A significant number of small- to medium-sized businesses have not yet adopted social media, according to new research. In a recent survey of small business owners/managers, 24% said they currently don’t use social media for their business, while 8% don’t ever expect to use social media. The survey was conducted by Clutch, a leading B2B […]
Mobile ad spending in the UK will reach almost £7 billion ($9.45 billion) this year to represent more than a third (36.6%) of UK media ad investment, according to eMarketer’s latest UK ad spending forecast. Overall digital ad spend will grow 11.0% in 2017 to £10.89 billion ($14.70 billion), accounting for 57.9% of total media […]
Have banner ads outlived their usefulness? Research has shown that mobile users skip over all types of display ads, banner ads included, without thinking very hard about them. Unfortunately for digital advertisers in Asia-Pacific, banner ads account for the vast majority of mobile ads served to users, according to mobile analytics company Vpon. The firm […]
According to a new market report published by Future Market Insights titled “Programmatic Display Advertising Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2015-2019”, the global programmatic display advertising market was valued at US$ 7.6 Bn in 2014 and is expected to register a CAGR of 49.0% from 2015 to 2019. Growth of the global programmatic […]
Facebook has seen 70% of its chatbot interactions fail, meaning that the AI couldn’t understand what users were saying and humans had to step in, according to a news report. The findings have led to reports that Facebook is scaling back its chatbot efforts on Messenger. The Information reports that those requests couldn’t be handled […]
Vpon Big Data Group, Asia’s leading big data ad tech company, releases the “2016 APAC Mobile Programmatic Advertising Statistics and Trends Report,” unveiling the mobile insight and user behaviour of Greater China tourists and comprising tourist behavioural differences between away and in home country. A real case of American Express (AMEX) is included to demonstrate […]
Push notifications featuring emojis an 85 per cent greater open rate on average, compared to those sent without emojis, according to a report from mobile marketing platform Leanplum. The report, using data from Leanplum and App Annie, found that of over 2.6bn push notifications analysed emoji-powered notifications were better received. It also found that Android […]
Ansible, the mobile marketing and technology agency of IPG Mediabrands, in partnership with YouGov, the global market research firm, and Powered by Google, has launched the inaugural MDEX, ranking the world’s most “mobile ready” brands based on five dimensions across both mobile presence and performance. The MDEX’s framework was built and developed over a six […]
Research from comScore in 2016 showed that 49% of US smartphone owners downloaded zero apps in the last month caused concern in the app marketing ecosystem. New research from Dimensional Research commissioned by YouAppi, a leading mobile growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, highlights optimism among mobile marketing professionals responsible for app marketing and […]
Retailers need to embrace next generation technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) if they want shoppers to continue using their apps, new research has found. The study found that nearly 30% of consumers would like to see more innovation in mobile apps, so that they provide a better, more personalised shopping […]