“Content Is King” Again
Tag: online
Forget ‘social media Olympics’, these are the mobile games — paidContent
Forget ‘social media Olympics,’ these are the mobile games
Americans Watched Record 10 Billion Online Video Ads in May
Americans Watched Record 10 Billion Online Video Ads in May
Huffington Post Introduces Its Online Magazine – NYTimes.com
Huffington Post Introduces Its Online Magazine
Hulu Plus: 2 million subscriber milestone reached
Hulu Plus: 2 million subscriber milestone reached
Standards Stand-off Over Online Ads
Earlier this year, MSNBC .com President Charles Tillinghast said that while high end video, custom brand units, and low end contextually targeted text links maintained steady sales volume, the trouble was in the middle of the market: Traditional display ads. These original online ad units were standardized by the IAB and helped drive the explosive growth of the online ad industry. Tillinghast says the proliferation of ad networks has created over supply of inventory and commoditized publisher’s display ads. To counter this, he said MSNBC.com would create additional nonstandard ads with more sophisticated interactivity and targeting that would not be made available to ad networks. To that end, the Online Publishers Association has announced a month later standards for new, large ad formats that have started to appear on member sites. Saul Hansell of The New York Times conveniently summed this up: “When the going gets tough, the ads get bigger.†Continue reading “Standards Stand-off Over Online Ads”
Online Hispanics are a lucrative target
A recent comScore report on the Hispanic Internet market found that the online Hispanic population reached a record 20.3 million visitors in February 2009 – representing 11% of the total U.S. online market. Furthermore, among online activities, Hispanics ranked highest on Community (Teens); Gaming; Entertainment (Radio and Multimedia); Discussion/Chat, IM; and Music.
These findings should be of keen interest to US marketers, and (as all research findings), raise a couple of questions.
Why does the Hispanic market spend so much time online?
The answer to that question is two-fold. Hispanics, by nature, are an interdependent-interconnected culture – which is why we see them over-index on connected media (e.g. cell phone usage, social networking, blogging, etc.). Any technology that facilitates connecting is high-value for the Hispanic consumer. Continue reading “Online Hispanics are a lucrative target”
