March Overview: Digital advertising news & trends

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Published: 1 April, 2025

Every month, we select a few digital advertising industry insights to help industry players stay updated with trends and news. Enjoy March industry insights and stay up-to-date!

Player Lifecycle in iGaming: Retention Strategies for Every Stage

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In today’s market, operators in the world of iGaming have to constantly re-adjust their strategies in order to keep their audience in the long term. Because tech is always in a state of development and player demands are on the incline, having effective strategies in which to form and maintain player relationships is more important than ever.

Operators are faced with challenges in player acquisition cost and a dynamic regulatory landscape, making effective iGaming player retention strategies a high-priority matter. The following guide explores specialized strategies alongside innovative instruments with a potent impact on player activity and profit.
Continue reading: UBIDEX

Brands need unique data to truly understand their customers’ motivations

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The difference between category leaders and everyone else is the ability to successfully predict consumer behavior. That requires a holistic understanding of your customers—not just what they buy, but what they watch, listen to, who they follow, where they dine, and what sparks their interests: what makes them them.

For years, brands have relied on transactional data and traditional third-party insights to anticipate consumer needs. Think of every “you bought this, so buy this” recommendation you’ve ever received. But what you needed yesterday isn’t the sole driver of today’s needs. 

Continue reading: eMarketer

Gambling Insider - MAR APR 2025

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Gambling. It's a word that has so many different perceptions and connotations, depending on who you ask. Within our industry, gambling is the lifeblood and livelihood.
Customer lifetime value and portion of entertainment budget spend quickly turn into monthly gross gaming revenue reports, and quarterly financial presentations for multi-billion-dollar public companies.
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Unlock the Future of Programmatic Advertising Measurement

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Measurement in programmatic advertising is at a turning point. With shifting consumer behaviors, fragmented platforms, privacy concerns, and the deprecation of third-party cookies, brands and agencies must rethink their strategies to stay ahead.

AdExchanger and DISQO present The State of Programmatic Measurement, an exclusive report based on a survey of over 160 brand and agency executives. This study uncovers the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in programmatic measurement—helping industry leaders refine their approach and drive better results.

Continue reading: AdExchanger

What are the four advertising roles set to be transformed by agentic AI?

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If 2024 was about generative AI, 2025 is the year of agentic AI. Agentic AI doesn’t just assist – it acts, decides, and produces results based on human direction. It’s like a true digital co-worker, not just a conversational tool.  And it’s already rapidly evolving.

Doing more, with less effort, is everyone’s goal, but that’s only been a dream until now. Combining automation with AI ‘agents’ that can perform key tasks across the advertising workflow unlocks a digital workforce which excels at managing data-heavy, repetitive tasks.

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Programmatic Advertising: A Must-Have for Scalable Growth in iGaming

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iGaming programmatic advertising is today's scalable solution for iGaming brands. Leveraging advanced data and automated tools, marketing campaigns are amplified through means aside from standard social media.

The synergy between technology and innovative thinking makes operators achieve enduring successes while tapping into unprecedented heights in performance. The innovative solution is rewriting industry standards and setting up a new standard for digital marketing excellence.

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How CEOs view their CMOs and marketing

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A new report takes a fresh look at the CEO-CMO relationship, as marketers increasingly seek buy-in from company leaders for new initiatives such as the integration of AI. Overall, chief marketing officers earned high marks from CEOs in the latest annual survey from Boathouse, an independent marketing agency.
Continue reading: AdAge

WTF is IAB Tech Lab’s Ad Creative ID Framework?

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The streaming ad frequency issue would seem to be indomitable. Despite years of audiences and advertisers complaining about the same ad airing ad nauseam, the problem persists. But what if there were a way to address the issue? Better yet- OK, you can see where were going with this.
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