Insight Out: Marketing at Rügenwalder Mühle by CMO Steffen Zeller
What does bold marketing with substance mean? Steffen Zeller, Rügenwalder Mühle’s Chief Marketing Officer, talks about strategic transformation, measurable success, and why innovation never works without consumer insight.
DMEXCO CMO Summit 2025: Bold Brands & Future-Focused Strategies
AI as a co-pilot, data-driven decisions, content on demand: The CMO Summit at DMEXCO 2025 brings together the brightest minds in digital marketing – CMOs who translate visions into concrete, future-focused strategies.
8 Leading Voices on Current Trends in Marketing at Cannes 2025
Eight top figures from the sector chat with DMEXCO’s host Verena Gründel about creative effectiveness, AI in digital brand communication and the most important current trends in marketing, direct from Cannes.
AI for SMEs: Turning Efficiency into Competitive Advantage
A DMEXCO column by Robin Heintze, Managing Director of morefire, on how AI is becoming a true efficiency booster for SMEs.
AI in Storytelling Is the Future
With the help of AI, you can tailor your brand storytelling to be creative, efficient and data-driven. Check out our guide for a wealth of insights, best-practice examples and inspo for using AI in storytelling!
What’s New? Three Major Podcast Trends for 2025/2026
A DMEXCO column by Maximilian Conrad, Co-Founder and CEO of Hypecast, exploring the biggest podcast trends for 2025 and 2026.
CSRD & Digital Marketing: Visible Sustainability Communication
From 2025, the CSRD is extending reporting requirements to many medium-sized companies – opening new doors for digital marketing. How can your business carry out sustainability communication authentically and effectively?
LinkedIn Tips: Skip the Cringe and Optimize Your Profile
There’s no shortage of LinkedIn tips out there—but which ones actually help you build a professional profile without coming off as cringe? A DMEXCO column by Maud Schock and Michael Schreck.
The long tail is back in marketing – this time with AI
A DMEXCO Column by Thilo Kölzer, COO der DocCheck AG, on the return of long tail campaigns in online marketing through AI.
AI Visualizations: How to Use AI for Awareness and Branding
From “my dog as a person” to “my face in the Ghibli style,” user-generated AI images and videos are everywhere on social media. But how can you use AI visualizations strategically in your marketing?
Marketing on YouTube on the Platform’s 20th Anniversary
In 2025, the world celebrates YouTube’s 20th anniversary. Join us for an exploration of the platform’s past and present through a marketing lens.
Emotional Advertising: How German Brands Can Move Consumers Again
While Cannes Lions 2025 has praised the use of emotional appeal in advertising alongside principles and creative impact, German marketing tends to lack passion. A recent study by Kantar and DMEXCO indicates that we need emotional advertising – now.
AI Sales Assistants in E-Commerce: Top Performers, 24/7
Long gone are the days when chatbots were just digital providers of answers to FAQs. Today, AI sales assistants have real skills that can benefit your e-commerce business! Learn more about these scalable top performers that work around the clock!
Why Hyperlocal Marketing Is a Game Changer
Hyperlocal marketing builds connections: Find out how to use local loyalty marketing to create proximity, strengthen trust, and differentiate your brand with your local relevance – and a digital, data-driven, neighborhood-focused strategy.
“Courage, Curiosity, and AI in Marketing” – Verena Gründel on the ELBBLICK Podcast
In the latest episode of the ELBBLICK Podcast, Verena Gründel, Director Brand & Communications and Host of DMEXCO, talks about her journey from journalism to digital marketing, the opportunities of AI in marketing, and why courage is more important than ever for companies today.
Search used to be a performance channel.
The days of traditional search are numbered. Long live AI-powered search! A commentary by Verena Gründel.
Stop Baking, start Shaking: Why You Should Start Advertising with Dynamic Ad Insertion in Podcasts
A DMEXCO column by Maximilian Conrad, Co-Founder and CEO of Hypecast, on the benefits of dynamic ad insertion for podcast advertising.
Internet Killed the TV Star: CTV Marketing
CTV marketing is now considered the most important factor in media planning. Streaming services seem to dominate the market. But linear broadcasting is proving more resilient than many predictions.
AI Outcomes Framework: The Future of Marketing Precision and Personalization in Advertising
A DMEXCO column by Evgeny Popov on the new AI Outcomes Framework that enables marketers to predict user engagement more precisely and thereby allows for better personalization in advertising.