Sound is everywhere. It fills the in-between moments, fuels our routines and connects us emotionally in ways that no other medium can. Yet, for all that time and attention we give to audio, ad dollars haven't kept pace. This is what I call the "sound gap," the persistent disparity between the time consumers spend listening and the investment advertisers make in reaching them. For more than 30 years, I've dedicated my career to closing the sound gap. Now is the time.
It should not be complicated to market your business online, but many small business owners find it that way. Between platforms, algorithms, and constant updates, it's very easy to lose time and confidence when you're trying to manage everything. That's the challenge Digital Gurus was created to solve. This UK-based marketing platform promises a simple step-by-step process that makes ordering a digital campaign really simple to follow.
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After hitting an all-time high of $525.15 in February, AppLovin Corp.'s ( NASDAQ: APP) share price tumbled more than 35% due to a pending class action lawsuit and to short seller reports. However, the software company's better-than-expected quarterly reports this year have given the stock a boost. The stock hit a new high of $745.61 in September. Even after retreating recently, AppLovin stock is still 60.1% higher than a year ago, outperforming the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in that time.
Google Maps is one of the most valuable digital marketing tools available to your business, particularly if you're using the Google Local Pack. The Google Local Pack displays top-ranked business listings in a user's local area. So, when searching for "hairstylists near me" or "Italian food in my area," a user sees their local best-ranked and reviewed listings for salons or Italian restaurants at the very top of the search results page, along with a map.
Ad revenue invested behind creator-generated content is expected to top $180 billion this year, up 20% for 2024, and could more than double by 2030, per a WPP Media forecast. Yet despite the rapidly growing investment - increasingly driven by major CPG marketers - a vast amount of creator ad spend may not be effective. About half (45%) of creator ad spend on Meta failed to deliver brand impact due to missing logos or branding in the first three seconds,
Major shifts in advertiser priorities for 2026 has been revealed by ISBA's latest Media Budgets Survey, conducted with Ebiquity and the World Federation of Advertisers. Representing £2.9bn in UK ad spend and part of a global study covering USD$13bn (£9.91bn) across 16 markets, the survey shows 65% of UK advertisers expect to increase overall marketing budgets. A clear trend toward brand-building is emerging, with 37% planning to boost branding investment versus just 14% prioritising performance marketing.
The research shows that 41.85% of British respondents consider brand ads on reputable news or magazine websites credible or very credible, while only 14.11% view them as low in credibility.
Google's Daniel Waisberg announced today at the Google Search Central event in Tel Aviv that Search Console will be gaining brand query filters. Plus, these filters will be AI-assisted, I am told. I spotted this news via Daragh Nener-Lally who posted these slides on X he wrote, "Coming soon in Search Console... AI-assisted brand query exclusion." I am not seeing this yet in my Search Console performance reports but maybe it will be here any minute?
Traditional crisis management functions on probability rather than certainty. Clients pay substantial retainers for months of work that may or may not yield results. This model creates what behavioral economists call "outcome uncertainty anxiety," where businesses facing crises cannot predict when or if their reputation will recover. The psychological toll often compounds the original situation, creating a secondary disaster that can prove more damaging than the initial incident.
Adobe is acquiring Semrush for $1.9 billion. The creator of Photoshop and Acrobat wants to expand its marketing offering with SEO and AI search capabilities. The acquisition should help Adobe give companies better insight into their online visibility. Adobe is paying $12 per share, a premium of 77.5 percent over Tuesday's closing price. Semrush shares rose 55 percent before the market opened, a logical consequence of the news.
Advertisers know better. And yet, they can't resist the nostalgic temptation to view CTV simply as linear TV, albeit with faster, bigger distribution pipes. Nearly half of viewers power on their televisions without knowing what they'll watch. This moment of openness represents valuable real estate in modern advertising. The home screen's virtues go beyond size or prominence, due to the mindset it captures. It has evolved from a simple navigation tool into a critical decision point where discovery, intent and action converge.
Every conversation about addressability eventually lands on the same word: fragmentation. But the real symptom of that fragmentation isn't just operational complexity; it's also declining match rates. That single number explains why marketers are struggling to make their data work. Match rate is the percentage of users you can actually recognize and reach when data moves between systems, from onboarding to activation to measurement.
