
Study Shows 3X Brand Lifts With 5 Best Practices For Native Mobile Video Ads
Opera Mediaworks worked with brands including Carls Jr., HISTORY (Vikings), Adidas, the US Navy, Machine Zone (Game of War), Disney...

E-Commerce Conversion Rates Improve In Q2 After Several Declining Quarters [Report]
In a reversal of what was looking like a year-long trend, e-commerce conversion rates improved year-over-year in Q2, according to the...

Here’s Where The World’s Largest Media Buyer Spends Its Money
Martin Sorrell. Image copyright by World Economic Forum/Photo by Michael Wuertenberg The world’s largest ad agency holding company, WPP,...

US E-Commerce Sales Jump 14 Percent, Account For 7.2 Percent Of All Retail
E-commerce sales in the US shot up 14.1 percent to $83.9 billion in the second quarter compared to Q2 2014 when adjusted for seasonality,...

Amazon Surprises With Earnings Beat; Sales Up 20 Percent In Q2 2015
Amazon headquarters, Seattle, Washington Amazon reported a 20 percent jump in sales to $23.18 billion in the second quarter of 2015,...

Not Just A Boon For Amazon: Prime Day Effect Felt Across The Web
Several major retailers across verticals saw a lift on their own sites, says consumer identity platform Signal. The firm told Marketing...

Q2 Report: Ad Spend Growth On Facebook FBX Outpaced Google Display
Advertiser spending on Facebook FBX grew 48 percent while display ad spend on Google dropped 9 percent among customers...

Report: 87% of Facebook Customer Messages Are Ignored
Sure, Facebook is fertile ground for customer inquiries, but a new survey shows that most companies aren’t providing a suitable customer...

Report: Global Internet Ad Spend To Overtake Traditional TV By 2020
The internet remains the fastest growing medium for advertising globally and is expected to surpass traditional television by 2020,...

Report: Conversion & Add-To-Cart Rates Have Been Declining For A Year
With the exception of a fourth quarter holiday bump, conversion rates and add-to-cart rates have been falling over the past year,...

IAB: US Digital Ad Spend Jumps 16% To Top $13.3 Billion In Q1 2015
The latest numbers, issued in an interim quarterly report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC US’s New Media Group,...

Google: YouTube Has Been The Cause Of Declining CPCs This Whole Time
Last quarter, Google reported that clicks to Google sites (Google.com, Gmail, Maps, YouTube) increased by 25 percent year-over-year...

Google Says Micro-Moments Are The New Path To Purchase
Last month, when Google announced several mobile-centric updates for AdWords — shiny image-based ads for car manufacturers and hotels,...

U.S. E-commerce Retail Sales Hit $261B In 2013, Annual Census Data Shows
E-commerce sales for U.S. retailers grew 13.6 percent to $261 billion in 2013, up from a revised $229 billion in 2012, according to the...

Why You Need A Persona-Based Content Marketing Strategy
However, to create content that is truly targeted, you need to understand exactly who your buyers are and what their journey looks like....

67% Of Ad Buyers Say Original Digital Video Will Soon Rival Original TV Programming
Two-thirds of marketers and agency executives expect original digital video to become as important as original TV programming within the...

Microsoft Surprises With FY15 Q3 Earnings Beat
Microsoft announced solid third-quarter fiscal results Thursday, coming out ahead of analyst expectations. Analysts had expected a somber...

New Study Backs Up IAB’s 70 Percent Viewability Threshold Recommendation
A new report backs up the IAB’s December recommendation of a 70 percent viewability threshold for campaigns through 2015 as the industry...

Facebook, Twitter To See US Display Revenue Share Rise As Yahoo, Google Slip
In the latest outlook on the display advertising market in the US, Twitter and Facebook are poised for growth while the former...
























