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Revenue growth to GBP £1.4 million and 40 new clients have prompted Varn to expand its senior management as search shifts under AI.
Burnout is rising as marketers race to master AI, while more than 70% of teams now work beyond sustainable capacity.
The new hires are set to support Acquirz’s expansion after buying Marketscan, with AI and campaign expertise to help scale client services.
Advertisers will be able to create, edit and test campaigns faster as Google rolls out generative AI inside Asset Studio this summer.
Advertisers on Threads can now tighten ad placement controls as IAS extends its Meta content block list tool to the feed.
Four in five advertisers would shift spend to the open web if agentic AI tools matched search and social performance, Taboola's survey found.
Advertisers are being given an early chance to test contextual placements in ChatGPT as brands seek new ways to reach shoppers researching purchases.
Cloaking drove 68.1% of account suspensions in the quarter, showing how fraudsters are hiding banned ads from moderators on the platform.
Brands may need to rethink search spending as AI-driven visits from ChatGPT and similar tools convert almost three times better than Google traffic.
New Zealand businesses risk losing search traffic as AI summaries and chat tools increasingly answer customer queries without a click.
Lower organic visibility is sending Australian eCommerce shoppers to pricier rivals, as Google rewards authority from credible backlinks over product quality.
Social media is helping Australian independents win customers from larger rivals with far smaller budgets and faster, more targeted campaigns.
US advertisers can now buy ChatGPT placements directly, as OpenAI adds self-serve tools, click-based bidding and better measurement.
Australian businesses risk vanishing from search as AI tools replace blue links with one answer, cutting clicks and reshaping discovery.
Small businesses can stretch tight budgets further as email, design and analytics platforms help them attract customers and cut manual work.
Social platforms now account for 11% of online sales in Australia, with smaller firms driving a rapid shift to direct digital storefronts.
Shoppers using AI tools are increasingly valuable to retailers, even as Adobe finds product pages still lag in machine readability.
Australian small businesses can now make Sponsored Brands video adverts in minutes, cutting the cost and time of production to zero.
Search visibility, trade coverage and peer mentions now shape which managed service providers make CIO shortlists in Australia.
Businesses risk slower sites, weaker security and lost leads if they overlook core WordPress tools that help sites run smoothly and rank better.