Email is the only owned and earned channel to see an increase in 2025, Gartner reports.
Search, display banners, streaming and CTV dominated local digital budgets last year, with Borrell Associates estimating the combined sectors will hold 78% of digital and 57% of total local
advertising within three years.
Reports from Deloitte and Gartner show that inflation, tech disruption, and AI-driven restructuring are squeezing marketing teams.
A survey by iSpot finds 16% of advertisers believe there will be declines in their budgets (1% to 49%), and 27% will see gains (1% to 49%) - while just 1% see their budgets climbing by 50% or more.
New research shows spending patterns had little to do with making brands "winners" or "losers." Ninety percent of "winning" companies were at least somewhat integrated to connecting brand and demand.
With 72% of B2B marketers expecting budgets to increase this year, per a LinkedIn study, the company said it will release support for lead generation and website visits in Accelerate campaigns.
Some $1.4 billion was lost to mobile in-app ad fraud, per Pixalate's estimates, but data shows budgets were also impacted in other media.
YouTube overdelivered on advertising in the first quarter -- growing a massive 21% to $8.1 billion in advertising revenue vs. the year-ago period.
Email remains the top area for automation and social is second, Ascend2 reports.
Advertisers are increasing their use of short-form vertical video content from social campaigns on larger screens.
Independent agency NP Digital next week will release its 2024 Retail Reveal Report showing loyalty has become more of a focus, especially for the women who lead these companies. Some 40% of women
respondents believe brand loyalty is a top priority vs. 34% of men.
If you guessed sponsorships, you probably also figured out that it may represent a big opportunity for people already familiar with managing and measuring the ROI of media.
Brand marketers are very interested in Generative AI and various forms of personalization, Bombora reports.
The CMO Survey finds that brand building investment has fallen, along with marketing spending on diversity and inclusion.
Recovery during challenging economic times is a difficult process and risk can explode in directions marketers could not imagine, even with progressive technologies like machine learning and AI.
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Seventy-four percent of ad budgets have been impacted by the economic downturn, and 47% of advertisers cite challenges with rising campaign costs, according to data from Accenture.
Despite risk-management challenges, 14% of senior marketing technologists in a Gartner survey said they have invested in tools based on generative AI and another 63% said they plan to do so within the
next 24 months, while just slightly more than half see greater reward than risk.
A research study explored the complexity of bidding environments and how current solutions perform for advertisers.
A new index based on 600 leaders worldwide uncovers worrisome gaps in marketing impact, alignment and investment.
The CMO Council and Sprinklr released a report Monday showing two in three marketers lack confidence in their ability to achieve goals in the face of economic adversity and uncertainty.
Most TV/video buyers are treating "creator-driven" and professional video content much alike in terms of moving budgets back and forth and the metrics they employ, according to an Advertiser
Perceptions survey for IAB.
Amid uncertainties about economic growth, some marketers expected to boost budgets by 50% or more.
Nearly a third of advertisers say they'll allocate more than 20% of their upfronts budgets to streaming platforms.
"One hypothesis about the gap between interest and investment is that many companies which have interest are still 'sitting on the sidelines' and don't know how (or where) to get started," the diverse
supplier report notes.
UBS analysts examined the cost risks for Alphabet around the integration of generative AI into Google search and have seen recent evidence that costs are coming down rapidly, including OpenAI stating
that it had managed to reduce costs for ChatGPT by 90% over December through March.
A new study from the agency shows the perception of "corporate greed" is one of the fastest-growing inflation concerns among U.S. consumers.
"My feeling is it's a blip and we'll see that stabilize in the next wave," predicts Advertiser Perceptions' Sarah Bolton, who has been tracking ad exec concerns about trust in advertising and
misinformation.
Economic uncertainty has made investment flexibility and ROI bigger priorities than ever, confirms an Advertiser Perceptions buyer survey.
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