Advertising Technology Articles
Advertising technology (AdTech) encompasses the tools, platforms, and strategies businesses use to effectively deliver paid and display advertising to their target audiences. AdTech solutions help companies optimize ad campaigns, track performance, and maximize ROI across various digital channels. Key subtopics within AdTech include programmatic advertising, real-time bidding, ad serving, targeting, and measurement. Whether you’re a small business owner or a marketing executive at a large corporation, staying informed about the latest AdTech trends and best practices is crucial for success in today’s digital landscape. Explore the articles below to learn more about how AdTech can help you reach your advertising goals.
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Douglas KarrJul 27, 2025
Seriously… Why Are You Still Doing These Things
Marketing today is more capable, automated, and data-driven than ever—but most teams are still chasing activity over outcomes. It’s not a lack of intelligence or resources holding companies back. It’s a distraction. It’s noise. It’s the endless pursuit of the next thing instead of committing to the right thing. We work with sophisticated organizations across industries. Their challenge isn’t access…
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Douglas KarrJul 25, 2025
Improvado: Unify 500+ Data Sources and Maximize Your ROAS with Automated Marketing Reporting
Making sense of fragmented data across dozens of platforms is one of the most frustrating challenges for marketing teams today. Reports are inconsistent, dashboards are bloated with vanity metrics, and strategic decisions are often delayed due to siloed insights. Teams are stuck wasting time on data hygiene and report building when they should be optimizing campaigns and improving performance. Improvado…
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Douglas KarrJul 25, 2025
Avoiding Marketing Automation Pitfalls: Preparing for AI-Driven Model Connection Platforms
Marketing automation is undergoing a seismic shift. What once relied on static workflows and rule-based triggers is now being reimagined through the lens of AI—specifically, with agentic AI, predictive modeling, and generative content engines (GenAI) becoming integral to campaign execution. At the heart of this transformation is the emergence of the MCP: a new orchestration layer designed to connect, route,…
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Traci WillJul 22, 2025
Buying Into CTV Is a Start—But Consumption Demands More
For the first time, streaming TV viewership surpassed both cable and broadcast combined in May 2025, with Connected TV (CTV) accounting for 44.8% of total TV viewing in the U.S. Variety Whether this milestone is an anomaly remains to be seen—will it hold through the NFL, NHL, and the fall broadcast debut season? Either way, this massive market penetration can’t be ignored.…
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Douglas KarrJul 18, 2025
How Social Media Apps Use Location-Based Data… and Why It Matters For Your Business
For years, many business owners have encouraged customers to check in at their physical locations, tag themselves on social media, share photos, or use branded hashtags as a form of digital word-of-mouth (WOM). These tactics are still valid in many cases, but what most businesses fail to realize is that location-based data in social media goes far beyond public check-ins.…
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Douglas KarrJul 17, 2025
Picsart: Create Scroll-Stopping Ads in Minutes with AI-Powered Workflows
Creating high-performing ads across multiple channels can be time-consuming and expensive. Marketers are expected to be copywriters, designers, analysts, and campaign strategists—all at once. What’s more, the pressure to launch quickly, scale effortlessly, and outshine competitors is only growing. That’s where an intelligent and flexible ad creation platform can be a game-changer. Picsart Ad Maker Picsart Ad Maker is an…
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Douglas KarrJul 16, 2025
The Evolution of Personalization: From Merge Tags to AI-Powered Experiences
What began as Dear {FirstName} has transformed into dynamic, predictive, generative, and increasingly immersive personalization. Organizations with personalization programs supported at the C-level are 2x more likely to report high ROI. Forrester Sophisticated retailers and businesses now operate within a layered experience ecosystem: identity resolution, predictive decisioning, generative messaging, immersive AR/VR entry points, and AI-powered virtual assistants (VA) that accompany…
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Douglas KarrJul 16, 2025
Google Ads Location Assets: A Powerful Tool for Marketers with a Local or Retail Footprint
I’m not sure there’s a spot on the SERP that isn’t being filled with ads nowadays. It reminds me of the newspaper industry, where news ultimately became the filler between ads. Personally, this is disappointing. Organic search promised to provide good visibility for companies based on their reputation, not their ad budget. But alas… pay-to-play is where everything is evolving,…
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Douglas KarrJul 13, 2025
illumin: Unify Programmatic, Social, and Email in One Ad Platform
Fragmented advertising tools and channel silos make it nearly impossible to deliver seamless customer experiences. Marketers are constantly juggling multiple platforms, struggling to extract insights, and racing to adapt campaigns to ever-changing behavior. The challenge isn’t finding data—it’s turning it into decisions, fast. illumin illumin is a journey-based advertising platform that empowers marketers to unify their programmatic, email, and social…
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Ken HarlanJul 8, 2025
Apple and Google Accelerate the Collapse of Open Web – What’s Next?
The open web as we know it is under siege, and the latest confirmed news and rumblings from Apple and Google may be the final nails in the coffin. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple is expected to unveil a new AI search product or capability. Much like Google’s Gemini-powered results, this move signals a rapid shift away from traditional, link-based discovery…