By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. In what has been a year of tight advertising budgets because of worries about inflation, businesses and marketers got what might be considered an early holiday gift last week. WARC, in its annual Global Ad Spend Outlook report, projected that spending on ads worldwide will surpass $1 trillion […]
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 […]
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. “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. Digital advertising targeted to connected TV not only remains an attractive buy — it far exceeded expectations during a year that was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released last week. The report from eMarketer says ad dollars invested in connected TVs in the US […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc.Advertisers generally held back and tightened their budgets during 2020 as the global pandemic unfolded. But there was one advertising arena that became particularly attractive in the United States during the third quarter of the year: Connected TV (CTV), with YouTube advertising leading the way. The experts at eMarketer […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. A shortened, Black Friday-to-Christmas shopping season already has spawned big TV deals and the accompanying advertising — two to three weeks ahead of Thanksgiving. WalMart, for example, started advertising last week a 50-inch Class 4K Roku Smart TV for $148, a price tag that will be available on […]