The bidding war across Australia’s out-of-home supplier market continues, with APN Outdoor Group today upping its bid for rival player, Adshel, to $540 million.
The battle for out-of-home advertising supremacy has stepped up another notch, with APN Outdoor Group confirming a $1.09 billion bid for its business from JCDecaux (JCD) – but only if it drops plans to buy Adshel.
Digital Marketing
Data is driving a fundamental transformation within the marketing and advertising industries as organisations increasingly seek to target and personalise their messaging, a newly released digital advertising report has found.
Digital Marketing
A new Australian company is hoping to shake up the traditional media landscape with a fresh online marketplace for ad trading.
A record number of concerns about wagering advertising along with issues about sex and language topped the Advertising Standards Bureau’s (ASB) list of 'most complained advertisements' in 2017.
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It’s very easy for data-driven marketers to fall into the trap of short-term gain through rational advertising campaigns. But it’s the emotional ads that are going to deliver longer lasting sales impact, ThinkTV’s direct of research, insights and education, Steve Weaver, says.
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Westpac has confirmed Meat and Livestock Australia’s group manager of marketing, Andrew Howie, will joining the banking giant in a newly created role overseeing advertising.
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Global digital giant Accenture announced it acquired top creative and design agencies The Monkeys and Maud as part of its strategy to boost its CX reach.
It was humour and not social themes that saw Mr Clean and Skittles produce the most engaging Super Bowl commercials, according to a new study based on people’s facial recognitions.
Leadership
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has appointed a new executive consultant and board member to its ranks.
Digital Marketing
The ‘age of the customer’ is here - the power of personalisation and customer context is now ensconced in every marketer’s lexicon. Certainly, the single biggest driver of digital transformation is customer experience.
Australian car sales website, Carsales.com.au, is recognising the power of context to utilise data, insights and context and drive advertising success.
The global ad market has strengthened over the past few months, mainly due to the resilient US consumer, and any impact from the Brexit vote has been limited and confined to the UK, according to a new report from Zenith.
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TV research and marketing firm, ThinkTV, is looking to quantify the value and return on investment for television advertisers in Australia with a new $1 million research study.
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Advertising contributes a mammoth $40 billion to the Aussie economy and is a key driver behind employment, competition and innovation, a recent report found.
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A new eye-tracking study has found Doritos, Marmot and Heinz crafted the most engaging ads during the recent US Super Bowl.
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As 2015 draws to a close, digital marketing experts agree it has been a milestone year which has transformed the way businesses interact with customers online. We’ve spoken to a raft of marketing leaders, analysts and industry commentators about what the digital marketing mix will look like in the new year and whether 2016 is shaping up to be even more competitive, complex and evolutionary.
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Australian online advertising spend has surged again for the quarter ending September 2015, with mobile and video ad spend on the rise.
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Facebook is giving businesses more reasons to use Facebook Messenger to reach customers.
Social Media
Two-thirds of consumers are highly annoyed by the way brands repeatedly blast advertising messages, a recent survey conducted by Marketo has revealed.
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A new type of advertisement on Roku devices is raising privacy concerns among some users.
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In the third and final episode of our 3-part CMO50 video series exploring modern marketing and why it’s become a matter of trust, we’re delighted to be joined by Telstra’s former CMO and now digital services and sales executive, Jeremy Nicholas, and Adobe VP Marketing Asia-Pacific and Japan, Duncan Egan.
Flash back to the classic film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Television-obsessed Mike insists on becoming the first person to be ‘sent by Wonkavision’, dematerialising on one end, pixel by pixel, and materialising in another space. His cinematic dreams are realised thanks to rash decisions as he is shrunken down to fit the digital universe, followed by a trip to the taffy puller to return to normal size.
Why is it there is no shortage of leadership development materials, yet outstanding leadership is so rare? Despite having access to so many leadership principles, tools, systems and processes, why is it so hard to develop and improve as a leader?
As a nation united by sport, brands are beginning to learn money alone won’t talk without aligned values and action. If recent events with major leagues and their players have shown us anything, it’s the next generation of athletes are standing by what they believe in – and they won’t let their values be superseded by money.
