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How Much Does a Super Bowl Ad Cost [& Does It Get ROI]? A Data-Backed Deep Dive

Hubspot Marketing

and Canadian advertisers spent an estimated $69 billion on TV advertising. The top 10 TV advertisers in the U.S. million in 2017 ($20.1 In 2007 (Colts 29 - Chicago Bears 17), ads averaged $2.39m ($3.72m today); in 2017, it was $5m ($6.5m Advertisers] hire these big celebrities. Thats the GDP of Costa Rica.

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EU hits Google with $2.6 billion fine in antitrust case

Martech

The fine comes from a 2017 case in which regulators said Google abused its dominant market position in favoring its own shopping comparison service. “We We made changes back in 2017 to comply with the European Commission’s decision. We are disappointed with the decision of the Court,” a Google spokesperson told CNBC on Tuesday.

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Are marketers trusting AI too much? How to avoid the strategic pitfall

Martech

Dig deeper: Mitigating the risks of generative AI by putting a human in the loop Using AI to enhance, not replace, strategic thinking In 2017, I wrote an article on how Amazon had become the default search engine for buyers who knew what they wanted based on our research on buying behavior. By 2020, it had grown to over 10%.

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WhatsApp advertising is officially happening

illumin

How can WhatsApp advertising potentially impact its users? In 2023 , it was reported that Meta initially was exploring ways to bring advertising to WhatsApp. No gimmicks! ” The company now says its decision to shift away from that stance comes from identifying a space for advertising that doesn’t disrupt private messaging.

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20+ Top Social Media Sites and Platforms to Grow Your Brand in 2024

Buffer Marketing

More than  200 million businesses  (mostly small businesses) use Facebook tools, and  more than seven million advertisers  actively promote their business on Facebook, which makes it a pretty safe bet if you want to have a presence on social media.  Many brands use Twitter as an alternate customer service channel.

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The Google monopoly verdict: More industry reactions

Martech

With Google ruled a monopoly in the world of search, reactions from the search advertising world continue to pour in. Also, this case was as much about setting the table for the Google advertising case that goes to trial in September. As the ruling stated “search text ads are a monopoly” but search advertising was not.

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Essity is still fighting the good fight against period advertising taboos

The Drum

Ahead of the launch of its next campaign, The Drum sits down with Tanja Grubner, global marketing director for periodcare, to hear why a taboo-busting approach to advertising is needed now more than ever. But, she recalls, neither the company nor the marketing team behaved particularly fearlessly.