An Influencer’s Guide to making clear that ads are ads

whitePaper | November 7, 2022

The trend report explores the boundary between the digital and physical; how does a medium like out of home (OOH) relate to the metaverse? We discuss how OOH is developing and how brands can share sustainable and believable content within the traditional media space as well as in the emerging metaverses. Dentsu also predicts that omnichannel planning will be a key driver of the growth of (D)OOH.

whitePaper | September 22, 2022

The advertising landscape has always been fast-moving and responsive to changing trends but never has it been more competitive. Despite more channels to advertise on than ever before, consumers’ tolerance for advertising is at an all-time low. In fact, 89% said they either disliked ads or did not engage with them. This decline in ads tolerance has been driven by a combination of factors. From sheer saturation of adverts – it’s estimated that we are exposed to 6,000 to 10,000 ads a day – to platforms that give us a choice to pay for a subscription in return for no ads. Not only are advertisers battling with low engagement, but they are also dealing with ad blockers and increased regulations around data privacy and consumer choice. This makes the advertising landscape even more difficult to navigate and drive success.

whitePaper | December 1, 2021

As expectations of customers evolve rapidly due to their everyday interactions with big tech companies, the sales and marketing function across industries is striving to deliver carefully curated, hyper-personalized experiences to consumers. Success in today’s experience economy largely depends on ensuring customer-centricity throughout the customer lifecycle. However, creating better emotional connections with customers may prove to be a daunting exercise considering the explosion of data, lack of in-house data and analytics expertise, decreasing attention spans of consumers, and shrinking marketing budgets.

whitePaper | May 27, 2022

Advertisers know that a well-placed plug can tug at the heartstrings, or that a nimble, witty retort can gain the upper hand on a busy press day. A company can have the finest business acumen, but without an empowered creative team—from a junior designer to the chief marketing officer—the messaging will fall short, or worse, alienate the very customers it’s trying to reach.

whitePaper | December 20, 2019

Mobile has changed the way we think about digital audiences. Before the advent of the ubiquitous mobile phone, traditional marketing and advertisement strategies that were “location based” had a very different meaning than “locationbased marketing” does today. Options for location-based mobile audiences have expanded far beyond the simple geo-fence campaign, and offer both sophisticated targeting options and insights on reaching the consumer on their mobile device with the right message at the right time.

whitePaper | July 25, 2023

A deep dive into performance TV advertising and exclusive insights on how to use it as a growth engine. For television advertisers, upfronts and Newfronts season sets the tone for the rest of the year. And in 2023, the big story was Connected TV (CTV). Advertisers plan to allocate 40% of their 2023 budgets to CTV, bringing upfront spend on this channel to $8.14 billion.