AI promises speed, efficiency—and fewer billable hours. So why are ad agencies investing millions in a tool that threatens their bottom line? Campaign Red digs into the tension between progress and profit.
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Is AI financially beneficial for agencies?
80% of brands worried about agency use of gen AI, WFA survey finds
Half of brands also shared they're planning to change contracts with agencies to address legal, ethical and reputational risks.
Dentsu finds growing belief among CMOs that AI can rival human creativity
2024 CMO Report reports rise in proportion of marketers who agreed that AI ads can 'truly move people.'
It’s time to fix how we measure
Unless we start from scratch and build systems that give us meaningful insights, we may as well move to the Caribbean, says Henry Wood at Marquis Insight.
Emotional data is not an oxymoron: Unruly's take on engagement
The ability to mine emotional information separates winning brands from losing ones, and will be even more crucial as tech develops, according to Unruly's global insight lead.
Walled gardens: Love or hate? Why?
MEDIA TALK: As data is becoming the window to identify insights on consumers, will the walled gardens increase visibility or hamper it?
Insights disconnect: WFA research says quarter of marketers unhappy
KUALA LUMPUR - Less than a third of marketers are satisfied with the insights function within their companies, and a quarter have a negative perception of the ability of their insight teams to produce commercially actionable insights and act as strategic consultants, according to research released today by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA).
Four steps to engaging the ‘self-educated’ buyer: Oracle
Today’s buyers arm themselves with information before they even approach a brand; marketers who fail to adapt to this new reality risk being left behind the curve. A new white paper from Oracle offers an easily digestible guide to solving the B2B engagement challenge
Insights2020 launches
BEIJING – Leadership initiative to help business leaders decode how insights and analytics drive change and growth.
Blockbusters reborn: the big screen is back
As cinema audiences grow across Asia, advertisers are returning to the big screen and finding new ways to engage the masses.
Twtrland promises social insights for brands at $100 a month
ASIA-PACIFIC - Twtrland, an Israel-based startup serving 3 million monthly visitors, has launched Twtrland for Business, which claims to give brands a host of social-media analytics and strategy-planning tools for a low entry price.
Insights: Forget everything you know
The truth is that consumer insights don't have to be deep truths, nor come from consumers. Here are some tips for generating disruptive insights, with powerful examples from Japan.
Beneath the bling: Look to hip-hop for your next great insight
A strategic planner finds campaign-worthy insights and inspiration in music from the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G.
Steve Garton departs Ipsos to venture out on his own
HONG KONG - Steve Garton (pictured), the former executive director of business insights at Ipsos, has gone independent with his own consultancy.
OPINION: Insights critical for effective PR, but must go beyond 'bleeding obvious'
Insights into target stakeholders are as important in PR as they are in creative campaigns—and just as hard to achieve, according to Marion McDonald, Asia-Pacific managing director for strategy and measurement, Ogilvy Public Relations.