July 14, 2025

Purple Launched a Bold YouTube Ad, Grew From Niche to $405M

In 2016, Purple was a little-known mattress startup with a unique product: a mattress made from a stretchy, breathable polymer grid. The team believed that traditional DTC performance marketing wasn’t enough. Their hypothesis? Product education + visual proof would outperform generic mattress ads. They launched a bold video ad: the Raw Egg Test, a quirky, […]

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Would you give your data to a brand you don’t trust?

Most people wouldn’t. And it’s costing businesses more than they think. Usercentrics just published their 2025 State of Digital Trust report, and the message is clear: Digital trust = revenue. Some stats that stood out to me: – 67% of users have not completed an action online because of privacy concerns– 62% are more likely

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Chase Slashed Programmatic Ad Placements, Saw No Impact, and Boosted Efficiency

In 2017, Chase Bank’s marketing team noticed rising concerns over brand safety and ad fraud as their display ads appeared on hundreds of thousands of websites. A performance audit revealed that while Chase’s ads ran on 400,000+ websites, their key brand and conversion metrics weren’t improving proportionally. Suspecting wasted impressions, Chase made a bold move:

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