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Advertising, Reality, the World – According To Pokémon Go
How Pokémon Go reflects current global trends, people’s current aspirations, and how brands can successfully embrace these changes.
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Effective Communications Begin With the Brand
We all remember great ads. But do we remember the company? This is the No. 1 aim for advertising, but, surprisingly, many marketers don’t achieve it. The reason is the brand is not front-and-center. Marketers must start with the brand in the earliest conception stage, and weave it throughout the storyline architecture at opportune points. There are several tried and true techniques to ensure success. This Point of View paper addresses those approaches— crucial to effective advertising.
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Affluents Don't Spend Like Bill Gates
In 2016 Bill Gates, just like in 2015, was the richest man in the world. The American business magazine Forbes estimated his assets at $75 billion, that's $4.2 billion less than the year before. Yet the former CEO of Microsoft is not known as an icon of luxury and high living, large yachts and expensive cars are not for Gates! His preference is towards charity projects and the funding of medical research.
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Affluent Africans Working On a Sustainable Growth Plan for Africa
Key findings of the 4th bi-annual release of the Ipsos Affluent Survey Africa 2016. Social responsibility and being environmentally friendly are top-priorities, African Millennials are breaking economic barriers, Media and personal/wearable technology are vital to the African Affluent.
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Olympic Games - The Reality of Rio - Was this really #Apocolympics Now?
Or were the Games the catalyst for a fresh look and a new tone to the link between sponsors, organisers, audience and athletes that reflects the participative nature of brands and citizenship in the connected world?
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There Is an App For That: How Apps Can Add Extra Value to The World of Music
Consumers have never had as many ways to engage with music as they have today. Yet with many services being based on free, ad-supported models it is fair to argue that the value of music itself as a commodity is rapidly declining in the eye of the consumers.
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Cracking Social: How To Connect Meaningfully With Audiences on Social Media
It is clear, that when it comes to connecting meaningfully with audiences on social media, there is still a lot to learn. At Ipsos we’ve been exploring how brands can maximise their impact in this space. Our starting point was in depth examination of the people who are getting it right in order to identify what we can learn from them.
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Is Pokémon GO Just What Retailers Need?
It’s the latest craze that has swept the nation since its launch last Thursday 14th July. Reports from SimilarWeb in the US already suggest that it’s overtaken Twitter in terms of daily active users, with the number engaged on the app reaching 5.92% of the US Android population. So what does this mean for the UK? And how can one phone app benefit retailers in the wake of Brexit?
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The Future of TV
A master of reinvention, TV has consistently changed over time to embrace new technology and meet the evolving needs of audiences and consumers.
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Branded Content: Emperor’s New Clothes or the Future of Marketing?
Attempts at interpreting branded content straddle the wire of native advertising and advertorials before falling in to the abyss of general advertising – so what is it exactly and what does it offer that traditional channels do not already deliver?