Linear TV is often wrongly perceived as limited when it comes to audience targeting. As a traditional mass reach channel, the TV audiences that are bought and sold are broadly inclusive. However, using coverage reach and frequency data (CRAFT) from BARB, we can build into our TV plans a wider range of niche audiences. Incorporating […]
Archives for 2021
The changing landscape in Sweden and Denmark
The Nordic markets are something of a double-edged sword for advertisers. On the one hand, higher average wealth in these markets makes them profitable with good lifetime value (LTV) and high average basket sizes, however, the cost of media is more expensive than other northern European markets. TV, in particular, has become more difficult over […]
Google update on organic search ranking from May 2021
Google recently announced that Core Web Vitals (CWV) are becoming ranking factors for organic search results (commonly referred to as SEO1) from May 2021. While the vast majority of the elements contained within Core Web Vitals are existing factors, the framework itself is an update on top of the existing user experience (UX) related signals. […]
7 key facts from the UK TV advertising market in 2020
TV ad spend in 2020 was £3.7 billion, down from £4.2 billion in 2019 (-11%) The initial COVID-19 lockdown in Q2 delivered the most severe negative blow for broadcasters. Demand from a large swathe of advertisers disappeared almost overnight. Traditionally higher demand and revenue months in Q4 helped close the gap and limit the overall […]
The era of automation is here
Since launching on 23rd October 2000, Google Ads has come such a long way. Starting with just 350 advertisers and a cost per thousand (CPM) model, Google quickly started evolving its offering: introducing a cost per click (CPC) buying model, bringing in relevancy as a key factor and consistently releasing new functionality and ad extensions. Over the next […]
The future of data matching and aggregation
With the introduction of GDPR, we have seen many instances of advertisers losing reporting and optimisation granularity because of cookies and unique identifiers being considered ‘personal’ data. This can cause remarketing and new prospecting strategies to suffer, which can lead to a reduction in advertising spends, and more importantly, ROI. What is the benefit of […]