Latest update from Advertising: Who Cares? First, welcome to all of our new supporters. We are now over 600 in number, with new people joining pretty well every day. We have supporters in all of the major ad markets, and from all sides of the industry. Next, we want...
Influencer marketing is a core part of many brands’ strategies. Sponsored content spend on social media will total $8.14 billion in 2024, nearing the $10 billion mark by 2026, according to EMARKETER’s March 2024 forecast. As this space grows, tracking success and...
The advertising industry has become a place where machines have replaced people, jobs have become soul-less, and data is treated as royalty – this before AI gets into its stride. Much present-day advertising is ineffective, inefficient, unaccountable,...
Relationships, Dear Boy… Harold Macmillan, UK Prime Minister in the 1960s was once asked by a journalist what was the most difficult thing about being Prime Minister. His reply: “Events dear boy, events.” It may be unfashionable to say so but the most difficult thing...
Earlier this month Brian Jacobs chaired the advertising session at the annual asi video and audio measurement conference in Nice. This post is based on his opening remarks. “This session is all about looking at the world of audience measurement from an...
Ever felt you were being watched? Or listened to? Online display ad algorithms, AI in social media ad targeting, recent news earlier this year that Amazon has thousands of workers listening to Amazon Echo aka Alexa voice assistant recordings – it’s all...