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Video Games Grab Much of Kids’ Online Time

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Learning that Fortnite is atop your 12-year-old grandson’s Christmas wish list is really no surprise — once you also discover that playing video games online is the number-two digital activity among US children and teens. That’s according to recent polling from PC Magazine, which surveyed the thoughts of […]

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Outdoor Ads: Long-Standing McDonald’s Special

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Now that it’s time to deal with that overly dry turkey that’s still sitting all lonely like in a corner of your refrigerator, you’re probably getting that urge that tugs at many consumers once Thanksgiving has opened the holiday season. You want to go cruising for a burger. […]

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5 Ways in Which Marketers Will Invest for 2023

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Though some advertisers are cutting back on their spending as concerns about inflation bring 2022 to a close, marketing executives seem to be more upbeat and optimistic about the year that lies ahead. About 89% of chief marketing officers and senior marketing executives polled for a recent survey […]

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Political Ads, Alas, Nearing End of ’22 Frenzy

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. With the 2022 midterm elections a mere two weeks away, candidates and lobbyists are emptying their war chests on a number of forms of political advertising and are expected to spend $9.7 billion overall. Broadcast TV will be the chief beneficiary of those campaign dollars, garnering $4.98 billion […]

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Tech, F&B Rank Highly on Gen Z’s Top Brands List

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. When it comes to targeting Generation Z, it’s those marketers who ply their trade in the tech and food and beverage industries who skip a little more happily, perhaps, down Easy Street. Tech and F&B companies dominated the Top 40 brands among Gen Zers — or those ages […]

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Small Businesses to Grapple With Tight Ad Spend in ’23

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. If small business ad spending follows the trend of larger companies’ ad spend, as it is wont to do, expect some tightened pockets for advertisers and marketers alike in 2023. Granted, ad spend by businesses both large and small will rise globally in 2023, according to recent reporting […]

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Social Influencers: A Key Boost for Big-Brand Airbnb

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Everybody’s awaiting the upcoming Labor Day weekend, of course, but somewhere near the top of the anxiety list has to be the 150 million active users of Airbnb. After all, it was a year ago on Labor Day, or Sept. 4, 2021, when the homestay and vacation rental […]

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Economy, Abortion Debate Boost Midterm Ad Spending

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Concerns about inflation may have some businesses tightening their advertising budgets, but there’s one rich source from which media companies and marketers will gain bundles of ad spending over the next few months. That source would be the political arena — namely, the 2022 midterm elections. The National […]

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