While recessions are temporary, a company’s lack of preparation can have long-term impacts on its reputation and success. Consumers are pickier than ever with their purchases during a recession. Plus, inflation causes the price of raw materials to go up, making it hard to compete. Companies need to carefully consider their marketing strategies now to avoid damaging their ability to get ahead of the recession.

Uber's new advertising platform is designed to give brands direct access to their customers through targeted marketing efforts. The platform allows advertisers to reach consumers based on where they are located, what they do and what interests them. It also offers a variety of options for reaching specific audiences, including those who have used Uber in the past or have taken trips similar to what an advertiser wants to promote. We decided to take a look at some of the benefits and considerations for brands looking to get started with Uber’s new advertising platform.

Join Generator Media + Analytics, Google, InMarket, and BlockBoard as we discuss how brands can find success through economic adversity, inflation, and a potential recession.

As prices continue to rise, consumers are making conscious cutbacks to make their dollars stretch further. Some key areas that consumers cite to save money include things like take-out meals, cutting back on food/grocery spend, purchasing less overall and putting off major purchases like home repairs, renovations, or upgrades.

If you wait until autumn to prepare for the 2022 holiday season, you’re already too late. Retail marketers must start planning months to even a year ahead of the season. That’s because it takes time to properly prepare for the critical revenue opportunities the holiday season presents. Also, shoppers are starting their holiday browsing and buying earlier than ever. In 2021, Google found that 31 percent of people had begun holiday shopping by June. Prepare for the pre-summer Christmas decorations!

Measuring the success of advertising requires a look at the entire funnel. When this becomes the focus, brands engage with consumers in more relevant, tailored ways — and that leads to results.

A lot of questions surround the hype of the metaverse, with major players such as Epic Games raising $2 billion for its kid-friendly metaverse initiative, Facebook changing its name to Meta, and Snapchat trying to make a splash with its augmented reality glasses. Is the metaverse just a playground for technophiles and gamers? Is it simply a fad, or is it here to stay?

With Google’s recent announcement that it’ll phase out third-party cookies in 2023 to launch Google Topics, the world of cookies is in the midst of an evolution. Or a meltdown, depending on whom you talk to.

Despite the rise of streaming, video broadcasts will still be available over the air for anybody with an antenna, but the strategy to reach audiences will change. With more than half of YouTube viewers watching on connected TVs and NBC’s Peacock bulking up to provide one of the most extensive streaming services, the need for holistic video strategies in which linear and digital TV coexist is clear. Here are three.

In this session of the Rise|Set Summit, we host a panel of experts to discuss one of the most dynamic and evolving trends within our industry, audience science and media targeting. From privacy legislation and COVID-19 to the Metaverse and how to predict the future, we discuss the hot topic items that you need to know when approaching the ever-changing subject of audience science.