If “Austin Powers” supervillain Dr. Evil wanted to hold the world ransom for $100 billion, the global advertising industry might actually be able to afford it – at least, according to GroupM’s end-of-year forecast.
Brands historically have stayed on the sidelines when it comes to hot-button social and political issues. But nowadays, American consumers often expect – and even demand – that companies form an opinion on issues they’re close to. Namely, consumers expect brands to stand up for women’s rights, especially following the recent Roe v. Wade overturn.
Although cookies will soon be off the menu and mobile identifiers are under fire, advertisers are taking their sweet time to cook up alternatives. Two-thirds of marketers say they’ve hit pause on actively transitioning from third-party identifiers, according to a new survey from Advertiser Perceptions.
AI can help mitigate bias in advertising – but it’s still early days. On Wednesday, IBM Watson Advertising and the 4A’s released findings from a six-month research project that used AI to analyze data from The Ad Council’s “It’s Up to You” COVID-19 vaccine education campaign.
After slipping in the DSP rankings to Google earlier this year, Amazon has reasserted its no. 1 status as advertisers’ preferred platform. Bolstered by the last few months’ ecommerce surge, Amazon has reclaimed the top spot after having slipped behind Google and The Trade Desk in Q1 2020 – based on the Q4 2020 Advertiser Perceptions […]
GroupM, Magna and Zenith released global ad spend forecasts on Monday, and all agree that 2020 was not the catastrophe many had predicted. Disaster was averted in large part due to the accelerated shift to digital during the pandemic. Global advertising fell by 5.8% in 2020, according to GroupM, which “could have been worse” and […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is relatively modest across large enterprises, but marketing and sales organizations are embracing the technology most quickly. Forty-six percent of companies are investing in AI for sales and marketing purposes, and 50% are deploying AI projects for commerce and customer service, according to a report released Thursday by Constellation Research. By […]
Since B2B publishers are still waking up to the possibilities of programmatic, media buyers must find B2B audiences on consumer sites. Sixty-three percent of media planners and buyers execute B2B campaigns programmatically, as opposed to 73% who do so for B2C campaigns, according to the inaugural “B2B Programmatic Media Planning and Buying” study released Friday by […]
AdExchanger Research analyst Catherine Oddenino reports on publisher trends in the programmatic advertising ecosystem in her recently-released report, “The State of Programmatic Selling 2015.” Among Ms. Oddenino’s findings:
One sign pointing to the maturation of programmatic ad buying tech is the growth of brand messaging. Whereas just last year, ads bought programmatically were 100% direct-response due to retargeting capabilities, the splits now are around 20/80, said Andrew Casale, VP of strategy at supply-side ad tech provider Casale Media. “We speculate that marketer offerings […]
Note: Story updated to point out Forrester analyst Susan Bidel, who authored the report, is a former PubMatic employee. Bidel tells AdExchanger she does not hold equity in the company. Forrester Research‘s Wave reports are harrowing events for tech startups, which find themselves labeled Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders or – heaven forbid – Risky Bets. And those labels often stick. […]
At the Advertising Research Foundation’s Industry Leader Forum yesterday in New York, one point of contention was around marketing mix modeling. Marketing mix modeling is “a core part of our decision-making,” remarked Patrick McGraw, director of consumer and market at P&G, during a panel about measuring marketing effectiveness. “It helps us develop a better understanding […]
Nielsen has steadily expanded its efforts to tie online and offline together and to build products around digital ad effectiveness. That push has required Nielsen to strike relationships with outside data providers such as Datalogix and Facebook. As social and mobile become more crucial for advertisers, Nielsen is under more pressure to come up with […]
Tablet usage is on the rise but retailers have yet to catch up, shows a new report by research company L2. As more people spend time on tablets—which L2 categorizes as a separate device from a PC or mobile device—retailers need to adopt a distinct strategy for engaging shoppers on their tablets. “Tablets have been […]
At the Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think conference in New York yesterday, discussion revolved around emerging markets such as China, India, and Brazil. John Forsyth, principal at McKinsey & Company, presented data showcasing the growth in these markets. “If you look at the growth over the next 15 years, three-fourths of the global growth is going […]
A new Real-Time Bidding buyer’s guide from Econsultancy provides a snapshot of the exchange-traded media landscape, along with an assessment of today’s demand-side platforms, trading desks, and supply-side platforms. Its overall conclusion is that RTB systems are maturing perhaps more quickly than might’ve been expected, though a lack of measurement consistency and other problems may be hindering marketer […]
Last week, IBM released the results of its “State of Marketing 2012″ (on Slideshare) survey. The results dovetail with IBM’s own technology plans as it relates to marketing and media as the press release revealed: “The new survey of the marketing industry finds that chief marketing officers (CMO) and chief information officers (CIO) must join […]
Pure-play firms reign supreme in a new Forrester evaluation of attribution vendors, released this morning. After ranking eight vendors – a blend of specialized firms and large analytics companies with attribution on the menu – the researcher placed the one-note singers at the front of the choir. All five specialists – Visual iQ, Adometry, ClearSaleing, […]
While it’s not surprising that a Forrester report (sign-up required) commissioned by video ad platform SpotXchange suggests that the market for real time bidding for video inventory is starting to take off, the conclusion of the analysts is hardly cheerleading. The report identifies three things hindering the growth of online video RTB, starting with the […]
In December, global market research firm GfK announced the acquisition of digital research firm Knowledge Networks. And late last week, the company announced the acquisition’s closing. Read the release. David Krajicek, CEO of GfK Custom Research North America, discussed the acqusition and its implications. AdExchanger.com: What would you say were the triggers for GfK’s acquisition […]
Yesterday, a team of analysts from Forrester Research led by Joanna O’Connell, published a new report, “The Forrester Wave: Demand-Side Platforms, Q4 2011,” shining a light on the programmatic buying trend in display advertising, and looking at seven demand-side platforms and their capabilities, in particular. O’Connell begins her team’s analysis by stating the challenge for […]
The research team at agency ZenithOptimedia is predicting 4.7% ad spend growth in 2012 in spite of global, bubbling economic turmoil. In a post on the agency’s blog, ZenithOptimedia’s Head of Forecasting, Jonathan Barnard, says, “This acceleration in global expenditure is the result of the ‘quadrennial’ effect and Japan’s recovery from the effects of the […]
Research agency Millward Brown (part of WPP Group) and Kantar Media Cymfony announced yesterday what it calls “a new suite of online listening solutions merging Kantar Media Cymfony’s analysis of social media and online discussion with Millward Brown’s brand and communications research.” Read the release. Ann Green, Partner, Client Solutions at Millward Brown discussed the […]
Affectiva, a Waltham, Massachussetts-based company which “provides tools for measuring emotion with electrodermal testing & face expression recognition,” recently announced a new round of funding with investors that include WPP Group’s Kantar unit and Myrian Capital. Read the release. Affectiva’s tech grew out of research from the MIT Media Lab. Dave Berman, CEO of Affectiva, […]
The four-day, Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think 2011 show was up and running in New York City today. And, there were few media buyers and sellers in sight as the analysts and researchers of the media world took over the Marriott Marquis to share notes, agree to disagree, and see if what’s in-house is up-to-date. A […]
The online advertising world continues to be challenged by ne’er-do-wells as Click Forensics released results from its latest quarterly, deep-dive into the company’s fraud detection data. The Company identified challenges with display advertising where “a pop-up or pop-under (…) rotates brand advertisers’ banner ads every 10-15 min in an effort to seemingly boost impression figures.” […]
Adam Goldberg is Chief Innovation Officer of ClearSaleing. AdExchanger.com asked Goldberg about the latest advancements and traction with effective attribution modeling in digital advertising. AdExchanger.com: How does ClearSaleing approach attribution across channels and what are the coming milestones in cross channel attribution? Attribution modeling for an SEM direct response campaign seems pretty straightforward. AG: Today, […]
Anne Hunter is VP Advertising Effectiveness at comScore. She discussed comScore’s products and initiatives around what’s core to her role – advertising effectiveness – and, in particular, a new product called Campaign Essentials announced in September. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: comScore has been thought of as the company that measures website traffic. What is the […]
Ari Paparo, EVP, Product Leadership at Nielsen, a media research and measurement firm, recently discussed with AdExchanger.com his new role, Nielsen’s initiatives in the digital space and his experience as an advertising product leader at Google. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about your new role and its responsibilities. AP: I’m in charge of online audience measurement and […]
Yes, it’s another opportunity to “Learn About The Ecosystem” and reflect upon another four-month block of data-driven Q&As on AdExchanger.com. Learn from, review and slice-and-dice recent insights and info from members of the digital ad ecosystem including web publishers, digital agencies, ad networks, exchanges, ad tech and data companies. AdExchanger.com presents Volume III of its […]
