Blogs & Content
Political Spending Poised to Drive CTV Ad Spend Ahead of U.S. Midterms
While COVID-19 will be a lingering source of uncertainty, it shouldn’t be considered the defining factor in the growth of connected TV (CTV) specifically. It’s true the pandemic disrupted the advertising industry as a whole — including an initial significant downshift in advertising and reduced media spending followed by ~15.6% growth in 2021. Predictions for 2022, however, suggest a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending, and the opportunities for savvy marketers to harness the advantages CTV offers make it a prime candidate for that spending.
Pandemic Accelerates Tech Adoption Among Consumers: How Retailers Are Keeping Up
Metaverse, NFT, AI, VR, crypto, these once seemingly farfetched tech concept are ubiquitous in this year’s CES, taking place in Vegas and attended by thousands of attendees all over the world from the comfort of their homes. If you are still skeptical about virtual reality, this is your cue to take a moment and realize, you are already in it.
4 Helpful Hints to Elevate Your Digital Out-of-Home Creatives
4 Helpful Hints to Elevate Your Digital Out-of-Home Creatives From Julia Lombardo, Vistar Media
Five Actionable Takeaways for Combining your DEI Efforts with Learning and Development
Diversity, equity and inclusion are words we are hearing much more often these days, and cultivating a culture of DEI to recruit and retain talent is a challenge many organizations are facing, especially during The Great Resignation. Let’s break this down to think about what DEI means in a simple way
Best Brand Campaign Of The Year, Future of Brick-and-Mortar, AI and More
Q&A with Lisa Gramling, SVP, Research Innovation & Intelligence, NA, Momentum Worldwide
Co-creation will be the new KPI | 2022 Predictions
Q&A with Eric Jacks, Chief Strategy Officer, Collab
2022 Predictions with VMLY&R NY’s Chief Creative Officer
Q&A with Carly Johnson, VP, Director of Strategy, NA, Momentum Worldwide
Holiday Retail Trends Shaped by the Pandemic
Q&A with Carly Johnson, VP, Director of Strategy, NA, Momentum Worldwide
ICYMI: 18th Annual Ad Futures Pitch Competition
ICYMI: 18th Annual Ad Futures Pitch Competition The Advertising Club of New York’s Foundation hosted its 18th Annual Ad Futures Pitch Competition on October 18th, 2021. Every year the Foundation partners with NYC high schools and Virtual Enterprise by challenging students to create an ad campaign from a brand brief provided by The AD Council. The partnership was created…
Approaching Retail & Consumer Demand this Holiday Season – What Remains and What Goes
The ecosystem for brands will continue to fragment and the metaverse will only open it up further. Simple, strong brand propositions will help brands during this noisy period. Product differentiation is waning for most categories and the volume of messages coming from brands is increasing, so it will be more important than ever for a brand to explain their POV, their reason for being, and their unique benefits in easily digested, and memorable ways.