Does AI think to include you? Are you giving it a reason to?

September 14th, 2026 | Kristin Wozniak, Chief Data and Growth Officer, Cosmo5

AI is reshaping what “reach” means for advertisers. Consumer decisions increasingly run through AI systems that recommend brands based on visible, credible evidence, not just human memory and habit. That means brands now need to win over two audiences at once: people and machines. This piece looks at what’s driving that shift and five ways marketers can adapt without losing sight of what makes a brand worth choosing.

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Stop Buying Programmatic Lemons When It’s Cherries You Really Want

March 9th, 2025 | Andrew Altersohn, Co-Founder & President, SWYM.ai

Programmatic media is a $500+ billion marketplace, growing at over 20% annually. Canada is no exception with spending projected to increase from $13 billion in 2023 to over $17 billion within fi ve years. Amazingly, this rapid pace continues even though programmatic is often called a “Lemon Market” – where advertisers struggle to differentiate between […]

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Beyond Trust: How Resilient Trust™ Fuels Price Premium and Future Growth

November 8th, 2024 | Scott Boyer, EVP and partner BrandSpark International

Since 2012, we have studied trust in depth, conducting the BrandSpark Canadian Trust Survey™ to recognize brands that consumers trust most which are announced as the BrandSpark Most Trusted® Awards winners. This year, the annual study gathered data from over 32,000 consumers across 292 categories, asking which brands they trust, why they trust them, and […]

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A starting point for improving pitches: the state of the pitch

October 1st, 2024 | Stephan Argent, Founder and Principal, Listenmore Inc.

The launch of the State of the Pitch survey in Canada aims at improving pitch processes through agency insights. Join the conversation about enhancing the pitching landscape and contributing to meaningful change.

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