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2015 Quarterly Earnings Review
Most of the big players have reported their 2015 Q4 earnings. Below is a quick snapshot and analysis.
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Mindshare |
2016 |
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality & 360 Video
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are two hot topics in the marketing world, promising to change the way brands engage with consumers in-home, in-store, on-site, and anywhere where there’s a screen.
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MEC |
2016 |
The end of iAd
Apple has announced that it is closing its iAd App network with effect from June 30th 2016. Apple’s focus will shift to developing marketing platform technologies for publishers, rather than having an ad sales team and service.
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Mindshare |
2016 |
Twitter Gets Conversational
Twitter have recently been rolling out an array of new products to make the platform seem more conversational. Ranging from the introduction of conversational ads, proposed changes to the character limits, and the rumored addition of “Direct Brand Messaging”.
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Mindshare |
2016 |
CES 2016
Once again IT geeks and marketing gurus descended on Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show 2016, which has arguably become the second biggest global advertising conference of the year after Cannes.
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Mindshare |
2016 |
2016: Back to the Future
When it comes to digital marketing, predicting the future usually requires a reassessment and extrapolation of the past. Our industry seems to move in cycles, with the same topics resurrected and rebooted every few years. In fact, one could argue that there is really nothing new, just old ideas and issues recharged with new technology, new names, and new passion. So what could 2016 bring?
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Telcos jumping on the ad blocking bandwagon
The ad blocking debate continues to gain momentum this week in the UK, with mobile carriers EE [Deutsche Telekom/Orange] & O2 [Telefonica] the latest to enter the ring with bold proposals around network level ad blocking. In a move already causing a stir in the industry, both companies are claimed to be in advanced stages of updating their servers which would allow them to block ads before they’re even downloaded to a user’s phone.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Google App Streaming
Last week Google announced the launch of App streaming, taking a big step towards the creation of a “Web of Apps”. The logic behind Google’s decision is that at present about 40% of Google searches return content found in Apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest and this figure is only set to rise, particularly due to the growth in App-only businesses with no web presence, such as Uber and Hotel Tonight.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
China’s Single’s Day Shopping Mania
91.2 billion RMB (14.3 billion USD) gross merchandise value was generated on Nov. 11, China’s Single’s Day. This refreshed the world record for the highest daily gross merchandise value traded on a single e-commerce platform. Mindshare brings you a few insights into the shopping mania.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Spotlight on Multiscreening in the CEE
The lion’s share of internet users on CEE markets connect to the web while watching TV, many of them from mobile devices; smartphones and tablets.
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MEC |
2015 |
Spotlight On Social Data Powering Mobile & Display
The strength of networks in the world of media has always been proportional to the size of their audience. This has continued to hold true for digital, but what has been added in the new paradigm of social networks is the depth, quality and variety of insights each has the ability to capture about their users.
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MEC |
2015 |
What does the future of Facebook Messenger look like?
Facebook Messenger is the messaging platform of Facebook - historically this has been a part of the Facebook platform, but last year they decoupled it from the main platform and it became a stand alone application. It now has more than 700million users, and Facebook is planning to open this up to businesses, and provide a suite of additional tools for them to build services and functions on the platform.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Yahoo! Google Search Deal
Yahoo has recently announced a nonexclusive three-year deal with Google that will allow Google to serve up links and ads for up to half of the searches taking place on Yahoo’s websites.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
YouTube Red
YouTube Red is a new subscription based service which launched in the US on October 28th. Users can now pay $9.99 a month to watch videos ad-free, save videos to watch offline on their device, and play videos in the background (most applicable to music videos). With the promise of original series, movies, and integration to the upcoming YouTube Music app, there’s plenty of speculation over the direction YouTube is headed.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Spotlight On Mobile Payments
While the mobile payments marketplace is still viewed by some with skepticism, it is already greatly impacting the consumer, retailer and marketer value chain. We’ve witnessed technology’s impact on consumer behavior before and know that these disruptive movements tend to growslowly over time before suddenly taking over as an indispensible element of daily life. In fact, if you blink you may even miss that pivotal moment when a fringe technology becomes the status quo.
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MEC |
2015 |
Facebook Emojis
We’ve all been there: you see a sad social post from your friend and want to show support, but you don’t want to “like” it. Your friend posts an article that talks about something you disagree with, and you wish Facebook had a “dislike” button. Your best friend just had a baby, but you don’t just want to like it - you want to “LOVE” it! Of course you can simply comment, but we live in a visual world and with a tap of a screen or a mouse click, you can easily bond with your friend or family.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages
Google is developing a new project known as ‘Accelerated Mobile Pages’ (AMP) designed to enable news articles to open significantly faster on smartphone and tablet browsers. The project is in its early stages, but has a rumored introduction date of early 2016.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Fast Take On: Twitter Introduces Moments
For most of 2015 Twitter has been talking about Project Lightning, a major enhancement designed to bring in new users, retain Twitter’s core base and leverage Twitter’s strengths in both mobile and media. Finally, the public is getting to see what was only previewed to Twitter insiders and employees: a new way to discover rich media experiences that Twitter is calling Twitter Moments.
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MEC |
2015 |
Bot Based Ad Fraud
Recently the issue of ad fraud within the digital ecosystem has been highlighted as a major concern. Our viewpoint is simple, we will do everything humanly possible to ensure that our client’s campaigns are visible to, and are viewed by real consumers.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Facebook Dislike Button
The subject of the ‘Dislike’ button was raised during a question and answer session at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California headquarters, where it was announced that the button was “very close” to the user testing stage.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Apple Pops and Peeks
Two months ago to the day, Apple hosted their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), focusing on software for the developer community. Yesterday, Apple hosted their September “Apple Event”, focusing on new Apple products for consumers.
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GroupM |
2015 |
The Black Friday Playbook
Black Friday's surge in sales in November 2014 threw traditional British pre-Christmas shopping habits into disarray. Shoppers, lured to online retailers with significantly discounted fash promotions, spent an estimated £810m online in a single day - almost 50% more than industry experts had predicted. Three days later, the traditionally anticipated busiest online shopping day 'Cyber Monday' also saw a smaller but still significant upturn in sales.
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Salmon |
2015 |
The Power of Product Data in Online Travel
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the travel industry – it’s changing all the time and constantly presenting new challenges to marketers. What we do know is that accurate, comprehensive product data can help you take advantage of new channels and innovations quickly and in ever more creative ways, helping you become more strategic in your digital marketing.
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FusePump |
2015 |
The Challenges of Finding Success in China, As Shown by Uber
Even with a slowing economy and a turbulent (as was always to be expected) stock market, China remains far and away the largest source of growth for international brands.
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Mindshare |
2015 |
Facebook Boosts Its Third-Party App Ads
Last week, Facebook announced that it will be extending its autoplay video ads, carousel ads, full-screen-click-toplay ads, and dynamic product ads to third-party apps which sell advertising space through its mobile ad network, Audience Network.
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Mindshare |
2015 |