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Effie Case Study: How Tinder’s Turnaround Started ‘With a Swipe’

As Tinder’s first global work, the ads didn’t shy away from the app’s hookup rep, but showed that connections made there can lead to something more meaningful.

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Musk’s Cannes Charm Offensive Falls Flat as Marketers Doubt X Brand Safety Improvements 

The number of companies advertising on X dipped 11% year-over-year, from nearly 12,000 in 2023 to 10,600 in 2024.

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Ad Spend Growth Slows While Some Usage Stalls: TikTok Stats Since the Ban Threat

TikTok's user growth, especially among younger people, is flagging.

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Brands Fear TikTok Shops Promo Pullback Will Dent Revenue

Not all brands are eager to join TikTok Shop precisely because the platform controls the pricing of product discounts.

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Unifying Brand and Performance Marketing With Meta

Insights from CMO Alex Schultz on why all marketing is performance-based.

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Elon Musk’s Advertiser Apology Tour Begins at Cannes

Elon Musk took a softer tone with advertisers at Cannes Lions as he tried to win back brands that had fled X.

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Meta Unveils Threads API and New AI Tools at Cannes

GenAI chatbot and paid ads come to Messenger.

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Pinterest Is the Latest to Offer an AI-Powered Media Buying Tool, Called (Naturally) Performance+

Pinterest is introducing Performance+, its version of AI-powered media buying tools similar to Meta Advantage+ and Google Performance Max.

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Spotify’s Biggest Campaign Since ‘Wrapped’ Is Deeply Personal and Relatable

Spotify's largest marketing campaign since Wrapped is similarly personalized and data-driven.

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TikTok Shop Has Become a Huge Online Beauty Retailer as the Category Has Grown

In just nine months since it hit the market, TikTok's in-app shopping tool has given top beauty retailers a run for their money.

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Disillusioned DTC Brands Reject Walled Garden Measurement

Performance marketers have been using third-party solutions to measure campaign performance instead of relying on platform metrics.

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5 Reveals From Google’s Leaked Search Docs

A leak of 2,500 internal documents, which Google has confirmed are real, sheds some light on the workings of its search engine.

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Snapchat Bolsters Lower Funnel Tools for Performance Marketers

The social media platform is also launching state-level political targeting.

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TikTok Unveils New Self-Serve and AI-Powered Ad Automation Tools

TikTok has added tools to make it quicker and easier for marketers to create relevant ads on the platform.

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Google Expands Advertising Into AI Search Engine

At Google Marketing Live, the search giant shared its vision for an AI-enhanced ad experience, though was light on details about media buying.