BizReport : July 20, 2008 - July 26, 2008 Archive

July 20, 2008 - July 26, 2008 Archive

Research | July 25, 2008

Consumers find ads in long-form online video 'reasonable'

Advertising within online video is increasing, but what are consumer’s reactions to this intrusion? Ipsos Media CT has released results from their ongoing digital video tracking study which gives some insight into online video viewer attitudes toward video ads. >>

Advertising | July 25, 2008

NeoEdge Networks intro's makegoods to online advertising

Another online network has turned to guaranteeing results to attract new business. Last month BzzAgent guaranteed impact with their word-of-mouth strategies, now ad network NeoEdge is guaranteeing ad performance. >>

Mobile Marketing | July 25, 2008

Report: Mobile maps draw in users

The summer travel season is here and more users in the US and Europe are embracing mobile mapping sites to help them find their way. According to a new report from comScore/M:Metrics, mobile map use increase 82% year over year (YoY) in the US and 49% YoY in Europe. >>

Trends & Ideas | July 25, 2008

Should you rethink your gaming mindset?

Marketers are quickly jumping on the gaming bandwagon but if you aren't careful, you could be missing the boat - even if you're placing ads in-game. Why? Because according to experts at the OMMA Gaming session, gamers aren't who you think they are. >>

Advertising | July 25, 2008

AdBrite opens to behavioral targeting

Online advertising network AdBrite has announced that marketers can now employ behavioral targeting across the 70,000 sites in the network. Combined with the Open Targeting Exchange, the technology gives marketers the chance to virtually choose which ads will be shown to which consumers and on which pages of the network. >>

E-commerce | July 24, 2008

1 in 5 shop online in the U.K.

The British are heading online to shop in ever increasing numbers, according to new figures from IMRG/Capgemini. Twenty percent of U.K. consumers now do their shopping on the Internet. >>

Advertising | July 24, 2008

Intrusive ads (still) annoy consumers

Did we really need more research to tell us that intrusive ads annoy consumers? Well, it seems some marketers missed a meeting in the late 1990’s and need to be taught a lesson in subtlety. To that end, I've devised some top tips on how to make sure your visitors don't stick around. >>

Research | July 24, 2008

What's the difference between Gen X and Gen Y?

The differences between Gen X and Gen Y’s use of digital technology have been made a little clearer, thanks to a recently released report from Forrester Research. The new insights should help marketers play the advertising generation game. >>

Social Marketing | July 24, 2008

Hitwise: MySpace leads social networks but Facebook is growing faster

MySpace remains the king of the social networks with a nearly 72% market share, but close competitor Facebook isn’t giving up. According to a new report from Hitwise, US consumers continue to choose MySpace over other social nets but the trend is beginning to change. MySpace shows -6% growth from June 2007 through June 2008 which Facebook showed 40% year over year (YoY) growth. Hitwise reports that Facebook has a 16% market share. >>

E-commerce | July 24, 2008

Study: Teens buy online but prefer reality to the virtual world

Virtual worlds may be garnering a lot of headlines across the US, but according to at least one report, these headlines may be a bit premature - at least for the teen segment. According to a new report from OTX and The Intelligence Group, teens actually prefer real world interaction to the virtual worlds offered online. >>

Advertising | July 24, 2008

comScore: Branded websites increase marketing efforts

Forget display ads, paid search and even online video. A recent report from comScore indicates that branded websites are the #1 thing that will improve the marketing efforts of a brand. This doesn’t mean that display ads, video and paid search don’t have their place, however. All of these aspects improve the performance of a branded website in providing the consumer content, offers and information. >>

Trends & Ideas | July 23, 2008

Downloads killing the video store?

For how much longer will video stores be a feature in the mall? Not long if a recent CinemaNow survey is to be believed. >>

Mobile Marketing | July 23, 2008

DMA: Text message campaigns most successful

Text message promotions are the most successful mobile marketing campaigns, found the Direct Marketing Association in its first ever quantitative research into the medium. >>

Search Marketing | July 23, 2008

Google Aotearoa launched

Here in New Zealand we’re celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2008. To mark the event, Google has launched a version of their search homepage in the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people. >>

Advertising | July 23, 2008

GroupM: Interactive media spend to reach 15%

According to a recent report from WPP’s Group M, interactive media will account for about 15% of the worldwide advertising spend by 2009. This is a nearly 50% increase over 2004. Interactive advertising is expected to remain the biggest source of ad revenue growth for the foreseeable future because marketers are turning away from traditional media in favor of the digital realm. >>

E-commerce | July 23, 2008

Nielsen: Offline retailers must have an online strategy

Even local businesses need to invest some of their marketing budgets on a solid website, an online advertising campaign and a little bit of content production. That, according to a new report from Nielsen Online. The metrics firm reports that online strategies are linked closely to offline retail dollars. >>

Advertising | July 23, 2008

How widgets can increase content, ad revenue

Widgets, new just a year ago, are now becoming old hat to online marketers, but content providers still haven’t used the modules to the maximum of potential. Consumers continue to download widgets to their social spaces but they are also placing widgets on their desktops to receive news and sports headlines, weather information and even entertainment information. >>

Social Marketing | July 22, 2008

Social media and the tribalization of business

Google recently commented that social media will become a “big part” of Internet marketing strategies in the future. New research from Deloitte suggests that before businesses implement such strategies they need to fully understand what drives social media to gain maximum benefit. >>

Trends & Ideas | July 22, 2008

Enter the gaming grandmothers

American gamers are getting older and more women are participating, skewing the stereotypical teen image. New data from the Entertainment Software Association found that even your grandmother may be enjoying a second life. >>

Research | July 22, 2008

JupiterResearch: Serious sports fans online

Serious sports fans are a lucrative online audience, according to a new report released this week by JupiterResearch. >>

Advertising | July 22, 2008

Natural Path Media connects green marketers with self-serve ads

Small, green advertisers take heart. A new self-service ad platform is out there - and it is targeted specifically for you. AdGuru, part of the Natural Path Media family, is set up to help marketers with advertising budgets under $10,000 create, plan and execute online advertising campaigns. >>

Advertising | July 22, 2008

ValueClick adds predictive behavioral targeting tool

A new targeting tool is set for release from ValueClick. The tool is a predictive behavioral targeting tool which provides marketers with anonymous consumer behavior and then predicts future behaviors based on the past information. >>

Advertising | July 22, 2008

Report: Mall Shoppers Watch Those Video Ad Signs

Marketers take note: those video ad signs in malls are garnering more and more attention from shoppers. According to a new report from Nielsen Media Research nearly half of the mall shoppers polled reported having watched an add on a video screen from the AdSpace Mall Network. >>

E-commerce | July 21, 2008

Coupons: Paper used more than pixels

Coupons are currently popular with households of all types across the U.S. in an economy where consumers are feeling the pinch. Many are turning to the Internet for discounts, but while coupon-clicking is more popular today than ever before, paper remains more popular than pixels. >>

Search Marketing | July 21, 2008

Does search marketing increase brand awareness?

Unsurprisingly, Google says yes, search marketing does increase brand awareness no matter where it appears on a results page, and they have released the results of a recent study to bolster their case. >>

E-commerce | July 21, 2008

e-bit: Brazil's e-commerce revenues quadruple

The majority of Brazil’s population isn’t online, but those that do have a connection are making the most of it, much to the delight of online retailers. >>

Mobile Marketing | July 21, 2008

Avot Media: Youths embrace mobile video

Mobile video is quickly taking off - as long as you are a young person. That is the result of a recent survey from Avot Media. According to the survey about 55% of young (under age 29) mobile users are willing to send a text message to receive mobile video of interest to them. >>

Domain Names | July 21, 2008

ICANN: .anything is the next domain craze

Marketers, tighten those caps! The Internet is about to get just a little bit more exciting - or maybe the word is confusing. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to open up the registration for domains such as “.anything” domains. >>

Social Marketing | July 21, 2008

Twitter, Summarize deal could give Social Marketers more push

Social website Twitter has announced a deal to purchase Summarize, a search engine which specializes in indexing social networking site posts. This is an interesting step forward for the newbie on the social networking front because it further sets them apart from the social crowd while giving them the capabilities of the big social sites like MySpace and Facebook. >>