It takes some effort, but if you try to find Europe-based providers for tech-related products or services, most of the time not only will you find one, but you'll be surprised how good and different it is. The marketing of US and Asia-based big-tech companies is overpowering any effort by smaller operations, even really good ones. Latest for me: looking for smart watches beyond Apple/Samsung/Garmin/google? Good luck. But if you try hard enough…
Nicolas Fressengeas
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It takes some effort, but if you try to find Europe-based providers for tech-related products or services, most of the time not only will you find one, but you'll be surprised how good and different it is. The marketing of US and Asia-based big-tech companies is overpowering any effort by smaller operations, even really good ones. Latest for me: looking for smart watches beyond Apple/Samsung/Garmin/google? Good luck. But if you try hard enough…
It takes some effort, but if you try to find Europe-based providers for tech-related products or services, most of the time not only will you find one, but you'll be surprised how good and different it is. The marketing of US and Asia-based big-tech companies is overpowering any effort by smaller operations, even really good ones. Latest for me: looking for smart watches beyond Apple/Samsung/Garmin/google? Good luck. But if you try hard enough…
Joel Michael
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Marketing departments are like neighborhood kids leaving bags of shit on your doorstep.
Marketing departments using generative AI are like neighborhood kids leaving burning bags of shit on your doorstep.
They're both shit, but one is being advertised as the new hotness while being objectively worse.
Marketing departments are like neighborhood kids leaving bags of shit on your doorstep.
Marketing departments using generative AI are like neighborhood kids leaving burning bags of shit on your doorstep.
They're both shit, but one is being advertised as the new hotness while being objectively worse.
alcinnz
and 2 others
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What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?
New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.
Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.
Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.
https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/
#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr
What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?
New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.
Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.
Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.
https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/
#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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A bold new marketing advice, free of charge for the companies out there: Offer products and services that actually solve people's problems instead of paying those who invade their privacy online!
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#privacy#DataProtection #marketing #business
A bold new marketing advice, free of charge for the companies out there: Offer products and services that actually solve people's problems instead of paying those who invade their privacy online!
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#privacy#DataProtection #marketing #business
maco
and 3 others
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My daughter just asked me "Why would they call it 'sweet n low' and use a treble clef instead of bass?"
🤯
Decades. I've ignored this glaring #marketing fail for decades.
#ShowerThoughts: Branding is thought-terminating cliché as marketing.
My daughter just asked me "Why would they call it 'sweet n low' and use a treble clef instead of bass?"
🤯
Decades. I've ignored this glaring #marketing fail for decades.
Tim Chambers
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Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• The #marketing origins of the #PledgeOfAllegiance, by John Gorman
• #SimCity spin-offs from the 90s, by @penguinpete
• Learnings from the #TheAISummit London, by Elliot
• Toddler #parenting hacks, by Amarie Skrzyp
• Making #gazpacho to beat the heat, by Dim Nikov
https://medium.com/blog/how-the-pledge-of-allegiance-started-as-a-marketing-campaign-d66a0d38df7c
Screenshot of a story by Dim Nikov with title “Gazpacho Because It’s Too Hot to Cook” and a photo of a bowl of gazpacho
Screenshot of a story by Amarie Skrzyp with title “Super Secret Parenting Hack: Throw Labels in the Trash” and a photo of a toddler peeking through a fence at a zebra grazing in the distance
Screenshot of a story by "Penguin" Pete Trbovich with title “SimCity Spin-Offs: the Good, the Bad, and the Smoggy” and a collage of screenshots from various Sims and SimCity spinoff games
Screenshot of a story by John Gorman with title “The Pledge of Allegiance Was A Marketing Ploy” and a close-up photo of an American flag
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• The #marketing origins of the #PledgeOfAllegiance, by John Gorman
• #SimCity spin-offs from the 90s, by @penguinpete
• Learnings from the #TheAISummit London, by Elliot
• Toddler #parenting hacks, by Amarie Skrzyp
• Making #gazpacho to beat the heat, by Dim Nikov
https://medium.com/blog/how-the-pledge-of-allegiance-started-as-a-marketing-campaign-d66a0d38df7c
Screenshot of a story by Dim Nikov with title “Gazpacho Because It’s Too Hot to Cook” and a photo of a bowl of gazpacho
Screenshot of a story by Amarie Skrzyp with title “Super Secret Parenting Hack: Throw Labels in the Trash” and a photo of a toddler peeking through a fence at a zebra grazing in the distance
Screenshot of a story by "Penguin" Pete Trbovich with title “SimCity Spin-Offs: the Good, the Bad, and the Smoggy” and a collage of screenshots from various Sims and SimCity spinoff games
Screenshot of a story by John Gorman with title “The Pledge of Allegiance Was A Marketing Ploy” and a close-up photo of an American flag