By Cliff Campeau “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half,” John Wanamaker, American merchant, is quoted as saying. More than one hundred years have passed since Mr. Wanamaker shared this perspective on his firm’s advertising investment and his words are as true today as they … Read more
By Laura Manning The advertising industry is under a microscope. With the economic uncertainty facing the industry, every ad dollar counts. Marketers are facing the challenge of having to prove that each dollar spent is getting a return and that campaigns are performing to their maximum potential. While that’s not exactly a difficult feat for … Read more
Today, in 2023, what is TV? And, from that answer, what are the implications for marketers? The Video Advertising Bureau (VAB)’s newly released report, What Is TV? A Modern Look At How Consumers Define TV, gets to the heart of those two questions, offering a comprehensive look at the TV ecosystem, as well as the … Read more
Compiled by WARC, the international marketing insights company, the annual Media 100 Ranking is produced by combining the results of the industry’s most important global and regional media award shows of 2022. The awards tracked are determined by a global industry panel survey and consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board. Amy Rodgers, Head of … Read more
By Pierre Bouvard – Chief Insights Officer of the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group. Four years ago, Duncan Stewart, Director of Research, Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Deloitte, made a surprising forecast. By 2025, he predicted, AM/FM radio audiences would overtake TV among 18-34s. Stewart’s prediction occurred four years early. Last year, … Read more
By Yaneiza Echezarraga As population demographics in the U.S. continue to shift more rapidly than predicted, multicultural is now mainstream. An increasing cohort of Americans (more than half of all Americans under age 18) identify as multicultural; Hispanic Americans and Spanish-speaking households comprise a large portion of the multicultural audience. The Hispanic or Latino population … Read more
In this bold, thought-provoking and evidence-based guide, we provide solutions to the day-to-day challenges marketers face to help them protect their margins. In each of the seven chapters, we present actionable tips to help you strengthen your brand’s intangible perceptions in the mind of consumers – what ultimately gets your brand chosen and brings tangible … Read more
By Marc S. Pritchard – Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble For decades, P&G carried the title of the world’s largest advertiser. What does that really mean? The current definition is simply about who spends the most money. However, celebrating a company as the largest spender implies that it’s better to spend more and … Read more
By Dr. Ram Singh It’s no surprise that CMOs have been under constant pressure in recent years to deliver more from existing budgets. Advances in martech and adtech, coupled with availability of larger datasets to analyze, have helped the entire marketing ecosystem; this also means that marketers must find new ways to push scale and … Read more
Polito Vega was a radio icon in New York City, for decades he was the most recognizable voice on the Spanish language airwaves … Andando !!!!!!! He began his career in radio over 50 years ago. I was lucky to work with Polito at the beginning of Mega 97.9 launch in late 1990s, when a … Read more
The Argentine Beef Promotion Institute is partnering with exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to bring you the chance to try one of the best products in the world. During the Week of Argentine Beef, the following participating restaurants will include special dishes created with flavorful, sustainably-produced beef imported from Argentina. Created by industry veterans Pablo … Read more
CBS Sports will launch CBS SPORTS GOLAZO NETWORK, a 24-hour direct-to-consumer digital network in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to global soccer coverage, on Tuesday, April 11. CBS SPORTS GOLAZO NETWORK will be anchored weekdays from 7:00-9:00 AM, ET, by MORNING FOOTY, the Network’s flagship morning show. Host Susannah Collins along with former U.S. Men’s National … Read more
The Infinite Dial, with support from Amazon Music, Wondery, and ART19; and yes, it showed the dominance of digital audio – but radio has a stronghold in many spaces, including in-car listening and among ad-supported audio choices. The finding on the power of traditional AM/FM radio in the U.S. is: AM/FM Radio is the #1 … Read more
Talent is the lifeblood of marketing. Brands need to meet their needs for a better lived experience if they want to attract and retain the very best. Ranjay Radhakrishnan, Chief Human Resources Officer at Reckitt, explains how the company is championing diversity and inclusion to make Reckitt a great place to work. Inclusion is business … Read more
By Russell Nuzzo Discussions about improving marketing effectiveness can often focus on the different measurement approaches and advanced analytics tools that marketers should employ. While these are crucial, it is equally important to consider the goals you are targeting, the data you require to reach them, and the behaviors that will ensure quality data continually … Read more
Puerto Rico PR professionals Gladys Diaz, GMD PR Consultant, and Tommy Dardet, President, Puerto Rico Association of Public Relations provide exceptional insight into the effort required to insure the professionalism of practitioners. They explain what led to a license being required to practice PR there. They detail the major difference between PR practice there and … Read more
Global advertising and marketing spending continued to rebound 7.9% to $1.568 trillion in 2022, but spending is projected to grow at a tamer 5.3% in 2023, as challenging macroeconomic and re-emerging secular industry trends hamper the fast-growing digital & alternative media channels that fueled the strong recovery from the pandemic, according to new research released … Read more
By Steve Boehler Your agency review has concluded. You’ve found the perfect agency, negotiated a fine SOW and MSA and you’re itching to get started. And (of course) you are in a rush! You need the new agency to hit the ground running and your business depends on the success multiplier that a great agency … Read more
Research from Aprais and WARC reveals that the strength of the relationship between marketer and agency has a direct correlation to the output of effective work. Why it matters The conclusion comes from cross-matching the WARC Effective 100 database with Aprais’ database of client-agency evaluations. The subsequent study, Do stronger relationships produce stronger results? demonstrates … Read more
The portion of Americans who listen to any kind of online audio, and those who listen to podcasts, have reached record highs, according to The Infinite Dial® 2023 from Edison Research. The Infinite Dial findings illuminate the changes over the past quarter of a century as America has gone from dial-up to digital dominance: In … Read more
