Category: Performance Marketing

  • What August’s Paid Media Changes Mean for AI Ads, Automation and Platform Readiness

    August Updates August showed how quickly paid media is moving from experimental AI features into more practical campaign workflows. Across OpenAI, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn, the key updates were less about small interface changes and more about how platforms are building the next layer of advertising infrastructure. OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads into more markets…

  • ChatGPT Ads: what we have learnt from our testing (Updated September 2026)

    Updated September 2026 Ads have arrived in ChatGPT, creating a new advertising environment for brands. We first tested the platform under its early beta name, OpenAI Ads. Since then, ChatGPT Ads has developed quickly, expanding into more markets and adding new targeting, optimisation and measurement capabilities. Over the past two months, we’ve been running live…

  • May Paid Media Updates

    What May’s Paid Media Changes Mean for AI Search, Automation and Full-Funnel Advertising May reinforced how quickly paid media platforms are moving towards AI-led campaign delivery, automated creative production and broader discovery environments. Across Google, Meta and TikTok, the major updates all point in the same direction: advertisers are being given more ways to reach…

  • From Static Reporting to Active Analytics: What Growing Brands Need Next

    What Growing Brands Need Next In our last article, we looked at why static analytics often fails high-growth teams. The core issue is not that brands lack analytics. Most already have tracking in place. Reports are being produced, dashboards are being reviewed, and campaign performance is being measured in some form. The real issue is…

  • What April’s Paid Media Changes Mean for Advertiser Control, Visibility and Automation

    Industry Update April showed how quickly the balance of control in paid media is shifting. Platforms are giving advertisers more ways to reach people across search, social, visual discovery and commerce-led environments, but more of the decision-making is being handled by automated systems. For advertisers, that creates a more complex trade-off. Automation can unlock scale,…

  • Biddable Industry Update

    March Updates Paid media is moving further into AI-led execution. Platforms are shifting how ads are delivered, how users search, and how campaigns are managed. Two clear changes stand out this month. First, search behaviour is changing as AI becomes the starting point, not the results page. Second, campaign control is reducing as automation takes…

  • Biddable Monthly Industry Update

    What February’s Changes Mean for Your Paid Strategy Paid performance is getting harder to predict. February made that clear. Platforms are changing where ads show, how users interact with them, and how traffic reaches your campaigns. You can see performance shift without changing budgets, targeting, or creative. AI is starting to shape product discovery. Social…

  • Biddable Monthly Industry Update

    What January’s Changes Mean for Your Brand January brought a series of platform updates that signal where paid media is heading in 2026: closer links between brand exposure and measurable sales, heavier use of automation and AI, and better tools for understanding how different channels work together. Across Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn, the message…

  • Biddable Monthly Industry Update

    December Update This update explains what shifted, where performance risk is rising, and what actions protect spending. If your biddable strategy relies on static setups or loose conversion goals, these changes show why results can move fast and without warning. Automation increased across Google, Meta, and TikTok while algorithm updates, AI features, and regulation changed…