by Jack Loechner on Nov 30, 8:15 AM
According to a timely AMP Insights Holiday Shopping Behavior survey looking at teens between the ages of 13 and 19, with 45% male and 55% female respondents, 39% began shopping on Black Friday and another 29% started a month ago.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 29, 10:45 AM
Building on strong first and second quarters, Radio continued its upward trajectory in Q3, maintaining its year-long 6% growth rate
by Jack Loechner on Nov 26, 8:15 AM
The results of a recent The Harris Poll of 3,084 adults surveyed online found that over the past six months, 62% of U.S. adults have purchased more generic brands and 45% are brown-bagging lunch instead of purchasing it. In June, similar numbers of Americans said they were buying generic, and brown-bagging it. A number of Americans have cut back in other small ways to save money, says the report.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 25, 8:15 AM
One of online marketers' simplest metrics to keep track of, the clickthrough rate, has been in decline for years, notes eMarketer. Based on longitudinal data from MediaMind, however, that decline appears to have stopped. The company's analysis of data from July 2006 through July 2010 shows that annual average click rates have plateaued, at 0.09%.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 24, 8:15 AM
A whitepaper from Smaato, utilizing consumer research for mobileSQUARED by Lightspeed Research, acknowledges that the US is the second largest mobile advertising market in the world, behind Japan, which is the world's only billion dollar mobile advertising economy. In 2010, the US mobile advertising market will be worth $797.6 million, rising to $5.04 billion in 2015.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 23, 8:15 AM
Findings presented by comScore chief research officer Josh Chasin, "A Closer Look at the U.S. Hispanic Online Audience," on 11/18, found that U.S. online Hispanic consumers' sentiment towards, and response to, advertising often varies significantly from Non-Hispanic online consumers, providing critically important insights for brands looking to reach and engage this dynamic consumer segment.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 22, 8:15 AM
According to a Gallup poll conducted in November, in which respondents were asked to predict the total amount they will spend on Christmas gifts this year, they will spend $714 -- well exceeding the $638 they forecast in November a year ago for the 2009 holiday season, but still trailing the forecasts recorded over most of the last decade.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 19, 8:15 AM
According to an overview of the U.S. online display advertising market for Q3 2010 by comScore, there were strong gains following softness in much of 2009. Data from the online advertising intelligence service indicated that nearly 1.3 trillion display ads were delivered to U.S. Internet users during the third quarter, a 22% increase versus year ago.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 18, 8:15 AM
If advertising is created to sell a product, service or even an idea, it's helpful if the message is not only clear but also believable to the intended audience. According to a new Adweek Media/Harris Poll of 2,098 U.S. adults surveyed online in October, only one in five American adults say they trust that advertising is honest in its claims all or most of the time. Rather, a majority say they trust that advertising is sometimes honest in its claims, and just over one in ten say that they never trust that advertising is honest in its claims.
by Jack Loechner on Nov 17, 8:15 AM
According to the results of its inaugural survey of leading U.S.-based online publishers by BrightRoll, video advertising is outpacing other forms of online advertising by at least 25%, say two-thirds of the respondents. Citing the medium's interactivity and ability to engage online audiences, 63% of publishers expressed optimism about the category's future, predicting higher CPMs leading into 2011.