As the IAB’s 2016 Video Ad Spend Study points out, marketing investments in original digital programming have more than doubled since 2014. And one-third of these dollars are going towards native ad opportunities. Anecdotally, the trend makes sense: marketers across verticals consistently cite increased ROI as the top driver for growth. Thanks to cross-platform targeting [...]
There’s hardly a shortage of reasons brands should be using infographics, videos and photos as part of their content strategy. The statistics about how users consume visual content in comparison to text are staggering. To summarize, the average person doesn’t spend much time on any given Web page, and they’re able to process imagery much, [...]
John Cobb Takes the Reigns at Digital Media Pioneer as Native Advertising Quickly Becomes a Fundamental Strategy for Agencies and Brands Giant Media, the complete native advertising company, today announced the hiring of advertising industry veteran John Cobb as its chief executive officer. He will partner with the existing Giant Media executive team to grow [...]
Once upon a time in the world of mass media, ‘broadcast’ was the name of the game. The most successful advertisers were the ones that could reach the widest audience at the most efficient price-points. But years of market research soon revealed that broadcast campaigns were less effective than marketers originally thought. More and more [...]
People generally like to know what they signed up for. No one likes to pour a glass of bourbon only to realize that it’s actually apple juice. Sure, a lot of people love apple juice. But what an off-putting surprise they’ll be in for when they sit down to enjoy their Old Fashioned only to [...]
One of the biggest challenges in marketing today is the fact that human attention spans are getting shorter as time passes and channels for reaching consumers are becoming more fragmented. The amount of content online today is almost immeasurable, and people have access to infinite distractions. In addition to investing in owned channels, brands need [...]
Ad blocking is the arch nemesis of all marketers who are fortunate enough to have a budget for running paid campaigns (talk about making our jobs even more complex than they already are, right?). When we put our consumer hats on, it’s justifiable why this technology exists. Consumers have been dealing with years of scummy [...]
We are no longer in an era where the value of content for brands is questionable. The need is so great that every big digital publisher has its own team or partnership dedicated to creating it. The question isn’t whether brands need content; these days, the more important question is, How does that content rise [...]
Native video ads are becoming a core strategy for brands and publishers across the board, and the reason why is self-evident: storytelling, in all forms, is a powerful way to build authentic human connections. Thanks to emerging syndication, video seeding, and targeting technologies, the native video space is booming. What was previously impossible to balance—a [...]
“We’ve been tracking a shift in ad-buying behavior where native advertising is moving from an experimental strategy to more of a core strategy,” Giant Media’s VP of Operations Ben Arnold said. “It’s clear that the brands that have tried native advertising were pleased with the results, which is why they’re increasing their spends, and this [...]
