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🍨 TikTok announces auto-captions, nearly half of Gen Z will buy holiday gifts on social media.


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📌 Google's Marketing Maze: A Quick Dive

Google's gearing up for a hefty makeover, a new dawn in digital advertising that's more than just saying goodbye to the old-school indented search results, a tradition since 2009.

Let's break it down:

1️⃣ Kiss Goodbye to Third-Party Cookies: Google is axing third-party cookies to ramp up user privacy and security, throwing a curveball at the digital ad world's love affair with these tracking gadgets. It's time for advertisers and publishers to dance to a new tune, maybe cozying up to platforms rich in logged-in user data.

2️⃣ Publisher's Pocket Pinch: With the cookie crumble, publishers might see their revenue pie shrink a slice or two. But hey, there's light at the end of the tunnel - embracing privacy-centric solutions like user ID systems (think ID5, Audigent’s Hadron ID) could be their financial fairy godmother.

3️⃣ A Fresh Look for Google's Search Listings: Google’s bid adieu to indented results, favoring a clean, non-indented lineup. Though it's keeping the lid on a site hogging more than two spots, the new look is a small, aesthetic breath of fresh air.

The Nitty-Gritty: It's high time advertisers venture beyond third-party cookies, scouting privacy-friendly alternatives. Despite a revenue raincheck, publishers can find a silver lining with user ID systems. Google’s makeover screams a loud and clear memo for the industry - adapt briskly and think outside the box to keep the digital marketing magic alive and kicking.

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♨️ Navigating Ad Turbulence with Media Mix Modeling (MMM)

In the face of ever-shifting platform outputs, marketing is no walk in the park. Prime Day 2 served up a cocktail of outcomes, spotlighting a morphing ad terrain. The uptick in CPMs, CACs, and a dip in ROAS with a mere sprinkle of an increase in AoV heralds a pricier ad epoch. Enter Media Mix Modeling (MMM), a lighthouse in the fog, fortifying brands and marketers.

Here's the lowdown from Northbeam:

→ Streamlined Spending and Efficiency: Harness MMM to fish out the slack channels, guaranteeing a bang-for-your-buck budget spread and dodging the money pit of less rewarding routes. Grasp the law of diminishing returns to shepherd budget disbursements towards peak effectiveness.

→ All-encompassing Insights and Savvy Forecasting: MMM's lens unveils the dance between awareness drives and conversions. Plus, tap into its crystal ball of forecasting to stay a step ahead of market waves, paving the way for tactful plotting of upcoming campaigns.

→ Privacy Hurdles and Budget Climbing: MMM isn’t just for the big rollers. Even with a modest $300k monthly budget, brands can hop on the benefits bandwagon. Amid the data privacy minefield, it sheds light on precise insights and lays down the roadmap for graduating from smaller budgets to the lofty spending leagues.

In a nutshell: Embracing MMM is akin to handing advertisers the compass in today’s advertising jungle, especially for DTC brands. It’s the golden key to unlocking unseen potential and walking the path of assured strategies.

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🎥TikTok announces that all videos will soon have auto-captions by default.

🕺Survey finds nearly half of Gen Z will buy holiday gifts on social media


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