{"id":41941,"date":"2025-08-13T05:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/youtubes-deliberate-pace-on-scalable-creator-ads-raises-eyebrows-among-marketers-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:05:43","slug":"youtubes-deliberate-pace-on-scalable-creator-ads-raises-eyebrows-among-marketers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/youtubes-deliberate-pace-on-scalable-creator-ads-raises-eyebrows-among-marketers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube\u2019s deliberate pace on scalable creator ads raises eyebrows among marketers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As brands increase their spending on scalable creator ads, three marketers say YouTube is lagging behind rival<strong> <\/strong>platforms in its implementation of the paid ad<strong> <\/strong>format \u2014\u00a0but YouTube execs<strong> <\/strong>insist its slower<strong> <\/strong>rollout is designed<strong> <\/strong>to protect the platform\u2019s creator community.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, social platforms have released<strong> <\/strong>more tools to help advertisers scale creator ads, which let brands take an existing piece of creator content like an organic post or video and turn it into a targeted ad without having to negotiate or produce a custom campaign with that creator from scratch. 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