Highlights of the week: New announcements from Hulu, Instagram, and Nielsen released in the high heat of summer—with changes coming to the competitive landscape of video, social, and email marketing that are so vital to book advertising. HULU UPS ITS EFFORTS With this announcement that Time Warner has taken a 10% stake in Hulu, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
LONGER TWEETS: THUMBS UP OR DOWN? The 140 character limit has been a defining feature of Twitter from the beginning—so it’s no surprise that the announcement that the company plans to extend that limit to as many as 10,000 characters has inspired mostly shrugs and scowls from users. AdWeek outlines six ways longer Tweets could […]
January may mark the start of the calendar year, but for everything else — including book publishing and advertising — the real starting gun seems to go off the day after Labor Day. Which is a good time to remember that when you’re moving at full speed you better have an eye on the road […]
It’s alive! Twitter makes it easier to link your advertising campaign to live events. #social #live Are interstitials worth it? Google says they deliver great click-through numbers but also high levels of bad feeling. #advertising Peep shows, drones, and caffeine-ready concerts. Check out some early marketing experiments with Perisocope. #streaming #social YouTube […]