Nov 22, 2018 | Digital marketing skills, Online advertising
Marketers face a challenge as they try to balance technology innovation with creativity, with digital growth in advertising coming at the expense of the quality of creative, according to a new survey.
Nov 22, 2018 | Online advertising, Regulation
Nearly three quarters (74%) of UK marketers stated there had been some impact on the images they choose for campaigns because of the ban, compared to 57% in 2017, according to new research.
Nov 20, 2018 | Content marketing, Online advertising
How much should you spend on a video ad production? A new experiment pitted three ads against each other to discover the optimal amount to spend on filming a video.
Nov 20, 2018 | Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Twitter UK has launched a Christmas TV ad featuring a man called John Lewis, who gets an avalanche of tweets each year mistaking his for the department store famous for its festive TV commercials.
Nov 20, 2018 | Online advertising
Stockholm, London, Amsterdam and Berlin top the list for the top cities developing artificial intelligence technology, according to new research.
Nov 15, 2018 | Online advertising
Marketers are failing to tailor campaigns based on local market audience insights, culture and behaviours, according to new research.
Nov 14, 2018 | Online advertising
Audio communication is underused by most brands and advertisers, despite podcasts, audiobooks, music streaming, voice assistants and even voice notes quickly gaining in popularity and becoming more heavily integrated into our day to day lives. A new report looks into the ways sound can enhance marketing campaigns.
Nov 13, 2018 | France, Germany, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Search engine marketing, Social media
Digital advertising grew by 10% to €25.7bn in the first half of this year, with mobile set to take a 50% share of the total, according to new research.
Nov 13, 2018 | Online advertising
Oath is launching a new programmatic audio ads platform, giving brands an automated way of optimising adverts on podcasts and streaming services.
Nov 13, 2018 | Online advertising
An overwhelming majority (86%) of UK brand marketers now use custom KPIs to link marketing activity with business objectives, compared with only a quarter (24%) of marketers still relying on click-through rates as their primary metric, according to new research.
Nov 12, 2018 | Paid search
Google marked the 20 year anniversary of Google Search last week to honour the work of the brightest and best search strategists in the industry.
Nov 12, 2018 | Online advertising
Marketers are wildly overconfident that they can meet customer expectations, with many consumers saying that marketers are doing it wrong, according to new research.
Nov 9, 2018 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation
UK supermarket chain Iceland has seen its Christmas advert blocked from TV screens for being too political, but the Greenpeace-made cartoon is finding new life as a viral success online.
Nov 9, 2018 | Online advertising, Online video, Regulation
Advertisers are scaling back spending on ITV during the traditionally busy run-up to Christmas due to uncertainty about the UK’s future, the UK broadcaster has said.
Nov 9, 2018 | Online advertising
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) announces a new brand identity, under the creative platform “So Sri Lanka”.
Nov 9, 2018 | Online advertising
Over three quarters (78%) of brands say they now measure the Voice of the Customer, but just 24% think they get the insight they need to transform their business, according to new research.
Nov 8, 2018 | Online advertising
“The Long Wait” is the most effective John Lewis Christmas ad, according to new emotion AI data released today by Realeyes.
Nov 6, 2018 | Online advertising
US voters who lean toward the right are engaging with new apps more than their liberal counterparts, highlighting the stark difference in media consumption between voters, according to new research.
Nov 6, 2018 | Online advertising
The Association for Online Publishing (AOP) will be providing its members with a centralised pool of verified cookie data, via a single login, in collaboration with The Media Trust.
Nov 2, 2018 | Online advertising
European brands are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as they battle to make sense of their data and deliver more relevant, personalised customer experiences, while staying on the right side of GDPR.