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Shifting from stories to substance: Here’s what’s next for sustainable marketing

Powerful storytelling alone is no longer enough for brands that want to make a meaningful contribution to sustainability. Ben Essen, chief strategy officer at digital agency Iris Worldwide, explains why now is the time for marketers to take action.

Feature of the week

Shifting from stories to substance: Here’s what’s next for sustainable marketing

Powerful storytelling alone is no longer enough for brands that want to make a meaningful contribution to sustainability. Ben Essen, chief strategy officer at digital agency Iris Worldwide, explains why now is the time for marketers to take action.

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Top retailers use AI-powered campaigns to engage their most valuable customers. Here are 4 steps they follow

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How brands can break down barriers at this year’s Women’s World Cup

The power of introverts in marketing

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Why global marketing executive Bozoma Saint John celebrates bold decisions

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A media effectiveness guide for CMOs (and CFOs)

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U.K. agencies share the 3 big questions their clients are asking right now

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9 online courses to elevate your digital marketing and leadership skills

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3 ways to multiply business results with Google’s AI-powered solutions and strategies

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Optimise your mobile site or app

How to get started with marketing mix modelling

Marketing Mix Modelling: A CMOs handbook

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Top digital marketing trends and predictions for 2023

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What samurais can teach us about Search

A data-privacy team can support your privacy transformation. Here’s how

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Inclusive media planning: How Domino’s and Diageo are tackling unintended bias

We put 10 privacy practices to the test. Here’s what we learned

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How to create a privacy strategy that builds brand trust

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How conversion modelling helps you measure what matters

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4 trends that will define the future of luxury and fashion

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How to maximise a full-funnel media strategy with measurement

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What 2022 holiday shopping trends and insights mean for marketers in 2023

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Top digital marketing trends and predictions for 2023

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What 2022 holiday shopping trends and insights mean for marketers in 2023

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How U.K. consumers are seeking to control the controllables — and what this means for marketers

New trend: Long attention spans for long-form videos

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Soothing videos: The surprising trend capturing Gen Z’s attention

3 insights about finance and inflation from Google Search trends

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The ultimate U.K. seasonal retail calendar to help plan for the year ahead

The Insights Jam: Socializing and traveling in EMEA with host Ashley Wells, insights manager, Samantha Gelinas, insights manager, and special guest and Google research analyst Debadeep Bandyopadhyay

Socialising and travel search trends: Google data analysts reveal all

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How to clean up the messy business of e-commerce returns

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Summer reading to prepare marketers for the most important time of the year

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Top retailers use AI-powered campaigns to engage their most valuable customers. Here are 4 steps they follow

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3 ways to multiply business results with Google’s AI-powered solutions and strategies

Demystifying automation: The most common myths debunked

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How automation is changing marketing

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How Bayer used machine learning to predict cold and flu trends

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How programmatic advertisers can fundamentally reimagine the way they build audiences

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To bid or not to bid? How a theatre tickets agency delivered a star performance on Search

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Bidding for success: New ways to find your most valuable customers

How 3 agencies use automation to improve client outcomes and empower talent

A data-privacy team can support your privacy transformation. Here’s how

We put 10 privacy practices to the test. Here’s what we learned

Privacy builds customer trust. A smiling Barbara Piermont, ads privacy director of go-to-market strategy for Americas at Google, has long dark brown hair and wears a collared shirt and a dark-red sweater.

How to create a privacy strategy that builds brand trust

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People take their privacy more seriously than you’d expect — brands should too

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Where your first-party data strategy needs to be by 2023

Your go-to privacy primer: Helping businesses thrive in a privacy-first world

Your go-to privacy primer: Helping businesses thrive in a privacy-first world

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Ask a researcher: Here’s what people really think about online privacy

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The all-new marketer’s playbook for delivering performance and privacy

Privacy and Automation for Marketers with host Nacia Walsh and Google Global Product Lead Jaylen Baca

How marketers can deliver relevant ads with first-party data and machine learning

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How brands can break down barriers at this year’s Women’s World Cup

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Inclusive media planning: How Domino’s and Diageo are tackling unintended bias

A large red funnel hovers over two websites, one showing coins for its media budget and one showing a graph for its marketing mix model.

How to maximise a full-funnel media strategy with measurement

Why Starling banked on a creator partnership to drive the conversation on sustainability-thm

Why Starling banked on a creator partnership to drive the conversation on sustainability

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How a leading cat food brand created an innovative ad campaign to help save the world’s fish

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Why marketers are missing worlds of content people want — and how to change that

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Hit your World Cup advertising goals: 3 tips for marketers to win on YouTube

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How British Vogue breaks the internet with its cover reveals

Attention in Your YouTube Ads with host Nacia Walsh and Google’s global creative effectiveness lead Ariane Le Port

Strategies to hook viewer attention in YouTube ads

The power of introverts in marketing

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Why global marketing executive Bozoma Saint John celebrates bold decisions

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9 online courses to elevate your digital marketing and leadership skills

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Focus on value add: Google’s VP of U.K. marketing on 3 must-reads for the year ahead

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Firestarters: Learnings from a decade of conversations with some of marketing's brightest sparks

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Steven Bartlett: ‘Invest your time wisely’ — the entrepreneur shares lessons for leadership success

3 shared priorities for the CMO and CIO — and how they can drive growth amid uncertainty-thm

3 shared priorities for the CMO and CIO — and how they can drive growth amid uncertainty

5 key marketing themes from our most impactful articles of 2022

5 key marketing themes from our most-read articles of 2022

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Agility often starts with breaking down silos. Here are 3 things to get right

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4 trends that will define the future of luxury and fashion

Driving omnichannel commerce with Michael Moynihan of The Lego Group, Alycia Mason of McDonald’s, and David Mataranglo of Reprise Digital

Top brand leaders explain how to create frictionless customer experiences that drive omnichannel sales

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Your 2022 guide to drive retail sales and reach new customers with Google

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2022 Retail Marketing Guide: Build your brand and acquire new customers

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2022 Retail Marketing Guide: Drive foot traffic and in-store sales

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2022 Retail Marketing Guide: Customers turn to Google every day to browse, research, and buy

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2022 Retail Marketing Guide: Use insights to inform your strategy and boost performance

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2022 Retail Marketing Guide: Grow your online and in-app sales

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