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Category Archives: Media
Three Things I Learned From PewDiePie
If you have been conned into running influencer marketing campaigns, do you know how every one of those influencers is representing your brand? Have you–not your agency–read every word they’ve posted and every second of video they’ve uploaded? Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Communications, Marketing, Media, Predictions, Tactics
Tagged brand equity, Disney, Felix Kjellberg, influencer marketing, influencers, Maker Studios, PewDiePie, YouTube
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“Audiences” Mostly Aren’t
Unlike theatrical audiences, who pay money and make a conscious decision to invest their time in something, the online audience is very different. Mostly, it’s people (well, actually bots) that have kind of stumbled on your site/app/whatever and are desperately … Continue reading
Ignore the dilettantes publishing lists of the best Super Bowl ads. Judge the performance by the sales they generate. Continue reading
Monday, 6 February 2017 8:55 am
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Digital Media Transparency. Bravo P&G!
P&G is starting out 2017 in a strong fashion, by saying “NO” to the nonsense taking place in the digital marketing ecosystem. All advertisers–that means your organization–should follow suit. Watch Mark Pritchard’s full talk below:
Posted in Branding, Marketing, Media, Security
Tagged accountability, ANA, digital media, fraud, IAB, MRC, P&G, TAG, transparency, verification, viewability
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Oracles Mark Ritson & Bob Hoffman
The solution is not to buy more adtech or add more to your tech stack. It’s getting back to basics. The answer is practicing proper marketing science. It’s not that hard and you’ll notice that none of it starts with “audiences”: Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media
Tagged Bob Hoffman, digital marketing, digital media, fraud, Mark Ritson, P&G
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2017 Snapchat Buys: Cui bono?
The digital tsunami continues. Word today is that Snapchat is asking for commitments from the big agency holdcos for commitments to spend as much as $200 million on buys in 2017. That’s advertiser money, by the way. Why is Snap … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Media
Tagged advertising, digital media, online advertising, Snap Inc., snapchat
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Publish The Denominator, Google.
You might have seen Google patting itself on the back today for taking down 1.7 billion ads–2X last year’s total!–that violated the company’s policies. The problem, like most digital media hype and nonsense, is that they didn’t bother to publish … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Data, Media, Rants
Tagged digital marketing, fraud, Google, malvertising
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Alexa = This Year’s Pokemon Go
This year, I predict you’ll be forced to participate in many pointless meetings because some company will use voice recognition to make some money. The campaign will be breathlessly promoted as the next big thing in marketing. As a result, and because … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Data, Marketing, Media, Predictions
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, B.S., machine learning, Mark Ritson, Pokémon Go, powerpoint, UI/UX
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You’re Buying Digital Media All Wrong
The only people who ever got rich by developing exotic solutions to common problems are the ones selling the solutions. FOMO (fear of missing out) is not a reason to be wasting your dollars on untested media or unproven “audience” schemes pitched by salespeople. If the media works, it will be there tomorrow. Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media
Tagged digital marketing, digital media, segmentation, whitelist
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Use Real Metrics, Not Social Media Nonsense
Don’t focus on lousy Facebook social media metrics. Instead,look at sales, retention rates, and ARPU. Don’t waste your time with the little kids’ metrics, which make for easier-to-understand and flashier charts at the next convention you attend. Don’t track them in your data warehouse. Don’t put them in Powerpoint slides. Don’t even talk about them. After all, the people that promulgate this nonsense have told you that they are worthless.
Worry about the things that actually generate profit. And win. Continue reading
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