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COVID-19: The impact on digital media so far

Whilst the world sees big shifts in consumer habits as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at what […]

All Response Media’s advice on advertising during the COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to cause global uncertainty, it’s no secret that many UK brands and marketers are delaying […]

Effective TV brand building in the times of uncertainty

In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity – Albert Einstein As the whole world is adapting to the […]

E-sports bring ‘real’ sporting relief to Sky Sports subscribers…

On Sunday 22nd March, Sky Sports aired a live virtual Formula 1 Grand Prix race alongside more specialist e-sports giant […]

Is TikTok going to overtake Facebook?

TikTok recently overtook Facebook to become the world’s second most downloaded app (Sensor Tower), increasing from 7th the previous month. […]

How the increase in TV viewership has brought good news

COVID-19 has been on everyone’s mind for the past few months now and will continue to be with us for […]

COVID-19: The impact on media and campaign response

COVID-19 has completely taken over the news headlines, and it is an important time for brands to be conscious of […]

Are ITV flagship primetime shows losing their “X” appeal?

After the recent news that X Factor will be rested for the short term in 2020, ITV returned to a […]

Pay more, get more? – Why BVOD is not for everyone

As you’ll know, TV measurement is an important topic that we like to focus on at All Response Media. At […]

ITV’s 2020 growth pot: Invest more and receive more budget

Within the last 2 weeks, ITV has launched a new deal to incentivise qualifying advertisers to increase their level of […]

Global’s DAX adding outdoor ads to their audio portfolio

Global announced recently that their digital ad sales platform, DAX, will be available for digital out of home (OOH) advertising, […]

When a Google Shopping ad becomes a Gmail placement

How do you create more competition within an auction? Allow other formats to compete on the same space – essentially […]

Radio – The fast growing, must have medium?

The latest results from the radio industry in the Q4 Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) numbers, show listening to be […]

The Coalition for Better Ads research impacts the removal of disruptive ads

In 2016 Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), IAB Europe and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As), formed […]

TV content more often encourages online surfing behaviour

The latest edition of the ‘Trends in Digital Media survey by GfK’ provides research which shows that TV content is […]

The impact of digital advertising on in-store sales

The path to purchase is often a long, messy journey. Not all journeys are the same. It’s hard enough to […]

What opportunities could Sky’s station rebrands present to advertisers?

On Monday 27th January, the Universal station closed and, in its place, Sky launched Sky Comedy, which will broadcast US […]

What the latest YouGov BrandIndex update means for your brand tracking

At All Response Media, total campaign performance is at the heart of what we do. We must be accountable for […]

Get ready for the Google Chrome 80 update that might change your cookies

Google Chrome will be making updates to Chrome 80 on 4th February. Many website owners are starting to ask about […]

Google Chrome is blocking mixed content

This month, Google Chrome began removing the unblocking option and blocking web pages with mixed content. Web pages that load […]

Slide into my Instagram (desktop) DMs?

Facebook Messenger has played a huge part in the evolution of Facebook on both web and desktop; now Instagram has […]

Analysed: Amazon’s Premier League debut

The current Premier League football season has had a lot of firsts: the (dubious) implementation of VAR, Liverpool taking 64 […]

PPC trends to look out for in 2020

PPC automation has progressed a lot recently and we can now rely on many functionalities within the engine to do […]

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Going for green; YouGov’s new sustainability segments

Among their usual segmentation devices, YouGov has recently introduced a method of segmenting audiences based on their views of sustainability. […]

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Gtech vs. Vax: Who cleans up in the cordless vac TV ad battle?

Your latest Adquirer analyses the TV campaigns of household heavyweights, Gtech and Vax, to see which advertiser utilises their budgets […]

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Thinkbox promote the power of TV advertising… using the power of TV advertising

This week, the UK TV industry’s marketing body, Thinkbox, continued to “practice what they preach” by promoting the power of […]

German efficiency: How to create the most effective TV ad

The German market has huge potential. A population of about 83m and a 63m adult TV universe plus an estimated […]

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How will agency and media owner relationships change in the near future?

Recent updates from both Channel 4 Sales and Sky suggest significant changes to TV trading are on the near horizon […]

How to see success on YouTube in 2020

Google recently released an article around the change in consumer habits. It was found in the Ofcom Media Nations U.K. […]

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How to improve organic visibility of a microsite

Incorporating an SEO strategy into your overall digital marketing plan will pay off in the long-term. This is because SEO […]

Political ads on social media – Yea or nay?

With the General Election coming up in the UK and the release of the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack, there […]

BVOD – The 5 Ws and an H

BVOD is an ever-increasingly used acronym amongst sales houses, agencies and clients. But what actually is BVOD and how can […]

Disney+: The happiest streaming place on Earth

After acquiring 21st Century Fox in March 2019, Disney officially launched Disney+ on the 12th November in the US, Canada […]

Is Black Friday an opportunity or a threat for brands?

As Black Friday is now a major event in most consumer’s minds, how does it affect brands – even those […]

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What does the future of influencer marketing look like for advertisers?

Influencer marketing has evolved over the last 10 years and dominated the modern-day market. As the market has grown, with […]

What is the real impact of market changes on advertisers?

At the end of 2017 public broadcaster, NPO shocked the Dutch market with the announcement that they would no longer […]

How can advertisers take over the 2020 Olympics?

The Olympic games may well be one of the most important sporting, cultural, and economic events in the world. Every […]

Could Amazon be making a move into ad-supported content with UK first Premier League deal?

Amazon has announced that between the 3rd – 5th and 26th – 27th December this year, Amazon Prime will be […]

Tracking issues and solutions of single page websites

Do you have recurring issues with your tracking on your website? Perhaps you have implemented Google Tag Manager, but it […]

Kids power! The major role of children in parents’ purchasing

Today’s kids are constantly recording new information and are already active in the media field at an earlier age. In […]

ARMLife Interview with Rhona Dalglish

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I grew up in London and, fearing to live anywhere smaller […]

How do BARB forecast TV viewing habits changing into the 2020s?

Last Tuesday, 15th October, All Response Media had several attendees at BARBs event ‘Understanding Viewers in the 2020s’. The event […]

Is launching a new women’s lifestyle magazine clever?

With circulations continuing what seems to be an inexorable decline, the news last month that DC Thomson had launched a […]

What to expect for the digital landscape in 2020?

As quarter-four settles in, All Response Media are looking ahead to what 2020 has to bring. Over the last few […]

Is it time to subscribe to podcast advertising?

Podcasts increase in popularity has not gone unnoticed with many of the bigger brands including Spotify, Google, Apple and Netflix […]

Channel 4 confirms it will be joining AdSmart

Last week Channel 4 announced they will join AdSmart, giving them the same capabilities as Sky channels to serve different […]

Has VOD caused a second wave of disruption to the TV industry?

The television industry is on the verge of a second wave of disruption according to the BBC director-general Tony Hall. […]

ARMLife Interview with Willis Annison

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m from a small town in Suffolk, I went to university […]

Audio measurement – the most important consideration?

Over the last few weeks we’ve looked at audio reach, the growth of connected listening and podcasts, to conclude here’s […]

Facebook adds new tools for public figures

Thinking about social media, it’s all about posting the best versions of your life online to share with your peers […]

Digital audio is increasing radio listeners and the reach of traditional radio listening

This week, we look at the growth of digital audio/connected listening – the chart below shows how the reach of […]

Controlling uncertainty: Managing the impact of external factors on TV campaigns

External influences including political, social and even meteorological issues affect your daily choices (more than you may realise) and so […]

Radio listening trends are different from TV’s so throw away the TV rule for radio

Last time we looked at the reach of audio and how it can be both big and small, targeted geographically, […]

5G: opening new doors for digital marketing

5G is the fifth generation of mobile networks which is being rolled out this year and boasts 100 times faster […]

Radio has a large reach – Audio can be both BIG and small

Radio can reach large audiences with 65% of the population tuning into commercial radio each week, that’s over 36m people […]

De-mystifying Facebook optimisation

Over the next few years, Facebook’s advertising share is expected to grow from 22.7% in 2018 to 28% by 2021. […]

Sky… The TV audience alchemists

How much are individual TV spots worth when no-one is watching them? It’s not a trick question! The UK TV […]

ARMLife Interview with Andreea Iovita

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m from a small town in Romania that was near the […]

5 Best TV roundup articles for how to create a successful TV campaign

As roundups can offer a lot of information and tips in one place, we’ve selected our articles with the most […]

Same meaning close match variants: Google extends to phrase match and broad match modifiers

Google’s recent announcement has again highlighted the shift in control we as advertisers now have over the management of PPC […]

Making the most of your TV time-bands with breakfast

Traditionally, direct response TV (DRTV) ads air between the hours of 09:00 and 17:29 in “daytime” time-bands. However, many brands […]

Instagram launches (even more) features to its charity arm enabling companies to drive further donations

Instagram users can now raise awareness of and donate directly to, charities following the introduction of a donation sticker to […]

Size does matter!

Some important questions about TV advertising are: What the effect is of length in advertising? Do you need a mix […]

Football’s coming… to a more diverse and responsive audience

This year’s World Cup had the highest viewing figures for the women’s game to date and went some way to […]

Trivago vs. Hotels.com: Who has the most effective campaign?

This month’s Adquirer covers travel titans Trivago and Hotels.com as we delve into their campaigns and analyse how they deploy […]

Monzo joins the legions of startups using TV to turbocharge

A few eyebrows were raised when Monzo launched its first TV campaign back in May. The challenger bank has always […]

ARMLife Interview with Deepaah Anand

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I grew up with a big family from Sri Lanka in […]

Creating a positive return on apps: No longer just a rich man’s game

It has long been accepted by companies that having an app with similar functionality to the website is the way […]

Women’s World Cup: Young adults and the power of live TV

On Tuesday last week, England’s Lionesses were knocked out of the World Cup semi-final by the USA in an entertaining […]

Ad-free Dutch public TV: A case of protecting the children?

As published earlier this year in our ARM Weekly, advertising on the Dutch public TV channels is facing rough times, […]

Programmatic TV – Are we there yet?

Last month BARB released the 2019 viewing report which highlighted that subscription video on demand (SVOD) viewing now makes up […]

Following the recent Radio Week event, is the future of radio glowing, or should we worry?

Now that the dust has settled from Radio Week back in May – a series of conferences over 6 days […]

Instagram is expanding influencer content into campaigns

Instagram recently announced that it is launching a new tool which will allow brands to sponsor influencers posts, massively expanding […]

How the industry has to change for adtech and real-time-bidding to comply with GDPR and PECR

On the 20th June, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published their report on adtech and real-time bidding. The ICO went […]

Amazon acquires Sizmek

News broke recently that Amazon has bought Sizmek Ad Server after the latter had filed for bankruptcy earlier this year […]

Should you be running a door to door campaign?

As an agency with attribution, measurement and acquisition at its core, TV and digital channels offer a lot of what […]

ARMLife Interview with Natasha Wood

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I did a music degree at the University of Sheffield as […]

The launch of Google Discovery Ads

Discovery was a big theme at this year’s Google Marketing Live, the annual event where Google announces new ads products. […]

Can linear TV still reach the 16-34 audience?

Although the appetite to consume high-quality video content for several hours of the day has remained consistent, the platforms and […]

Facebook to launch ‘Global Coin’ cryptocurrency

Whenever people think of social media, Facebook is the first thing that springs to mind, closely followed by Instagram and […]

The impact of TV creatives on campaign performance

We are often asked by our clients in strategy reviews: “Is it time for a new creative?” This is a […]

“There is no spoon”

Have you ever seen the film The Matrix? It’s scary for me to think it was released almost exactly 20 […]

The key takeaways from Google Marketing Live 2019

May 2019 saw the event of Google Marketing Live (GML) 2019; this year’s annual conference which Google uses to inspire […]

Seasonal media consumption and channel budget allocation

Temperatures are increasing, the days are getting longer, as the start of summer is on the horizon – but what […]

What does the rebranding of Bing mean for advertisers?

Last month saw Bing officially rebranded as Microsoft Advertising. As part of this, Microsoft is intending to place a big […]

Privacy: Are Facebook doing enough?

After data privacy was the focus of both Google and Facebook’s conference keynotes earlier this month, it became clear that […]

The Italian job: What you need to know about Italian TV

Launching a TV campaign in a market you are unfamiliar with can be a daunting prospect, but new countries help […]

Just how influential are influencers on your performance?

The first use of influencer marketing is rumoured to have been the Pope or Queen promoting medicine to the masses, […]

Is television dying? 2018 – A year in TV…

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of debate around whether “TV is dying”, but contrary to […]

ARMLife Interview with Nathan Kilgore

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I moved to Leeds 5 years ago to study journalism, then […]

Is radio a successful addition to TV?

Radio has always represented an excellent opportunity to build an additional touchpoint into a media campaign, and the market is […]

Why am I seeing this? How Facebook decided what goes on your newsfeed

In an attempt to become more transparent with how the newsfeed works and improve the user experience, Facebook is rolling […]

Virgin Media joins the AdSmart roster, ITV partners with Amobee – is addressable TV now ready for mass rollout?

In the past couple of weeks, we have seen two developments that could further the rise of addressable TV in […]

ARMLife Interview with Demi-Louise Mcguire

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m from Leeds. I didn’t go to University; I got a […]

Should I be advertising on Pinterest?

“Should I be advertising on Pinterest?” I’m sure many of you have discussed this or at least mused over the […]

Do you need another medium to add to your TV campaign?

A question often asked by clients whose main focus is TV is: “Should we test another medium? Everyone’s on TV, […]

The radio sector is in rude health and keeps on growing

While we continue to hear stories on how traditional media audiences are declining as people apparently ‘only watch Netflix’ and […]

The end of average position in Google Ads platform

Yet more significant news was announced by Google recently, with the update that in September, ‘average position’ will be retired, […]

Is Dutch public TV going dark on advertising?

Like almost every year, the discussion started recently around whether Dutch public television should follow the English/BBC example of abolishing […]

Data First Strategy: The future of digital media

Many agencies in the UK claim to be data first in their approach to planning, managing and optimising media. However, […]

The importance of voice assistants in marketing: Over-hyped or crucial?

According to the main players in the space, the current installed base of virtual assistants now exceeds 1.5 billion devices […]

Could this change Facebook forever?

Earlier last week Facebook’s CEO announced major changes to how it wants to operate – likely in an attempt to […]

How relevant content improves performance

The placement of a British Gas ad in Grand Designs or a Sofology ad during Gogglebox seems to make sense… […]

ARMLife Interview with Mukesh Sharma

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I grew up in East Ham and then went on to […]

The importance of a brand safe environment for your advertising

YouTube has recently come under fire due to a video that a YouTube blogger posted, showing how YouTube videos featuring […]

How the decline in kids’ impacts affects future of TV viewing

In the ongoing battle of wits between digital and TV media owners, it’s clear that the truth lies somewhere in […]

The power of the celebrity

The use of celebrities in marketing is no new concept, with famous faces being used to help promote brands since […]

Is TV advertising still relevant?

“TV is declining”. The same story we regularly hear, but often not backed up by the full picture. Ebiquity’s Michael […]

Reddit launches a new bidding option to expand marketing potential

It’s clear to say that whenever people think of advertising on social media, Facebook is the first thing that springs […]

Making the most out of Search Ads 360 bid strategies

What are bid strategies? Although bid strategies are relatively common practice within paid search, at a recent Google event a […]

The Nor-way to go for charities…

Every year, the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) publishes their World Giving Index, ranking countries across the globe based on their […]

What makes a successful app ad campaign?

For clients with apps, paid app advertising is essential. One of the main platforms you can drive app installs through […]

How has the viewing behaviours of young adults affected broadcasters and advertisers?

Late last month, Ofcom released their annual Children and parents: media use and attitudes report, examining detailed evidence on the […]

ARMLife Interview with Daria Smith

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m originally from Moscow, Russia, but I moved to Dubai at […]

Growing volume through a streamlined conversion funnel

It can be a common oversight to look beyond the user journey as a driver of growth, especially the final […]

Online pioneers first to adopt Digital Ribbons in London tube stations

Exterion has continued its roll out of updated ad sites across the London Underground with the introduction of new Digital […]

Twitter to launch two new tools to help marketers be more relevant

Twitter continues to fight for advertisers to invest their media budgets on their platform beyond basic advertising, it is building […]

ARMLife Interview with Sophie Martell

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m originally from Ascot and went to the University of Gloucestershire, […]

YouTube for kids: a potentially costly advertising lesson

Kids’ content producers on YouTube are prolific and popular, a rising segment that is starting to get a lot of […]

2018: The year of non-stop Google algorithm updates

After working in the SEO industry for a number of years you soon get used to Google moving the goal […]

Betting firms agree to advert ban during live sport

Whilst young adults continue to be the most sought-after audience for many businesses to target, the news of the recent […]

Has Black Friday peaked or is it still going strong?

Black Friday as a shopping concept was imported from the US a few years back and now seems to be […]

Google announce strategic partnership with Disney

A couple of weeks ago, Google announced a partnership with Disney which sees them consolidate all their digital inventory onto […]

How gift incentives affect your TV ad performance

For the right product and audience, introducing a gift incentive can have a significant effect not only on your own […]

ARMLife Interview with Dan Morley

Tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I was born and bred in Sheffield and spent most of […]

Provocative junk food ban on London transport

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a ban on the advertising of food/drink high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) […]