U.S. Media Forecast
GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, released its U.S. Media Forecast Report, detailing the growth the advertising industry experienced in 2018 and what we expect to see through the end of 2019 and 2020. Last year, underlying growth in the U.S. advertising industry excluding political advertising was +6.0 percent. Our forecast calls for +5.8 percent in 2019 on a similar basis and +4.8 percent in 2020. This definition of advertising includes digital media, television, newspapers, magazines, radio and outdoor media.
While organic growth is crucial to a company’s survival, many executives underestimate its value. In past research, we found that fewer than 30 percent of businesses systematically scan for and evaluate new growth opportunities. The reasons for this vary from reliance on cost-cutting efforts to difficulty overcoming short-term pressures.
Video didn’t kill the radio star. Neither have multiple forms of media that have emerged in the last few decades. Perhaps more important, radio has spawned the dramatic and ongoing rise in voice technology that has captured consumers’ imagination and then some.
Never in the history of marketing has so much been said about a generation as millennials. We think we know them – they are super-connected, carefree and selfcentred – and those assumptions have driven our marketing decisions for years.
With the not so lofty goal of 1 billion viewers for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, this year’s tournament is poised to be the most exciting to date for a few reasons.
The “cloud” is a technology transformation that has been spreading like wildfire throughout the consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape for a while now—a long while. But like many modern technology advancements, the term “cloud” isn’t self-defining. So before we get into the many benefits of the cloud to your business, let’s define it.
In the drive to build cred and radiate authenticity, making sure that your materials are fully bilingual is certainly near the top of every aspiring crossover brand’s checklist. To those on the outside trying to get in, speaking Spanish seems like an indispensable element of effective Hispanic marketing. by Sarah Liddle is Vice President, Sales, at MRI-Simmons.
Inspired by the rise of brands that are seeking to connect with what’s happening in the real world and weigh in on what their audiences are talking about, the study asks two important questions: How should we define culture from a consumer’s point of view? How do consumers think about culture in relation to the brand they interact with?
Forbes Insights recently surveyed over 2,000 companies in the midst of a digital transformation, and found that those in CMO roles are best suited to driving digital revolution within their organizations. When encouragement to innovate and iterate comes from the top, it has a widespread impact on their teams and culture.
Fewer people in the US are accessing social networking sites via computers, with the majority of users now exclusively on mobile devices. We forecast that 51.7% of US social network users will be mobile-only in 2019.
Marketing procurement has become an increasingly crucial aspect of the advertising industry. This should be unsurprising given the scale of expenditures involved: for some companies advertising is the largest single budget line-item they manage. As a benchmark of its expanding importance, registration for the ANA’s annual marketing procurement-focused Advertising Financial Management conference more than doubled between 2008 and 2018, rising from 337 to 739 people over that time. by Brian Wieser, Global President, Business Intelligence, GroupM
These trends are worth marketers’ attention now, because their importance will only become magnified in the future
With the U.S. multicultural population projected to grow by 98 million people in the coming decades, Acosta expects multicultural shoppers will continue to have significant influence on the grocery shopping experience.
From a context perspective, client-agency relationships are entering a new cycle with many players on both sides misreading needs, tensions, and responsibilities. By Robert Rakowitz, Global Media Director, Mars Inc.
When the idea for a consumer packaged goods (CPG) product is born, it’s immediately assessed in terms of the consumer. Will consumers buy it? Will they buy it at a price that makes you a profit? Will they love it? Will consumers love this product so much, they tell their friends about it? Will those consumers buy and love it?
MAGNA just published updated estimates and forecasts on US media owners’ net advertising revenues (NAR). It reveals that advertising sales reached a new all-time high in 2018, at $212 billion. Advertising spending grew by almost +10% (+9.6% exactly), driven by the robust economic environment and cyclical ad spend (Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Midterm Elections). It was the ninth consecutive year of growth and the strongest growth of the twenty-first century, exceeding the performance of 2016 (+9%). 
HispanicAd is proud to announce our 4th edition of Hispanic CMO, the most sought after publication in the US Hispanic Market, is available for viewing and download for FREE. Curated by Gilbert Dávila / Dávila Multicultural Insight and by veteran journalist Adam Jacobson. To download this year’s edition 
Once upon a time, TV was the undeniable gold standard for advertisers. No other medium could deliver TV’s reach, effectiveness or creative possibilities. Today, the plethora of media, channels and devices consumers use pose a challenge for advertisers and media planners. Which of these platforms deliver the greatest reach? Which ad formats are most effective? How can brands engage consumers with relevant messaging and creative? By Adriana Waterston, Horowitz Research
A small number of innovative chief marketing officers (CMOs) are helping their organizations generate shareholder returns 11 percent higher than those of their industry peers by delivering hyper-relevant customer experiences, according to a new report from Accenture.
