Every Day is a GIF Brooklyn Northside Festival on Facebook ads, branding, and the tao of GIF. It’s worth it for a FASCINATING SPOCK GIF alone, but also thought-provoking as we explore the possibilities of GIFs vs HTML5 in the post-Flash universe. GIF yourself a hand. THE END OF ADVERTISING And the advertising of […]
As the holiday season lights the way from one year to the next, this week’s ad news gives us a glimpse of what’s working, what’s not working, and what’s worth testing. BANNER AD TIPS FROM BBDO BBDO has run a study of the best performing banner ads. What they learned is worth noting: Keep […]
SELF SHUTTERS PRINT, GOES DIGITAL ONLY Conde Nast’s Self is ending the print version of the magazine, and ramping up the digital brand. Media Post reports, “Since 2014, Self’s single-copy sales dropped from 148,000 to 44,000. Circulation has dropped from just over 1.5 million to just under. “Meanwhile, video viewership experienced triple digit growth compared […]
Next to Now is thankful for . . . Improvements in Mobile Ad Targeting Nielsen reports that the ability to target specific demos on targeting has increased to 60% of mobile ad impressions (up from 49% a year ago). This indicates that post-Cookie targeting capabilities are improving. #mobile #targeting Facebook Working toward Measurement […]
What’s the best way to use hashtags on every social network? Facebook is not Twitter is not Instagram is not Snapchat. This Click Z post helps you craft your voice to the social network you use. #social 10 Creative Exercises That Are Better Than Brainstorming Creativity is crucial to advertising (duh). But classic brainstorming […]
PUBLISHERS RETHINK TABOOLA AND OUTBRAIN They were supposed to be the next big thing in advertising: a kind of native advertising you could book and run programmatically. But the New York Times reports that those “Promoted Stories” style ads with rows of photos and links beneath articles are falling out of favor. While we’re […]
YOUTUBE VIEWING HABITS YouTube is getting longer term views. The average viewing session on YouTube is now 40 minutes. That data point comes from a Google post about winning the customer over before s/he enters the store. While it’s written for larger brand advertisers—make-up, CPG, and cars—there are good takeaways for book advertising from the […]
NEW SPOTIFY VERTICAL VIDEO ADS Spotify announced a new product — Vertical Video Ads — which allows advertisers to sponsor playlists. Users agree to watch the full video in exchange for thirty minutes of free listening. These kinds of ads are wins for the advertisers, the users, and the platform. At launch, the branded moments […]
NEW IAB MOBILE STUDY The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released a report this week on the mobile shopping experience, “Mobile Commerce: A Global Perspective”. While the global payment system is of less concern to U.S. book publishers, the ecosytem of research, engagement and purchase is critical to book buyer’s experience and offers relevant insight even […]
THE FT: “HOW THE MAD MEN LOST THE PLOT” In the FT, ad strategist Ian Leslie goes to battle with the notion that legacy media is dead and digital hypertargeting is the savior. Leslie cites the study that showed Pepsi’s decision to forego traditional advertising for a social media campaign delivered a large number of clicks […]