jun 26, 2024
OpenAI rolls out free search to capture shoppers during a peak ecommerce season, offering price comparisons and product links just when consumers need them most
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| Dec 17, 2024
Younger B2B buyers are the main reason marketers need to refresh their social media marketing strategies. Brands maintain support for Pride despite anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment. Advertisers win with TikTok’s Creative Challenge—but creators' gains uncertain. Brand execs from Forever 21, Abercrombie & Fitch, and more talk AI, Gen Z, and D2C.
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| Jul 6, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what the high-income shoppers path-to-purchase looks like and how best to market to them. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Senior Analyst Sky Canaves and Analyst Paola Flores-Marquez.
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| Nov 20, 2024
B2B email marketing is already ingrained with AI technology. But marketers still need to overcome challenges, adopt innovative strategies, and embrace this technology as a helpful and increasingly essential tool.
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| Mar 7, 2024
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| Jun 12, 2024
Source: LinkedIn; Ascend2; Sprinklr; TopRank Marketing
While its B2B focus means LinkedIn is governed by a slightly different logic than its competitors, it continues to try and steal pages from their playbooks: Its expansion of Thought Leader ads in April suggests it is trying to build an ecosystem for influencers. Pinterest will continue to make itself hospitable to ecommerce advertisers.
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| Apr 29, 2024
More Chart of the Day:. 8/26 - Digital commerce’s pay day. 8/25 - Social video slows. 8/24 - The rise and fall of ecommerce growth. 8/23 - Programmatic OOH watch. 8/22 - Gen Z’s social motivators. Methodology: Data is from the August 2023 Mavrck "Creator Compensation Report." 689 US content creators ages 18+ were surveyed during June 2023.
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| Aug 28, 2023
B2B marketers are taking a cautious approach toward data investments. For marketing at scale, generative AI’s use hinges on trust and the human touch. Interoperability, the right evaluation criteria are key to identity solution adoption.
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| Nov 2, 2023
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| Nov 1, 2023
Yeah, that's like how couch D2C's work, which is a totally different way of shopping. And even that doesn't necessarily work great for couch D2C's. So it's a wild strategy. How do those competitors compare to Nike? Zak Stambor (08:54):. Yeah, they're all doing pretty well. Whereas Nike is not.
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| Nov 13, 2024
Once a staid B2B platform, LinkedIn is increasingly becoming a destination for creators, short-form video, and personal branding. This has made the platform more mainstream, and has opened additional opportunities for advertisers, particularly on the B2C side. We expect LinkedIn to surpass $5 billion in US ad revenues next year. Reddit is capturing more interest.
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| May 2, 2025
A 2023 study found only 5% of B2B marketers were using genAI to produce videos, a stark contrast to the 51% who used it for brainstorming and the 45% for researching headlines. However, a Capgemini report from October suggests a shift in perspective, with CMOs and executives worldwide predicting image and video generation will rise to a mainstream generative AI application in the next few years.
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| Feb 15, 2024
But did you know ĢAV also has a division focused on B2B media solutions? Partner with ĢAV today and connect your brand messaging with our powerful audiences. Visit ĢAV.com slash advertise to learn more. (00:27):. Hello everyone and welcome to the Banking & Payment Show: Behind the Numbers podcast from ĢAV. Today is November 12th, 2024.
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| Nov 12, 2024