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May 29 2024

2024 Advertising Agency Report

See how advertising agency professionals feel about their jobs, their industry, and the challenges and opportunities that are shaping their futures.
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Jul 10 2024

2024 Holiday Shopping Trends Report

This research report has all the stats and insights you need to fine-tune your 2024 holiday advertising campaigns.
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2024 Basis AI Report Cover
Sep 18 2024

AI and the Future of Marketing

AI has begun to re-shape the marketing and advertising industries. Find out how in this comprehensive research report, featuring exclusive survey findings.
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Seats in congress where legislators consider legislation on digital advertising regulation
Aug 7 2024

Digital Advertising Regulation in 2024: What Marketers Need to Know

It’s been a busy year for digital advertising industry regulators. How will the latest legislation impact advertising and marketing professionals?
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Latest Resources

Alignment with Screens, Digital Execution and Smartphones

It’s not about traditional and digital channels anymore. Instead, it’s simply more screens. Now more than ever, it’s important to align all of these screens. According to a recent eMarketer article, nearly half of brand advertisers and agencies feel that online video is most appropriately aligned with TV, while 40% believe online video should be more aligned with display advertising.

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Falling ad rates are good for someone, and it's not Google

Read the Entire Story on Crain's Chicago Business 

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May edition of Ideas Magazine features newspaper predictions for 2017

Read the Entire Story on Inma

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Bringing Back Advertising Magic

Last week, I experienced advertising magic. Let me paint the picture for you. It all started with a typical meeting with a collective team of experts discussing an upcoming ad campaign. All of the basics were covered including the target market, messaging, budget, reach and frequency as well as the execution logistics. While the team was excited to launch this campaign, it almost seemed too easy and even a bit predictable.

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A Successful Brand: Approach & Advertising

Digiday posted an interesting read on how two powerful brands, Tiffany and Zales, battle it out in the digital space. Tiffany effectively executes a holistic approach, which leverages social media, mobile and video to reinforce its brand.

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Mobile Growth a Sign of More to Come

How is mobile changing the media landscape? According to a new forecast from Strategy Analytics project, mobile ad spending worldwide will grow 85% in 2012 from $6.3 billion to $11.6 billion. In the U.S., the technology research firm predicts mobile advertising will grow even faster, more than doubling (up 128%) to just under $4.2 billion.

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Employee Satisfaction is Essential to Business Success

Earlier this month Centro was honored with the title of the #1 Place to Work in Chicago for the second year in a row by Crain’s Chicago Business. We would like to extend our gratitude to Crain’s for their recognition, and congratulations to all of the businesses recognized!

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Internet Ad Revenue and Short CMO Tenure

Digital expansion is making history. According to a recent IAB revenue report, internet ad revenue hit a historic high ($31 billion), up 22% over 2010. Display-related advertising revenue in 2011 totaled $11.1 billion (35% of 2011 revenues), up 15% in 2010, while mobile experienced triple-digit growth, up 149% from 2010.

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How Agencies Can Take Back their Strategy

The Makegood recently wrote a very candid article describing how agencies are unfortunately positioned as “yes, men” to their clients. Agencies today are becoming victims of the ever-changing landscape, which is causing them to be more reactive vs. strategic and proactive.

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