Super Bowl 2015: Brands Rev Up Ads, Engagement as Countdown Begins
Jan07

Super Bowl 2015: Brands Rev Up Ads, Engagement as Countdown Begins

With less than a month until Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, brands are preparing their campaigns to woo the millions of fans worldwide who will be watching. Currently, the ad inventory for the game on NBC—up to $4.5 million per 30-second slot—is virtually sold out as half of the anticipated top-40 brands already have skin in the game. Click HERE for more.

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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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Super Bowl Ads Mostly Failed in 2014, Especially Ones for Cars
Dec29

Super Bowl Ads Mostly Failed in 2014, Especially Ones for Cars

New or unfamiliar products did relatively well in 2014 Super Bowl advertising, while established products and particularly automotive brands fared poorly, according to research firm Communicus. That may help explain why this year’s Super Bowl is more loaded with unfamiliar players, and why automotive brands are mostly sitting on the sidelines, according to Jeri Smith, CEO of the firm that rates effectiveness of Super Bowl and...

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Why ‘Popularity’ Doesn’t Equal Success in the Ad World
Nov20

Why ‘Popularity’ Doesn’t Equal Success in the Ad World

On the behavioral side, some of the most well liked campaigns and executions are actually less successful in changing behaviors than those that have more average liking.

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Bicultural Hispanics: The Middle Child
Oct23

Bicultural Hispanics: The Middle Child

The advertising community has begun to take acculturation levels into account when advertising to Hispanics, but there’s an aspect of Hispanic consumers that most advertisers fail to consider. In many cases the individual consumer doesn’t have even one static acculturation level — in other words, that we as individuals think and behave in different ways (that reflect high or low acculturation). As a bicultural Hispanic, I’m keenly...

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