B2B marketing

Enjoy this weekly comic from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem … 

LinkedIn has been investing in video like nobody’s business. Lindsey Edwards, VP of product management, takes us inside the company’s video strategy, which now includes CTV ads and a creator rev share program. Plus: Why LinkedIn decided to host its first NewFronts presentation this year.

To help B2B marketers make the most of their media budgets, LinkedIn unveiled a new conversion API and upgrades to its revenue attribution report on Wednesday. Together, these two products allow marketers to use their own first-party and offline data to measure their campaigns over a longer lookback window.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Clock’s Ticking TikTok has a legit ads biz, cultural heft and more than 1 billion monthly active users – including 150 million in the US. But within a year, ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, must divest the app or face banishment from US app stores and […]

The CMO role has evolved “driven by the customer insight and customer data we have as marketers,” says Verizon Business Chief Product & Marketing Officer Iris Meijer.

If you’re an ad tech or martech vendor thinking about pitching a marketer, then Kamal Bhandal, global VP of brand and consumer experience at Invisalign, has some important advice for you.

In today’s newsletter: The Trade Desk opens up OpenPath to CTV inventory; subscriptions remain an important revenue source for news publishers; and a class-action lawsuit alleges PHE violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

State Farm has spent tens of billions of dollars on TV advertising and brand marketing. But programmatic media buying also has a big role to play in helping nurture leads, says Alyson Griffin, State Farm’s head of marketing.

Historically, there’s been no easy way to do all that at the account level in a DSP because a DSP’s main reason for being is to find the lowest-cost media and audiences possible for its advertisers.

Lots of first-time advertisers are heading to the Super Bowl this year: electric vehicle makers, crypto brands … and Criteo? It’s hard to imagine a bigger stage for a company that usually operates behind the scenes.