By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. A major challenge for chief executives during the pandemic has been the ability to adapt to change quickly and embrace the reality that a digital “future” already is here. Recent research from Vistage, an organization that serves 21.000-plus member CEOs, is issuing this challenge for the C-suite in […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Social media marketers who cater to the food-and-beverage industry seem to just wanna have fun — thanks to the plethora of national food holidays that are commemorated almost daily across the F&B landscape. Picture these marketers or yourself working at the computer on Dec. 30, for instance, when […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Marketers looking for key sales strategies for 2022 need not check their lists, nor do they need to check those lists twice. They should just look down the hot trail that represents booming digital-advertising sales, which will grow by nearly 50% over the next four years, topping $300 […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram, respectively, remain the top three social networks for members of Generation Z and are expected to continue that dominance in the age group over the next four years, according to a study released last week. However, “TikTok will pass Instagram to claim the No. […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. With the 12th annual Small Business Saturday looming Nov. 27, its co-sponsors — the U. S. Small Business Administration and American Express — are hoping to build on 2020’s successful campaign, which produced an estimated $19.8 billion in spending, despite the challenges of a pandemic. Last year’s economic […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. One marketing trend gaining popularity in recent years — and expected to keep growing — is the native advertising sector, which some experts are predicting will increase by 21% this year for a total spend of $57 billion in the United States. What is this native advertising, and […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. “Content is king” is a seemingly worn-out mantra but one that still holds true for those marketers trying to drive business to their company, via content marketing. But as far as digital-advertising dollars go, “mobile advertising is still king,” proclaims a recent report from the experts at eMarketer. […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. What is AVOD? On one hand, you could say that AVOD is rapidly becoming something that advertisers and marketers simply cannot avoid. But, literally, AVOD is advertising-based video-on-demand, or streaming platforms whose content includes ads: Think the likes of YouTube, the Roku Channel and an increasingly number of […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Now that National Small Business Week, Sept.12-18, is upon us, this might be a good time for small business owners to learn what resources are available from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), including COVID-19 relief. The SBA started Small Business Week 50-plus years ago and acknowledges “this […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. ’Tis that time of year when rumors start swirling about a new iPhone and its release date — usually sometime in mid- to late September — and when we can expect Apple, like other smartphone manufacturers, to boast about how its newest product offers the latest in 5G […]