Are you hoping to break the doldrums of a 9-to-5 schedule in favour of an online business? It is no surprise that countless entrepreneurs are now embracing such a lifestyle. It is estimated that more than 140,000 websites are registered ...
Read More »WARC claims that middle men (including agencies) ‘Tech Tax’ costs advertisers $30bn
We all know that lots of programmatic advertising is wasted – strange that old Lord Leverhulme’s observation that half his advertising was wasted, he just didn’t know which half, still obtains – and now industry researcher WARC has produced some ...
Read More »New WFA survey shows clients worried by digital evaluation – Ebiquity leads the media consultants
The media world is seemingly awash with auditors and consultants – and combos of the two – and the World Federation of Advertisers, which represents most big brands worldwide, has been looking into the issue. A new WFA study has ...
Read More »GroupM: UK adspend holding up well but digital prospering at the expense of brands
WPP’s GroupM has raised its forecast for UK adspend this year slightly (to five per cent growth from its original 4.1, a total of £18.9bn) and is forecasting 4.8 per cent for 2018 which should take it through £20bn. The ...
Read More »Steve Payne of Kinetic: how technology is expanding out of home’s ad horizons
Hailed by aficionados as a cinematic masterpiece, the original Blade Runner set out a fascinating vision of the near future when it was released in 1982. Set in the year 2019, bounty hunter Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, is ...
Read More »New IPA Bellwether Report show internet spending is up even though confidence is down
Marketers usually cut back budgets when times get tough – as they seem to be following the Brexit vote – but the new IPA quarterly Bellwether Report says they’re actually planning to spend more, chiefly on digital. This despite doom ...
Read More »Accenture continues agency land grab with Germany’s €100m SinnerSchrader
Accenture is to buy one of the Germany’s biggest digital agencies SinnerSchrader, based in Hamburg. Accenture has bought 62 per cent from CEO Matthias Schrader and others and will bid €9 a share for the remainder, valuing SinnerSchrader (below) at ...
Read More »Rob Norman: here’s the digital future – “Alexa, what anti-dandruff shampoo should I buy?”
The digital universe is changing more rapidly than ever so an update is always useful. Here Rob Norman (below), global chief digital officer of WPP’s GroupM, the world’s biggest media buyer, outlines the likely future and its implications in his ...
Read More »Chambord from W+K shows why the best digital campaigns are really ads by another name
As we put the finishing touches to our choice of UK agency of the Year I see that Wieden+Kennedy won digital agency of the year at the Campaign Big Awards and also Shots’ agency of the year (presumably honouring film ...
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