An Earned and Paid Media Mix Lends to Higher Brand Awareness

On June 29, 2011, in Advertising, Brand Awareness, earned media, For Marketers, Paid Media, by Kelly Reeves

A combination of both earned and paid media is the most successful way to acheive brand awareness, according to a new study released by Synpatic Digital and Kantar Video. The study examined the results of different forms of marketing both alone and in combination with one another to determine the best approach for brand marketers. [...]

For Marketers, Audience Buying Alone Is Not Scalable

On May 12, 2011, in Advertising, Buying Audience, Digiday, For Marketers, by Lisa LaCour

Andy Ellenthal, CEO of Peer39, just published an article for Digiday on why marketers need to think beyond buying audience and look at buying content. In his article, Ellenthal referenced a recent Yahoo study which shows that ads appearing in relevant content “elicit an emotional response that’s almost twice as high as those without relevant [...]

We’ve Seen the Future for Ads and It Looks Integrated

On April 29, 2011, in Advertising, For Marketers, For Publishers, by Kelly Reeves

Mark Suster has a great guest post up on TechCrunch today that discusses the future of advertising online and the movement towards more integrated ads since consumers are “blind” to traditional online advertising methods such as banners. One point he makes is that “our attention is all in the  [content] stream. As evidenced by the [...]

Fred Wilson & Brian Morrisey Hate Interruptive Marketing

The lively debate around Fred Wilson’s recent post on why he hates marketing continues today as Brian Morrissey, head editor over at Digiday, challenges Fred’s points by saying much of what startups do is actually marketing. In my humble opinion, what’s missing from the conversation is the distinction between what kind of marketing that startups, or [...]

Advertising on Paywall Sites

On March 18, 2011, in Advertising, Current Affairs, For Publishers, paywalls, Web/Tech, by Yaron Galai

The debate over paywall vs. ad-supported publishing tends to sound like a binary discussion: should publishers pursue an ad supported business model OR should they charge their readers for access to the content? In fact, there are several ways in which paywalls and ad-based publishing mix, but it’s the dynamic between these two that changes [...]