BIA/Kelsey forecasts U.S. mobile local advertising revenues to grow from $664 million in 2011 to $5.8 billion in 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate of 54.2%. U.S. retailers will earn $54.47 billion online during November and December this year, up 16.8% over online holiday season sales in 2011. Today, cross-channel marketing is imperative.
Watch Tom Sosnoff, host of Get Tasted, a show on the internet-based channel The tastytrade Network, interview Centro CEO Shawn Riegsecker for their regular feature: “Bootstrapping in America.”
One of the top stories on this Election Day is the unprecedented amount of money that has been funneled into campaigns. For marketers the juiciest subplot has been the portion of it that has been allocated to digital versus traditional media.
There’s no shock in finding out that consumers are watching large amounts of video online, nine hours per week in fact, according to Tremor Media.
What may come as a larger surprise is that consumers are watching 12 hours per week on their Connected TV devices—more than any other device – and that 38% of consumers visited a website mentioned in an ad they saw on their Connected TV.
Patricio Robles’ recent piece on Econsultancy.com, “Technology is not a panacea for agencies,” is a perfect example of the kinds of important conversations our industry should be engaged in more often.
In collaboration with BOLO, The Agency Post surveyed advertising professionals to understand the state of their agency. Tablets increase news consumption according to a new PewResearch study. A recent study found that 40% of small and mid-sized firms plan to increase their digital spending budget within the next 12 months, while only 3.7% said they plan to decrease digital budgets.
CHICAGO, IL - Oct. 24, 2012 — Centro (centro.net), a provider of managed services and cloud applications for advertising agencies, today ...
With the rise of digital media, print days are numbered. After nearly 80 years, Newsweek has decided to end their print edition on Dec 31. By 2015, more than half of U.S. internet users will us a tablet, according to eMarketer. Advertising is on the rise around the globe and across nearly all media types, according to Nielsen’s Global AdView Pulse report.
What makes an ad effective? Nielsen lists the top five characteristics of ads that exhibit strong brand linkage among consumers, including brand cues early and often (visual and verbal), leveraging the brand icon, integrating the brand in a storyline, establishing ownable creative concepts, and using messaging as a brand cue.
