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- Most firms are active in two or more social shops, although they face challenges, Forrester and Emplifi report.
- While more attention leads to increased recall, shorter ads were more attention-efficient and did more work in a shorter period of time. Dentsu's "Attention Economy" research program is focused on measuring the true value of attention across channels, platforms, and formats, to reroute the way the ad industry judges an ad's real success.
- The ad industry has realized that "device metrics" that were proxies for attention and standards like viewability do not necessarily equate to a true "opportunity to see," according to Joanne Leong, vp, global media partnerships, dentsu international.
- Consumers prefer to do business with companies that make authentication safe and simple and safe, according to 81% of consumers surveyed by CMO Council and Business Performance Innovation Network. This frustration can cause consumers to search for brands that offer a different type of digital verification process.
- Netflix currently has high saturation among the older demographic, particularly in the U.S. But it may have a tough time keeping them in the face of cheaper competitors that offer sports and news.
- The delay of Instagram's app for kids highlights a need for tighter laws. The U.K. leads the U.S. in this area, introducing a new code earlier this year, the Age Appropriate Design Code.
- Total "churn" was 6% in the second quarter of this year, down from 8%, according to Kantar Entertainment on Demand.
- But most B2B purchasers are receiving irrelevant content, durhamlane and Cyance report in a UK study.
- 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.
- Merkle sees marketers struggling to maintain compliance and ensure a safe way to collect first-party data, identify customers, and use that data to power experiences.
- Shopify on Tuesday introduced tabs on TikTok to help creators and merchants sell on the platform through TikTok Shopping.
- Ad spending in the major English-speaking markets -- the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand -- expanded 25% during the first half, including a 52% spurt during Q2, the first quarter to reflect year-over-year comparisons with the COVID-19 ad recession of 2020, which began in March and lasted through July (based on U.S. data).
- Evidence is mounting that the global ad economy -- at least in the Western World -- is shifting from recovery to expansion, and maybe even a boom. New data shows the major English-speaking markets expanded 25% in the first half and 52% in Q2.
- Despite this year's absence of a physical advertising schmoozefest, it generated half its revenues from industry benchmarking.
- Thanks to indelible jingles and incessant frequency, insurance brands Farmer's, State Farm and Liberty Mutual were among the top 10 sonic brands of 2021, according to just released data from Veritonic's audio logo index. The index, which assigns scores to hundreds of leading sonic brands based on Veritronic's proprietary intelligence platform, utilizing a panel of abut 3,700 consumers in the U.S. and U.K. (Data in the chart above reflect the top 10 in the U.S.)
- While online shopping has changed, so have consumer expectations. They want more.
- Magna now projects 15% U.S. advertising growth this year, to $259 billion, and 14% growth globally, to $657 billion -- both record-setting.
- Study found the pandemic accelerated the use of AR, and more than 75% of consumers believe it will become a key technology.
- In an unusual collaboration between a big media-buying agency and a supplier of digital video ad inventory, Havas Media Group this morning announced it is working with video ad network operator Teads to develop research to help publishers boost their ad prices by increasing consumer attention to the ads they serve.
- The major Anglo markets -- and the U.S. in particular -- appear to be leading the global ad economy out of recession, according to an analysis released Thursday by Standard Media Index.
- It's been a difficult year to socialize and interact -- especially for college students stuck at home trying to advance their degrees and prepare for their future. Many require interaction and socialization to make the most of their learning.
- Persons with visual, hearing, speech and/or cognitive disabilities are active consumers of media, but they also have special needs, frequently utilize assistive tools to compensate, and often have a difficult time with some of the most mainstream media, especially social media.
- Social media is the most difficult medium overall for persons with disabilities -- including visual, hearing, speech and cognitive ones -- to use. That's the finding of a study conducted by IPG Mediabrands Magna, and is part of a report produced with sister unit IPG Media Lab.
- 2021 is the year of experience for Google. YouTube doesn't seem to follow the same standard (completely), according to Searchmetrics data.
- CTV has been a major beneficiary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now perceived as being a better media option for reaching consumers than linear TV, according to advertisers and agencies surveyed by MTM Global for video advertising developer Tremor Video and its Unruly unit.
- The ad industry continues to roll out new protocols around online data and consumer privacy. LoopMe surveyed consumers to find out if they're really aware of the changes, and what they thought.
- Fueled by demand for new smartphones, as well as the rollout of 5G spectrum, telecommunications industry ad spending is expected to expand an average of 4.5% annually through 2023, according to a new report released today by Publicis Media's Zenith unit.
- Tom Capper is known as a thought leader with a penchant for challenging industry norms and developing unique SEO strategies and tactics.
- A drag-and-drop tool allows users to place surveys in all corporate and customer emails, the company says.
- An overwhelming majority of consumers have a "positive" attitude toward brands that promote social good, according to a multinational survey released today by Dentsu. The study, conducted among social media users in the U.S., U.K., Japan, China and India, found that U.S. social media users indexed about average for all the major social good criteria, while China and India over-indexed and Japan under-indexed.
