In-app ads were more effective than web ads in driving increases in store visits last year, per a study by location intelligence firm Cuebiq. Its analysis indicates that in-app ads generated gains in foot traffic of as much as 19%-49%, compared with 10%-33% for web ads in 2017. Brands spent an average of $23.05 in […]
Advertisers and agencies can now reach more Google platform audiences with video ads. Outstream is the latest video ad format from Google that is purpose-built for mobile apps and mobile websites, and not tied to YouTube. Appearing in banner ads, interstitials, in-feed, with placements for mobile web and app native, the new format offers advertisers […]
Research undertaken by Verve, a location based mobile marketing platform, finds that consumers are twice as likely to interact with mobile ads informed by location insights than with generic ads. The findings also reveal that a mobile ad related to consumers’ hobbies and interests drives more than twice as much engagement than with a generic […]
The IAB UK today released a study that looked at the best ways to advertise to people on smartphones and revealed that fit for purpose ads – those optimised for smartphones – can shift brand metrics and can increase positive perceptions such as the brand being viewed as more premium and more trusted. “As digital […]
Reddit has announced the upcoming launch of native promoted posts for its mobile apps. The company said in an email to advertisers that its apps are the most popular way its 330 million monthly active users access Reddit content on mobile, and they now account for 41 percent of time spent on Reddit across all […]
Mobile advertising dominated digital ad campaigns in the Philippines, while at the same time, “on target” mobile ad performance outpaced digital ads served via desktop and total digital last year, according to a report by media research firm Nielsen. The Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings Benchmarks report, which assessed more than 3,000 digital campaigns since its […]
Facebook has revealed new tools it promises will help retailers understand if mobile ads get people to go into stores and if they are buying as it looks to cement itself as the platform of choice for brands wanting to measure online ads against offline sales metrics. The update announced yesterday revealed new metrics that will […]
Slowly but surely, Instagram is turning into a direct-response platform for brands, and now calls-to-action look a little bit more like banner ads than highly styled and edited posts. The Facebook-owned app is rolling out a feature that links ads to profile pages so that when someone clicks on an ad from the news feed, […]
Snapchat has introduced a raft of new features as it looks to bulk up its advertising offering and become a go-to destination for brands. The messaging app has been on the charm-offensive for a slice of marketers’ budgets for the past year and now it has unveiled three updates designed make it easier for companies […]
As retailers hunker down on perfecting their location-based marketing techniques, the tactic of integrating mobile advertisements with directions to bricks-and-mortar stores via map applications may be the strategy they are searching for. Although ads for strictly mobile or digital promotions are often times at the top of retailers’ sought-after marketing initiatives lists, the importance of […]