ADVERTISING & BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES 2018–2019

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

Over the past few years, outdoor advertising has evolved at a rapid pace. No longer restricted to paper-based posters, billboards and flyers pinned to lampposts, the out of home (OOH) ad has gone digital thanks to the growing network of digital out of home media, or DOOH media, now readily accessible to businesses of all shapes and sizes at a cost- effective rate via modern programmatic buying platforms. Digital outdoor advertising is one of the best ways for SMBs to reach consumers and capture the attention of their target audience – which is precisely why it’s now a priority for businesses looking to drive audience engagement with dynamic content in an offline environment.

whitePaper | August 10, 2022

It’s critical for marketers to know if their campaigns are influencing behavior in response to an ad. But to really know if a campaign actually works, consumer response must be compared with those who hadn’t been exposed to the ad. This new study demonstrates the dramatic power of “ghost bidding” in revealing true campaign effectiveness. A large U.S.-based apparel company ran an extended ad campaign to a targeted audience. The difference? The company used demand-side platform technology to simultaneously expose and exclude identical user groups from viewing the ad. This A/B study used “ghost bidding”—withdrawing bids from the excluded group at the last moment—to plot the true effectiveness of display, video and audio ads, and demonstrated a powerful validation of marketing effectiveness.

whitePaper | November 11, 2019

The measurement of advertising effectiveness is steeped in a history of evolution and the introduction of digital channels has increased this pace of change. In order to understand how the industry measures digital ad effectiveness and how digital media contributes to advertising success, this white paper collates a range of industry measurement approaches along with general research findings and learnings. The white paper also provides guidance and considerations, based on these learnings, for campaign measurement.

whitePaper | September 6, 2022

Organizations have been placing increasingly more emphasis on making data-driven marketing decisions in recent years. Especially since the onset of COVID-19, the demand for insights on how to craft the optimal marketing budget allocation plan has risen markedly. Marketers rely on guiding principles like Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) to determine which marketing channels will drive the highest return and optimize marketing budget allocations to maximize business outcomes.

whitePaper | September 22, 2022

The local advertising marketplace will reach $167.4 billion in 2022 as local, regional, and national buyers compete to bring their messages to local audiences across major traditional and digital media platforms. The fastest-growing media segment is OTT with an annual growth rate of +57.4 percent in 2022. This emphasizes how competitive this media channel has become, as consumer behavior follows the same trend. In this whitepaper developed in collaboration with BIA, discover key trends impacting shifting media budgets, the effects of programmatic, and forecasts for local advertising in the years to come.

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

The media industry is entering a new phase of evolution yet again as the world begins to reopen, thanks to increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Global advertising spend rose by 24% in 2021, the strongest year-over-year growth on record in 40 years, according to the World Advertising Research Center (WARC). Ad spend is expected to grow by another 12.5% in 2022. This is positive news for publishers. However, new opportunities bring new challenges.