More than half of content produced is never activated

Advertisers’ lack of visibility into their creative production lifecycle sets the industry up to waste billions in 2024 on content that never gets used.

This is according to a study by creative agency CreativeX, which estimated that the average F500 company could be wasting at least $25 million a year on unused creative assets. Across the entire industry, that translates to $100 billion on assets that are never activated.

Advertisers are looking to genAI to create...

16 January 2024 | Advertising

Ad spend on short-form videos to grow by CAGR of $145bn+ by 2028

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The rise of short-form videos, first popularised by TikTok and then copied in the form of YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, has been a game-changer in the social media landscape.

These no more than 60-second long videos are not only entertaining and highly addictive content but also a fantastic way to reach younger audiences. That is why marketers continue pouring money into this type of advertising.

According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, global ad spending...

15 January 2024 | Advertising

Acxiom partners with MetaRouter to help brands overcome cookie deprecation

Acxiom, the customer intelligence company, has teamed up with MetaRouter, a specialist in customer data infrastructure. The partnership will see Acxiom implement MetaRouter solutions that will enable customers to better define their first-party data strategies in a world facing cookie deprecation.

Combining MetaRouter's data delivery strengths with Acxiom's integration expertise, the two companies help brands refine first-party data strategies and develop effective customised...

11 January 2024 | Big Data

Study underlines consumers’ concern over fake reviews

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Bazaarvoice, a platform for full-funnel authentic user-generated content (UGC) and social commerce solutions, today released its latest study based on a survey of more than 8,000 global shoppers and more than 400 brands.

The results revealed that fake reviews are something that weigh heavily on people’s minds when they are shopping, and they want brands to take action in order for them to feel confident in the content they’re consuming online.

Andy Chakravarty, VP...

10 January 2024 | Best Practice

Sonobi and Experian team up for enhanced targeting

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Sonobi, an independent, consumer-focused technology company providing a fair and equitable media marketplace, is collaborating with global information services company Experian.

By partnering with Experian, Sonobi believes it has increased programmatic addressability across the mobile web landscape, growing its reach by 25% while providing a substantial 20% increase in delivered impression value, aiding our ability to connect impactful campaigns to their desired audiences...

8 January 2024 | Campaigns

Accenture acquires Jixie’s intelligent digital marketing platform

Accenture has agreed to acquire the business of media and marketing technology company, Jixie.

Jixie’s intelligent digital marketing platform and team will be integrated into Accenture to strengthen its marketing transformation capabilities and resources through Accenture Song - the firm’s tech-powered creative group - helping Indonesian clients deliver more personalised experiences to enhance customer engagement for sustainable business growth.

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3 January 2024 | Customer Experience

63% of marketers lack a clear plan for cookieless personalisation

Despite Google’s announcement that it will begin phasing out support for third-party cookies in Chrome at the beginning of 2024, 63% of marketers still have no clear strategy for cookieless personalisation.

That’s according to a survey from Optimizely that highlights the urgent need for marketers to reassess their personalisation strategies for 2024.

The research, which surveyed 100 UK marketing professionals across the UK, found that more than half (54%) also...

20 December 2023 | Personalised Marketing

IAS expands Total media Quality Product to YouTube Shorts 

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a leading global media measurement and optimisation platform, has expanded its measurement capabilities on YouTube.

IAS will now offer its industry-leading brand safety and suitability measurement product to advertisers for YouTube Shorts inventory, as part of its existing Total Media Quality for YouTube product suite.

YouTube Shorts is one of the most popular short-form video platforms in the world and is growing rapidly, with more than...

19 December 2023 | Big Data

MikMak unveils platform innovations, including one-click purchasing options

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MikMak, a software company that helps the world’s leading brands grow commerce-first, has unveiled the latest innovations to MikMak 3.0, its e-commerce enablement and analytics platform.

These product enhancements, coupled with MikMak’s new partnership with leading global advisor on consumer behaviour, Circana, will offer brands insights on how digital marketing influences their offline sales lift, prevent cart abandonment, and implement strategies to convert shoppers in a...

14 December 2023 | Commerce

51% of UK consumers admit to deliberately trying to withhold their personal information  

Two thirds (66%) of UK consumers hear from brands digitally six or more times per day, yet a staggering 88% of them claim that half or less of the content they receive is relevant to them.

This is according to a survey conducted by customer data platform Treasure Data, which also found that almost one in five (19%) UK consumers said none of the content they receive was of relevance at all. This has shined a bright light on brands’ failure to deliver accurate data-driven...

13 December 2023 | Best Practice