Social media and its implications for viral marketing

Social media presents potentially seductive opportunities for new forms of communication and commerce between marketers and consumers. As advertisers typically want to find some way to follow their target audiences, many new media opportunities are presented to advertisers. However, we are still social media pioneers. While the boom in social marketing appears persuasive with an estimated 70% of consumers visiting a social website for information, other research points out that 90% of WOM conversations still occur face to face or by phone, and only 7 percent occurs online.

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Reimagining marketing in the next normal

whitePaper | July 27, 2020

As governments gradually remove pandemic induced restrictions and businesses begin to reopen, there’s a sense that we might be on the verge of returning to “normal.” That is unlikely. During the months of lockdown and self-isolation, we have been, in fact, writing a new future.

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Attitudes to programmatic advertising 2019

whitePaper | December 31, 2019

The 2019 IAB Europe Attitudes to Programmatic study highlights the following: There is a continued push for a quality and safe advertising environment Ads.txt is well established amongst publishers but awareness and adoption on the buy-side is low Talent and skills remain a barrier to investment.

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Internet Advertising Revenue Report

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

U.S. digital advertising experienced tremendous growth in 2021. During the past year, the industry was able to capitalize on the resurgence of marketing budgets throughout the year (following a decline in Q2 of 2020) and the influx of isolated consumers who relied on digital media as their primary connection during the pandemic. Overall, digital ad revenue increased 35.4% year-over-year—the highest growth since 2006.

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Brands and Branding

whitePaper | December 29, 2019

Branding has become one of the most important aspects of business strategy. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Branding is sometimes considered to be merely an advertising function. And many managers and business writers hold the view that branding is about the management of product image, a supplementary task that can be isolated from the main business of product management. This note provides an alternative perspective, arguing that: Branding is a strategic point of view, not a select set of activities.

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The Best Google Adsense Alternatives for Publishers

whitePaper | November 15, 2022

AdSense is an ad network that allows publishers to automatically sell their inventory to advertisers. Launched in 2003, it is one of the most popular online advertisement networks for bloggers and webmasters looking to monetize their websites. What kind of inventory can be monetized with AdSense? Officially AdSense is open for all kinds of inventory. However, there are certain inventory types that are getting monetized on AdSense most often.

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Social Media Monitoring and Listening

whitePaper | November 26, 2019

Your reputation is your currency. Period. Measuring reach, optics, leads, presence, adopters and influencers is not only the most critical safeguard for you, but it’s your bread and butter. Social media presents a unique challenge to companies and organizations today. Not only is it a direct channel of communication with your fans, prospects and customers.

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