What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowers this Valentine's Day

AI & Automation What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowers this Valentine's Day

5y Mike O'Brien

What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowe...

An early adopter with one of the first retail toll-free numbers, 1-800-Flowers is leaning in to AI for its version of the Super Bowl: Valentine's Day....

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Super Bowl ads cost millions of dollars. Are they worth it?

Strategy & Leadership Super Bowl ads cost millions of dollars. Are they worth it?

5y Mike O'Brien

Super Bowl ads cost millions of dollars. Are they ...

Though Super Bowl ads are guaranteed attention, they don't necessarily guarantee sales. But they can, particularly when emotion meets actionability. R...

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Super Bowl Sunday and SEO: The importance of search during the Big Game

Search Marketing Super Bowl Sunday and SEO: The importance of search during the Big Game

5y Mike O'Brien

Super Bowl Sunday and SEO: The importance of searc...

SEO is crucial during the Super Bowl, both for $5 million-dollar advertisers and companies hoping to appear in local search results. Read More...

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ClickZ's Super Bowl LII winners, with a technology twist

Digital Advertising ClickZ's Super Bowl LII winners, with a technology twist

6y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ's Super Bowl LII winners, with a technology...

"Super Bowl winners" is usually based on the public's favorite ads, which often involve puppies tugging at the heartstrings. This year, we're focusing...

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Agility, innovation and guacamole: Q+A with Avocados From Mexico's Ivonne Kinser

Digital Advertising Agility, innovation and guacamole: Q+A with Avocados From Mexico's Ivonne Kinser

6y Mike O'Brien

Agility, innovation and guacamole: Q+A with Avocad...

Avocados From Mexico is back for its fourth Super Bowl and this year's campaign is its biggest yet. Just before the game, we talked to Ivonne Kinser, ...

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18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA in 2017

Content 18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA in 2017

6y Tereza Litsa

18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA...

2017 is almost over and it’s time to review some of the best marketing campaigns of the year. What made them special and what can we learn from them? ...

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Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary Meeker

Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary Meeker

8y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary ...

Mary Meeker's annual trends report was full of interesting stats. Here are six about Snapchat that demonstrate what a threat the platform poses to Fac...

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How to find the right 'tradigital' fit for your brand

How to find the right 'tradigital' fit for your brand

8y Emily Alford

How to find the right 'tradigital' fit for your br...

The most important point about bridging traditional and digital marketing is that marketing is ultimately about retention, not acquisition. Read More...

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Throwback Thursday: Minnesota pride for SapientNitro's John Biondi

Throwback Thursday: Minnesota pride for SapientNitro's John Biondi

8y Mike O'Brien

Throwback Thursday: Minnesota pride for SapientNit...

A favorite ad John Biondi, Midwest creative lead at SapientNitro, is the 1999 campaign that helped Target transcend being "every bit as cool as the do...

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Agencies lack the diversity of the ads they create

Agencies lack the diversity of the ads they create

8y Mike O'Brien

Agencies lack the diversity of the ads they create

New research from BabyCenter shows that consumers love diversity in advertising. But there isn't much of it behind-the-scenes, which came up during a ...

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Q&A: GoDaddy's Phil Bienert talks "tradigital"

Q&A: GoDaddy's Phil Bienert talks "tradigital"

8y Tetyana Miroshnichenko

Q&A: GoDaddy's Phil Bienert talks "tradigital"

With ClickZ Live New York around the corner, we spoke with Phil Bienert, CMO of GoDaddy about merging traditional and digital marketing, as well as so...

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The digital download: Video reigns supreme before Valentine's Day

The digital download: Video reigns supreme before Valentine's Day

8y Mike O'Brien

The digital download: Video reigns supreme before ...

Video was a big topic in this week’s industry news, as Twitter and Instagram introduce new offerings,  and YouTube released its monthly list of ...

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Big Game growth hacking: spotlight on Avocados From Mexico's Ivonne Kinser

Big Game growth hacking: spotlight on Avocados From Mexico's Ivonne Kinser

8y Mike O'Brien

Big Game growth hacking: spotlight on Avocados Fro...

Despite not being one of the juggernauts, Avocados From Mexico made a big impression during the Super Bowl. Meet Ivonne Kinser, who heads the company&...

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Super Bowl 50: Winners and losers

Super Bowl 50: Winners and losers

8y Mike O'Brien

Super Bowl 50: Winners and losers

How was Super Bowl 50 for advertisers? Hyundai and Doritos dominated the USA Today Ad Meter, while medicinal brands grossed us out. Read More...

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Throwback Thursday: Acura's Leila Cesario reminisces the most 'super' Super Bowl ads

Throwback Thursday: Acura's Leila Cesario reminisces the most 'super' Super Bowl ads

8y Mike O'Brien

Throwback Thursday: Acura's Leila Cesario reminisc...

With the big game coming up on Sunday, this week’s Throwback Thursday is all about Super Bowl ads, obviously! Acura’s Leila Cesario recall...

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Super Bowl ad preview... superlatives edition!

Super Bowl ad preview... superlatives edition!

8y Mike O'Brien

Super Bowl ad preview... superlatives edition!

The Super Bowl is one of the year’s most competitive events, so why not make the ad preview into a competition, too? Here are ClickZ‘s 10 ...

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What 50 years of Super Bowl advertising has taught us

What 50 years of Super Bowl advertising has taught us

8y Sanjay Dholakia

What 50 years of Super Bowl advertising has taught...

Analyzing the evolution of Super Bowl advertising campaigns provides relevant insight that is highly useful for today's marketers. Read More...

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It’s time to make online ads good again; the industry depends on it

It’s time to make online ads good again; the industry depends on it

8y Tessa Wegert

It’s time to make online ads good again; the indus...

What factors play into a digital ad's quality? How can marketers consistently deliver content that meets today's standards for good advertising? Read ...

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Do brands need Super Bowl ads anymore?

Do brands need Super Bowl ads anymore?

8y Mike O'Brien

Do brands need Super Bowl ads anymore?

Super Bowl ads are crazy expensive and get most of their attention before the game these days. But that's still a lot of attention, as well as the ...

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Programmatic TV: on the bench or just warming up?

Programmatic TV: on the bench or just warming up?

8y Eric Wheeler

Programmatic TV: on the bench or just warming up?

Will programmatic ads be the real champion of the upcoming Super Bowl? Read More...

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The digital download: YouTube ads go real-time, while Facebook woos publishers

The digital download: YouTube ads go real-time, while Facebook woos publishers

8y Yuyu Chen

The digital download: YouTube ads go real-time, wh...

News of the week features YouTube’s two Super Bowl advertising programs, Facebook’s new features, AOL’s identity crisis and ClickZ’s first intelligenc...

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Seven of our favorite stats of the week

Seven of our favorite stats of the week

8y Mike O'Brien

Seven of our favorite stats of the week

Featuring figures from eMarketer, Snapchat and the Super Bowl, here are seven important industry stats from the last week. Read More...

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Why are ads with animals so appealing?

Why are ads with animals so appealing?

8y Mike O'Brien

Why are ads with animals so appealing?

Analyzing 5,000 branded videos, Unruly Media recently compiled a list of the 10 that were shared the most on social. One common theme was animals. But...

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And our favorite ads of 2015 are...

And our favorite ads of 2015 are...

8y Team ClickZ

And our favorite ads of 2015 are...

For our final Ads of the Week, the whole ClickZ editorial team joined together for this one, each sharing one or two of our favorites from the whole y...

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The 10 most cringeworthy social fails of 2015

The 10 most cringeworthy social fails of 2015

8y Mike O'Brien

The 10 most cringeworthy social fails of 2015

For the second year, ClickZ ranks the top 10 social media fails from brands like Starbucks and Tinder, which range from embarrassing to egregiously of...

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Getting it right with social when everything we know is wrong

Getting it right with social when everything we know is wrong

8y Chris Copeland

Getting it right with social when everything we kn...

Though still relatively new to the marketing sphere, social media has undergone many incarnations. As a communication tool, what is its true branding ...

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How can marketers combat the mobile ad viewability issue?

How can marketers combat the mobile ad viewability issue?

8y Mike O'Brien

How can marketers combat the mobile ad viewability...

The amount of money mobile marketers lose due to a lack of viewability is substantial, but unsurprising. Awareness of the imperfections within current...

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