HOW ATTENTION AND EMOTION COMBINE TO DRIVE EFFECTIVENESS

24. 6. 2023 Without attention, ads cannot have an emotional impact, and without emotion, marketers are unlikely to build brands for the long term, new research from the Ad Council Australia, Amplified Intelligence and System1 has found.

WHIZ! BANG! BOOM! ENERGETIC ADS HOLD VIEWERS’ ATTENTION

23. 6. 2023 Louder, busier commercials are the new norm. And they seem to be working.

TAKE ME BACK: THE POWER OF NOSTALGIA IN ADVERTISING

22. 6. 2023 Ads that use nostalgia are powerful and more likely to go viral, so why is it rarely used? Find out how nostalgia in advertising can help connect with people on a deeper, more emotional level.

CREATIVE IS BIGGEST PROFITABILITY LEVER, BRAND SIZE TOP FACTOR

21. 6. 2023 Updated research into the factors affecting advertising profitability finds that brand size and creative quality have grown in importance as online life has matured. Why it matters Paul Dyson, founder of Accelero consulting, emphasised that creativity is still "by some way" the main lever at a marketers' disposal, during a recent talk at Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK.

BRANDING, MUSIC AND AVOIDING THE PERILS OF PURPOSE – CREATIVE EFFECTIVENESS UNPACKED

20. 6. 2023 The craft and conditions to drive greater creative effectiveness were explored by experts at an event hosted by TV marketing body Thinkbox.

MARKETERS NEED TO GET BETTER AT LINKING CREATIVITY TO BUSINESS METRICS

19. 6. 2023 Ninety-two percent of marketers can find it difficult to tie creativity to commercial return – a shocking statistic which puts the industry at a major disadvantage when it comes to making the case to the board for continued investment in difficult economic times.

BRANDZ: APPLE REMAINS THE MOST VALUABLE BRAND AHEAD OF GOOGLE

14. 6. 2023 Apple is the world's most valuable brand, according to the BrandZ 100 Most Valuable Brands in the World ranking compiled by research company Kantar.

TV OR YOUTUBE: WHICH PLATFORM IS BEST FOR SHORT- AND LONG-TERM BUSINESS RESULTS?

13. 6. 2023 Watching YouTube’s ‘The Long and The Short of It’ leaves the viewer with the impression the only way for brands to achieve short- and long-term business results is on one video platform.

GET RID OF THE 11 THINGS HOLDING YOUR CREATIVITY BACK NOW

12. 6. 2023 At the end of last week, Thinkbox unveiled the results of an investigation by Laurence Green, one of the UK's most respected advertising strategists and creative leaders. He conducted a total of 34 in-depth interviews with agency and client executives. The interviews took place in April and May this year and involved companies such as adam&eveDDB, AMV BBDO, Boots, Channel 4, Creature, Havas Creative, ITV, Leo Burnett, Lloyds Banking Group, McDonald's, Mother, Publicis Groupe, Saatchi&Saatchi, Sainsburys, VCCP and others. Respondents included Sir John Hegarty, co-founder and creative director of The Garage, and Tim Lindsay, chairman of D&AD.

GWI STUDY: GLOBAL MEDIA LANDSCAPE

9. 6. 2023 GWI has unveiled its new report on global media consumption.

THE MARKETING PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

5. 6. 2023 Celebrity endorsements sell products, even when the star outshines the brand. In a new study, Wharton experts use neuroscience to understand consumer decision-making.

MOOD MATTERS: REACHING TV VIEWERS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT

30. 5. 2023 Reaching people in positive moods can boost the likelihood that people notice, like and believe our ads. So why do so many marketers ignore its power? Joanna Stanley looks at the behavioural science behind mood, and offers ideas to optimise your next campaign.

NEW EMOTIONAL BRAND METRICS FOR DARK TIMES

29. 5. 2023 Measuring brand metrics that inspire human emotions could sit alongside standard business metrics in future, says a new report from the Wunderman Thompson agency.

CONNECTED TV HAS WORK TO DO TO PERSUADE MARKETERS OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS

18. 5. 2023 Findings from Nielsen's fifth annual marketing report show that marketers have not yet become accustomed to CTV's growing role in the media landscape. The survey of more than 1,500 global marketing professionals found that only 19% of brands view OTT/CTV as "extremely effective." In marketers' perception of advertising effectiveness, CTV lags behind social media, online and mobile video.

IN GRAPHIC DETAIL: GAMERS ARE WARMING UP TO IN-GAME ADS

18. 5. 2023 The in-game advertising industry has grown in fits and starts, with some advertisers balking at the current lack of premium inventory available in the space. But new data from Comscore shows that more gamers than ever are ready and willing to consume ads alongside their games.

WHAT MILLENNIAL PARENTING CAN TELL US ABOUT GEN ALPHA

17. 5. 2023 Millennial parents are first-generation digital natives and are bringing their understanding of digital life to bear in their approach to parenting, a new report says.

AKA: THE ADVERTISING MARKET IS EXPECTED TO GROW THIS YEAR, BUT AT A SLOWER PACE

16. 5. 2023 AKA estimates that the marketing communications market is worth CZK 136 billion.

GEN Z CONTRADICTIONS THAT WILL SHAPE OUR FUTURE

16. 5. 2023 It is human nature to live in contradiction. It's part of what has always drawn us to the strategy and insights field. It's my secret joy to zoom in on these paradoxes – to really hear and understand where the tension lies and what it might mean for someone's behaviors and perceptions of the world around them.