- It's Time To Apply Digital Video Metrics To TV Ratings in
Television News Daily on
08/31/2017
If we focus on duration of viewability for cross-screen video, then it makes sense to do the same for the television audience. Measuring duration of "watching" TV would deliver more valuable data to
networks and advertisers to improve impact.
- Ford Dangles 'Idol' Finale In Promo in
Marketing Daily on
05/06/2009
Ford is also working with an agency called House Party to organize 1,000 private house parties for the night of the finale. Local Ford dealers will loan new 2010 Ford Fusions to party hosts for the
evening.
- Media Metrics: The Price Is Right in
Media Magazine on
02/22/2008
It boils down to choice. Price is a matter of choice. More choice tends to make consumers more sensitive to price. The jargon is elastic, meaning that if the price goes up a little then the demand
will go down a lot. This is due to the value that consumers perceive - the maximum price they are willing to pay.
- Targeting: Looking into the Stars in
Media Magazine on
01/31/2008
I keep feeling like I am standing on top of an iceberg, unable to see what is below the waterline. At any time worldviews can flip. Then, what has been underwater sees the light of the day.
- Targeting: A Crisis of Confidence in
Media Magazine on
11/01/2007
Some market and media researchers have moved from expensive random digit dialing, mailings and in-person research to the significantly less pricey platform of online research.
- Targeting: It's - Still - All in the Mix in
Media Magazine on
08/31/2007
Every other year, accountability makes a resurgence. "Like it or not, CMOs still have to prove their worth" reads a recent headline in one major ad industry publication. But even as ad agencies work
overtime in an attempt to link data with the machinery of statistics, the big question remains, how do you calculate, monitor and manage accountability?
- Targeting: Google's Got The Key in
Media Magazine on
02/27/2007
We swim in a sea of data. Focus groups, transactions, all sorts of surveys, Web traffic, assorted non-sale responses, TV meters, portable meters, mall intercepts, and contests - and that's just to
name a few. But what matters, and what's the value? These are becoming strategic questions for many companies. Answers lie in what metrics can be used to run your business.
- Targeting: Media Planning Died Last Year in
Media Magazine on
12/29/2006
Independent companies have been trying to start up ad auction exchanges for years. Remember the famously flamboyant endeavor of the now-failed Enron? Well, the Association of National Advertisers
(ANA) thinks it's time to get serious and tapped eBay to create the first successful ad auction platform. The initiative faces resistance from media agencies. Martin Sorrell, CEO of the WPP Group,
summed up the feeling by coining the new term "frienemy," concisely expressing his combativeness toward the automated, Internet-focused ad placement services promoted by Google and Microsoft.
- Targeting: From Seeing to Believing in
Media Magazine on
11/28/2006
Almost 40 years ago, the media community started negotiating television deals on gross ratings points for persons instead of households. Ten years ago, some intrepid buyers started to include the
importance of unduplicated rating points, commonly called reach, in their negotiations. More recently, a few buyers began to target consumer ratings instead of demographic ratings.
- Targeting: Paying for Attention in
Media Magazine on
10/26/2006
The advertising research foundation (ARF) is making a valiant effort to champion "engagement" as the future of communications metrics. Its insistence that the metrics be reliable, valid, and
predictive is exactly right. ARF's definition, arrived at this summer, announces: "Engagement is turning on a prospect to brand idea enhanced by the surrounding context."