Snapchat is luring in more UK advertisers

Snapchat is luring in more UK advertisers

Snap’s general manager in the UK, Claire Valoti, made her first public appearance at IAB’s Engage event in London equipped with some new demographic data on UK users, according to The Drum. The company announced that 77% of users in the UK are over the age of 18. This is good because it means that most of Snapchat’s […]

Snapchat urges marketers to ‘raise the bar’ in mobile advertising

Snapchat urges marketers to ‘raise the bar’ in mobile advertising

Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, has urged marketers to raise the bar in mobile advertising, saying too many are still interrupting the experience and not adding to it. Speaking at IAB Engage yesterday (13 October), Snap Inc’s UK general manager Claire Valoti pointed to research released by the IAB this week showing that investment […]

With consumers glued to their smartphones, mobile ad budgets are soaring

With consumers glued to their smartphones, mobile ad budgets are soaring

Reading this on your smartphone? Company advertising departments will be pleasantly unsurprised. Consumers’ obsession with their smartphones meant that firms increased their mobile advertising budgets by 56 per cent year-on-year to £1.7bn in the first half of 2016. This means that 36p in every £1 spent on internet advertising now goes on phones, up from […]

Rise of ad-blockers shows advertising does not understand mobile, say experts

Rise of ad-blockers shows advertising does not understand mobile, say experts

Everyone hates mobile ads – even advertisers. In the midst of the advertising industry’s annual summit in New York last week, agency directors, media buyers and other ad-world professionals were up in arms about ad-blocking software expanding and improving beyond their capability to defeat it. Many admitted they have no one to blame but themselves. […]

APAC mobile shoppers use the platform more frequently – but are less satisfied with it

APAC mobile shoppers use the platform more frequently – but are less satisfied with it

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)  released an in-depth survey of 3,800 mobile users in 19 countries around the world, including Asian countries such as Singapore, China, and Japan. Announced during the IAB MIXX Conference, the survey revealed that Asia Pacific (APAC) consumers take the lead in frequent mobile purchases. Globally, nearly a quarter of mobile […]

Mobile At The Heart Of Retail Experience According To IAB Global Report

Mobile At The Heart Of Retail Experience According To IAB Global Report

Mobile shopping and purchasing have become the norm across the globe, according to “Mobile Commerce: A Global Perspective,” an in-depth survey of mobile users from 19 countries around the world, released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) at the IAB MIXX Conference. Just over three-quarters (76 per cent) of smartphone and tablet users in […]

15% of smartphone users are blocking ads, but there are ways to win them back

15% of smartphone users are blocking ads, but there are ways to win them back

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) just released a new report which highlights the growing usage of ad blocking technology and offers practical advice on how users could be convinced to uninstall their ad blockers. Conducted by C3Research among 1,300 computer and 201 mobile users in the US, the research finds that two-thirds of consumers using […]

IAB: 10% of UK mobile users are blocking ads

IAB: 10% of UK mobile users are blocking ads

One-in-ten UK mobile users are blocking ads according to the IAB, which has launched a study that further advises advertisers on how best to communicate with consumers on such devices. The study, conducted by Differentology, also attempts to advise marketers on how they can produce ads that better resonate with mobile users in a report […]

The Younger the Audience, the Shorter the Mobile Video Ad Should Be

The Younger the Audience, the Shorter the Mobile Video Ad Should Be

Perhaps younger audiences have shorter attention spans — or maybe they just want to cut to the chase faster. In any event, a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau — Multiscreen Video Best Practices — reveals that 10-second mobile video ads have greater brand appeal and persuasion potential for millennial audiences. On the other […]