• Advertising Trends
• Vertical Video

Mobile web traffic has finally surpassed desktop, with BrightEdge reporting that 57% of all search traffic now comes from smartphones and tablets. The ad landscape is adapting in accordance. In a report on consumer trends, MediaRadar found an 8% increase in the number of mobile advertisers in Q1 YOY (16-17).

• Email

Digital advertisers are becoming more and more critical in their audience targets as well as their ad location. Concerns around brand safety have clearly altered digital spend patterns, as has a shift in targeting strategy. Rather than trying to reach as many eyeballs as possible, brands are now looking for impact eyeballs. For instance, if a brand sells sports equipment, ESPN or Sports Illustrated newsletter subscribers would have a much higher buying probably than those of the Smithsonian, not that the two are mutually exclusive. 

• Print Advertising

In an era of digital and online advertising, it is no secret that print has certainly struggled with declining page counts. But the idea that all areas of print have declined is mistaken. In fact, large companies like L’Oreal, Pfizer, and P&G continue to allocate big money towards print.

• Programmatic Advertising

The way consumers view television is changing. This should come as no surprise, especially considering the recent troubles ESPN faced in regards to cord cutters. With more and more viewers moving to OTT, advertisers are facing a challenge, how to optimize marketing efforts to reach migrating audiences. One potential solution is programmatic buying and selling across platforms. This year’s Programmatic Summit at the Stewart Hotel in NYC endeavored to identify the necessary steps in adapting and adopting programmatic in the TV and OTT realm. MediaRadar’s CEO led a panel of National TV and Video Sellers regarding just how this process will work. The panel included:

Last week MediaRadar saddled up and headed to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona for the 2017 AHP Equine Media Conference! Year after year, this event continues to be advantageous for bringing together equine media members from across the country.

• Native Advertising

Demand for native campaigns and content has never been higher, triple what it was in January of 2015. The proliferation of this format, however, has not coincided with market-wide understanding of how to optimize it. Thousands of advertisers are purchasing native ads each month – many of them for the first –time. So how do publishers combat low renewal rates and tougher FTC compliance, while simultaneously alleviating consumer misperceptions about native content?

• Conferences
• Insider

On Monday, May 22^nd, while everyone else was working from their respective office desks, I was introducing the Digital Track at the 2017 CRMA Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. I had a great time connecting with a number of local and regional publishers at the conference, and learning about what drives their business forward.

• Video Advertising

It’s no surprise that vertical video has dominated the mobile advertising landscape—thanks to platforms like Snapchat and Facebook’s 2016 introduction of vertical video ads normalizing the “tall and thin” mobile ad-viewing experience. Vertical video allows consumers the convenience of viewing video ads full-screen, while still holding their phones upright—a modern day miracle!

• B2B Advertising

Knowledge is key to enhancing your ad sales, the more you know about your prospect’s purchasing patterns, the more powerful your pitch. Are your prospects purchasing print, digital or cross-platform packages? Learn how the B2B ad sales industry trending.