Definition

The intangible value of a brand name that makes people pay $5 for a coffee they could make at home for 30 cents. It's basically the financial measurement of how successfully you've brainwashed the public into thinking your logo means something.

Example Usage

"Our brand equity is valued at $2 billion. No, you can't touch it, see it, or explain it to your accountant without them sighing deeply."

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Any marketing channel where you pay for placement or exposure, from Google ads to billboards. It's the straightforward 'give us money and we'll show your stuff' approach that makes traditional advertising feel honest by comparison.

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zombie account

A customer account that's technically active but generates no revenue or engagement, cluttering your metrics like digital dead weight. They're not users, they're ghosts.

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Lookalike Audience

A group of strangers that Facebook's algorithm thinks are similar to your existing customers, based on the terrifying amount of data it has on everyone. It's digital matchmaking, except instead of finding you a date, it finds people equally likely to buy your yoga mat.

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pre-roll ad

Video advertisements that play before desired content, testing viewer patience since the dawn of online video. The digital descendant of unskippable movie theater ads, except you're in your underwear.

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house ad

Unsold advertising inventory filled with the publisher's own promotional content rather than leaving it blank. The digital equivalent of restaurants putting the owner's daughter's artwork on empty walls.

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supply-side platform

Technology that enables publishers to automatically sell their ad inventory to the highest bidder across multiple demand sources. The yang to the demand-side platform's yin, or more accurately, the auctioneer to the DSP's buyer.

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