Augustine Fou wrote an article for Forbes titled Current Digital Marketing Is Sports-Watching, Rather Than Marketing. Continue reading “Humans don’t click on ads much”
The virtue of consistency
Les Binet and Sarah Carter wrote an article titled Stick with what works. The article originally appeared in the July/August 2011 issue of Admap as part of a Mythbuster series. The series of 66 articles was repackaged as a book titled How Not To Plan: 66 Ways to Screw it Up. Continue reading “The virtue of consistency”
Is Creative Advertising More Effective?
Bob Hoffman wrote a 2-part blog post titled Is Creative Advertising Really More Effective? Continue reading “Is Creative Advertising More Effective?”
Thinklong – Combating short-termism
Gareth Price wrote an article titled Thinklong.
« I believe the future of brands requires collective action to combat short-termism… Thinklong’s primary ambition is to create an environment in which brands can flourish by tackling the source of the short-term pressures they face… As proponents of behavioural economics would highlight, we can’t hope to tackle the issue by changing attitudes, these will follow behavioural change. » Continue reading “Thinklong – Combating short-termism”
webinar notes – Share of Search: A New Way to Track Consumer Demand
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) hosted a webinar titled A New Way to Track Consumer Demand on November 18, 2020. Continue reading “webinar notes – Share of Search: A New Way to Track Consumer Demand”
Ritson: 3 approaches to the marketing funnel
Mark Ritson wrote an article for Marketing Week titled ‘Funnel juggling’ is the answer to marketing effectiveness (Sept 18, 2020). Continue reading “Ritson: 3 approaches to the marketing funnel”
Ritson: Share of Search – a simple and elegant alternative to Share of Voice
Mark Ritson wrote an article for Marketing Week titled It’s time for ‘share of search’ to replace ‘share of voice’ (Sept 24, 2020).
« Share of voice is a key metric for setting budgets and predicting growth, but digital media make it impossible to calculate accurately. Understanding your share of search queries is a simple and elegant alternative. » Continue reading “Ritson: Share of Search – a simple and elegant alternative to Share of Voice”
Chasing high ROIs can mean running your business into the ground
Jerry Daykin started a Twitter thread: «ROI is a terribly misunderstood thing in media/advertising. Chasing high ROIs can mean running your business into the ground/minimising growth, and in fact a high ROI is often a sign you are underinvesting in a channel. ROIs aren’t static, they shift as your budgets do. »
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Emotional advertising tends to produce much bigger effects in the long term
Les Binet posted a YouTube video titled Winning Hearts, Winning Business.
Summary: Sales activation works, but the effect is short-lived. To grow, you need both activation and long-term brand building. Key to building brand is memorability. Key to memorability is emotion.
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The Objectivity Trap in B2B
Rory Sutherland presented an online talk titled The Objectivity Trap, sponsored by the B2B Institute on July 31, 2020. Rory Sutherland is Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK. Continue reading “The Objectivity Trap in B2B”
