New year, new you. Each year, our resolutions hit us in the face as we join the masses to be better versions of ourselves. However, many marketers find themselves trapped on the execution treadmill. They are churning out messaging incredibly fast without taking into account the impact it has on the consumer journey. We interrupt […]
Valentine’s Day is oftentimes undervalued. It’s known to get overlooked as plans focus on wrapping up the holidays vs. strategically preparing for marketing to a specific audience during the weeks leading up to V-Day. U.S. consumers are expected to spend an average $143.56 on Valentine’s Day as 55% of the population celebrates, an increase from […]
This year brands utilized nostalgia, humor, celebrities, and cause-marketing to grab viewer attention during the big game. Stella Artois Coming in first place is Stella Artois with over 48 million views! The brand has combined celebrities, a great cause, iconic characters, and humor to come out on top. Stella Artois teamed up with Water.org for their Super Bowl ad for the second year in […]
This year, brands are banking on nostalgia, humor, celebrities, and cause-marketing to grab viewer attention leading up to the big game. Stella Artois Budweiser is back in the big game with a combination that has served them well in the past, the Budweiser Clydesdales and an adorable dog. The brand is currently in second place with […]
The cost of a television spot during Super Bowl 52 was over $5 million. That’s 30 seconds of airtime, and then poof, the commercial is over. It’s an even tougher pill to swallow when you realize the marketing competition on the field. In 2018 marketers spent $408 million for in-game messages. When pre-and post-game programming […]
The days of a traditional marketing sales funnel are dead. Advancements in technology have forever changed the path-to-purchase and it’s time to officially retire the “awareness to prospect to sale” method that many marketers are still holding onto with clenched fists. Today’s consumers jump in and out of channels and search for deals through a […]
“The advertising industry by and large has conquered the reach problem,” commented Seraj Bharwani, Chief Strategy Officer at AcuityAds. “Advertisers can reach most audience groups with remarkable precision using audience segmentation and classification systems provided by existing advertising technologies. Unfortunately, what remains out of reach is viewer attention.” In Just a Minute The graph on […]
Call it what you want: ad fatigue, creative fatigue, banner blindness. One thing is for certain, inundating consumers with a barrage of the same ads over and over again is about as appealing as the day-old bagels in the office break room. And with the post-holiday slump, the pressure for advertisers to reactivate audiences and […]
Some retailers pull the plug on promotions as soon as the tree comes down. It’s understandable, as the over-saturation of holiday marketing promos can exasperate even the merriest of the masses. Consumers and retailers are exhausted, and traditional wisdom dictates that January is a slow month due to many shoppers tightening their spending budgets after […]
We get it. Advertising is hard. Consumers are on pins and needles while binging the lastest season of The Handmaid’s Tale and we are interrupting it to tell them they should really consider switching laundry detergent. As they gleefuly wait for the ‘skip ad’ button to appear, it becomes clear that advertising has to be […]
