The consumption of content has fundamentally changed, and this raises difficult questions for marketers. Join Ipsos and other industry leading marketing, advertising and media colleagues to learn, share and discuss how to succeed in communicating effectively to your consumers.
In a recent White Paper, programmatic demand-side platform provider, TubeMogul, referred to ‘the unstoppable shift to audience-based buying’ in the U.S. television market, arguing that inefficiencies in the way TV advertising has traditionally been bought and sold, as well as advances in the way people receive their TV content, will lead inevitably to a time when more and more of it will be traded programmatically.
In the third week of June those involved in the advertising industry turn their attention to the south of France and Cannes. This year, the level of creativity cannot be argued - from a beer company selling "Brewtroleum" in Australia to an American outdoor retailer eschewing Black Friday and shuttering its doors as they urge their customers to #OptOutside. This year's Grand Prix Creative Effectiveness winner for John Lewis and adam & eve DDB, Monty the Penguin, has us all dreaming of Christmas.
Cool is the mecca of brand identity and any brand strategist knows it, however, the process of gaining and maintaining `coolness' is no easy feat. Many brands have tried and failed to adopt this elusive characteristic, resulting in a tarnished reputation that can outlive the brand's life itself. Recently, I presented research specifically conducted for the BC Marketing & Advertising industry on "What's Cool in the West". The presentation examined not only what is considered cool in Western Canada, but also, what brands can do in order to be cool. Findings showed that the perception of what's cool has changed, and while the pursuit of achieving this enviable status is oftentimes challenging, the endeavor can be simplified by some easy steps.
