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Embracing the Change that a Changed World Demands
It comes as no shock to anyone that many aspects of the country’s economy have changed rapidly and dramatically over the last year as the world adjusted to a COVID-altered landscape. That is equally true within the communications world, as major advertisers adapted to consumers taking a digital-first, virtual approach to shopping, creative and media agencies struggle to become nimbler and more responsive, and any publisher or content provider that is not Face...
The current reaction of the media marketplace to COVID-19
Sports world upheaval The biggest factor in the TV/Video marketplace at the moment is the impact of the cancellation of the NCAA tournament and the postponement of all other sports such as the NBA, MLB, NHL and Premiere League. This turns back a reported $1.5B in ad spend back to marketers. Some of that will not return to the marketplace, but much of it will. Samsung, P&G and CPG’s in general are looking to place dollars back in market f...
The current impact of COVID-19 on US ad spending
We all know that the Coronavirus is impacting US advertising, but the questions all of us within the ad industry should be asking is, how and for how long? Fortunately, the smart folks at the Interactive Advertising Bureau have been researching this and have come up with some interesting statistics. One bottom-line conclusion uncovered from their research is that as of today, 74% of buy-side decision-makers think the Coronavirus will have a greater imp...
Implementing Voice-Enabled Ads in 2020
What Are Voice-Enabled Ads? Voice ads have begun to usher in a new dimension of advertising that more thoroughly integrates consumers in the marketing experience. Traditional ads have merely passed information along to customers in what marketers hope is an engaging way. A voice ad takes the concept of information exchange further to request verbal responses from the consumers. For marketing teams, the most attractive feature of voice advertising is the imme...
Podcast with Brad Adgate
Brade Adgate is a smart and engaging personality in the world of media. He's spent a career and earned a national reputation working on both the agency and vendor side of the media business. CNN, FOX, Forbes, and others consider him to be an authority for his opinions and prognostications on topics such as media measurement, strategy, and research. But it was for his keen knowledge of politics and political media that we recorded a podcast. With 2020 ahead...
Adopting a Value-First Advertising Strategy
Advertising has come a long way from Madison Avenue’s much-celebrated heyday. Advertising has undergone massive disruption in the last twenty years, more so than most industries. Even so, many website banner ads, pop-ups, and Instagram ads that the Mad Men of yore never dreamed of still follow somewhat traditional, straightforward formulas. Traditional advertising uses campaigns to create impressions for brand awareness, recall of a product, message, or promo...
Our Predictions for Mobile Advertising in 2020
As mobile technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous, the best place for brands to connect with consumers is literally in the palms of their hands. Advertising on mobile platforms will undoubtedly continue to grow by leaps and bounds through 2020 and beyond. Investment in mobile advertising hasn’t just gone through the proverbial roof in recent years; it’s shattered it. WARC reports that mobile ad spend reached $137.9 billion worldwide in 2018. The inc...
Where your TV ad audience went and how to get them back
According to Nielsen, prime-time ratings for all cable networks declined by 27% since 2016. We know why. Linear TV has taken a back seat to the new consumption of content on a variety of devices and set top boxes. It’s been difficult to track viewership and, therefore, to feed commercials to this audience. You can’t just buy more GRPs because with ratings down, there just isn’t enough supply to match the growing demand. And even if you can get the points you...
Technology Brings New Life To The Out Of Home Industry
Out-of-home advertising is the world's oldest form of advertising, and until recently hasn't become nearly as easy to implement well as other ad forms. This traditionally manual medium has required knowing the owner of the sign, working out an agreement, printing the ad, and having it installed. If you need to change your creative, you'll have to redesign, reprint, and reinstall. But the conversion of more and more out-of-home advertising from static boards ...
Protecting Yourself From Mounting Ad Fraud in OTT
Connected TV is quickly becoming more mainstream, and in this year’s fourth quarter, some big players will be launching offerings that will get people questioning their cost of cable TV. As the tide of money flows to OTT/Connected TV, a growing amount of ad fraud is hitting that space. Unfortunately, the perception is that because OTT is not cookie-based it is immune to fraud. Not true. It’s been reported that a network of internet-connected devices running...
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