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🧠 SXSW 2025: AI in the real world, TikTok in limbo, and streaming platforms everywhere.
💬 Meta adds “Chat with leads” feature to help you follow up.
📊 And Meta is offering early access to updates if you connect your Google Analytics account.
🔍 LinkedIn enhances Predictive Audiences with AI.
🍟 Heinz believes all potatoes deserve some love. Introducing Heinz Tomato Chip Dip.
⏳ TikTok reminds teens to “wind down” At 10 p.m.
📄 Plus, TikTok releases “U.S. Jobs Impact Report.”
🚀 Reddit is the internet’s fastest-growing social media site. Why?
🎭 Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses.
📖 Study: AI is terrible at citing its sources.
🧼 Clorox’s new study shows cleaning can bring more joy than petting puppies.
🤖 Are AI-powered functions beneficial for social media users?
🌕 Capri Sun releases glow-in-the-dark packaging for tonight’s total lunar eclipse.
Are You Overspending on Paid Advertising?
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If your advertising budget drains too fast, you might be overlooking conversion rate optimization (CRO).
Instead of throwing more money at ads, optimizing your conversion rate can dramatically impact your profitability.
PPC brings traffic, but CRO determines how much of that traffic converts.
Let’s say your business has monthly PPC spend of $50,000:
- You pay $2 per click, bringing in 25,000 visitors.
- Your conversion rate is 2%, so you get 500 sales per month.
- With an average order value of $200, that’s $100,000 in sales.
- After costs, your profit contribution is $20,000.
Now, imagine your conversion rate doubles to 4%:
- You get 1,000 orders instead of 500.
- Sales jump to $200,000.
- Profit contribution skyrockets to $90,000—4.5X more profit!
Or, what if you just wanted to make the same $20,000 profit?
- With a 4% conversion rate, you’d only need to spend $11,111 on ads instead of $50,000—saving 78% on advertising.
Now you can save money OR scale your ads by bidding higher, outpacing competitors, and growing even faster.
See the breakdown over at Conversion Rate Experts.
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Budget constraints, compliance issues, centering the mission, recovering information from recently deleted government sites… we know you’re busy.
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Settle Down, Jack
Jack in the Box is back with another delightfully weird campaign, “So Munch More,” from TBWA\Chiat\Day L.A.
This time, Jack Box loosens his tie and gets a little sensual while describing chocolate-dipped French toast sticks.
The ads play up the word “munch” with hilarious mix-ups, reinforcing Jack’s playful, OTT brand identity.
TBWA’s Jeff O’Keefe calls it a “description, promise, and call to action” all in one.
