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SUPER BOWL ADS 2024 Were the Weakest in a Decade
PROSPECTIVE 2025 Advertisers: Wake-up! It's About Brand, Message and Action SUPER BOWL ADS 2024 were the weakest in a decade, according to Michael Wolfe, CEO of Bottom-Line Analytics (BLA)™. This result comes from a seven-year study by BLA on Super...
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ABX Guide to Out-Of-Home Advertising Creative Effectiveness 2024
ABX Guide to Out-Of-Home Advertising Creative Effectiveness 2024 reveals Seven Best Practices for great ads. With OOH advertising booming the past two years, this medium should be a must-have all marketers. It also features high and low scoring ads for...
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Evaluating Ads in Unexpected Venues
Evaluating ads in unexpected media placements can be like finding a pot of gold in a kitchen cabinet.
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Evaluating Ad Effectiveness Internationally
Evaluating ad effectiveness internationally is a critical challenge, especially if ad creative is measured using different measurement processes in each country.
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SUPER BOWL ADS 2024 Were the Weakest in a Decade
SUPER BOWL ADS 2024 were the weakest in a decade, according to Michael Wolfe, CEO of Bottom-Line Analytics (BLA)™. This result comes from a seven-year study by BLA on Super Bowl advertising and ROI, which shows ad effectiveness has declined...
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Seventy-Two Percent of Super Bowl Ads Miss the Mark in Driving Viewers to Act
Why did seventy-two percent of Super Bowl ads miss the mark in driving viewers to act in 2024? And why did overall average creative effectiveness for all ads dip to the lowest point in a decade? And why did so...
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Comparing Influencer Marketing with Traditional Advertising
Influencer marketing enables businesses to collaborate with individuals active in social media to increase brand exposure and drive sales. It is about activating a person with a large following to publish social media content promoting the advertiser’s products or services.
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Snoop Dogg is Making News as a US Import vs. Export
During the pandemic, home delivery businesses soared and in 2020 Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (TKWY.AS) purchased US Grubhub for $7.3 billion. Then the pandemic ended, TKWY.AS stock fell precipitously. Now it is rebounding. In October 2023, TKWY.AS raised its core...
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JCPenney Tackles New Audiences with NFL Sponsorship
JCPenney Tackles New Audiences with “Make It Count” and NFL Sponsorship When you think of large retailers and the NFL, what stores come to mind first? Dick’s? Walmart? Target? We’ll bet that JCPenney was not in the top-of-mind list. Last...
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