Links for the week ending March 27, 2015
March 23, 2015
Good piece on designing for how we read. It’s about designing responsive web sites, but has implications for anyone who’s making consumable information (including book ads!). Via @hawkt.
March 24, 2016
How’s your mobile strategy coming? According to this article in eMarketer, “Mobile Will Account for 72% of US Digital Ad Spend by 2019.” They think this will come about because of “consumer usage” (you think?) and better ad formats (an agency can hope!).
March 25, 2015
“It’s go-time for Facebook Auto-Play Video ads.” It’s a great format, but you have to have the chops for it.
Here’s an ad to inspire you. And by “inspire” we mean literally (“inspire: To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale”). It’s made out of water vapor you can breathe in, or blow away.
OK, OK, we admit it: this Fran Lebowitz interview is pretty great. (Via everybody on Twitter)
Good thinking on responsive design from the Associate Director of Audience Development at the NYT. I remain a pro-responsive design guy, but his arguments are worth a good think.
Great tips on setting the stage for productive feedback, useful for any creative enterprise, including ads! Via @Almighty
March 26, 2015
A new report on the US Digital Display Market says Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Yahoo own nearly half of all digital display ads now, and more to come.
CJR has a good take on Facebook’s move to take control of more news content, and its relationship to Snapchat’s Discover platform.
The CJR also has a good piece on podcasts that lays out the landscape for producers, listeners, and advertisers:
“But the real reason established media companies are starting to take podcasts seriously has more to do with the nature of their listeners. Podcast consumers, according to Edison Research, listen to an average of six episodes per week. Once they find a podcast they like, they tend to be devoted. The medium feels intimate. Unlike the audience online, which tends to click through and then bounce away quickly, podcasts draw people in for the duration of the episode. They feel a deep, personal connection with the hosts.”