AMAZING PLACES HAS ITS FIRST VIDEO CAMPAIGN, DIRECTED BY ARICHTEV

30. 9. 2021 | 2 min read The spot is intended primarily for the online environment, but will also appear in Czech cinemas.

HOW DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER BRANDS ARE SHAPING TV’S FUTURE

23. 9. 2021 | 4 min read Today’s television ad industry owes a lot to digital natives, particularly direct-to-consumer (D-to-C) brands. This growing group of upstarts and disruptors has not only changed the way we as consumers buy everything, but it has also revolutionized the use of converged TV (linear, CTV/OTT, and addressable) for both data-driven performance and strategic reach.

BRAND RESPONSE TV – MORE FOR LESS?

22. 9. 2021 | 5 min read It's easy to build a quarterly marketing plan that sticks too close to the status quo. However, great strategists know that a truly memorable marketing campaign involves innovation. Direct Response TV, or rather its hybrid Brand Response TV (Direct Response for Brands), continues to be part of that innovation; it can build companies into unicorns (private company valued at over $100 billion) – all thanks to high return-on-investment (ROI) memorably and measurably.

HOW TO DO EMOTIONAL ADVERTISING RIGHT + EXAMPLES

16. 9. 2021 | 5 min read Emotional advertising connects brands with audiences in a personal, human way. It’s a technique that dates back years, but has been used a significant amount over the past couple of years, particularly during the pandemic. In this article, you will learn what emotional advertising is, plus our top emotional marketing strategies, how they work, and effective emotional advertising examples. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL ADVERTISING? Emotional marketing refers to advertising efforts that play on an emotion to make the audience notice, remember, share and take a more involved action like donate or buy. Emotional marketing can tap into emotions such as happiness, humour, sadness, anger or fear to elicit a consumer response. The idea behind emotional marketing is that it helps people to decide with their hearts, which is said to have more influence on decision making than their minds. Not only that, but emotion and memory are linked, so your audience has a higher tendency to remember your brand and the content. EMOTIONAL STRATEGY IN ADVERTISING In advertising, emotional strategies are used to stimulate the emotional triggers that influence how we make decisions. Content that evokes a strong emotional response is twice as likely to be shared or interacted with. Traditionally emotional advertising was about making people cry – the pandemic saw lots of this with nearly every other brand talking about community or togetherness and of course, the sad piano music. This video showcases it well.

IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA OF TV, ALL BRANDS ARE DTC

23. 8. 2021 | 4 min read Australia’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are capitalising on Australia and New Zealand’s ecommerce growth – the highest across the globe at +107% in Q3 2020 – to expand their market presence. And they’re using TV to do it.

GROWTH OF ADDRESSABLE TV DURING THE PANDEMIC

5. 8. 2021 | 5 min read TV viewing across Europe has hit new heights during the lockdowns of the past 16 months as families crowd around their TV sets for must-watch shows. The renaissance of the living room during the pandemic has boosted broadcast and subscription services and alerted brands to new ways of approaching television advertising.

CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRAND MAGNIFICATION

2. 8. 2021 | 4 min read Consumers choose brands for many reasons.

NINE STRATEGIC WAYS ADVERTISERS CAN LEVERAGE OTT AND CTV IN 2021

26. 7. 2021 | 5 min read Over-the-top and connected TV advertising heated up in 2020 as restrictions were imposed to address the Covid-19 pandemic, leading people to stay home and binge on streaming content or their favorite cable television programs. Thanks to the measurable reach they offer, OTT and CTV became incredibly popular marketing and advertising channels over the past year.

UNLOCKING THE DIVERSITY DIVIDEND IN TV ADVERTISING

13. 7. 2021 | 4 min read Diversity and Inclusion are major themes for advertisers right now, as the last few years have made it plain how poorly marginalised communities feel they have been represented in traditional advertising. Across every channel and sector there’s an interest in representing diversity better, more authentically, but also more effectively. We’ve all seen ads which feel tokenistic, stereotyped or embarrassing, and there can be a fear of getting it wrong.

TELEVISION’S IRRESISTIBLE POST-PANDEMIC APPEAL

11. 6. 2021 | 21 min read Television is shining white hot in the media agency playbook as advertisers scramble to get their brands airtime, pushing ad spend growth numbers into positive territory for the first time in years.

YOUR HAIRDRESSER OR CAR MECHANIC CAN ADVERTISE ON TV IN 2021

7. 6. 2021 | 4 min read Who does not want to advertise on TV? Today, anyone can do so. Including your hairdresser or a local car repair shop. The costs are minimal and in addition, the ad can be launched or switched off depending on the development of the current pandemic situation and easing of restrictions. How is it possible?

SORIN PATILINET AT COMMUNICATION SUMMIT 2021: UNRAVEL CUSTOMER EMOTIONS. IT’S THE PATH TO CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

26. 5. 2021 | 7 min read What are the lessons from the thousands of ads Sorin Patilinet has researched for brands like Whiskas, Orbit, Snickers and M&M'S? Take a look at the neuroscience findings that suggest what to look out for when creating ads and how to make them effective.

COMMUNICATION SUMMIT: POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN ADVERTISING WORK

19. 5. 2021 | 15 min read Emotions in advertising were discussed at this year's Communication Summit conference.

CONSUMERS REVEAL A PREFERENCE FOR TV ADVERTISING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA

27. 4. 2021 | 1 min read Around a third of consumers say TV advertising is ‘entertaining’ (34%) and ‘informative’ (30%) – far more than the equivalent figures for social media advertising (17% and 19% respectively).

THE PIVOT TO PURPOSE: ALIGNING GOOD AND GROWTH

5. 4. 2021 | 6 min read It’s tempting to see 2020 as a year where the world was stuck on pause. Yet in many ways it has been a story of radical transformation. Faced with unprecedented problems, businesses evolve as never before, and open up to new possibilities.

THE MOST EGG-CELLENT EASTER CAMPAIGNS

29. 3. 2021 | 5 min read It’s almost the hoppiest time of year (excuse the bad pun), and while we will be spending our long weekend enjoying lots of chocolate, Easter is also a significant retail event and an invaluable opportunity to give your marketing strategy an extra boost. This year, Australians are forecasted to spend $8.6 billion on holidays, chocolates, gifts and retail spending over the Easter period.

SERIES ON TV: INVESTMENTS IN TV ADVERTISING AND IMPORTANCE OF TV IN BRAND BUILDING

15. 2. 2021 | 5 min read In the third and last issue of the series on TV market development, we will focus on how companies including e-commerce businesses use TV advertising for long-term brand building. In the following years, TV will face a number of issues - its VOD services and the introduction of addressable advertising.

DON’T STOP ME NOW: WHY BRANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD

2. 2. 2021 | 4 min read It’s as tough a time as it’s ever been for businesses, and marketing budgets are under extreme pressure, but going dark is a false economy, says Kantar’s Mark Inskip.