By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. On a recent episode of “Master Chef: Generations,” chef Aarón Sánchez described Generation Z as an age “born with phones in your hands.” Indeed, members of Gen Z — generally defined as those born between 1997 and 2012 — were born in the earlier stages of the internet […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Netflix continues to get battered on the news front, with a popular survey of American teens’ spending habits revealing last week that the streaming service has been uprooted by YouTube as teens’ most-used platform for watching videos. The Taking Stock With Teens poll, which is conducted twice a […]
by Jaimie Siegle | Advertising Systems, Inc. When I initially checked out Google Glass online, I was immediately gripped by three things: The sleek YouTube marketing video, which features a diverse group of individuals participating in visually stimulating activities like riding roller coasters, fencing and skydiving; the potential of Google Glass to become a real […]
by Jaimie Siegle | Advertising Systems, Inc. 2013 is the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. But in the world of marketing, it could be considered Year of the Video. Why? According to a recent article by Brafton, the video market has seen steady growth since 2011, and is projected to be […]
by Jaimie Siegle | Advertising Systems Inc. When Felix Baumgartner fell nearly 24 miles from a space capsule last weekend, more than 8 million people tuned in to YouTube to watch him simultaneously break the sound barrier and two world records. It was one small leap for Baumgartner and one huge marketing leap for Red […]