No items found.

The Aragil blog

Advertising

blog
November 4, 2025

The Ad You Can’t Skip: A New Gold Rush

In a crowded digital world, brands are finding an untapped channel. Discover how in-flight advertising provides a captive audience and data-driven, year-round results.

November 4, 2025

Ad Tech's AI Nightmare: Criteo Faces Investor Dread

Criteo's earnings call revealed Wall Street's deep anxiety over AI agents. Can ad tech survive the agentic revolution? Explore the high-stakes debate.

November 4, 2025

Meta's $70B AI Bet: The New Cost of Ads

Meta is investing over $70B in AI to boost ad efficiency. Discover why this pivot is raising CPMs and what it means for the future of your marketing budget.

November 4, 2025

The Trade Desk's AI Play To Upend Retail Media

The Trade Desk's new AI integration turns publisher content into shoppable ads. Discover how this changes advertising on the open internet forever.

November 3, 2025

Beyond Virality: The Micro-Community Revolution

Discover the strategic shift from fleeting viral hits to building lasting loyalty within niche micro-communities. Learn why this approach is defining modern marketing.

October 31, 2025

Google Ruled An Illegal Monopoly: The Aftermath

A landmark antitrust ruling finds Google unlawfully maintained its search and ad monopoly. Discover the verdict's impact on Apple, competitors, and the future of tech.

October 31, 2025

Fanta’s Secret: Virality Over TV Ads

Fanta is ditching TV ads for a viral strategy using horror icons like Chucky to own Halloween. Discover how they earned billions of impressions with zero media spend.

October 30, 2025

Why Your CEO No Longer Trusts Your Metrics

Executive skepticism of marketing attribution is rising. Legacy metrics are failing. Learn the new framework to prove your impact in financial terms and secure your budget.

October 30, 2025

The Rivalry Ad: A High-Stakes Gamble

Comparative ads can build or break your brand. Learn the strategic rules for honest comparison, picking winnable fights, and avoiding costly backlash. Read more.

October 30, 2025

The End of the Programmatic DOOH Learning Curve?

Facing the programmatic DOOH learning curve? Vistar Media launches its free Vistar Academy to upskill marketers on strategy, targeting, and activation. Learn more.

October 30, 2025

Meta Unlocks New Ad Frontiers on Threads

Meta's latest Marketing API update supercharges Threads ads with 4:5 video, carousels, and PAC. Discover how to leverage these new tools for your campaigns.

October 30, 2025

OOH's Secret Weapon in the Attention War

In a saturated market, brands are losing the attention war. Discover how blending OOH advertising with digital experiences creates powerful, unskippable activations.

October 30, 2025

Pringles' Gen Z Bet: Inside the 'Pop Don't Stop' Revival

Pringles revives its iconic tagline with a modern twist for Gen Z. Discover the strategy behind the absurd 'Duck King' ad and its social-first approach.

October 29, 2025

ChatGPT Atlas: The Silent Ad Budget Killer

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas mimics human clicks, silently draining your ad budget and corrupting analytics. Discover how this AI threatens your ROI and what's next.

October 29, 2025

Your $2,000 Samsung Fridge Now Serves Ads

Samsung's latest update puts ads on its premium Family Hub smart fridges. Discover why this move is causing backlash and what it means for your smart home.

October 29, 2025

Trump's War on Pharma's $14B Ad Spend

The Trump administration is cracking down on DTC drug ads, reverting to pre-1997 rules. Discover how this move could end TV drug commercials and spark a legal war.

October 28, 2025

Crypto's Ad Money Is Stuck, X Is Silent

A top crypto exec reveals why their ad budget is useless on X. Discover the platform glitch that's causing zero impressions and pushing the industry away.

October 28, 2025

Ad Tech’s Unseen Financial Crisis

The ad tech industry runs on 'float,' but rising interest rates and late payments are creating a cash flow crisis. Discover how this squeeze is reshaping the market.

October 28, 2025

The PPC Metric Quietly Killing Your Campaign

Stop chasing high click-through rates. Discover why a lower, more qualified CTR can slash your conversion costs and boost overall PPC campaign profitability.

October 28, 2025

The Secret to Audio Ad Dominance

New research claims audio ads outperform TV and digital. We analyze the strategic reasons why sonic branding, applied early and often, is the future of advertising. Read more to discover the strategic imperative.

October 28, 2025

AppLovin Stock Jumps: The $10 Billion AI Engine Driving 916% Growth

AppLovin stock is up 916% since its IPO, fueled by the revolutionary Axon 2 AI engine. We analyze the $10 billion ad spend run rate and Wall Street's bullish $910 price targets.

October 28, 2025

Apple Maps Ads By 2026: The $10 Billion Search Strategy

Apple plans to introduce paid search ads into Apple Maps by 2026, targeting a massive $10 billion annual revenue goal. Discover the strategy and implications.

October 28, 2025

Prebid Fractures as Ad Giants Clash

A deep dive into ad tech's turmoil. Prebid faces a schism with The Trade Desk, Netflix's ad sales boom, and major players realign for a post-cookie world.

October 27, 2025

Beyond ROAS: The AI-Fueled LTV Revolution

ROAS is a flawed metric. Discover how leading marketers are using AI-driven LTV models and the open web to build more profitable, lasting customer relationships.

October 27, 2025

EGBA's Landmark Pledge Reshapes Influencer Marketing

The EGBA unveils a landmark pledge for responsible influencer marketing in Europe's gambling sector. Discover its three pillars for transparency and minor protection.

October 27, 2025

Target's 'Hot Santa': The Viral Bet to Win the Holidays

Target's 2025 holiday campaign features a viral "hot Santa" named Kris. Discover the dual-campaign strategy designed to cut through the noise and drive sales.

October 26, 2025

Google Ads at 25: AI Replaces Your Clicks

As Google Ads turns 25, it's replacing manual settings with AI automation. Discover the impact on language targeting and what marketers must do to adapt. Read more.

October 26, 2025

The Secret McDonald's Ads in Nightclubs

Discover how McDonald's and NORD DDB created a brilliant optical illusion campaign in Sweden, using club lights to project subliminal arches on the dancefloor.

October 26, 2025

TotalEnergies' Green Ad Lie Exposed by Court

A Paris court convicted TotalEnergies of greenwashing, finding its climate ads misled consumers. Discover how the oil giant's net zero claims unraveled.

October 26, 2025

Amazon's Seller Crossroads: Crisis or Opportunity?

Third-party sellers face rising fees and fierce competition on Amazon. Explore the new strategies for success and the future of this complex marketplace. Read more.

October 26, 2025

Pharma's TV Ad Reckoning Is Here

New regulations threaten to upend the multi-billion-dollar pharma ad industry. Discover how closing a key loophole could end TV drug ads as we know them.

October 26, 2025

California's Ad Law: A Legal Reckoning

California just enacted SB 37, a landmark law giving consumers the right to sue over deceptive attorney ads. Discover the impact on the legal advertising industry.

October 26, 2025

Paramount's AI Links CTV Ads to Real Web Performance

Taboola and Paramount launch Performance Multiplier, a new AI-powered tool for SMBs to measure and amplify CTV ad impact across the web. Learn how it works.

October 26, 2025

Oreo's AI Ad Revolution: A $40M Gamble

Oreo-maker Mondelez is investing $40M in generative AI to create TV ads, aiming for a 2027 Super Bowl spot. Can AI cut costs without losing emotional connection?

October 26, 2025

JustFab's Hidden Fee: A $1M Deception

TFG Holding, parent of JustFab, pays $1M to settle claims of deceptive VIP memberships and hidden fees. Learn how their billing practices led to a major penalty.

October 26, 2025

OpenX's Bold Plan to Simplify Programmatic Ads

With new leadership and innovative tools, OpenX is tackling programmatic advertising's biggest challenges. Explore how they plan to simplify the ad tech ecosystem.

October 26, 2025

Google Reboots Ad Team, Cuts Managers for AI Era

Google is flattening its ad sales team, cutting management layers to boost speed amid AI competition. Discover the full details of this major restructure.

October 26, 2025

Amazon's Cloud Is Its New Ad Weapon

Amazon is leveraging its AWS cloud infrastructure to build an advertising empire beyond its own properties. Discover its aggressive new strategy, rock-bottom fees, and why it's a major threat to the ad tech industry.

October 25, 2025

Comcast Breaks the Linear TV Barrier

Explore how Comcast's new programmatic platform is revolutionizing linear TV advertising, bridging the gap between digital and traditional media for advertisers.

October 25, 2025

Musk Ditches Brand Safety for AI Performance on X

Elon Musk is fundamentally reshaping X advertising, prioritizing Grok-powered performance and commerce over traditional brand safety. Discover the new policies, including the hashtag ban.