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Tel Aviv-based digital agency and its SaaS platform InfluencerMarketing.AI joins Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s PRophet Comms Tech Suite

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel – July 24, 2024 – Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, has acquired Tel Aviv-based LEADERS, a world-class digital agency specializing in influencer marketing and social commerce and the development of InfluencerMarketing.AI (IMAI), a global influencer marketing SaaS platform. The company joins Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s PRophet Comms Tech Suite of AI-powered offerings purpose-built for modern PR and marketing professionals.

Founded by Eran Nizri and Yehonatan Arami in 2017, LEADERS and IMAI combine high-value digital and influencer marketing strategy with a cutting-edge, AI-powered SaaS influencer marketing platform. IMAI leverages advanced AI technologies to connect brands with over 300 million creators worldwide. The platform allows users from anywhere in the world to launch campaigns in just a few clicks, offering robust analytics, sales prediction models, and campaign management tools. Clients include Nespresso, Samsung, and Colgate-Palmolive; notable SaaS clients include Coca-Cola, Playtika, Estée Lauder, and Superdry. IMAI will supplement the bench of influencer marketing platforms currently in use by Stagwell’s agencies around the world, including existing tools in the PRophet Comms Tech Suite.

“We are excited to welcome LEADERS to the Stagwell family. This acquisition strengthens our Stagwell Marketing Cloud offering with cutting-edge AI solutions for influencer marketing while marking our first agency in Israel amid a substantial global expansion push from Stagwell this year,” said Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell. “Eran and his team share our vision of transforming marketing with technology, and we look forward to working together to deliver value to our clients across the globe.”

“Combining with Eran and the LEADERS team is a force multiplier for PRophet and Stagwell to expand global reach, integrate advanced AI technologies and leverage domain expertise around high performance digital and influencer marketing strategy for customers,” said Aaron Kwittken, Founder and CEO of SMC’s Comms Tech Suite.

“This acquisition marks a transformative milestone for LEADERS and InfluencerMarketing.AI,” added Nizri. “With Stagwell’s extensive network and resources, we are set to redefine the landscape of influencer marketing. Our goal is to become the world’s leading influencer and digital marketing powerhouse, delivering unparalleled value and innovation to our clients. We look forward to integrating our capabilities into Stagwell’s Comms Tech Unit and leading the industry into a new era of excellence.”

LEADERS’ and IMAI’s success is driven by a strong leadership team. Eran Nizri will continue to serve as Group CEO, reporting into Aaron Kwittken, Founder and CEO of Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s PRophet Comms Tech Suite. Itamar Gonsherovitz will continue to spearhead LEADERS’ digital agency operations as CEO. Yehonatan Arami, will continue to lead business development, expanding the company’s reach within the Stagwell network.

The acquisition comes as Stagwell expands its global footprint and invests further in AI-enabled solutions at the forefront of digital marketing. LEADERS is Stagwell’s seventh acquisition of 2024, following Team Epiphany (U.S.), Sidekick (U.K.), What’s Next Partners (France), PROS (Brazil), Business Traveller (Global), and BERA (U.S.).

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud

Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a suite of data-driven SaaS solutions built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC empowers marketers to drive business and brand impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers market research, communications, and media for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

About PRophet

Founded in 2020 by PR industry leader Aaron Kwittken, PRophet is an award-winning suite of essential, AI-powered Comms Tech tools purpose-built to empower modern communicators to perform more efficiently by quickly uncovering and authentically engaging with high-authority journalists and leading influencers. PRophet was awarded PRovoke Media’s Innovation SABRE in 2023 and 2024, a 2024 Webby Award, and was included in PR News’ 2024 Tech Hotlist. The all-in-one platform offers three core solutions:  PRophet Earn creates and tests “mediable” PR content to predict earned media interest and sentiment.  PRophet Influence combines vertical AI, analytics, discovery and tracking technologies to inform and manage influencer marketing campaigns. PRophet Monitor delivers real-time, earned and social media monitoring, reporting and analytics to alert teams of emerging trends, threats, brand mentions, and opportunities for real-time response. PRophet is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC), a suite of data-driven SaaS solutions built for the modern marketer. Visit prprophet.ai to learn more.

About LEADERS
Established in 2017, LEADERS is a digital agency specializing in influencer marketing. With a focus on performance and sales, LEADERS provides comprehensive services that harness the power of influencer marketing and social media.

About InfluencerMarketing.AI
Established in 2020, InfluencerMarketing.AI is a SaaS influencer marketing platform that connects brands with a vast network of influencers. Utilizing advanced AI and machine learning technologies, InfluencerMarketing.AI offers robust analytics, sales prediction models, and management tools to optimize influencer marketing campaigns, focusing on e-commerce brands to track conversions and ROI.

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Series to explore the passion, process, and challenges fueling creator creativity and innovation

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELESJune 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s (NASDAQ: STGWPRophet, the first integrated suite of AI-driven tools built for communicators that span earned media, influencer engagement and brand monitoring offerings, has forged a partnership with What’s Trending, the Emmy-nominated digital media brand, to produce creator-focused content including a ‘Creator Spotlight’ series. The new partnership begins with content coming out of VidCon 2024 which will facilitate one-on-one conversations with top creators and equip brands with innovative influencer marketing strategies.

The partnership comes at a pivotal moment as influencer marketing emerges as a top priority for brands, with 92% of brands increasing their influencer marketing budgets in 2024. Now more than ever, brands must strategically align with creators to boost awareness and generate results. The ‘Creator Spotlight’ will go behind the scenes with visionary creators like Adam Rose, Gigi Gorgeous, and Golloria George, uncovering their creative processes and the secrets behind resonating with millions of followers.

“Our partners at What’s Trending have their pulse on what motivates and inspires content creators to share their stories with audiences and brands,” said Jason Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer at PRophet. “By spotlighting their creative processes and perspectives, we’ll unlock invaluable insights for brands looking to authentically connect with audiences through the influencer marketing revolution.”

The series will also examine key topics for marketers such as strategies for driving genuine audience engagement, balancing creativity with business goals, amplifying brand storytelling through partnerships, and predictions on the future creator landscape. The episodes will provide rare insights into the minds of today’s dynamic creators while offering valuable lessons for brands aiming to break through the noise.

The episodes will be hosted by What’s Trending founder and renowned digital culture expert, Shira Lazar. Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology, Lazar has spent over two decades at the forefront of internet trends, examining the intersection of online passion, audience connections and brand partnerships.

“What’s Trending was one of the first consumer news outlets to editorially cover the creator community over a decade ago, and I’m thrilled to return to our roots with ‘Creator Spotlight,'” said Lazar. “The creator economy has transformed how content is produced and consumed. This series will pull back the curtain on iconic and emerging creators, delving into their creative genius and inspirations, giving brands a roadmap to forge deeper connections through authentic creator partnerships.”

‘Creator Spotlight’ episodes will be released monthly starting July 23, 2024 across What’s Trending’s TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube and website, and can be found on PRophet website, LinkedIn and YouTube channels.

About PRophet
PRophet is an essential AI-driven CommsTech suite that empowers modern communicators and marketers to work smarter, uncover and engage with new audiences, and drive more impactful PR and marketing communications campaigns. The comprehensive suite combines three powerful solutions: PRophet Earn uses a combination of AI, natural language processing and machine learning to generate, analyze and test “mediable” content that predicts earned media interest and sentiment. PRophet Influence combines generative AI, data analytics, and monitoring technology to create personalized influencer marketing programs, while PRophet Monitor delivers customized media monitoring across a wide range of channels, alerting teams to emerging trends, brand mentions, and opportunities for real-time response. PRophet was founded in 2020 by PR and marketing industry thought leader and entrepreneur, Aaron Kwittken. It is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a suite of SaaS solutions that powers research, communications, and media activation for in-house marketers. To learn more, visit prprophet.ai.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

About What’s Trending
Founded in 2011, What’s Trending is an Emmy nominated media company that produces live and original programming that is distributed to over 5 million viewers across platforms including mobile, social, and OTT networks as well as OOH distribution through GSTV, Screenvision, ReachTV and Trooh, reaching over 800 million unique viewers. The company’s daily content covers the latest news related to pop-culture, entertainment and digital lifestyles, aligning with global brands and innovative companies.

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With Google Cloud and Gemini models, Stagwell to bring new AI capabilities to four of its most popular digital marketing apps

CANNES, France and NEW YORKJune 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Google Cloud and Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) announced today a set of new AI-powered features across Stagwell’s portfolio of digital marketing applications, built using Google Cloud infrastructure and AI services, including its Gemini models.

Stagwell is a digital-first global marketing services network that delivers value to customers through its cutting-edge marketing technology stack, utilizing the latest advancements in AI. Stagwell will now use a wide range of Google Cloud technologies to power and deliver its applications, including Gemini models, AI tooling in Vertex AI, compute, storage, and networking.

“This partnership puts Stagwell’s applications and Google Cloud AI in the hands of marketing professionals worldwide,” said Mansoor Basha, Chief Technology Officer, Stagwell Marketing Cloud. “We’re pleased to expand our work with Google Cloud and to roll out important new AI capabilities to help marketers work more effectively, quickly, and creatively.”

After initially beginning to migrate several applications to Google Cloud in 2023, Stagwell is now integrating Google Cloud AI across several of its most widely adopted products:

  • Propellers is an entirely new tool built for internal creative teams to improve their processes from ideation to execution. Propellers will now use Vertex AI and Gemini models to help marketers more quickly build compelling creative briefs, including developing audience strategies, playbooks, brand personas, and more with AI.
  • CUE, Stagwell’s app for data-driven audience insights, uses Google Cloud’s advanced data analytics tools. The app is now adding predictive AI capabilities via Vertex AI that will help marketers combine numerous datasets to improve companies’ understanding of their customers, ultimately informing both product and message development.
  • PRophet, the first ever SaaS platform to help marketers and public relations professionals apply predictive and generative AI to everyday tasks and processes, is now using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Gemini models to provide improved content generation, track trending topics, analyze sentiment, and more.
  • SmartAssets is an application for creative asset management, optimization, and analytics. It uses Google Cloud products, including BigQuery and Cloud Run, and is now adding capabilities built with Vertex AI and Gemini models. This will help customers pull creative elements from ads, better analyze performance data, and optimize the efficacy of ads with instant adjustments, informed by AI.

Many of the world’s most impactful marketing firms and teams utilize Stagwell’s applications every day, and now they’ll have the power of Google’s industry-leading AI, including Gemini, at their fingertips. This will enable them to supercharge marketing campaigns, accelerate common tasks and workflows, generate compelling content and briefs, and more.

“AI capabilities and expertise were of utmost importance as we explored partners to work with and build towards our vision,” said Merrill Raman, Global Chief Technology Officer, Stagwell. “Google Cloud delivers the right mix of enterprise-grade models, AI tooling, and scalable cloud infrastructure to support Stagwell’s numerous use cases and growing customer base.”

“Stagwell is taking impressive steps to implement generative AI in ways that are transformative and helpful for marketers,” said Oliver Parker, VP of Global Generative AI Go to Market at Google Cloud. “The brand new Propellers is an example of how AI can rapidly add value and streamline common workflows and processes for end customers – in this case, creative teams who shape everyday brand narratives.”

These new features are available to Stagwell customers starting today.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud 
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

About Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

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Stagwell and its customers to leverage Nexxen’s unified, proprietary data solutions within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud

Partnership aligns with Nexxen’s launch of the Nexxen Data Platform, an expansion of its propriety data management platform

NEW YORK, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, and Nexxen (AIM /NASDAQ: NEXN), a global advertising technology company comprising unified demand-side and supply-side platforms, with deep expertise in video and Connected TV (“CTV”), today announced a partnership to offer an immersive suite of data solutions and integrated applications within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, through which advertisers can gain a deeper understanding of consumers to enhance engagement and drive results.

The announcement comes as Nexxen launches the Nexxen Data Platform, building and expanding upon its proprietary data management platform. The platform provides an enriched ecosystem in which brands can securely and effectively input data of their choosing (first-party, contextual, second-party and more) to augment their audiences with Nexxen’s unique data assets and proprietary applications including contextual audience discovery tools. The availability of automatic content recognition (“ACR”) data through the platform enables advertisers to better understand viewability patterns and optimally allocate spend across linear and digital TV.

Various capabilities of the partnership are made possible through Nexxen’s proprietary unified identity graph. The solution, which will be broadly accessible through the Nexxen Data Platform, will combine and deduplicate multiple identifiers into a merged graph to enable increased scale, frequency capping and better targeting and attribution at the person and household level. The unified graph will also help advertisers address changes in privacy and identity, including cookie deprecation.

“As Stagwell grows our assets and pipeline within the media ecosystem, this partnership with Nexxen is a win-win for clients,” said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. “Clients of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud can leverage the Nexxen Data Platform, specifically Nexxen’s proprietary identity graph and Stagwell’s clean room capabilities, to effectively maximize their campaigns with unified and comprehensive views of valuable audiences across touchpoints and devices, in a privacy-compliant manner.”

“Emerging technology like the Nexxen Data Platform is enriching advertisers’ knowledge of consumers and improving engagement, enabling a shift from exclusively buying media to buying against audiences, and it is driving better results,” said Ofer Druker, CEO, Nexxen. “Our important partnership with Stagwell brings advanced data solutions to top tier brands around the globe, and will grow in incremental layers of innovation and value as we put data at the core of Nexxen’s strategic roadmap.”

About Stagwell Inc. 
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com

About Nexxen 
Nexxen empowers advertisers, agencies, publishers and broadcasters around the world to utilize video and Connected TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them. Comprised of a demand-side platform (DSP), supply-side platform (SSP), ad server and data management platform (DMP), Nexxen delivers a flexible and unified technology stack with advanced and exclusive data at its core. Our robust capabilities span discovery, planning, activation, measurement and optimization – available individually or in combination – all designed to enable our partners to reach their goals, no matter how far-reaching or hyper niche they may be. For more information, visit www.nexxen.com

Nexxen is headquartered in Israel and maintains offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and is traded on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: NEXN) and NASDAQ (NEXN).

More information is available on the Nexxen Data Platform at www.nexxen.com/nexxen-data-platform

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PRophet’s AI-driven platform clinches two prestigious awards for innovation and excellence, setting the standard for the future of comms and marketing technology

NEW YORK, May 6, 2024  /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s (STGW) PRophet, the first integrated suite of AI-driven tools built for communicators that span Earn, Influence and Monitor offerings, has been recognized with two significant industry awards, including:

Presented by PRovoke Media, the Innovation SABRE Awards celebrate cutting-edge campaigns, individuals, and technology innovation across a wide range of categories essential to the future development and direction of the PR industry. The PRophet platform – which encompasses a suite of AI-driven tools including Earn, Influence, and Monitor  was selected from more than 850 submissions. This back-to-back award win in the Tech Stack category underscores PRophet’s position as a pioneering force in revolutionizing the comms tech landscape with AI.

Hailed as the “internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence on the internet. PRophet Influence, powered by Koalified, was selected from 13,000 entries and over 2.2 million votes. Additionally, PRophet Earn was named as an honoree in the AI, Metaverse & Virtual: Best Integrated Experience category.

“We are honored to be recognized by these highly regarded organizations for our continued innovation in marrying AI technology with the unique needs of PR and marketing teams,” said Jason Brandt, CMO at PRophet. “PRophet leverages AI technology to augment human intelligence in ways that unlock next-level creativity, productivity and performance. These wins reinforce our vision of creating purpose-built solutions for modern communications and marketing professionals.”

PRophet is the flagship product within Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s Comms Tech Business Unit, a proprietary suite of SaaS products built for in-house marketers.

About PRophet
PRophet is an essential AI-driven CommsTech suite that empowers modern communicators and marketers to work smarter, uncover new audiences, and drive more impactful campaigns. The comprehensive suite combines three powerful solutions: PRophet Earn uses a combination of AI, language processing and machine learning to generate, analyze and test content that predicts earned media interest and sentiment. PRophet Influence combines generative AI, data analytics, and monitoring technology to create personalized influencer marketing programs, while PRophet Monitor delivers customized media monitoring across a wide range of channels, alerting teams to emerging trends, brand mentions, and opportunities for real-time response. PRophet was founded in 2020 by PR and marketing industry thought leader and entrepreneur Aaron Kwittken. It is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a suite of SaaS solutions that powers research, communications and media activation for in-house marketers. To learn more, visit prprophet.ai.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

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Generative AI is changing the marketing game. In April, Stagwell headed to Google Next to discuss that change, and what it means for Chief Marketing Officers and other C-Suite leaders in the next year.  

The event also marked Stagwell’s first software release via its Google Cloud partnership, introducing a data clean room to securely enhance client data with Stagwell’s extensive resources. More on that here.  

For now, hear from our at Stagwell Marketing Cloud and Left Field Labs about the three biggest takeaways from Google Next. 

The Sky’s the Limit But Use Cases are the Target

At Google Next – and at several marketing and technology conference this year, including CES and SXSW – the clear challenge to attendees was the two-step from theoretical implementations of AI to hard use-cases that provide value to consumers (and reasons for investment). It’s no wonder companies in attendance debuted over 101 real-world use cases for generative AI, spanning applications to consumer experiences, back-end-operations, insights, and more.  

Some common themes emerged as to where AI is providing the most immediate value:  

  • AI to accelerate the curation of essential business insights: AI21 Labs showcased how they use a BigQuery integration called Contextual Answers to allow users to query data across their businesses conversationally.  
  • AI to put the power of storytelling in everyone’s fingertips. Google unveiled Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app in its Workspace suite that can do everything from generate a storyboard, piece together first drafts of videos from stock multimedia, and do voiceovers.  
  • AI to bring real-time tracking to the customer experience: UPS is constructing a digital twin of its entire distribution network that will enable customers to see where their packages are at any time.

 

AI Will Mean a Rewriting of Every Customer Interface – Here’s Where to Begin

Artificial intelligence represents a quantum leap for creativity and productivity.  As a network on the beat of marketing, we know that AI’s rise will mean a rewriting of almost all customer interfaces as companies race to deliver consumers the personalized experiences they’ve desired since the dawn of the internet. At Google Next, Stagwell CTO Merrill Raman and Stagwell Marketing Cloud CTO Mansoor Basha emphasized that the first step brands should take to reap the benefits of AI should be assessing their organization’s data infrastructure to ensure it is primed for AI.  

Tactically, that may mean deep clean-up of existing first party data sources using data science best practices to get the information organized in a manner that AI can extract useful insights from. Or it may mean partnering with a third-party data provider who can supplement your view of existing and prospective consumers. 

AI Can Be the Bedrock for Trust, When Implemented Appropriately

As Left Field Labs CEO Sarah Mehler shared at Google Next: with growth in AI utilization, a critical question to consider is how do we build trust with audiences when considering AI implementation? Striking the right tone in AI-enabled communications is a primary step. And remember that communication that reflects cultural and demographic nuances is what ultimately resonates with audiences and builds trust in new systems. Well-practiced organizations will apply sentiment analysis to better understand the emotions of a user and provide appropriate responses (thus driving traction and building more successful outcomes).  

Attention to detail is also crucial for building trust in AI implementations. A “Chain of Verification” is one of several methods that can be employed to enhance the accuracy of information provided by AI systems. This process involves multiple steps to validate information before it is conveyed to the user. For instance, after our language model generates a response, we can employ a separate validation model to scrutinize the facts within that response. This secondary check helps to identify and correct any inaccuracies or ‘hallucinations’—instances where the model generates false or misleading information. By systematically verifying data through multiple layers, we can provide more reliable and trustworthy outputs. 

Wondering where to begin with AI implementation in your organization?

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Learn more about Elspeth and who guides her in business, and her high school superlative.

Question: What or who guides you in business?

Answer: Running while listening to the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway

 

Question: High School Superlative:

Answer: Most likely to never be forgotten

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NEW YORKApril 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud today announced it is developing a new data clean room (DCR) solution built on Google Cloud to facilitate a secure and private space for clients and agencies to upload and match their first-party data with proprietary data from Stagwell sources.

Through the DCR, clients can gain valuable insights into consumer behavior and marketing efficacy, while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. Clients will be able to match their first party data with Stagwell’s Consumer Understanding and Engagement platform (CUE), Harris Poll Syndicated Research Data and National Research Group data, as well as additional Stagwell and third-party sources, and then activate those audiences directly across preferred ad tech platforms in an easy and cost-efficient manner.

“Our end goal is to reduce any friction for our clients and their ability to share data in a privacy-centric way,” shared Merrill Raman, Global Chief Technology Officer at Stagwell. “For clients, matching their data within our data clean room grants them unparalleled access to the rich and proprietary data that Stagwell has collected and serves as a single source of truth towards understanding campaign performance in an omnichannel world.”

“We’re excited to continue working with Google Cloud to build the next chapter of digital marketing solutions and keep Stagwell’s agencies at the forefront of marketing outcomes,” shared Mansoor Basha, Chief Technology Officer at Stagwell Marketing Cloud.

This is the second engagement Stagwell has pursued with Google Cloud. In November 2023, Stagwell announced a partnership with Google Cloud to develop marketing use-cases for Generative AI.  

“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Stagwell to bring more actionable business insights to customers,” said Kelly Sitarski, Director of Data and Content Partnerships, Google Cloud. “Using BigQuery, Stagwell can combine, streamline, and optimize its diverse data sources to help marketers achieve their business goals.” 

About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud 
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

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International Consumer Collective Powered by the Stagwell Marketing Cloud

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, has unveiled “Unlock Surveys,” a new global research community, providing brands and researchers with real-time access to the opinions and insights of hundreds of thousands of verified, trustworthy consumers across international markets. The panel aims to add over 200,000 new active survey members in 2024 and sits within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) suite of data-driven SaaS products for modern marketers.

“Unlock Surveys is arguably the most significant research panel launched in nearly a decade, in an industry that has seen research means consolidated, leading to commoditization, poor data quality and high participant turnover,” said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. “From brand competition for customer satisfaction and loyalty, to understanding voters in the political arena, the demand for capturing the public’s opinion online is at an all-time high. As a pioneering pollster, I’m proud to see this advanced, member-first offering come under the Stagwell umbrella, making it easier than ever for brands to unlock quality insights that inform vital business decisions.”

“Under the current model, researchers and brands can spend tens of millions of dollars per year collecting online research from an increasingly unreliable pool of external suppliers. In exchange, the quality of that deliverable has declined dramatically over the past decade as fraud rates have increased, respondent engagement has dropped, and trust has diminished,” said Adam Dietrich, managing director, Unlock Surveys. “We’re building Unlock Surveys in a way that connects with authentic people and is underpinned by proven, time-tested research principles.”

Why this matters for modern marketing
Beyond the standard single-use research panels, the Stagwell Marketing Cloud will tap into proprietary data from Unlock Surveys to drive more comprehensive, two-way consumer behavioral analytics, thereby enhancing media targeting capabilities and providing marketers with more granular insights into the demands of modern-day consumers.

Brand marketers, media buyers and planners, researchers and other professionals in need of an international, representative collection of trustworthy respondents benefit from Unlock Surveys in a myriad of ways:

  • Data purity enables speed and agility: Clients of any of Stagwell’s 70+ agencies benefit from access to a centralized data house and the flexibility to pursue follow-up surveys, longitudinal studies, qualitative interviews, and other activities without the need to consult new or outside sources.
  • Members are trusted, verified participants: All members are double-opted-in via email verification, and must pass a series of stringent quality measures that include cutting-edge bot deterrents and the latest in fraud prevention systems before ever being placed into a client survey. This weeds out bad actors and technology fraudsters, also ensuring the client is receiving a participant that is most likely to qualify for and complete their survey. These panels have been built to score highly in any “research on research” metric such as quality, consistency, and census representation.
  • Applying science to behavior: As brands push the limits of quantitative research, it is vital to have a people engine to unlock the next phase of meaningful insights. This panel provides not only the respondents to participate in traditional research, but also the loyal, engaged group required for the ever-evolving complexities of behavioral understanding that come with ongoing engagement and analysis.

Consumers interested in becoming part of the panel can visit www.unlocksurveys.com. Organizations interested in using Unlock Surveys to conduct research can reach out to support@unlocksurveys.com.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic consumer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

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Global marketing leader to leverage vast experience spanning sales operations, product strategy, and digital marketing to drive user adoption and growth

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s (NASDAQ: STGW) PRophet, the first and only generative and predictive AI SaaS suite built by and for PR and marketing professionals, today announced the appointment of Jason Brandt as its Chief Marketing Officer. Brandt brings more than 30 years of industry experience building and managing digital businesses, driving innovation and scaling growth for global brands.

In his role as CMO, Brandt will be responsible for generating further awareness, adoption and growth of the PRophet Suite – consisting of the Earn, Influence, and Monitor products. It is the most comprehensive and accessible AI solution for brands and agencies alike to improve their productivity and quality of their creative output. He will also help new and existing PRophet customers unlock value from the platform to reach and engage their target audiences in innovative, compelling and resonant ways.

“I’m proud to join PRophet at this critical juncture in the company’s evolution, uniquely positioned to address the challenges that modern communicators face, and offering AI solutions that can immediately make a difference,” Brandt said. “We are really fascinated with vertical AI and helping companies work through the complexities of understanding, sizing and integrating practical AI. We feel PRophet solves that for communication teams.”

Brandt joins PRophet, the flagship product within Stagwell’s Comms Tech Unit, from his previous position as managing partner of Stagwell Technologies. Prior to Stagwell, Brandt served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the P&G Team at WPP, where he focused on integrating creative technology solutions to enhance customer experience and brand loyalty. He also served as the Chief Growth Officer at WPP company Grey Midwest, where he spearheaded growth strategies and fostering internal partnerships across Grey while delivering innovative CRM, digital, and performance marketing capabilities to global brands.

“Jason has a proven track record of innovation and strategic leadership, embodying the future-forward approach that PRophet champions. His expertise will propel us forward in our mission to revolutionize the modern communications landscape through AI-driven tools,” said Aaron Kwittken, founder and CEO of PRophet, and CEO of Stagwell Marketing Cloud, Comms Tech Unit. “With the addition of Jason to our executive team, I am confident that PRophet will continue to drive innovation, foster growth, and reshape the industry.”

About PRophet
PRophet is the first and only generative and predictive AI SaaS suite built by and for PR and marketing professionals. PRophet Earn uses a combination of AI, language processing and machine learning to generate, analyze and test content that predicts earned media interest and sentiment. PRophet Influence combines generative AI, data analytics, and monitoring technology to create personalized influencer marketing programs, while PRophet Monitor introduces the ability to create personalized alerts across a diversity of media channels from within the PRophet platform. PRophet was founded in 2020 by PR and marketing industry thought leader and entrepreneur Aaron Kwittken and is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a suite of SaaS solutions that powers research, communications, and media activation for in-house marketers. To learn more, visit prprophet.ai.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic customer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

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