Advertising

 

Giving It Meaning: New Data Shows Consumers Seek Relationships, Not Transactions (Salesforce Blog)

Today’s shoppers are relationship-driven, favoring brands that bring value and meaning to their lives. Products have become increasingly commoditized as their availability has sw... More

YouTube Now Lets Advertisers Tailor Campaigns for TVs (VentureBeat)

YouTube has announced that advertisers will now be able to tailor their ad campaigns specifically to people viewing them on a TV screen. The Google-owned video-streaming behemoth r... More

5 Insights from Adobe’s CEO About the Digital Economy (CMO)

Data Is More Important Than Ever- When asked about his vision for utilising data, Narayen said, “We want to help companies be able to put their data as an asset on their balance ... More

Walmart’s Vudu is Using Original Shows, Shopper Data to Stand Out in a Crowded Ad-Supported Video Market (Digiday)

The free, ad-supported streaming video market has gotten crowded, with Roku joining the likes of Pluto TV, XUMO and Tubi and Amazon reportedly waiting in the wings. But Vudu has an... More

Marketers, You’re Wasting Your Data (ReadWrite)

Data has never been more critical to marketing success. Companies are striving to employ the latest analytics to drive improvement in all areas of operations. The good news is that... More

TV Advertising Isn’t Dead – It’s Evolving (CMO)

The back-to-school season this year was also the back-to-TV season for department stores. The top brands in the category spent $247.8 million from July 1 to Aug. 31, according to i... More

Adobe Hooks Into More TV Inventory as Addressability Slowly Coalesces (AdExchanger)

Despite the massive steps the ad industry has made in figuring out addressable TV just this year, advancement comes not from stunning breakthroughs, but simply from attaching a few... More

Is Voice-Activated Shopping Set to Become the Next Big Retail Trend or Just a Hype? (Tech HQ)

Voice-activated shopping has been heralded by publication after publication as one of the next big things in retail, sure to revolutionize the way consumers order products. Many la... More

How Instagram’s IGTV is Redefining Long-Form Video (The Wrap)

In June, Instagram unveiled a new product focused on long-form vertical video — IGTV. And during a private presentation in Los Angeles last week, the company revealed early progr... More

Snapchat Gives Publishers New Way to Make Stories, Money (AdAge)

Snapchat is trying something new: It's giving publishers a way to create videos without too much heavy lifting. Snapchat announced that its dozens of media partners, including Hear... More

Report: OTT Ad Spending to Reach $2B in 2018 (AdExchanger)

Over-the-top TV (OTT) ad spend will grow 40% to reach $2 billion this year, according to Magna’s US Ad Spend Forecast Fall 2018, released Thursday. And addressable TV campaigns w... More

U.S. Marketers to Spend $15B on Data in 2019 (Media Post)

Marketers are spending a lot on data, although privacy rules are being put into place worldwide. The United States will close 2018 with the distinction of being the largest data ma... More

How ‘Grand Theft Auto’ is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music (RS)

In the five years since launch, GTA V and GTA Online gamers have listened to more than an estimated 75 billion minutes of music from the game’s 18 radio stations, according to Ro... More

Report: Mobile Sales to Hit $117B in 2018 (Mobile Marketer)

The role of smartphones during the shopping process is much bigger and broader than the impact of those sales alone. As Forrester analysts said in the report, "By researching produ... More

Walmart Eyes Virtual Reality Shopping System (AdAge)

Trekking through a crowded, cavernous Walmart supercenter isn't much fun. But what if you could do it from the comfort of your own home through virtual reality? The world's biggest... More

Want TV to Succeed? Focus on the Search Bar (MediaPost)

TV offers both a broad audience and the means to drive digital response. But to make it even more effective, advertisers should “sync” TV spots with paid-search campaigns in th... More

Will 2020 be the Year When Programmatic Grows Up? (The Drum)

The programmatic industry has already witnessed a major shift, as mobile has come to dominate browsing habits and the lines between brand information and consumer continue to blur.... More

Netflix Eyes Wider Theatrical Runs for Awards Hopefuls (THR)

Netflix is looking to up its Oscar game after edging out HBO for the most nominations at this year's Emmys. Insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that the streamer, which recently h... More

How Instagram Became the Art World’s Obsession (WSJ)

Over the past eight years, Instagram has become an indispensable, all-purpose tool for everything art related. Dealers increasingly report making sales to collectors whose interest... More

Streaming TV Services Hitch Their Rides on Better Ad Targeting to Turn a Profit (Digiday)

Streaming TV services such as YouTube TV are looking to reach cord-cutters with cheaper channel packages delivered over the internet. But with rising programming costs tied to the ... More

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