Ruchi Roy

Ruchi Roy is a Staff Writer at Ad Pulse with 9 years of experience in reporting, writing, and content production. She is a professional writer with a background in journalism. Her reporting focuses on branding, creativity, brand strategy, B2B marketing, and influencer and creator economies, exploring how these forces shape modern marketing and culture. Her strength lies in research-led storytelling, turning complex ideas into content that is relevant, credible, and valuable.

Articles by Ruchi Roy

Ad Pulse 5 warning signs for AI in Marketing

5 Warning Signs Brands Can’t Ignore About AI in Marketing

By Ruchi Roy | July 2, 2026

Brands entered 2026 making high-value bets over AI. CEOs and CMOs threw off the reins on AI and let it take over departments, including marketing and advertising. Budgets expanded; human forces cut down, workflow realigned in accordance with C-suite orders. …

Ad Pulse June Marketing News Article

June Marketing Rundown: 6 Must-Know Stories That Shaped the Month

By Ruchi Roy | June 30, 2026

The year 2026 has reached the halfway point in its completion. June marketing rundown is more about structural transformation and less about campaign launches. The month’s biggest stories centered on retail media consolidation, the institutionalization of the creator economy, AI’s…

Explain 8 Internal Hurdles Quietly Killing Multiplier Effect in Marketing Performance

Explainer: The Internal Challenges Limiting Marketing’s Multiplier Effect

By Ruchi Roy | June 29, 2026

The Multiplier Effect research by WARC makes a compelling case for integrating brand and demand marketing. Brands that combine the two consistently outperform those treating them as separate disciplines.  Yet understanding the theory is much easier than putting it into…

How Duolingo Became a Gen Z Product

How Duolingo Became a Gen Z Product First and a Learning App Second

By Ruchi Roy | June 22, 2026

There is a useful analogy about white chocolate. It is marketed as chocolate, known as chocolate. But anyone who has eaten both knows white chocolate has removed every component that makes chocolate what it is — the cocoa solids, the bitterness, the thing that…

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Audio Advertising Wants to Be More Than Awareness. Can It Finally Prove ROI?

By Ruchi Roy | June 18, 2026

New Age of Audio Advertising: From the rise of in-app audio inventory to the emergence of Visual Audio formats, Mark Levin, CEO of Consumable argues that audio advertising is evolving into a channel that can offer the targeting, measurement, and…

LinkedIn Premium Cost

LinkedIn Premium Is Costing B2B Marketers More Than They Bargained For

By Ruchi Roy | June 15, 2026

LinkedIn has always wrapped itself as a professional’s paradise. A network where careers are built, deals are closed, and brands find their audiences.  But in 2026, a mounting stack of changes is forcing marketers, professionals, and business owners to ask harder questions. Is LinkedIn…

From Burger King to Mercedes 6 Pride Campaigns

The Pride Campaigns That Actually Earned Their Rainbow

By Ruchi Roy | June 9, 2026

At the height of the digital marketing rise, Pride Month campaigns often dominated the conversation. Brands were at the forefront of putting a spotlight on Pride through powerful storytelling, memorable creatives, and inclusive narratives.  Today, however, association with Pride Month has become…

The Constant in Marketing Fundamentals How AIDA is Evolving in the Age of AI

The Constant in Marketing Fundamentals: How AIDA is Evolving in the Age of AI

By Ruchi Roy | June 5, 2026

More than 125 years have passed since Elias St. Elmo Lewis sat down and mapped the path the human mind takes to a purchase decision. Advertising technology has shifted from letterpress to large language models. Consumer attention has fractured across…

Publicis and Microsoft Alliance 2026 7 Things Marketers Must Know

Publicis and Microsoft Alliance 2026: 7 Things Marketers Must Know

By Ruchi Roy | June 4, 2026

On April 8, 2026, ten years after co-creating Marcel, Microsoft and Publicis Groupe expanded their alliance. They announced a plan to build a unified, full-stack marketing solution.  Their aim: unify legacy systems, AI agents, and identity-based data to accelerate marketing…

Gen Alpha Marketing Has One Ancient Driver Pester Power

Gen Alpha Marketing Has One Ancient Driver: Pester Power

By Ruchi Roy | June 3, 2026

Gen Alpha marketing has brought panic to the boardrooms of many brands and agencies. Every few months, a new Gen Alpha explainer lands in your inbox. The new digital-natives, AI-first, born into an algorithm, are taking over agencies’ attention. Brands…