
Social Insights Never Reach Decision-Makers: 93% Call It Important, 36% Use It
Sprout Social found 93% of professionals consider social intelligence important for growth, but only 36% use it regularly for decisions outside marketing.
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Sprout Social found 93% of professionals consider social intelligence important for growth, but only 36% use it regularly for decisions outside marketing.

AI Max features appear to be rolling out to Standard Shopping — conversational query matching, feed-attribute ad copy generation and Final URL Expansion, with existing structure intact.

Meta has invested hundreds of billions in AI models, but the market response has not matched Zuckerberg's enthusiasm. Its record on self-invented projects sharpens the question.

As holiday promotion planning starts, shifting social usage trends make it worth reassessing traditional approaches. How to build an organic TikTok foundation.

Under Armour named 'Heated Rivalry' star François Arnaud a global brand ambassador, fronting 'For When It's Hot' for HeatGear — launched in North America's historically hottest week.

Ugg launched a back-to-school campaign fronted by alternative-pop band Muna and young creators, supported by paid media across Meta, TikTok, Snap and Pinterest.

In the LA pilot, 60+ events drew engagement from 66% of eligible active users — 71% among 18-to-24s. It arrives as MAU decline hits its slowest rate in 31 months.

88% of marketing leaders believe AI increases their carbon footprint, but only 36% have comprehensively measured the environmental impact. 8% have not measured at all.

Hub Entertainment Research finds two-thirds mind ads less than they used to, and 69% would watch ads to save money — an 11-point rise since 2021.

Sensor Tower research shows sports brands' digital ad spend up 26% to $3.3 billion, with social channels up 25% and mobile app spend up 116%.

Google's Q2 ad revenue grew 14% year over year to $81.6 billion, with search up 17%. World Cup content drew 1.7 billion unique viewers on YouTube.

Editor 2.13 brings full AI Max support to Shopping campaigns — automated text generation, URL expansion controls, brand lists and URL exclusions. Video Action campaign creation retires.
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