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Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has released a comprehensive social media marketing best practices guide. The guide addresses key challenges in social media marketing across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn. With social media users exceeding 5 billion worldwide and social commerce expected to represent 17% of global e-commerce by 2025, the guide offers strategic insights for marketers. Developed by Orange 142's Emerging Channels Council, it covers organic, paid, and influencer-led campaigns, addressing challenges like declining organic reach and fragmented metrics. The guide includes practical frameworks for campaign goals, content creation, data utilization, community management, and maintaining performance in a privacy-focused environment.

Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has released a comprehensive guide on micro-influencer marketing best practices. The guide highlights how micro-influencers can deliver up to 20x ROI for brands, outperforming traditional social campaigns while being more cost-effective. With 92% of consumers trusting influencers over traditional ads, the guide addresses key aspects including campaign formats, brand safety, ROI calculation, and regulatory compliance.

The best practices guide covers tactical strategies for vetting influencers, content co-creation, niche targeting, and performance tracking. It also explores emerging trends such as AI-powered influencer discovery and full-funnel campaign measurement, aimed at helping marketers build scalable and compliant influencer programs.

Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has released a comprehensive guide on foot traffic attribution, focusing on connecting digital advertising to physical store visits. The guide comes as retail foot traffic shows strong recovery, exemplified by Albertsons' 6% increase in visits.

The guide addresses key challenges in foot traffic attribution, including device data fragmentation, privacy regulations (CCPA and GDPR), and geofencing accuracy limitations. It emphasizes best practices in data handling and explores how emerging technologies like AI, wearables, and smart devices are enhancing attribution accuracy. The guide provides actionable recommendations for marketers, including focusing on localized campaigns, using time-sensitive offers, and maintaining transparency in data collection.

Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has launched a comprehensive guide titled "Best Practices Guide to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)" to help marketers adapt to AI-powered search. The guide addresses the shift from traditional link-based search to generative AI platforms, where 60% of searches may result in zero clicks.

The guide, developed by Orange 142's Emerging Channels Council, covers essential topics including GEO fundamentals, AI content interpretation, visibility tactics, and strategies for content structuring. It aims to help brands maintain visibility in an era where AI search platforms like Google SGE, Perplexity, and OpenAI's Deep Research provide direct answers without website clicks.

Direct Digital Holdings (DRCT) reported Q1 2025 financial results with revenue of $8.2 million, down 63% from Q1 2024. The company's buy-side segment through Orange 142 showed growth with revenue of $6.1 million, up 6% year-over-year, while sell-side revenue declined 88% to $2.0 million. The company achieved a 19% reduction in operating expenses through strategic cost-saving initiatives. Despite challenges, DRCT maintained its full-year 2025 revenue guidance of $90-110 million. The quarter saw a net loss of $5.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.0 million. The company ended Q1 with cash and equivalents of $1.8 million, focusing on rebuilding its sell-side business and expecting new strategic partnerships to impact revenues in H2 2025.

Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has released a comprehensive Digital Audio Best Practices Guide aimed at helping marketers optimize their digital audio campaigns. The guide addresses the growing digital audio landscape, which reaches over 228 million Americans monthly across podcasts, streaming music, and internet radio.

Led by SVP Lindsey Wilkes, the guide covers key areas including audience trends, targeting advantages, industry challenges, emerging trends like AI optimization and spatial audio, privacy best practices, and measurement approaches. The resource is part of Orange 142's Emerging Channels Council initiative, designed to help independent brands and agencies explore innovative advertising channels.

Direct Digital Holdings (Nasdaq: DRCT), a prominent advertising and marketing technology platform, has scheduled its first quarter 2025 financial results announcement for Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after U.S. market close.

The company, which operates through its key subsidiaries Colossus SSP and Orange 142, will discuss the financial performance for the period ending March 31, 2025. Management will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 PM ET on the same day.

Interested parties can access both the live webcast and its replay through the company's investor relations website at https://ir.directdigitalholdings.com/.

Direct Digital Holdings (Nasdaq: DRCT) AI Council has released its fourth eBook titled 'Responsible AI: A Beginner's Guide' to assist organizations in implementing ethical AI practices. The guide focuses on helping business leaders and tech teams understand and deploy AI systems safely and legally.

The comprehensive resource addresses important aspects including:

• AI risk classification and safeguards
• Five core principles: transparency, fairness, accountability, privacy, and reliability
• Practical governance framework
• Legal compliance with regulations like EU AI Act and California AI Transparency Act
• Business benefits of ethical AI implementation

According to Anu Pillai, Chief Technology Officer at Direct Digital Holdings, the guide aims to demystify responsible AI and prepare organizations for an era where ethical AI implementation becomes a legal and business necessity.

Orange 142, a division of Direct Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: DRCT), has released a comprehensive 'Best Practices Guide to CTV Advertising' to help marketers navigate Connected TV advertising. The guide comes as CTV spending is projected to reach $33.35 billion this year.

The eBook addresses the shift from traditional linear TV to streaming platforms, offering tactical recommendations for creating impactful CTV campaigns. According to Lindsey Wilkes, SVP of Business Development at Orange 142, nearly all US households now subscribe to streaming services, with over half subscribing to four different platforms.

The guide covers key areas including:

• CTV Opportunity and Market Growth
• Benefits and Challenges of CTV
• Emerging Technologies and Trends
• Data and Privacy Considerations
• Measurement and Attribution Models