TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO SHARE, BUT NOT TO READ Click Z reports on a study that reveals that most shared items are never read: “In news that will embolden some, depress others and possibly surprise nobody, a new study by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute reveals that 59% of […]
TWITTER INTRODUCES EMOJI TARGETING Adweek announces that Twitter is set to allow advertisers to target by emoji. From showing a travel book to users of the airplane emoji to a soccer book to users of the soccer ball emoji, there are endless ways to put this new targeting to work for your title. #twitter #emoji #targeting […]
What’s the cause for optimism? Our latest readings on advertising and what it means for book publishers. The links below point to new intelligence on fresh data, smart research, inspiring creative, reader-centric design, and the potential for real world impact. SNAPCHATS WANTS YOU TO AMP UP THE AUDIO In a reminder that different platforms call […]
WHITHER PODCASTS This New York Times article explores how podcasts are expanding beyond Apple’s original vision, and asks what that means for the future of podcasts—especially in the face of real competition from the likes of Spotify and Amazon’s Audible. The market continues to expand: “By last year, at least 46 million Americans listened to […]
While the book world bustles about Chicago during 2016 BEA, the world of advertising has been busy talking about the marketing funnel, YouTube best practices, marketing intelligently to smart women, and more. THE MARKETING FUNNEL IS NOT DEAD A while back we pointed to an opinion piece that argued that the marketing funnel is dead […]
VOX ALL-IN FOR SNAPCHAT Vox Media is betting against the 97.9% of marketers who found Snapchat wanting in that ROI survey. At this week’s New Front presentation, Vox revealed that it’s expanding its Snapchat presence across all its brands and creating a Snapchat Studio. #snapchat #vox 10 BILLION VIDEOS A DAY A new statistic […]
THE RISE OF THE MICROINFLUENCERS Bigger is not always better when it comes to influencer marketing: “For unpaid posts, Instagram influencers with fewer than 1,000 followers have a like rate of about 8 percent, while those with 1,000 to 10,000 followers have a like rate of 4 percent.” That’s good news for book publishers and […]
NATIVE AD PERFORMANCE Commenting on a study of native advertising click-through rates, Media Post is surprised to see that native ads do better on mobile. We are not. Mobile remains the best platform for high engagement—and not just because of mistaken clicks: “The research found that click-through rates (CTR) for premium native ads […]
This week, the news was all about communication: innovations in messaging, email rates, attention spans and more. F8 INTRODUCES SPONSORED MESSAGES Facebook’s F8 conference introduced their latest updates to messaging—now including sponsored messages. The announcement marks a significant opportunity for paid advertising in the U.S. messaging business. #messaging FACEBOOK SHARING IS DOWN One reason […]
Spring 2016 unfolds with exciting new marketing platforms, a digital shout-out for an old but effective ad platform, new developments in looking at what readers want and more . . . SXSW INTERACTIVE Adweek points to the hot topics at the recently concluded SXSWi, and they’re not a surprise, but they do underscore […]