Concrete findings on how effective QR codes are at driving ad interactions are now available, and some industry best practices are emerging.
Ride-hailing app company Curb Mobility is bringing TikTok’s user-generated content to Taxi TV, its network of more than 15,000 in-taxi screens across 65 US markets.
Excluding the long tail of CTV is a hangover from a linear age when audiences clustered around a small subset of wildly popular shows. The idea of “premium” is subjective in a climate packed with vast amounts of content catering to diverse and passionate audiences.
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In a wildly exciting and inventive sector, YouTube is merely meeting the status quo – with scope for so much more.
Before DOOH can court bigger ad budgets, it must adapt the automated tools marketers use for measuring and buying against performance to a media channel that straddles the online and offline worlds.
Tying ad spend to conversions by making ads actionable is one sure way to measure ROAS more effectively. To that end, many brands are turning to solutions like shoppable TV ads.
QR codes went from zero to hero during the pandemic. But are people still using QR codes as much now that the pandemic is under control? Bit.ly CEO Toby Gabriner weighs in.
Connected TV advertising is here to stay. However, there is a downside: ad money leaking away due to fraud. Gijsbert Pols, PhD, director of connected TV and new channels at Adjust, offers suggestions for how to avoid the fraudsters when buying CTV ads.
Television does drive sales lift, although the impact usually isn’t immediate. Broadcasters have been trying to change that for a long time. Until recently, however, the reality of shoppable TV has lagged far behind the idea. Publishers are busy exploring interactive TV ad formats, from QR codes to clickable overlays – but are advertisers buying in?
When messaging app developer Pinger started experimenting with CTV advertising last year, it learned a lot – about what not to do. “Mistake number one is that we really thought a CTV agency could guide us through the process … and I would encourage you not to assume that,” says Brook Lenox, Pinger’s senior marketing manager.
Without an easy interface for clicking through to purchase, audio and video ads have, until recently, been best suited to upper-funnel brand-awareness campaigns rather than direct response. But now, tried-and-true technologies like retargeted display ads and QR codes are making audio and video formats more actionable.
A few immutable truths about living in New York City: Almost everyone takes the subway, the weather is volatile, and most people are too busy (or lazy?) to plan what to make for dinner. FreshDirect, a grocery delivery service based in NYC, was inspired by these realities of city life to launch a digital-out-of-home (DOOH) campaign promoting different recipes to commuters depending on the current weather.
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rachelle Kuramoto, VP of brand and content at Dragon Army. Smart content marketers are thinking about new ways to use tried-and-true technology as well as ways to integrate new innovations […]
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Although analysts and industry insiders have predicted the death of the QR code in recent years, Mike Wehrs, CEO of mobile barcode company Scanbuy, hopes data aggregation will extend the usefulness of 2D barcodes. Founded in 2000, Scanbuy’s customers include companies like Nespresso, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Staples and Home Depot, which use Scanbuy’s platform to […]
Would you rather scan a QR code or scan the whole item to receive additional information? Digital watermarking company Digimarc is betting that consumers are more likely to choose the latter. Using a technology released Monday that embeds codes in images, Digimarc enables retailers to provide product information, coupons and other content without the use […]
