How Walmart is pitching advertisers

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• Walmart pitch deck.
• TikTok becomes a mainstay for brands.
• Trading apps and influencers.

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A Walmart sales presentation reveals how it's trying to nab e-commerce ad dollars from Amazon

• Walmart is trying to build an advertising business to take on rivals such as Amazon and Target.
• A new sales deck shows how Walmart is ramping up its effort to work directly with advertisers, I reported.
• Walmart also changed how it measures ads' impact to match Amazon's approach.

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Some brands including Dunkin' and Eos lay out why they're making TikTok a mainstay in their ad budgets

• Some like Dunkin' and Aerie are spending more on the platform, chasing its young audience.
• 44% of marketers in a WARC report said they planned to spend more on TikTok in 2021.
• But the popular video app is still considered too new and risky for others.

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How much money influencers make driving sign-ups for trading apps like Robinhood and Acorns

• Personal-finance apps like Robinhood and Acorns have surged up the download charts, Amanda Perelli reported.
• Many influencers earn revenue by driving affiliate-link sign-ups for these hot fintech apps.
• YouTube creator Griffin Milks, who has 78,000 subscribers, told Insider that the qualifications to sign up for an affiliate program are often minimal.

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More stories we're reading:

• YouTube has demonetized James Charles temporarily amid allegations that he sexted minors (Insider)
• A Bain fund just invested in a natural soap brand. Its managing director explains what made the soap stand out in a sea of better-for-you, socially conscious startups. (Insider)
• Inside Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's 4-year quest to root out the toxic culture that nearly sank the world's most valuable startup (Insider)
• Apple will welcome Parler, the Twitter alternative favored by conservatives, back on its app store (Insider)
• Sports site Action Network looks for buyer as online betting grows (The Information)
• Tribune Publishing ends discussions with Maryland hotel executive, moving forward with hedge fund Alden's bid for newspaper chain (Chicago Tribune)
• Britain's Kantar nears $1.5 billion deal to buy Vista-backed Numerator, sources say (Reuters)

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