Marketing
Estimates of Undercount and Overcount in the 2020 Census
Census Bureau released results from two analyses about the quality of the 2020 Census counts. While both showed the strength of the count for the total U.S. population, each analysis revealed that the 2020 Census overcounted or undercounted various demographic groups.
49% of Marketers say they are looking to contextual advertising to replace cookies
GumGum published the results of a survey that found 49% of brand marketers are looking to contextual advertising to replace cookies in their marketing efforts.
Gaming The Metrics: How The “Made For Advertising” Industry Thrives
Every ad-supported media company makes trade-offs between long term revenue and short term revenue. TV and radio shows, mobile games, and webpages can all boost short term revenue by increasing ad loads. But that short term tactic drives away consumers and advertisers, creating headwinds for long term growth. It’s a natural check that balances the competing needs of media companies, marketers, and consumers.
Want to produce great work? Stop treating your advertising agencies like dirt
A really fun thing about working in marketing is that anyone who has ever seen an ad reckons they know how to do your job.
Second chance for marketers in Second Life
No, this is not a reference to the current metaverse that marketers are going gaga over, it is the title of a blog post I wrote back in 2007. But you know what? I think the marketing issues raised in the post are just as relevant to marketers today as they were then. If you are going to spend your budget on setting up shop in the new metaverse, perhaps you should figure out how your brand will add value to that experience. By Nigel Hollis
Three principles from four decades of media practice
Global media expert Ben Jankowski, former SVP Global Media at Mastercard, shares his key learnings from his forty-year career in media as he ends his impressive 11-year tenure at the company and eight years as a global chair of WFA’s Media Forum to start a new consulting venture.
How Black audiences are engaging with audio more than ever
For African Americans, content is the common language.
MAGNA Hosts 2nd Annual Equity Upfront Focused on Deep Engagement and Collaboration with Diverse-Owned Media Companies in 2022 and Beyond
MAGNA, the investment and intelligence company of IPG Mediabrands, announced its second annual Equity Upfront™, taking place on April 5 – 7th, 2022. The theme for this year’s event is “Invest for Impact” and will be a hybrid experience, both virtual and in-person, focusing on highlighting the impact of diverse audiences on media consumption and their impact on brand loyal
Three questions to help set realistic marketing growth targets
In his recent article on Mumbrella, "The forgotten 'P' of marketing," Ryan France references the 'spiral of doom.' As he notes, the spiral will be hauntingly familiar to many marketers. But if the spiral of doom ultimately leads to bankruptcy, what might lead to the spiral of success? By Nigel Hollis
New Advertiser And Consumer Studies On Media Attentiveness And Ad Skipping
Attention measurement is a new trend sweeping through media circles. The Advertising Research Foundation defines advertising attentiveness as “the degree to which those exposed to the advertising are focused on it.”
A Growing Hunger: Hispanics & Plant-Based Foods
Food plays a defining role in multicultural consumers’ lives, and research shows that adopting a flexitarian lifestyle has become much more than a passing fad, especially for diverse communities in the United States.
Collage Group launches Parents & Kids Research Program
This new consumer research offering, created with input from nearly a dozen leading Collage Group member brands, is designed to cover the insights brands need to engage and activate parents and kids across race and ethnicity.
Integrated Pipeline Management: The Nexus of True Marketing-Sales Collaboration
Marketing and sales groups must be in sync for pipeline management to accelerate growth.
Accurately Portraying Diverse Women and Girls Delivers Significant Sales Lift for Brands [REPORT]
Across gender, language, race and ethnicity, ads with high gender equality metrics scores overall delivered 60% improved sales performance
THE MULTICULTURAL MAJORITY SHIFT IS HAPPENING FASTER THAN PROJECTED: WE ARE NOW!
With Census 2020 projections showing that the non-Hispanic white population is declining eight years faster than anticipated, the multicultural majority—a reality for youth under 19—may happen as early as next year for the 35-and-under segment and 2028 for all people under 50. The entire marketing landscape must also adjust because WE ARE NOW. This is the theme of the Hispanic Marketing Council’s Annual Summit Series taking place across virtual platforms beginning April 12 through the end of June.
BLACK History Month is coming to a close and a small peep
What happened to the VERY LOUD Black Marketers that we heard & saw last year and the craving by all advertisers to be perceived as woke or engaged? It is a legitimate questions, especially in the light that Black History Month is closing in 6 days. What has been the diversity and DE&I buzz lately? By Gene Bryan / CEO of HispanicAd
Multicultural Marketing, A Strategy Not A Tactic [PODCAST]
2020 was a year of highs and lows. For marketers who have always maintained a commitment to diversity and inclusion, the calls for social justice strengthened their resolve. For many others, however, the momentum of acknowledging the problem gave way to frantic, reactive statements that quickly fizzled out or failed. A year later, companies realized their approach to diversity and inclusion couldn’t be summed up in a social media post. Instead, it required a concerted, internal and external effort to fundamentally change who they are and how they present in the world.
Wellness Category Ranked #3 by Annual Growth Rate in 2021, Expanding Ad Spend +49% over 2020
When looking at the channels that helped drive this growth, Traditional Media Channels played an integral part, with overall traditional media buys up +66% YoY. In particular, Traditional TV and Radio had lifts of over +70% vs. 2020. Digital also expanded, with Digital Video (+60%) and Audio (+65%) showing the heftiest rise.
Inflation Media Management [REPORT]
In this latest issue of ECI Media Management’s Inflation Report, we explore media inflation in the context of a world economy that is recovering, albeit more slowly than hoped for.
Build trust to build trial: Trustworthy channels can help
A lasting effect of digitization and the pandemic has been the proliferation of consumer choice. From being able to purchase cars and furniture online, to the pandemic’s effect of pushing more shopping into infinite virtual shelves, consumers are facing more options. That vast choice and supply chain strain have affected brand loyalty to some degree, but not to the degree that you might think. And for marketers seeking to grow their brand through new customer acquisition, all that choice means a lot more competition for new buyer
