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FreeWheel Video Monetization Report
The FreeWheel Video Monetization Report is released quarterly and seeks to highlight the changing dynamics of how enterprise-class content owners and distributors are monetizing professional digital video content. In this Q3 2012 report, FreeWheel continue to report on content monetized, monetization related to content length, and the growth of non-PC/Mac video consumption. Read more here.
IT Purchasing Goes Social
This report explores the dramatic impact social networks have on the B2B IT purchase process and provides and best practices to make it work for your marketing. The report details how Social ‘fits’ in the entire purchase process as well as key drivers and preferences for social network usage. While this is focused on IT, it likely has applicability to other B2B segments.
The Q2 2012 Cross-Platform Report
Each quarter Nielsen chooses a trend to watch and feature in the report’s “center spread”. This Quarter’s center spread focuses on simultaneous usage. Nielsen noted that the increased penetration of devices that facilitate connection and communication are allowing consumers to engage in simultaneous usage or what they commonly refer to as multi-tasking. Americans are truly making the most of the technology at their fingertips!
Q3 2012 Social Video Advertising Report
Audiences chose to watch advertisements more than 1 billion times in Q3 2012. Social video advertising continues to reach new heights, as more and more brands and marketers continue to innovate in the medium. This quarter, viewership is up over 15% from Q2 2012, and more than 75% over Q3 2011. In this quarterly report, we take a look at the most-watched campaigns, brands, creative agencies, and industries in social video.
2012 Online Video Presidential Ads Report
The online video campaign for the 2012 presidential cycle has been just as fierce as the TV and ground battles. There are numerous players involved on both sides driving viewership. Online video offers more flexibility than television for the campaigns to attack and respond to real-time events. Television ads, long-form documentaries, quick responses to attack ads and campaign gaffes, intimate looks at the candidates with their families, behind-the-scenes features, mashups, spoofs, and more are published online. There has never been so much video content for an electorate to consume. Instead of ads interrupting voters while they’re watching TV, or being skipped over with the help of DVRs, voters are actually choosing to watch presidential ads and content in online video.
State of Mobile Advertising
Based on past iPhone releases, Velti predicts that within 6 months, iPhone 5 will drive over 25% of all iPhone impressions, and its release will result in a major upgrade cycle. Velti believes that the iPhone 5 will be adopted more quickly than the iPhone 4S and it will become one of the top 5 devices on the exchange within the next 6 months.
In-app ads: How to get 20% engagement and 2000% higher click-through
MediaBrix, the app ad company, ran a survey to discover what people like and don’t like about advertising in apps: Facebook apps as well as mobile apps.
MediaMind Global Benchmarks Report
Check out MediaMind’s Global Benchmarks Report to see how your country measures up.
RKG Digital Marketing Report
RKG report drills down from high level overall performance metrics to the results for the brand and non-brand segments for each engine. They also spotlight the latest trends in mobile and included a number of other data points you’re unlikely to find anywhere else in one report.
The Direct and Indirect Value Affiliate Delivers to Marketers
This Forrester study, commissioned by Rakuten LinkShare, explores how affiliate marketing sites are meeting the needs of today's savvy online shoppers.
Adfonics Global Admetrics Report
The Adfonic reports are based on tens of billions of ad requests processed monthly by the Adfonic marketplace. The Q2 2012 report draws from analysis of thousands of mobile advertising campaigns, spanning almost fifteen thousand mobile sites and apps.
OOYALA: Global Online Video Index
OOYALA powers online video for more than 1,000 customers and reach viewers in every corner of the world, from Argentina to Zimbabwe. This report reveals insight into video views on PCs, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
Velti Survey Shows “Smartphone Gap” in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
The survey findings reveal that there is a 'Smartphone Gap', a strong correlation between smartphone user demographics and voter preference. Smartphone owners' are becoming an entirely new demographic that presidential candidates need to take into consideration. There is a huge opportunity for candidates to sway voters through mobile, as it's personal, targetable and flexible.
Maximizing Brand Engagement Time with Interactive Pre-‐rolls
Jivox was the first company to provide BrandGage, a set of analytics that allows a detailed view into interactions as well as insight into user intent and purchase funnel stage.
Visible Measures: Social Video Advertising Report
Audiences chose to watch advertisements over 1.3 billion times in Q1 2012, making it the biggest social video quarter in history. The recordbreaking view count of 1.3 billion marks an increase of over 40% compared to Q1 2011, and a massive 225% jump compared to Q1 2010.
Historically, Q1 produces big numbers because of the Super Bowl, but the significant increase in views this quarter compared to previous years illustrates just how fast the social video industry is growing.
comScore: Changing How the World Sees Digital Advertising
Across the globe, digital media has become an important component of every advertiser’s marketing mix. Just as we’ve seen tremendous growth in terms of the volume of digital advertising, the landscape itself has also experienced a massive evolution. Read about these challenges in comScore's recent Charter Study.
Nielsen: U.S. Digital Consumer Report
Consumers have more choices than ever for accessing their digital content. As more devices become increasingly connected, the ability to access the same pictures, videos or music files across multiple devices has become a valuable feature.
BuzzMedia: Mobile Millennials
BUZZMEDIA Labs partnered with Research Now to explore the digital habits of U.S. young adult consumers (aged 18-24) who currently own a Smart Phone or Tablet. Read about their findings.
MediaMind: The Rich and the Powerful
Rich media ads boost advertiser site visits nearly three-fold compared to standard banners. A newly released MediaMind analysis looks at how rich media and standard banners affect site visits.
*NEW* IAB Digital Ad Engagement: An Industry Overview and Reconceptualization
The IAB, in collaboration with Radar Research, released the “Digital Ad Engagement: An Industry Overview and Reconceptualization,” a report that addresses a longstanding challenge faced by advertisers, publishers, agencies, marketers and a variety of other interactive industry participants for whom ad “engagement” is an essential device in digital advertising – yet one which lacks a precise and universal definition. The importance of establishing a much-needed framework for defining and rethinking ad engagement vernacular and metrics is the focus of this whitepaper.
*NEW* IAB and Winterberry Group Whitepaper—Data Management Platform: Foundation for Right-Time Customer Engagement
This whitepaper—produced in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau—will explore the mission and likely evolution of DMP technology, as well as the broad landscape of users and third-party developers that have propelled its growth. Based on an intensive, focused primary research effort, it will identify a series of six use cases that may be supported by DMPs, and describe another half-dozen major dynamics that we expect will define the evolution of such solutions over the next 12 to 18 months. Read more here.
*NEW* IAB Ad Effectiveness Resource Center
The IAB Ad Effectiveness Resource Center was created by popular demand by the IAB Research Council and publishers with the express intent of sharing knowledge and tools with publishers, agencies and vendors. The purpose of the IAB Ad Effectiveness Study section is to improve the quality and streamline the implementation of Ad Effectiveness Studies across the digital advertising ecosystem. Read more here.
Political Advertising Goes Digital
On November 6 2012 there will be not one, but two winners in America’s 57th presidential election. (Yes, 43 presidents, but 57 elections). Digital political advertising is expected to experience its biggest share in spending to date, with some studies predicting that the Presidential race and major House and Senate races to be devoting almost 12% of their spending to digital efforts. Read more here.
Social Media Ecosystem Report
The social ecosystem continues to grow and evolve at a speed that creates increasing risks, challenges and opportunities for market participants. As a result, the social landscape represents a complex investment thesis for all – from entrepreneurs to brands and agencies, from acquisitive corporations to VC’s and private equity, not to mention investment bankers or, for that matter, the mass users of social themselves. Read the full Social Media Ecosystem Report by IAB and JEGI here.
IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for First Half 2012
IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for First Half 2012 Internet ad revenue soared to $17 Billion, according to figures released by the IAB and PwC. That represents a 14 percent increase over 2011’s half-year number. Read the 2012 Half Year Internet Advertising Revenues press release and report here.
“IAB Hispanic Consumers and Digital Media” - New IAB Research
A custom IAB analysis of BIGinsight data shows tremendous opportunity for marketers to reach U.S. Hispanics through digital channels. Confidence in the economy, optimism about the future and life-stage events drive above-average digital and mobile media usage among Latino consumers. Read more here.
Election 2012: Two New IAB Studies
As the 2012 election cycle approaches its peak of activity across all campaign levels and as the market for election advertising is estimated to top $10 billion, the IAB released timely findings from the “Elections 2012 and Political Ad Spend Survey,” conducted in collaboration with Campaigns & Elections Magazine. In tandem, the IAB Data Council unveiled an in-depth whitepaper entitled “Election 2012: Big Data Delivers on Campaign Promise,” which demonstrates that highly effective microtargeting—made possible through the use of Big Data—plays an increasingly vital role within the sphere of digital politics. Read more here.
Economic Value of the Advertising Supported Internet Ecosystem — New IAB Study
Between 2007 and 2011, a period when U.S. civilian employment was essentially flat, the number of jobs that rely on the U.S. ad-supported internet doubled to 5.1 million, according to “Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem,” a study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The ad-supported digital industry directly employs 2 million Americans, and indirectly employs a further 3.1 million in other sectors. Calculating against those figures, the interactive marketing industry contributed $530 billion to the U.S. economy last year, also close to double 2007 figures that placed it at $300 billion. These are the key findings that analyze the economic importance, as well as the social benefits, of the Internet. Read more here.
Consumer Travel & The Media — A New IAB Analysis
Nearly a quarter (23%) of Americans are planning vacation travel in the next six months, making the category the top “big ticket” item they plan to purchase in the period, according to a new IAB analysis, entitled “Consumer Travel & The Media.” Falling directly behind travel in spending intentions are computers (16%), furniture (14%) and a new car (11%). The findings also reveal that these soon-to-be travelers are heavier media users than the general population, pointing to advertising opportunities – particularly within digital – for airline, hotel, and cruise marketers. Read more here.
Moms Go Back-To-School with Mobile, IAB and Meredith’s Parents Network New Research
With mothers across the country helping their children readjust to life in the classroom, the IAB and Meredith’s Parents Network announced exclusive new findings from their “Moms Go Back-To-School with Mobile” survey of moms with school-age children. The results point to the opportunity for marketers to leverage mobile wisely and reach this coveted audience by helping moms navigate this chaotic time of year. Read more here.
IAB Digital Usage Trend Report, September 2012
The report shows general usage of the internet and digital video as measured by ComScore and Nielsen, along with rankers for top 50 sites, ad networks and video sites by different measures and demos. These reports give a good overview of the popularity of IAB members’ sites along with each property’s monthly growth or decline.
The report is available to IAB members only as part of the Interactive Insider.
IAB Rising Stars Ad Interaction Research
Users’ interactions and reactions were monitored (mouse interactions, eye tracking and facial expressions) as they were exposed to either a Rising Stars ad or a standard ad (same ad, same content page), and then followed by a survey. Read the Phase 1 results here. Phase 2 results here.
2012 Olympic Games Go Mobile: United Kingdom vs. United States
A Report Prepared by the IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB UK, and Mojiva
With the Games of the XXX Olympiad underway in London, consumers around the world are avidly following this major event though a variety of media and devices. The US IAB’s Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB UK, and Mojiva partnered to shed some light on how mobile fits into this picture. We conducted a brief survey of American and British mobile consumers reached by Mojiva’s ad network regarding their plans for the mobile summer Olympics. The results paint a picture of two countries that are similar in terms of mobile adoption and usage, but different in terms of Olympic interests and priorities. Read the report here.
Mobile’s Role in a Consumer’s Media Day
Although we regularly talk about “mobile data” and “mobile media” and “the mobile internet,” it is vital to remember that the mobile audience is not monolithic. What device a person using, when they are using it, and where they happen to be all matter critically to their content preferences, usage patterns, and openness to advertising messages.” Read the full report here.
BizRate Insights: Online Consumer Pulse
1 in 4 Online Buyers Like Behavioral Retargeting Ads
The goal of behavioral retargeting is to recapture potential customers’ attentions and encourage them to complete their purchase on an item or category of items they recently viewed, but how do consumers feel about online advertisements and retargeting- is it liked or frowned upon? Bizrate Insights asks in a recent online consumer pulse. Download the full report here.
Screens to the nth
“Screens to the nth,” developed in partnership with Ipsos MediaCT leverages a combination of sources including HearWatchSay, an online research community of 5000 media-savvy individuals. The study explores different types of simultaneous viewing and the key drivers of those behaviors, showing that multitasking is a popular activity while consumers are watching live TV, with 63 percent of respondents reporting that they used a connected device for at least a few minutes the last time they watched live TV. Fifteen percent used more than one device. Read more here.
The Multiscreen Marketer
“The Multiscreen Marketer,” a study commissioned from Econsultancy by the IAB iTV Committee and IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence further explored both the challenges and the opportunities that marketers, agencies, and publishers face in an increasingly complex multidevice, multiplatform consumer environment. Read more here.
Global Mobile Advertising Market Valued at $5.3 Billion (€3.8 Billion) in 2011
The IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence in the U.S., IAB Europe and IHS Screen Digest have joined forces to size the mobile advertising market at global and regional levels. This is the first such initiative by digital advertising trade bodies. Underneath the global figure of $5.3 billion (€3.8 billion) for 2011 are regional shares of: Europe 25.9%; North America 31.4%; Latin America 3.5%; Asia-Pacific 35.9%; Middle East & Africa 3.2%. Read more here.
Cutting Through the Hype: How Industry Buzz Translates into Real World Consumer Activity
Tablets, connected TVs, OLED TVs, and ultrabooks all have gotten hype. What does this mean for advertising? This exciting research was conducted using HearWatchSay, an online community of approximately 5,000 media-forward consumers, developed in partnership by IAB and Ipsos. Read the exclusive findings on how the digital advertising landscape will change with the emergence of new devices.
PulsePoint: Bridging the Digital Divide
Global digital technology company PulsePoint fielded a study in partnership with The CMO Club and Digiday, that examined the digital marketing, capabilities, top challenges and priorities of 400 senior marketers, agency executives, and publishers. The landmark report revealed a glaring divide between consumers and the current digital marketing practices used to engage them. Read more »
IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for Full Year 2011
Internet ad revenue soared to a landmark high of $31 billion in 2011, according to figures released by the IAB and PwC. That milestone represents a 22 percent increase over 2010’s full-year number, which itself had been a record-breaker at $26 billion. Read the 2011 Full Year Internet Advertising Revenues press release.
IAB Global Mobile Anthology: Worldwide Perspectives on Mobile Media
One clear conclusion from this global mobile overview is just how diverse the mobile landscape is from country to country. In terms of consumer adoption, device/OS market share, and local IAB priority, mobile varies widely from country to country. Read more »
Millennial Media’s Mobile Madness Report
Millennial Media partnered with the IAB to commission Harris Interactive to conduct an in-depth survey of over 2,000 U.S. adults about how they engaged with mobile devices during the 2012 NCAA Tournament. A snapshot of these findings, combined with Millennial Media’s platform data, is released in this Special Edition S.M.A.R.T.™ Report.
IAB Rising Stars Ad Interaction Research
Users’ interactions and reactions were monitored (mouse interactions, eye tracking and facial expressions) as they were exposed to either a Rising Stars ad or a standard ad (same ad, same content page), and then followed by a survey. Read the results here.
The Path to Consumer Electronics Purchases
Examining consumers who said that they preferred to buy consumer electronics in “Discount Stores,” “Speciality Stores” or on the “Internet,” revealed that all three groups are influenced by a variety of media, over-indexing against the U.S. average on internet advertising and social media across the board. In fact, among the mass media, internet advertising is second only to televsion networks in influence, surpassing magazines, newspapers, direct mail and radio. The reported influence of internet advertising significantly over-indexes the U.S. population among those who shop in “Specialty Stores” and on the “Internet.”
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IAB 2011 Year End Internet Audience Trend Report
The IAB 2011 Year End Internet Audience Trend Report gives a broad overview of the digital landscape and outlines internet usage trends using ComScore and Nielsen metrics. Rankers include top properties, top ad networks and top categories coupled with year over year change of each property within the top 10. Also included are top online video properties and video ad networks. A brief overview is given of top online properties by key demographics with year over year change. Finally, the top digital advertisers of 2011 are listed.
The report is available to IAB members only as part of the Interactive Insider.
Microsoft: New Ad Formats.. The Science Bit
The IAB’s Rising Stars formats were selected for their potential to drive brand equity at scale. But marketers and planners want to know how they compare to the current ‘go-to’ standard formats for branding at scale such as the MPU. Why? Because nowadays it is all about ROI not risk. The new formats are more expensive to buy, so the market needs evidence to justify that price premium and discover their true value in brand storytelling.
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IAB Mobile Sports Savvy Index has Patriots Fans Edging Out Giants Fans
The benefits of mobile internet access are beginning to be felt increasingly broadly, both in consumers’ daily routines, and in special occasions—holidays, traditions, and events. Among those mobile-impacted events, of course, is the Super Bowl. According to Nielsen, Super Bowls rank as five of the top six most viewed US telecasts of all time, and it seems likely that 2012’s game will maintain that tradition. This report examines how the rise of mobile interactivity is impacting this particular American tradition. Although for most of its existence the Super Bowl has been a one-screen phenomenon (namely, the big one in the living room), the data show that for increasing numbers of US consumers, it’s much more likely to be a two-screen event.
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From Information to Audiences: The Emerging Marketing Data Use Cases
The world’s Twitter feeds, iPads and libraries may not stand a chance against this onslaught of information. But to the world’s marketers, the proliferation of data has given rise to what may prove to be the most substantial commercial opportunity since the emergence of the World Wide Web: the ability to better understand consumers, seamlessly match “right-time” offers to their needs and optimize the management of profitable, long-term customer relationships.
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Mobile Shoppers: Ubiquitous Data Spawns Savvier Consumers
Mobile internet connectivity changes everything. How we stay in touch with friends and family; how we inform and entertain ourselves; and how we navigate our ways through our daily lives all are transformed when armed with a wirelessly connected smartphone or tablet. This briefing examines the mobile shopping audience today, along with the distribution of mobile-savvy shoppers across major US cities.
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JWT: An Exploration of Channels
Communications channels have proliferated exponentially, and consumers have unprecedented control over them. Advertisers, media owners and agencies have leapt in, trying to figure
out this new landscape even as it's morphing, maturing, evolving and innovating. Which all makes for a messy new world … one that's generally not being leveraged and utilized quite as well as it could be. Through this project, JWT hopes to add some clarity to the conversation. Read more »
360i Report on Hispanic Digital Influencers
360i collected and analyzed the activity of 150 Hispanic digital influencers to understand the role these individuals play in leading conversations among their constituents. This analysis can help marketers better tailor their Digital Word of Mouth campaigns to motivate these influencers. Read more »
A Day in the Life of Digital Video Ads
While most video ad campaigns are designed to raise awareness and persuade customers, clicks remain a key metric for many advertisers. Whether the goal is getting people to share a link on Twitter, driving people to have a deeper conversation on a brand’s Facebook fan page or getting viewers to take an action like filling out a product review or actually buying a product online, a large contingent of advertisers use clicks as a barometer of specific campaign goals, especially where survey and other metrics can fall short. The question then arises for these marketers: you might have reached the right viewer, but did you reach them at the best time to drive these clicks? Read more »
State of Mobile Measurement
Mobile Measurement today is challenged by serious methodological and technological limitations. The growth in mobile ad spend and consumer usage requires sound measurement and reliable methodologies to understand audience behavior and ad effectiveness.
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Affluent Consumers in a Digital World
In order to explore how affluent America views and uses digital media the IAB partnered with Ipsos Mendelsohn, an independent research firm that is the preeminent source for knowledge about affluent lifestyles, media use and product usage.
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Marketer Perceptions of Mobile Advertising
Ovum has conducted a ground breaking survey among marketers at 300 US companies to provide a unique insight into mobile advertising from a buyer perspective. The survey was conducted on behalf of the IAB’s Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence with the aim of helping its members and the wider industry to understand better how mobile advertising and marketing is perceived by the budget holders for these products and services.
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IAB Best Practices for Conducting Online Ad Effectiveness Research
Online ad effectiveness research is an important tool for marketers seeking to understand how their campaigns perform. However, it is challenged by serious methodological limitations. Questions around recruitment, sample bias and deployment are hampering the validity of this research and undermining the industry as a whole. The growth in online advertising spend requires sound measurement and reliable methodologies to prove effectiveness.
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An Inside Look at Demand Side Perceptions of Digital Video Advertising
Examine the views of marketers and agencies about digital video advertising. The study shows that a shift in ad dollar allotment is starting to take place as advertisers are beginning to recognize the value. Read More »
Consumers Driving the Digital Uptake: The Economic Value of Online Advertising-based Services for Consumers
New McKinsey & Company study, commissioned by IAB Europe demonstrates value of free Internet services - Read More »
Building Brands Online
The IAB and Bain & Company release In search of a premium alternative: an action plan for online brand advertising,the final result of the Building Brands Online research and analysis.
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