Category: Research
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When AI Gets It Wrong: The Hidden Risk of Retracted Science in Chatbot Responses
We’ve all marveled at how AI chatbots can whip up answers in seconds, whether it’s explaining quantum physics or helping draft a business proposal. But what if the information they’re pulling from is flawed? Worse, what if it’s been officially retracted? According to a recent article in MIT Technology Review,…
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Google Research Paper: Is Generative AI Ruining the Internet?
“Google researchers publish paper about how AI is ruining the internet” “Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug” I saw these headlines in Futurism and 404 Media. They’re powerful statements and came from a review of a paper by researchers at Google’s DeepMind titled Generative AI…
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The Powerful Benefits of Performing Content Audits
For brands publishing content regularly, it’s easy for old outdated posts to pile up over time. Periodically auditing and refreshing that content takes effort but delivers incredible value. Let’s look at some of the biggest benefits of making content audits a regular habit. Improved Visitor Engagement Stale, irrelevant content is…
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Analyzing Searcher Intent Signals for Better SEO Content
Understanding user intent is central to effective SEO content creation. Search engines are getting increasingly sophisticated at detecting the underlying needs and goals behind each query. In order to rank for those queries, your content must align with searcher intent. By researching and analyzing intent signals around your target keywords,…
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AI Detection Tools: Not Ready for Prime Time Yet
With all the buzz about AI tools like ChatGPT generating content, I want to offer a word of warning for people using AI detection tools. They don’t work. It’s as simple as that. I’ve now tested more than 100 different articles on several different AI checkers including the most popular…
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Maps Reimagined if Streaming Services Were Countries
A new study by Mackeeper has analyzed which streaming services are bigger than entire countries! The US dominates global tech and is home to the majority of tech giants including streaming services, but this study shows which of these mammoth services are bigger than countries by comparing population to subscriber…
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Why Don’t Marketers Target People with Money to Spend?
You would think that marketers would want to target the people with disposable income that can most easily afford your products. Instead of constantly targeted the people in society that hold more than 60% of all wealth, there remains an obsession with going after the youngest group of consumers. That…
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Apple, Amazon Are Wealthier than 92% of the Countries in the World
A new study by Clario Tech has analyzed which tech giants are wealthier than entire countries! Tech giant, Apple dominates global industry and has reached a colossal value of $2.2 trillion. This study shows just how large Apple and other tech giants would be if they were recognized countries on Earth. Looking…
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Which Companies Have the Most Personal Data about You?
The folks at Clario have put together a fascinating chart that breaks down which online platforms and brands collect the most data and what they know about us. I thought it was worth sharing. Facebook and Instagram top the list (no surprise). We all do it – click ‘accept’ on…
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When Can I Measure the ROI of My B2B Campaigns?
When you launch an advertising campaign, you want results. For B2C products, a digital ad with an incentive, such as a discount or limited-time sale, can lead ROI in short order. The sales cycle is short. Sales can also stop the minute you stop advertising. For B2B businesses, the sales…
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Big Changes Coming to Digital Ad Tracking: A Cookie-less Future?
We’re in for some big changes when it comes to tracking and advertising. While government regulators are making noise about taking action against major tech companies, the industry has not-so-quietly been making a couple of key changes that could lead to a cookie-less future. Cookies are those things websites use…
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Why Do People Pay for Live Television? News.
We’ve heard so much about cord-cutting in the past few years. As streaming has increased, broadband-only homes are on the rise and now make up as much as 37% of homes, according to Kagan. If you’re wondering why those still paying for satellite or cable haven’t joined the cord-cutter movement,…
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Mobile Speed is Crucial in Today’s Mobile World
Google and Deloitte combined forces to look at mobile load times for 30 days across four verticals: Retail Luxury Travel Lead generation (such as insurance or auto sites) The results, published in a Whitepaper titled “Milliseconds make Millions,” were clear: 1. Faster sites mean more customers will reach checkout 2.…
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U.S. Lags Behind the World When it Comes to Broadband Internet Speeds
Here’s a quick quiz: Which of these countries do you think has the fastest average broadband speeds? Romania South Korea Hungary United States If you guessed the U.S., you’re wrong. In fact, the U.S. didn’t even make the top 10 list for countries with the fastest average internet connection in…
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Views on Media: Starkly Divided Along Political Lines
Americans largely believe that the news media is getting them the information they need, present accurate information, work for the benefit of the public, and are helping the country. Pew Research Center Study 59% believe the news media is getting the information they need 49% believe the information is largely…
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Two-Thirds of Links on Twitter are Done by Bots
Call it the attack of the bots. The majority of tweets linking to the most popular websites are not handled by human beings, but bots that post content without human involvement. That’s the findings of a Pew Research Center random sampling of 1.2 million tweets last year to answer this…
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Marketer Study: Will COVID-19 Change Everything? Umm, No.
You can’t go online without bumping into an article about how the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has changed everything and how it’s all changed forever. When it comes to marketing, however, just 13% of marketers surveyed think COVID-19 has permanently changed branding, according to a study by Bynder. 57% agree that…
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Advertising During Uncertain Times: 11 Research Projects Tell the Same Story
If you’re looking for hard data on what’s happened to brands that increased or decreased marketing during and after a crisis or recession, I’ve compiled the results of 11 studies into this article. Every single one shows the same thing: the companies that stayed the course or increased their marketing…
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Amid a Crisis, There Is Opportunity – If You Act Now
Consumer research and strategy company Magid works with brands and media companies and has been tracking media consumption and consumer attitudes for decades. Their April research shows significant opportunities for brands and publishers: 69% of consumers say they are trying new brands right now. This represents an incredible opportunity for…
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Changing Consumption Habits During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Remember all the headlines about the death of network news? It turns out the ABC World News Tonight with David Muir is the #1 program on television right now. It’s not just the #1 news program; it’s the #1 program period – beating everything in prime time. During the coronavirus…
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Advertising During Crisis Times: What You Do Now Will Impact Your Business Long-Term
You may not be thinking about advertising right now, but it may be smart to give it some thought. What you do today, can impact your business for the long-term
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Trust in News Sources: The Great Political Divide
Americans may be more polarized than ever when it comes to news about politics. While that may not be a shocker, we now have hard data to show just how it plays out and the differences between party affiliation and trust in news organizations. The research from Pew Research Center…
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Video Consumption Up 33%; Local Broadcast TV Still Gets the Bulk of Viewing
Consumers spent way more time watching video in 2019 compared to previous years, according to a Parks Associates study reported in Fierce Video. Video consumption rose by 33% in 2019 compared to 2018. When it comes to where people watch video, TV still ranks as the #1 destination. TV sets…
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Have an Unlimited Data Plan? You Might be Overpaying
A new study of U.S. mobile consumers finds that 90% of consumers overpay for unlimited data plans. The report, which surveyed 400 U.S. consumers on major carrier unlimited plans, finds that 1 in 3 respondents use less than 5 GB per month, and 85% use less than 10 GB. The…
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Report: Fake Accounts and Bots are Proliferating Online; Social Media Companies Aren’t Stopping Them
Let’s say you were able to positively identify more than 15,000 fake social media accounts. You reported a significant number of them to social media platforms as fake. Nearly a month later, who many do you think would still be on the platform? If you said 95% of the fake…
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TV’s Influence on Purchase Decisions Exceeds All Other Media Combined
Once again, consumers cited traditional television advertising as having the strongest influence on their purchasing behavior, greater than the influence of all other media combined. That was the key takeaway from a research study, 2019 Purchase Funnel, conducted by GfK which measured the influence of media on consumers during their…
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When Can I Measure the ROI of My B2B Campaigns?
When you launch an advertising campaign, you want results. For B2C products, a digital ad with an incentive, such as a discount or limited-time sale, you can expect to track the ROI in short order. The sales cycle is short. For B2B businesses, the sales cycle is much longer. 74%…
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More Bad News for Organic Search + New Research on Paid Search, Social Media, and Mobile Ads
If you’re hoping organic search is the way to increase conversions on Google, we’ve got some sobering news for you: organic search on Google is producing just 22% of site visits, according to the new 3Q 2019 Digital Marketing Report from Merkle. Here are a few of the others insights…
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Content Omnivores: Video Consumers Want It All
With the increased attention focused on OTT (Over-the-top) TV and streaming services, there are some interesting trends developing. 65% of US consumers say they stream content at least once a week. Two-thirds say they stream more video online than they watch of broadcast, cable, or satellite, according to Horowitz Research’s…
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Marketers #1 Goal in 2019? Get That Email Address
“Personalized experiences are about delivering contextually relevant experiences to your prospects and customers, based on what you know about them, where they are in the purchase journey, and what they are looking to achieve. It is becoming more evident that marketers who consistently deliver personalized cross-channel experiences are seeing moderate…
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Changing Channels: Direct to Consumer Brands Are Moving Digital Dollars Back to Traditional Advertising
Many D2C brands are moving digital dollars back to traditional marketing channels. Rising costs of digital mediums Need to build brand awareness, trust, and credibility They are finding out that the direct response type campaigns that can work on search and social media channels will only take you so far. …
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Digital Divide Affects 100 Million U.S. Consumers: How Your State Stacks Up
Cell phones, apps, connected TVs, tablets, streaming media devices: they all need broadband internet connections to be used to their full potential. Yet, according to the a study by The NPD Group, nearly a third of Americans don’t have that kind of internet connection. NPD defines broadband as having at…
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IAB: TV Ads Are Still the Best for Generating Awareness
When the TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising) puts out a study that says TV ads are the best marketing solution for businesses, some critics say the results are skewed because it’s a TV-focused organization. If that happens in the future, you can now point to the survey done by the…
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“Belief-Driven Buyers” Are Playing a Bigger Role in Brand Trust
Why do customers trust brands? The top reasons are all about product or service quality, according to the latest edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer. It delivers good quality products or services The brand gets good ratings and reviews It charges a fair price It has always treated me and…
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Internet Trends 2019: Mary Meekers’ Annual Report Shows Big Changes
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist and former Wall Street security analyst. She’s ranked by Forbes as one of the top 100 most powerful women in the world. When she unveils her annual presentation on Internet trends, it makes news. This year’s report is no different. You read the full…
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Photos of men appear twice as often as women in news stories
A new study by the folks at the Pew Research Center turned up an interesting finding: Men appears twice as often as women when it comes to being featured in news photos on Facebook. The research group analyzed posting from 17 national new outlets with at least 20 million unique…
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Restaurants Are Spending Significantly More on Digital Ads
A new study shows that independent restaurants are dramatically increasing their spending on digital advertising. Within the last year, 68 percent of those surveyed report they are spending more on digital ads than ever before to attract customers. The restaurant business has never been easy. 17 percent of new restaurants…
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Study: Half the Business Listing Online Contain Inaccurate Information
It seems so simple. How hard is it to get your name, address, phone number, and website URL right online? Apparently, it’s not so easy. A new study by Uberall and reported in Search Engine Journal analyzed 73,000 online business location listings in the Boston metro area. They found nearly…
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Basics in Sales & Marketing: Would You Hire a Milkshake?
The basic tenet of successful selling is to uncover a customer need and then find a way to fill that need. Salespeople sometimes forget to find the need and rush straight to selling products or services. Then, they wonder why people don’t buy what they’re selling. Clayton Christensen is a…
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When It Comes to Digital, Consumers Say One Thing and Often Do Another
Consumers overwhelming say privacy concerns are starting to have them rethinking rethink how they interact online. At the same time, however, their actions are telling a slightly less convincing story. People say one thing to researchers, but their actions demonstrate something else. A third of those surveyed think digital is…
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TV is still the #1 choice for news consumers
The Pew Research Center did a deep dive into local news consumption in a study of more than 35,000 adults. Here are a few of the key takeaways it revealed: Television is the preferred source of news although online sources are catching up. Weather is the number one topic adults…
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Vast majority of video viewing still taking place on TV sets
Yes, there’s a fair amount of viewing these days on mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers, but 70% of all viewing is still through the TV set. A survey of OTT consumers conducted for Nevion reports that 70% of those responsing still watch the majkority of programming on TV. …
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Advertisers have a problem, and it’s worse than they thought.
Quick Read: Cord Cutting by Younger Consumers Making It Harder for Advertisers to Drive Conversation and Engagement with Their Brands, Especially in Tech, Telecom, Automotive SOURCE: Engagement Labs Advertisers have a problem, and it’s worse than they thought. The decline of ad-supported television is driving down audience engagement with brands.…
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Brands, Agencies say Lack of ROI Proof & Ad Fraud are Biggest Threats to Digital Budgets
Digital advertising was supposed to give us more transparency. Better insight with a slew of metrics on clicks and conversions. The ability to draw a straight line from campaign performance to ROI. A way to stop wasting advertising dollars through micro-targeting and geo-targeting. Report after report show the incredible waste in…
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Study: 18% of all online ad traffic is fraudulent
Cybersecurity company CHEQ is led by Guy Tytunovich, a former Israeli military intelligence officer. He says the amount of online advertising fraud is grossly underestimated. A new study released by his company estimates that 18% of all online ad traffic is a fraudulent. That cost cost advertisers as much as…
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Long-form Content Results in 56% More Social Shares
Long-form content results in 56% more social shares than content shorter than 1,000 words, according to new research from BuzzSumo and Backlinko. The research, which analyzed over 900 million articles, also discovered that long-form content was correlated with better backlink performance. Specifically, posts weighing in at more than 3,000 words receive an…
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AI is changing the way we interact with brands
New advancements in AI-based search, including voice search, are fundamentally changing the way people interact with brands. Research from Yext Inc and Vanson Bourne shows marketers are struggling to evolve quickly enough for this new reality: only 8% of marketers believe their organization’s brand management strategy is completely effective to…
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For Online Reviews, Recency Matters
Online reviews matter. 92% of consumers say they look at reviews. 68% say positive reviews increase their trust. In addition to looking for positive reviews, we now know that consumers also value recent reviews in far greater numbers. 85% of those surveyed say that reviews dated more than three months…
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Online Brand Search Spikes Within Seconds of TV Ads Airing
Advertise on TV and people will search for you online… almost instantly. As many as 90% of TV viewers have a digital device either in their hands or within reach while watching. “Forget the remote,” said Lisa Gevelber, VP Global Marketing at Google. “Smartphones are becoming the essential TV-watching companion.”…
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In-House Ad Agencies Are Growing Dramatically
The number of companies that have started in-house advertising agencies – rather than use an outside ad firm for everything – has grown dramatically in the past five years. The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) released a survey that reported 78% of marketers are using some form of an in-house…
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The Biggest Traffic Hogs on the Internet
Video now makes up half of all internet traffic, according to research from Sandvine (a bandwidth management company). Netflix alone accounts for 15% and YouTube 11.4%. General web browsing makes up 7.8% and embedded video on websites was 13.1%. In total, video was 58% of downstream traffic. Web browsing was…
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Digital Media Consumption Way Up: Winners and Losers
Overall digital media consumption grew by 15% in August alone, according to a Pivotal Media Research analysis of Nielsen’s August 2018 data as reported by Wayne Friedman in MediaPost. Winners and Losers Google goes up. Facebook goes down. Google products, including YouTube, Google, and Waze account for 32.8% of all…
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The Risk-Reward for Brands Taking a Public Stand on Social or Political Issues
When Nike chose Colin Kaepernick to be part of its marketing efforts, they took a risk. It was highly unpopular with a significant segment of the U.S. population, but not so much with Nike’s target consumers. In fact, Thomson Reuters reports that Nike has sold 61% more stuff since the…
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Direct correlation between TV ads and auto website traffic: Ignore it at your own peril
If you want to increase the traffic to your auto dealer website, increase your TV ad spending. Cut back on TV advertising at your own peril. An in-depth investigation from the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) reveals that 76% of auto brands saw a direct correlation – good or bad –…
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Bipartisan legislation would fund research into tech’s impact on our children
What impact does tech in today’s world have on children? Since 2013, the amount of time children 8 and under spend engaging with mobile devices has tripled from 15 minutes a day to 48 minutes a day. By the time children born today reach age 7, Psychologist Dr. Aric Sigman…
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Social media usage is dropping
Edison Research knows a thing or two about research. These are the same folks that do exit polling for national elections (as well as tabulate the national votes) for ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN. With a staff of 19,000 interviews, they conduct telephone, internet, and in-person interviews. Here is what…
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More employers using social media to disqualify job seekers
Drug testing, background or credit checks used to be factors that could disqualify an otherwise great candidate. Now companies are adding formal social media evaluations to the list, according to new data from the 2018 MRINetwork Reputation Management Study. Gone are the days of employers casually reviewing social media to assess prospective…
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Do you trust social media to protect your privacy?
A new survey conducted by Washington-based digital agency Rad Campaign and analytics firm Lincoln Park Strategies has found 3 out of 5 Americans distrust social media when it comes to protecting their privacy online. Despite increased use of social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat and use of smart speakers like Amazon Echo…
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Social Media falling out of favor as a news source
Reuters Institute surveyed more than 74,000 people in 37 countries about where they get their news online. What they found is that social media is quickly falling out of favor for news consumption after years of continuous growth. “For the last seven years we have tracked the key sources for…
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Video streamers watch more traditional TV than anything else – by far
Nearly 60% of all US households own some form of streaming device. While video streaming is on the rise, it’s not an all-or-nothing thing. In fact, on a typical day, 93% of streamers also watch traditional TV, according to Nielsen’s Local Watch Report. More than half (51%) watch local TV…
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The Astounding Number of Bots on Twitter
Call it the attack of the bots. The majority of tweets linking to the most popular websites are not handled by human beings, but bots that post content without human involvement. That’s the findings of a Pew Research Center random sampling of 1.2 million tweets last year to answer this…
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A Neuroscientific Approach to Emotional Marketing
Tapping in to someone’s emotional response is more valuable than the verbal response they may give. That visceral reaction tells us what they are feeling, rather than what they are thinking. Using techniques gained from the study of neuroscience, marketers can better understand both behavior and motivation. In turn, this…
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What ads most lead to purchases: TV, Facebook, or YouTube?
It’s the first time a study like that has been done. Karen Nelson Field us a marketing science professor. According to Spots N Dots, she exposed more than 2,500 people to a variety of advertisements (more than 18,200) to study their impact on behavior. One of the more interesting parts…
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What happened when researchers scanned teenagers brains while using Social Media
The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of “likes” on their own photos or the photos of peers in a social network, according to a first-of-its-kind UCLA study that scanned teens’ brains while using social media. Brain…
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Social Media for Publishers: Revenue Doesn’t Match Investment
Despite all the work media companies put into their Facebook and other social media channels, it has not turned into any significant source of revenue. If you’re in the business you know that. You get some traffic from social media, but not any real dollars. A research report by trade…
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Who should solve the problem of advertisements placed against fake news?
It seems a safe bet to say that it’s an advertising agency issue to avoid placement on questionable websites. Or a tech solution from the programmatic companies to avoid placing ads on ad networks that rely on fake news websites. That’s not how U.S. marketers feel, though, according to a…
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Which Advertising Medium Do Consumers Trust the Most?
With U.S. consumers being exposed to an average of 10,000 brand messages every day, and 90% of consumers reporting that advertisements influence their purchase decisions, the power of advertising is undeniable. According to research from Clutch, consumers in the United States say Television and Print are the advertising mediums that…
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Should social media companies screen content before it’s posted?
Should social media companies screen content before it’s posted and weed out offensive or extremist content? Setting aside the First Amendment for a minute, here’s the question: Would you be willing to accept a delay in posting content if it meant increased vetting from tech companies? Tech Companies Team Up…
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Who is really using Facebook?
If you’re targeting the masses on Facebook, here’s a quick breakdown of who uses the social medium, according to a study by Pew Research: Gender Men: 38% Women: 62% Ages 18-29: 25% 30-49: 40% 50-64: 24% 65+: 11% Education High school or less: 35% Some college: 33% College+: 32% Race…
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TV still #1 choice for news consumption, but the gap is narrowing
Only a third trust social media as a news source Half of all Americans report they get their news on television, but the gap with online is narrowing. 43% now say they often get their news online. The gap is just 1 points, narrowing from 19 points in 2015, according to…
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Can 2 second video views actually drive sales?
P & G – acknowledged as the world’s largest advertiser – says their data reveals the following about digital video ads: The average ad is viewed for 1.7 seconds. Remember, that’s the AVERAGE Only 20% of all ads are viewed for 2 seconds That means that 80% of all ads…
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Do you trust audience measurement data?
Trying to accurately measure audience against a plethora of cable, satellite, over-the-top, mobile, tablets, Roku, AppleTV, and on and on is no doubt a difficult task. To date, it hasn’t happened. Everyone in the research sphere will tell you they can estimate based on algorithms and assumptions – but nobody…
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Study: Media Measurement missing 66% of all video consumption
Global marketing company Omnicom handles ad services for more than 5,000 clients in over 100 countries. They are a big deal in ad circles. So, when they talk, people do listen. Here’s what they’re saying: 66% of TV and Video on content consumed by Millennials and Gen Xers is not…
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Bad ads can destroy brand credibility – and cost you money
Bad ads aren’t just hurting your brand. They’re hurting your sales. 60% of adults in the U.S. says they have stopped buying from a brand because they didn’t like its ad campaign, according to new poll from Civic Science. A great ad can bring new business and reinforce your brand…
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Can 2 second video views really be effective at driving sales?
P & G – acknowledged as the world’s largest advertiser – says their data reveals the following about digital video ads: The average ad is viewed for 1.7 seconds. Remember, that’s the AVERAGE Only 20% of all ads are viewed for 2 seconds That means that 80% of all ads…
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Programmatic ad buying continues to rise, but is it really an efficient way to buy advertising?
I’ve written a lot about Programmatic Advertising over the past four years because of the rise in usage among media buyers. While recognizing the efficiency, I’ve also cautioned against eliminating the direct buy of premium websites from name publishers. There’s no arguing that more people are using programmatic – machine-driven…
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If Programmatic Ad Buying is the future, why are advertisers not buying it?
We’ve heard so much about “Programmatic Ad Buying” in the past two years, it’s almost become a joke around our place. Everybody tells us it’s coming and we’d better be ready. If you’ve ever bought a self-serve Google ad or a Facebook ad, that’s really the kind of thing we…
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Partisan views on media more entrenched than ever
If anything, partisan views of the national news media have gotten even more entrenched… and the gap has widened, according to a national survey by Pew Research Center. While Democrat views on the impact of the national news media have grown more positive, Republicans have grown even more negative in…
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New study links social media use to less gray matter in your brain
Too much Facebook = less brain cells, according to a study in the medical journal Behavioral Brain Research. The researchers did MRI scans of active 85 Facebook users. “Higher daily frequency of checking Facebook on the smartphone was robustly linked with smaller gray matter volumes of the nucleus accumbens,” the…
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New Study: Cord-Cutting is accelerating in 2017
Cord-cutting is growing rapidly. After years of relatively small number of consumers ditching their cable and satellite connections, the number of people opting for going it alone or smaller video bundles has grown dramatically in the last year. According to a Magid Broadcast study of consumers this April (reporter by…
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Social Media: “More addictive than cigarettes and alcohol”
Researchers from the Royal Society for Public Health in the U.K. interviewed 1,500 some teens and young adults (age 14-24) to quantify the impact of social media on their health. They looked at thing like depression, loneliness, body image, sleep, self-identity, and bullying. The conclusion? Instagram is the worst offender…
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Disconnect between what ad agencies think and what real people do
What percentage of average people in the U.S. watch video content on their TV set (versus other devices)? 250 advertising executives were asked that question. They said 25%. Umm. The number is actually 82%. Research Now did the study on behalf of the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB). They surveyed 250…
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When the majority of people tell me that doing something will negatively impact my brand, I take it seriously
When my son was very young, he was watching television one day and noticed one of the characters was drinking a “cola.” That’s what it said on the can. He asked me if that was Coca Cola and we talked about how they often substituted generic products so they didn’t…
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Least Intrusive Video Ads with the Best Recall: Pre-Rolls
It’s the eternal questions for advertisers: What works? Just when you think you’ve figured it out, the world shifts again. One day you hear, it’s all about “snackable” content – short clips that can be viewed in less than a minute. The next day, it’s all about long-form video ads. …
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Would you rather pay for content or put up with advertising?
85% say give us ads. 75% say they would drastically reduce their online activities if they had to pay. In fact, Americans assigned a value of nearly $1,200 per year to the array of free, ad-supported services and content currently available to them on computers and mobile devices, according to…
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Overall news consumption is up 18%
Overwhelming majority of consumption happens on TV Adults in the US spend more than 72.5 BILLION MINUTES consuming news during an average week. The Nielsen folks say total new consumption across platforms was up 18% last year. Broadcast TV (local and national) accounted for the biggest chunk of viewing (29.4…
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When is a sale not a sale? Amazon under fire for inflated “regular prices”
A Consumer watchdog group is calling out Amazon for what it calls deceptive practices by posting inflated list prices and leading consumers to believe they’re getting a better deal than they really are. The aptly named group, Consumer Watchdog, has petitioned the California Attorney General to investigate Amazon. John…
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Where to get the best ROI for TV ads
Story worth reading by Jason Lynch in Ad Week. It details a Nielsen study done for CBS that looks at the best place to put ads for the best ROI. The short answer (beyond news and live sports) is sitcoms. Also worth noting this exchange. When advertisers talk about reaching…
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Low renewal rates from ad buyers on Native Advertising: Does it work?
You know native advertising. It’s when instead of running an ad, publishers integrate advertising messages into content. It may be in the form of a news-looking article that features the company’s information or employees. In its best form – clearly labelled as advertising content – it may provide interesting and…
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Who’s more truthful: Trump or the media?
If this isn’t a wake up call for the media, I don’t know what is. A Spring 2017 poll from Emerson College shows the nation is split on the job President Trump is doing: 48% of registered voters approve of the job he’s doing, versus the 47% that disapprove. It’s…
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75 million U.S. homes now have internet connected TV
Nearly three-quarters of broadband-connected homes now have a TV connected to the internet. The adoption of internet-connected TVs has mirrored the adoption of broadband in the US, but has slowed recently as more homes were connected. According to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), the penetration of Internet-connected TVs…
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Broadband Only homes rising, 15% get TV without cable or satellite
In 2013, just 9% of US residents did not subscribe to pay-TV (cable or satellite) to get television. By the third quarter of 2016, that number had risen to 15%. That equates to 17 million broadband-only homes, according to TDG (The Diffusion Group) as reported in MediaPost. Park Associates…
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