WOLT TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST TV CAMPAIGN

5. 4. 2022 | 2 min read Wolt, the courier service delivering food, launches a campaign “The Joy of Food Delivered” (“Radost z jídla doručena”).

WHAT IS TV AND DOES THAT MATTER?

5. 4. 2022 | 4 min read No one normal worries about the definition of TV because they have lives to lead, energy bills to weep over, and hot takes on Will Smith to have. But there is one group who should care about what it means, argues Matt Hill.

HOW TO GET LUCKY

5. 4. 2022 | 6 min read What bearing does luck have on advertising, asks Faris Yakob, who finds in a recent book - ‘Go Luck Yourself’ by Andy Nairn - a form of resilience that looks for what is possible with a rigorous examination of the situation.

FOR CTV ADS TO SUCCEED, THINK NEW, NOT OLD

1. 4. 2022 | 5 min read The television industry is in the midst of a slow-yet-inevitable migration from linear delivery to digital… one that will dramatically change the current landscape for advertisers, programmers and viewers alike. For advertisers, this shift to digital is opening up new and better ways of targeting audiences, delivering ads to them and measuring the results. But taking advantage of this new environment also requires a new way of thinking.

STUDY: BRANDS ARE DROWNING IN A SEA OF SAMENESS, THEY CAN SURPRISE ONLY A THIRD OF PEOPLE

30. 3. 2022 | 3 min read Only a third of Czech consumers can recall a unique brand, according to a study by Ogilvy Consulting and GroupM.

CONSUMERS EXPECT BRANDS TO RESPOND TO THE UKRAINE CONFLICT

24. 3. 2022 | 2 min read A majority of consumers around the world believe that brands should take some form of action in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. What can they do? According to research by GWI among 20,428 internet users aged 16-64 in 21 markets, 84% want brands to take action. While 32% accept that it may depend on the circumstances involved, there’s a hard core of 24% who think brands should always take action and make their views known.

HOW DID THE WAR IN UKRAINE REWRITE THE RULES OF MARKETING NOT ONLY ON TV SCREENS? SOLIDARITY AND HELPING OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT

24. 3. 2022 | 12 min read The military conflict in Ukraine has struck the whole world like a bolt from the blue and has significantly affected the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people. Firms across nearly all business areas have responded to the crisis through both small gestures and great deeds. Let us take a closer look at some of them. Time to rethink Russia started its invasion of Ukraine early in the morning on 24 February 2022. The region became in the spotlight of the global media practically in the blink of an eye, starting a marathon of news coverage that has unfortunately not ended until now. American CNN is certainly no exception, which is logical given its position of a news giant. However, on the very first day of the conflict, the broadcaster came in for criticism that did not relate to the coverage itself but to the fact that the broadcaster had not sufficiently revised its complementary activities. What was it all about?

BRING ON THE TECHNICOLOUR!

23. 3. 2022 | 6 min read There’s a scene in Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-worthy Belfast where the film’s young hero Buddy is taken to the cinema to see the 1968 musical fantasy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Branagh’s movie is beautifully, brutally monochrome but the CCBB clip appears in its original glorious Technicolour, flooding the screen with warmth and transporting the Belfast audience - and the audience watching Belfast - to a happier, sunnier place.

WELCOME TO THE NEW NORMAL, IT’S THE SAME AS THE OLD ONE

21. 3. 2022 | 10 min read Despite dire predictions of Covid-driven decline for some sectors and exponential growth for others, we’re largely where we would have been if it had never happened.

A THIRD OF ADS USE HUMOUR AND THIS IS IN DECLINE

15. 3. 2022 | 2 min read One-third of ads use some form of humour and those that do are more effective.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MARKETING TO THE HYPER-STRESSED

15. 3. 2022 | 4 min read Many consumers no longer have the same cognitive resources for decision-making. For two years, consumers in the U.S. have been struggling to adapt to a new normal, whatever that may mean. The result has been massive stress.

CTV ADVERTISERS ARE BETTING QR CODES AREN’T JUST A FAD

14. 3. 2022 | 5 min read Beyond the attention at the Super Bowl, TV marketers see QR codes as the golden ticket for measurement and conversions

CREATIVE ADVERTISING IS IN CRISIS

11. 3. 2022 | 9 min read The author of this article is Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at System1. The following text is a summary of his book Lemon, which has sparked a positive reaction and seems to have struck a chord with advertisers, agencies (planners and creatives), media owners and broadcasters. It seems to be the start of something new. There may even be a creative renaissance in the making.

HOW MARKETERS ARE LEVERAGING CREATIVE REFRESH FOR CTV SUCCESS

10. 3. 2022 | 5 min read Marketing teams are prioritizing the creative refresh as they work to drive video and CTV campaign performance.

WHAT I WISH I KNEW ABOUT BRAND STRATEGY 10 YEARS AGO

8. 3. 2022 | 7 min read Marcelo Ferrarini Carneiro, Senior Manager, Global Insights at the LEGO Group ponders what he wish he knew when he was starting out in brand strategy 10 years ago.

ARE QR CODES THE KEY TO SHOPPABLE TV?

7. 3. 2022 | 2 min read Connecting the dots between TV ad impressions and sales is a mix of art and science that has long defined the ad-tech industry. But the recent Coinbase Super Bowl spot displayed the potential for QR codes to effectively bridge the cause-and-effect divide.

5 BEST DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS OF ALL TIME

7. 3. 2022 | 10 min read We list the best digital marketing campaigns to help you find your next great marketing idea.

IN ADVERTISING, THE PANDEMIC IS (MOSTLY) OVER

3. 3. 2022 | 5 min read After promoting masks and social distancing, advertising creative is officially moving on.