Yahoo Gemini slows down Q3 paid search growth
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Yahoo Gemini slows down Q3 paid search growth

9y Yuyu Chen

Yahoo Gemini slows down Q3 paid search growth

Yahoo migrated part of its search traffic to its own properties at the end of Q2 of this year. The shift is believed to have caused a decline in paid ...

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Connected TV spend to rise, while priority remains low
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Connected TV spend to rise, while priority remains low

9y Yuyu Chen

Connected TV spend to rise, while priority remains...

A new research report from the Association of National Advertisers shows that there is a growing demand for connected TV, yet the numbers are still mo...

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CMOs to Invest More in Brand Experience with Content Marketing
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CMOs to Invest More in Brand Experience with Content Marketing

9y Yuyu Chen

CMOs to Invest More in Brand Experience with Conte...

New research from The CMO Club and IBM shows that 57 percent of CMOs expect their marketing budgets to increase over the next two to three years, and ...

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CMOs Value Visual Content, While Industry Remains Unprepared [Study]
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CMOs Value Visual Content, While Industry Remains Unprepared [Study]

9y Emily Alford

CMOs Value Visual Content, While Industry Remains ...

A new study by the CMO council shows that while marketers see the value of visual content, especially video, there are few systems in place to organiz...

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Retailers Bumble Mobile As Parents Blow Off Back-to-School Shopping
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Retailers Bumble Mobile As Parents Blow Off Back-to-School Shopping

9y Yuyu Chen

Retailers Bumble Mobile As Parents Blow Off Back-t...

Back-to-school shopping is becoming less important to families in the U.S. How should retailers respond to this change? Read More...

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Only 2% of Marketers Have 'Very Effective' Content Strategy [Study]
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Only 2% of Marketers Have 'Very Effective' Content Strategy [Study]

9y Mike O'Brien

Only 2% of Marketers Have 'Very Effective' Content...

According to a new study by the CMO Council, content marketing is on the rise - but less than half of B2B marketers think their strategies are at leas...

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Twitter, Reddit Drive More Gamer Engagement than Facebook
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Twitter, Reddit Drive More Gamer Engagement than Facebook

9y Yuyu Chen

Twitter, Reddit Drive More Gamer Engagement than F...

As the gaming community is growing, it’s critical for marketers to understand the nuances of gamers’ sharing behavior, such as sharing on Twitter and ...

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Flash Mobile Ads Leads to 5.35bn Wasted Rich Media Ad Impressions
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Flash Mobile Ads Leads to 5.35bn Wasted Rich Media Ad Impressions

9y Yuyu Chen

Flash Mobile Ads Leads to 5.35bn Wasted Rich Media...

An industry report shows that in the first quarter of 2015, HTML5 outperformed Flash ads by 400 percent in terms of interaction rate, and the latter r...

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Lack of Premium Inventory Inhibits Video Ad Spend [Study]
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Lack of Premium Inventory Inhibits Video Ad Spend [Study]

9y Yuyu Chen

Lack of Premium Inventory Inhibits Video Ad Spend ...

Both sell-side media companies and buy-side advertisers agree that lack of premium inventory hold back video’s growth, according to Forrester. Read Mo...

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Internet of Things Spending to Reach 1.7 Trillion by 2020
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Internet of Things Spending to Reach 1.7 Trillion by 2020

9y Yuyu Chen

Internet of Things Spending to Reach 1.7 Trillion ...

The Internet of Things market is estimated to reach 1.7 trillion globally by 2020, according to a new study by International Data Corporation. Read Mo...

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Mobile to Represent More Than 11% of U.S. Local Media Revenue by 2019
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Mobile to Represent More Than 11% of U.S. Local Media Revenue by 2019

9y Yuyu Chen

Mobile to Represent More Than 11% of U.S. Local Me...

A new study from BIA/Kelsey shows that local media spend is steadily shifting toward digital, with mobile representing 11.5 percent of overall ad reve...

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IAB: Mobile Ad Revenues Soared 76% in 2014
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IAB: Mobile Ad Revenues Soared 76% in 2014

9y Melanie White

IAB: Mobile Ad Revenues Soared 76% in 2014

The digital advertising space grew 16 percent last year to a total of $49.5 billion in sales, driven by a surge in mobile ad revenues. Read More...

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Marketing and Sales to Merge in 3 Years
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Marketing and Sales to Merge in 3 Years

9y Emily Alford

Marketing and Sales to Merge in 3 Years

A recent study by Marketo and The Economist found that the majority of marketers feel their positions will encompass sales in the near future. Read Mo...

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Super Bowl Fans Ready to Engage With Brand Ads on Social
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Super Bowl Fans Ready to Engage With Brand Ads on Social

9y Yuyu Chen

Super Bowl Fans Ready to Engage With Brand Ads on ...

A new survey from Crowdtap shows that the majority of Super Bowl fans are passionate enough to take action on social media during the big game. Read M...

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IAB: Marketers Eager to Optimize Data Tools [Study]
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IAB: Marketers Eager to Optimize Data Tools [Study]

9y Emily Alford

IAB: Marketers Eager to Optimize Data Tools [Study...

A new study by the IAB shows that the majority of marketers are using many different tools to analyze data, and most feel that harmony between toolset...

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Facebook Dominates Social Sharing While Twitter Sees a Decline
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Facebook Dominates Social Sharing While Twitter Sees a Decline

9y Yuyu Chen

Facebook Dominates Social Sharing While Twitter Se...

ShareThis’s new report shows that Facebook overtook Pinterest, Twitter, and Reddit in terms of sharing activity during the fourth quarter of last year...

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Social Media Will Have 5.4M More Users by 2016
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Social Media Will Have 5.4M More Users by 2016

9y Mike O'Brien

Social Media Will Have 5.4M More Users by 2016

Comparing the user bases of five social networks in the U.S., eMarketer found that Instagram use is growing the fastest, while more and more senior ci...

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IAB: 100% Viewability "Unreasonable"
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IAB: 100% Viewability "Unreasonable"

9y Yuyu Chen

IAB: 100% Viewability "Unreasonable"

The trade body says in its new statement that it’s "unreasonable" to achieve 100 percent viewability due to the limitations of current technology. So ...

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Why Do Brands Have Such Small Mobile Advertising Budgets? [Study]
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Why Do Brands Have Such Small Mobile Advertising Budgets? [Study]

10y Mike O'Brien

Why Do Brands Have Such Small Mobile Advertising B...

Forrester research shows that brands shy away from investing in mobile advertising because it's difficult to track performance. Read More...

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Nielsen: Narrower-Targeted Ad Campaigns Perform Better
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Nielsen: Narrower-Targeted Ad Campaigns Perform Better

10y Mike O'Brien

Nielsen: Narrower-Targeted Ad Campaigns Perform Be...

The number of ad campaigns that reached their intended targets declined across the board, particularly among the Gen X demographic. Read More...

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SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad Spend in 2015
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SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad Spend in 2015

10y Yuyu Chen

SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad ...

BIA/Kelsey predicts that SMBs will spend more than $50 billion on local media in 2015. Additionally, they will continue to allocate even more ad dolla...

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Things Are Looking Up, According to the CMO Council
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Things Are Looking Up, According to the CMO Council

10y Emily Alford

Things Are Looking Up, According to the CMO Counci...

After several disappointing years, chief marketing officers (CMOs) are finally seeing marked improvement within the industry. Read More...

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Why Don't People Click on Mobile Advertisements?
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Why Don't People Click on Mobile Advertisements?

10y Mike O'Brien

Why Don't People Click on Mobile Advertisements?

In a recent Nielsen study that explored why people choose not to click on a mobile ad, users cited apathy as the number one reason. What can marketers...

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App Marketing Costs Continue to Rise
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App Marketing Costs Continue to Rise

10y Mike O'Brien

App Marketing Costs Continue to Rise

According to app marketing technology company Fiksu, the cost of app marketing reached new heights this summer and it's likely to keep climbing. How s...

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Mobile Wallets Drive 40 Percent of Payment Activity
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Mobile Wallets Drive 40 Percent of Payment Activity

10y Mike O'Brien

Mobile Wallets Drive 40 Percent of Payment Activit...

Studies from Nielsen, PayPal, and the Federal Reserve Bank show the increasing number of people who make mobile payments and the various ways in which...

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Owned Editorial Content Claims Majority of Media Spend on Mobile [Study]
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Owned Editorial Content Claims Majority of Media Spend on Mobile [Study]

10y Yuyu Chen

Owned Editorial Content Claims Majority of Media S...

A recent report from Sharethrough shows that branded editorial content on owned sites has attracted the lion’s share, almost 70 percent, of editorial ...

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Social Ad Revenues to Hit $15 Billion by 2018 [Study]
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Social Ad Revenues to Hit $15 Billion by 2018 [Study]

10y Yuyu Chen

Social Ad Revenues to Hit $15 Billion by 2018 [Stu...

Within the next five years, U.S. social advertising revenues will reach $15 billion, with native and mobile leading the way. Read More...

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