When Unilever CEO Fernando Fernández stood before investors and declared that the era of expensive corporate brand advertising was over, calling traditional TV-heavy campaigns “lazy marketing,” the shockwave through the agency world was immediate. Half of Unilever’s massive global advertising budget would shift to a “social-first” strategy. Creator collaborations would scale by 20 times. The […]
Google Ads Budget Misallocation Is More Common Than You Think – And Harder To Spot
Every advertiser, from small businesses to enterprises, can struggle with knowing if their budget is allocated for the best results. Budget allocation used to be more straightforward, but campaign spend has shifted, and a lot of accounts could use a second look. Performance Max has disrupted how budget flows through accounts in new ways over […]