Maarten Albarda

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• Marketers Know Good Deal When They See One -- Or Do They? in Media Insider on 08/09/2019
  

  Proof points for digital remain elusive, especially in terms of brand building and other, broader marketing objectives.

• Survival Of The Fattest in Media Insider on 07/26/2019
  

  Agency holding companies are fat and are getting fatter, investing heavily in data-driven marketing service providers.

• Repair Before You Replace in Media Insider on 07/12/2019
  

  What I learned from my quest fix a an expensive amplifier at two very different sound equipment shops.

• The (Continuing) Importance Of Brand in Media Insider on 06/28/2019
  

  Brand power is awesome, yet most marketers focus on on the back end of the sales funnel - chasing a sale.

• Agency Pitch Controversy That Isn't in Media Insider on 06/14/2019
  

  General Mills CMO Ivan Pollard issued a statement following backlash against the terms of an agency review his company is conducting.

• Why Marketing Change Management Fails in Media Insider on 05/31/2019
  

  The expectations for marketing change, especially by those without marketing experience but with results-driven metrics hanging over their heads, are often grossly unrealistic.

• To Combine Or Not To Combine? That Is The Agency Holding Company Question in Media Insider on 05/17/2019
  

  Some (like Sir Martin Sorrel) argue that holding companies should eliminate individual creative agency brands and put all into just one brand.

• Digital Ad Fraud Down: What Does That Really Mean? in Media Insider on 05/03/2019
  

  Yes, it is good news that we are down 11% on bot fraud -- but this is a $700 million improvement on a $221 billion global digital ad market.

• Half My Data Is Effective -- But Which Half? in Media Insider on 04/19/2019
  

  When I had the privilege of working with the late Simon Broadbent in the U.K., the advertising effectiveness research bug bit me firmly in the you-know-what.

• To Fix Workforce Diversity Problem, We Need To Solve Recruitment Problem in Media Insider on 04/05/2019
  

  Looking for your first job, you rely on job boards and recruiter tools. For more senior positions, you rely on your network. Both factors are biased.

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• The Path To Cutting The Cord by Cory Treffiletti (Media Insider on 07/10/2019)
  

  Precisely because the "Bundle" offered attractive extra's like free calls to Europe and super-fast internet, we did not go cordless but went "skinny cord". On the cord we only buy the basic channel package, coupled with one DVR, and Spectrum offered an option whereby you can add 10 premium channels of choice included in the skinny bundle. My wife and I each selected 5 to avoid a divorce.On top of that we have Chromecast, Fire TV and Roku, who all offer a lot of free stuff. And our Prime membership offers... well, prime. I feel we have more TV today than we had before, and across all the recording devices we have a whole bunch of unwatched viewing set to go. It feels a bit like my bedside table... there sit all the books I am going to read, but haven't yet. One day!

• The (Continuing) Importance Of Brand by Maarten Albarda (Media Insider on 06/28/2019)
  

  Hi Anne, the Research was presented at an industry conference by Christian Kurz, global head of insights at Viacom. The study is called “The role of channel logos on OnDemand platforms”. You can learn more here: https://insights.viacom.com/post/on-an-on-demand-platform-channel-logos-help-viewers-decide-what-to-watch/

• We Are All Frauds: The Way We Advertise Does Not Work (Says Havas) by Maarten Albarda (Media Insider on 02/22/2019)
  

  Hey Ed - they actually have meaningful brands by category, but to unlock that section you'd have to buy the research, or be a (potential) Havas client. I assume that some brands are better than others at "being meaningful" than others within each category. But... I think, at the same time, that most deodorants or crackers or hand soaps will struggle to be meaningful, no matter how hard they try. What struck me is that 4 of the top 5 are pure "every day utility/convenience" choices. And that tells you probably more than anything else about what consumers truly find meaningful!

• Why TV Ad Folks Should Learn Digital Skills -- Now by Dave Morgan (Media Insider on 12/13/2018)
  

  Dave: could not agree more. My prediction that the media buyer profession would have been culled already in 2018 has proven to be too optimistic/pessimistic... but it is going to go that way. I wrote about that in November of 2016 if you want to have a laugh at my prediction... https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/288984/media-buyers-dodos-predictions-im-sticking-to.html

• In A Trillion-Dollar Industry, The Answer Is Zero by Carl Erik Kjaersgaard (MAD London on 10/24/2018)
  

  Of course, Joseph Jaffe and i predicted this back in 2013 in our book "ZERO, zero paid media as the new marketing model"  ;-)

• Official And Confirmed (Indirectly): Feds Are Probing Media-Buying Practices by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 10/10/2018)
  

  Henry: I suspect the interest to explore a potential case stems from the fact that the government is a large advertiser in its own right. So it might be that help is sought from experts to understand practices and nuances in advertising deals and dealings. If the probe concludes that the government in its relationships with their agencies has suffered financially, a case might be brought forward but I am going to guess that it would be settled out of court pretty quickly. If such a case was to come forward, I assume other advertisers might also start a negotiation process for themselves, if they have solid reason to believe that their circumstances are similar to that of the government's case. Note: this is all specualtion of course, and I have no legal background to back up any of these assumptions.

• Retailers Turning To Self-Checkout Shopping by Chuck Martin (Connected Thinking on 09/26/2018)
  

  And not just a US phenomenon:https://www.esmmagazine.com/albert-heijn-checkout-free-store-amsterdam/55730

• The End Of 15% Agency Commission? by Maarten Albarda (Media Insider on 09/21/2018)
  

  Thanks Koenraad for the update from Belgium, and not surprised to see some other markets have followed suit. I think one other reason to do away with the commission is perhaps to be able to negotiate easier deals with the agency hold co’s? As you said it helps determine volume and discount for advertisers, but perhaps also makes the total volume deal with agency hold co’s easier to calculate? Dank je!

• 'Great British Baking Show' Rises Quietly To The Top by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 07/10/2018)
  

  And this season will be the last season for the show in its current format. The BBC lost the show to Channel 4 in the UK, and with it all the presenters. Paul Hollywood has been the only one making the transfer - all others pledged their loyalty to the BBC.http://www.itv.com/news/2017-04-14/great-british-bake-off-mixed-reaction-to-new-line-up/The C4 show, with new presenters along with Hollywood, has done very well. Let's see if PBS can cut a deal with C4 for a continuation.

• Why I Fired AT&T by Steven Rosenbaum (Media Insider on 07/09/2018)
  

  Same experience, different company. Time Warner became Spectrum, and Direct TV is the only alternative to cable in Charlotte. My bundled Spectrum TV, Phone, Internet bill was about to go from $206 to close to $240. So we switched a couple of things around and downgraded to basic cable, now paying $115. We already had Prime so it was an easy decision.We also switched from Verizon to T-Mobile and lowered a phone bill of close to $200 to $60 with many more relevant bells and whistles and excellent customer service.As they say, it pays to shop around. And it pays to re-evaluate!

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