No fewer than 98% of those surveyed by creative operations platform Lytho say they use or plan to use AI in their work. Fifty percent are using it weekly; 30% daily. Notably creatives were more interested in specific features and ease of use than marketers, marketers marginally more interested in cost-effectiveness than creatives.
Just over 50% of CEOs now believe that the short tenure of a CMO can be an indication of their success as they move on to other opportunities. Ninety-one percent of CEOs believe CMOs build trust across the C-Suite, although they lag behind CFOs and COOs when it comes to CEOs’ personal trust. CEOs’ assessment of CMOs across a range of factors has become more positive, according to the latest CEO study from AI marketing agency Boathouse.
Salesforce debuted new AI-powered tools for retail marketers at NRF this week. They include segment creation in Data Cloud driven by natural language prompts, prompt-driven content creation (email subject lines and body copy plus visual content) and predictive insights into potential promotion revenue. Also launched, Einstein CoPilot for Shoppers, a tool to conduct real-time conversations on retailer channels such as messaging apps.
The IAB is forecasting that digital video will capture some 60% of total TV/video ad spend this year, a growth of 100% on its share five years ago. The new 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Report also notes that CTV saw a 16% increase YoY in ad spend growth. CTV and social video will be the top “must-buys” for advertisers in 2025.