Since 2014, there have been more mobile devices in the world than desktop computers, and people spend more time browsing the internet on their smartphones than on their desktops. So companies simply cannot ignore mobile as a channel to reach their consumers. Today, marketing departments focus a meaningful part of their time and budget on […]
It’s starting to look more and more likely we’ll someday tell our grandchildren bedtime stories about the strange boxes in our homes on which we watched videos. That’s because — and this really shouldn’t come as a surprise — Gen Z, which native advertising software firm Sharethrough defines as the generation born after 1995, likes […]
Social platforms are providing longer ad units, but bigger isn’t necessarily better, writes a strategy team from Possible Earlier this year, Instagram and Twitter announced something odd: longer ad units. Twitter enabled skippable 30-second ads, while Instagram cleared the way for gargantuan 60-second Super Bowl-style ads. One can, perhaps, see an argument for this. Mobile […]
Google’s new location-sensing system will make augmented reality far more useful. Smartphones can tell you when to depart for the airport to make your flight, provide voice-guided directions on the way there, and route around traffic jams. But if you wanted to get audio directions to a specific counter at the airport, you’d be out […]
During its developer conference this year, Google announced two new apps designed to take on incumbents in video calling and chat: Duo and Allo. Perhaps the fastest and most accurate way to describe Duo is as a cross-platform FaceTime competitor. Duo’s pitch is that it’s simple and will work on both iOS and Android, even […]
Since Pinterest has witnessed 60 percent growth in videos on the platform— and since video is the fastest growing aspect of social media marketing today— the company plans to help promote the power of video is ever more. We’ve learned that Pinterest will launch Promoted Video, which the company says “brings together some of the […]
The preparations for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games are well documented, from building infrastructure to battling corruption, pollution, and disease. But as the Games wind down, a different kind of work begins: analysis to understand what this year’s Summer Olympics can teach us about consumer engagement. Leading up to this summer’s Olympics, Phunware conducted […]
Instagram has launched a new series of tools for businesses in the UK and across EMEA, bringing developments that have previously been limited to the US to a new wave of brands and marketers looking to use the social network in Europe and beyond. Over 200,000 advertisers now use Instagram to connect with consumers, and […]
Spend on search ads continues to grow, with advertisers increasingly taking advantage of newer ad types, according to new research. Spend on social advertising has increased by 47% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2016, with social ads attracting a 21% higher cost-per-click (CPC) as they become more specialised and valuable according to the […]
Privacy concerns pose the biggest threat to mobile as a marketing channel, says new research from Warc and the Mobile Marketing Association. In the recent State of the Industry: Mobile Marketing in EMEA report, almost all marketers and advertising professionals (91%) are planning for increased mobile budgets in the next 12 months. Nearly half of those surveyed […]