Does Super Bowl Advertising Really Pay Off?
Jan08

Does Super Bowl Advertising Really Pay Off?

As anticipation for the 2015 Super Bowl begins to build, marketers and sports fans alike are awaiting Sunday, Feb. 1. Advertisers who are investing $4 million or more in a Super Bowl commercial are busy plotting their creative strategies and public relations programs while the rest of us wait to be entertained. But marketers everywhere should take pause and examine past insights that have emerged from previous Super Bowl ad...

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The ‘Terrible Teen’ Years of Digital Advertising
Dec31

The ‘Terrible Teen’ Years of Digital Advertising

If digital advertising is the golden child of modern marketing, it is currently going through that terrible, unruly teenage phase…

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Pester power factor in mobile purchases
Dec18

Pester power factor in mobile purchases

In its study, The Mobile Device Path to Purchase: Parents & Children it found that for Apple, “child pestering” is the top predictor, being twice as important as social media, while for Samsung, it was the second predictor (first was positive word-of-mouth, by about 15%) in driving parental purchase intent. Jeri Smith, president and CEO, Communicus, said. “We found that ‘pester power’ can even outweigh a parent’s beliefs that a...

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Sprint Misses the Mark in Addressing the Hispanic Audience
Dec01

Sprint Misses the Mark in Addressing the Hispanic Audience

Shifting its advertising strategy, Sprint has moved from the ‘Framily’ campaign, to a new value family plan message for both Hispanic and General Market TV audiences. As reported in Ad Age, the company is positioning its Bolivian CEO Marcelo Claure as the “celebrity” of its Hispanic targeted TV spot, which made its debut during the Latin Grammys in late November. The spot features simulated news reels sharing Claure’s immigrant story...

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A Top-Shelf Partnership: Retailers & CPGs Go Down The Advertising Aisle
Oct17

A Top-Shelf Partnership: Retailers & CPGs Go Down The Advertising Aisle

At Advertising Week in New York, recently, Communicus attended Match Marketing Group founder Michael Dill’s session in which he explored retailers’ engagement with today’s connected consumer…

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