One of best books about Hollywood is ‘Adventures in the Screen Trade’ in which the screenwriter William Goldman asserts that “nobody knows anything”. He was referring to the fact that despite their market research, gut instinct and experience, no one in Hollywood has any idea how well a film will do before its release. He gives …

De directeur en oprichter van Mirabeau over de overname door Cognizant. Een van de grootste onafhankelijke digitale bureaus van Nederland komt in handen van de Amerikaanse it-dienstverlener Cognizant. De digitale activiteiten van dit bedrijf zijn geclusterd in Cognizant Digital Business, waar Mirabeau deel van gaat uitmaken. Er zijn nogal wat bureaus die over de grens kijken. …

The new study comes after Procter and Gamble (P&G), Unilever and Mondelez all admitted they are cutting down on promotional activity. FMCG brands in the UK are increasingly shunning price promotions in favour of focusing on brand building through advertising, IRI data has suggested. The study, which looks into the use of promotions by FMCG …

Miljoenen organisaties proberen het geheim achter Google te ontrafelen. Hoe krijgen zij de garantie op een duurzame toppositie, zonder dat zij hoeven te adverteren? Het algoritme van de zoekmachine is als een puzzel waarvan de helft van de stukken ontbreekt; simpelweg niet te ontrafelen. De kennis van het stukje kunstmatige intelligentie scheen dat van de …

Social media is overtaking television, promotions and email campaigns as the medium of choice for product launch marketing. Seventy-four per cent of brand marketers prioritise social media, ahead of sales promotions (55%), email (53%), press (39%), PR coverage (39%) and television advertising (36%), according to research by agency Five by Five. Of the 730 senior marketers …

Online advertising expenditure continues to grow across Europe, as the latest data from IAB Europe indicate 13.4% growth in the first half of this year, with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) the fastest-growing region. The AdEx Benchmark H1 2016 study, produced by IAB in collaboration with IHS Markit, showed that online advertising reached €18.6bn in …

The importance of content marketing continues to rise for many brands but knowing how to measure effectiveness remains an issue. Content marketing has evolved into a fully-fledged marketing function but as with many newer communications channels finding the best measure of success remains a challenge. Only half of marketers believe it is possible to accurately measure content marketing’s return …

Defining what “creativity” is, and how it adds to the impact of advertising, remain open questions for marketers, according to a paper published in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR). Arthur J. Kover, Fordham University professor emeritus and a former JAR editor-in-chief, explored a series of unsolved queries about advertising creativity in the latest issue …

Outdoor advertising is not just a vehicle for raising awareness, it can also drive purchase consideration and intent, and be used to communicate brand positioning. The scale, viewability and dramatic effect of outdoor advertising helps marketers create cut-through and capture consumer attention in a world where other messages struggle to get through. Less appreciated is the …