Curated Guide to Research
MediaPost's comprehensive guide to current research in the marketplace.
Search results for "digital content"
- Key takeaways of the study include users' increased screen time over the past year and their need for more authentic, relatable, and positive content.
- Pew's analysis covers areas including privacy, on-platform abuse and Republicans' and Democrats' differing views on Twitter's major issues and overall impact on democracy.
- A third of social media users engage with organic content from brands regularly by clicking on ads, visiting a brand's site or purchasing products. Not all sites perform the same, according to Model B, a tech company with roots in AI, and Opinium, a New York-based agency.
- Pew finds a large majority of U.S. adults (84%) say they get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet "often" or "sometimes," according to the research.
- Thanks to wider use of sophisticated brand suitability and risk prevention strategies, brand risk for desktop display campaigns dropped by 2.4 points in the U.S. in the period.
- What do you do if your company is being described as "stodgy" by Millennials? How do you attract a younger audience without alienating your Gen X and successful Boomer clients? That's what Windermere Real Estate was facing. With a nearly 50 year legacy and flashy brands like Zillow and Redfin invading their space, Windermere needed to step up their game. Easier said than done when your budget is limited, and you're up against VC-backed and publicly traded companies with plenty of money to spend. So they needed to get creative and find a space where they could stand out. That space was Spotify. The music platform, a favorite among Millennials, gave Windermere the space to create their own branded station with home-themed playlists that could appeal to all generations. Spotify also provided branded QR codes to directly engage consumers with Windermere's station in an off-line environment, i.e. OOH, business cards and TV ads. Since launching their branded station, Windermere has earned more than 100K monthly active users and seen an 18% increase in direct traffic to their website. Spotify now plays an integral role in Windermere's media strategy.
- Kantar says 39% of consumers are now satisfied with the "amount of content" on the streamer, up from 25% when Apple TV+ launched in November 2019.
- The Kagan report projects $5.21 billion will be spent on originals -- around 38%. Previously, Netflix had told analysts it expected to spend $17 billion on content on a "cash basis."
- Social media is the top-cited source by those 18-34, but not by adults overall, a Conviva survey finds.
- The plan aims to "determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal."
- From the beginning, Visible has always worked to fundamentally change the way consumers get and pay for their wireless service via their all-digital model. How is this challenger brand creating a new normal in telecommunications? Through high-touch experiential activations, an unparalleled influencer network, and real-time social listening, that simultaneously addresses real-life issues while building community.
- Shopify on Tuesday introduced tabs on TikTok to help creators and merchants sell on the platform through TikTok Shopping.
- YouTube is experimenting with a feature that brings some website links and other formats from Google Search into its search results. The test is running on mobile devices in India and Indonesia, but additional countries may be added to the roaster based on user feedback.
- Microsoft has acquired electronic content-delivery network Peer5 in a deal that will support enhancements to Microsoft Teams' live video streaming, the company says.
- "We're on the verge of having platforms and companies so powerful and so influential in the political process that they're ungovernable," Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer told Bloomberg. He expects Congress to pass legislation to rein in big tech companies.
- Google search advocate Daniel Waisberg categorizes various types of website organic traffic declines and explains the concept in a post.
- Among the top 22 market-share holders in skincare, 17 are publishers or informational websites -- capturing 62.34% of available search traffic.
- In this week's analysis of Bombora's Company Surge data, "real-time personalization," "brand voice," and "content personalization" were among the top five trending topics among the MediaPost 500.
- Burger King is prioritizing the moments that matter for the company - whether on TV, OTT, social - to drive incremental traffic and build brand. Learn how BK's media team is leveraging attribution modeling as a guide and asserting performance criteria to judge every old and new channel against how each adds to the mission.
- How are digital dollars moving your customers to action? Franchisees need to know exactly where their ad money goes and show results - quickly! Liz Bazner, the director of digital at A&W Restaurants, tells us how in the past few years A&W has been doing just that since moving to a cost-per-visit measurement model for their campaigns.
- Every marketing success probably was preceded by a line of valuable failures, but we rarely share that full path to the big win. But failing fast, learning faster is itself a necessary marketing skill. Hedy Payghambari, director of marketing and media at Papa Murphy's, shares her teachable moments and the tools and tactics she leveraged to maximize return on investment on digital channels.
- SimpliSafe, the category-defining brand of DIY home security, has already succeeded in reaching beyond the digitally savvy base and into general awareness. Company CCO, Don LeBlanc, shares lessons learned as he brings his data-driven marketing culture into awareness campaigns that build brand even as they drive sales.
- Cadillac skews more heavy to multicultural buyers than other brands, so a lot of its overall marketing plan has that emphasis. The brand's partnership with Regina King, Diddy and Spike Lee give a clear indication of how important it is for the brand to connect authentically with multicultural customers. Not everyone can hire a-list stars and give Diddy a car but there are key takeaways that Alexis Kerr, head of multicultural marketing at Cadillac, shares to help other brands activate on a smaller scale.
- The sheltering-at-home lifestyle saw consumers watching more video than ever before, including expanding their viewing habits to new platforms like TikTok. Direct-to-consumer contact lens brand, Hubble Contacts, decided they didn't want to be beholding to just FaceBook and took advantage of the new trend. Hubble's Senior Marketing & Creative Director, Dan Rosen, shares how he tested the short-form mobile video platform and discovered a new audience, success and scale.
- While most hospitality organizations were trying to connect with consumers at the front desk, the folks at Red Roof Inn set their sights on more strategic voice opportunities. Kevin Scholl, Red Roof's Director of Digital Marketing, discusses leveraging voice technology, SEO optimization and why they're proud to be the only hospitality brand to engage with consumers in their homes and cars via Alexa.
- TV stations must strike out on their own to bolster new sources of revenue, especially with new locally and regionally based OTT operations.
- Professionally produced ads were found to be more effective in driving travel-related actions than UGC in a survey from SSP Magnite.
- Netflix accounted for the top seven of 10 most in-demand original series.
- Amazon's total video and music video spend for TV, movies, and other content for its Prime Video and other services rose 41% in 2020 to $11 billion, according to its annual report -- a level rivaling other digital and legacy media companies. On a profit-and-loss basis, however, Amazon is still behind the bigger players. It grew 17% to $6.8 billion (from $5.8 billion in 2019) for its video and music content.
- Netflix's percentage of existing subscribers leaving the service was a low 2.5% for Q4 2020.
