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In recent years the popularity of podcasts has exploded to make the medium a massive source of entertainment. Listenership is high and growing, and audiences are listening throughout the day — ads and all.

The technology for supporting creative optimization is at a tipping point. Indeed, the marketing industry faces an incredibly exciting moment where art and science finally work together to raise the bar for advertising across all formats and channels.

What are the factors that make TV ads an effective marketing tool, and how does TV compare to Facebook or YouTube mobile video? Shedding light on the answers to these questions are two recent studies, which together tell a compelling story about how TV advertising helps brands build connections with consumers at scale.

In an increasingly digital world, direct mail marketing can offer customers a tangible experience. However, many marketers struggle with determining the best ways to incorporate mail into their overarching strategy.

The wide variety of environments and the novelty of digital out-of-home (DOOH) can make the medium feel intimidating. But, when done right, DOOH can be a seamless addition to a brand's marketing mix. Here are three ways marketers can maximize their creative strategy using DOOH.

When marketers find themselves on shaky economic ground, proving ROI and marketing accountability become all the more crucial. Here are seven methods for tracking the value gained from direct mail.

In times of economic uncertainty, advertising strategies, naturally, adapt to different sets of market dynamics. But rather than pull back on ad spend, it's critical that brands maintain a share of voice and drive short- and long-term outcomes across platforms and screens.

There are three key elements to building trust between marketers and their strategic partners in even the most competitive marketing categories. They are rooted in well-defined engagement terms, a belief that bold ideas are welcome, and a consistent dedication to the humans bringing these ideas to life. Here's where marketing and agency partners can invest to develop trust and build long-term relationships that thrive.

The act of playing an ad on a screen is wrongly shrouded in myth. It's time to shine a light on some of the misconceptions surrounding video ad serving and see it clearly as a non-subjective logistical step in the campaign activation workflow. Here are four myths about video ad serving and why marketers shouldn't give them a second look.

Marketers are under increased pressure to prove ROI, which means teams must keep an eye on the bottom line while continuing to grow the brand. Here are three ways to ensure the marketing team is consistently building both the brand and the business.

Did General Motors sell vehicles based on TV ads delivered to the right audiences at levels that indicate a positive ROI? An audit of its campaign efforts on linear TV and addressable TV formats reveals the answer.

Creating an effective action plan takes a focused effort, but when done well, it can strengthen client–agency relationships and lead to better work with greater returns. Here are the key elements to a good action plan and the steps required to build one.

Many financial service marketers may see data-driven advertising as too complicated to include in their media strategies, but digital out-of-home advertising can offer regulation-friendly targeting with measurable returns. Here are four DOOH strategies financial service marketers should consider.

For more than 30 years, the Radio Mercury Awards, produced by the Radio Advertising Bureau, have celebrated creativity in radio with hundreds of chief creative officers collaborating to identify and award the best audio campaigns and radio commercials. Here, a select group of those celebrated professionals share guidance, inspiring campaigns, and best practices for raising the volume on radio creative.

A concise document describing the major initiatives and tangible deliverables the agency has been tasked to undertake and that details what is both in and out of scope helps avoid uncomfortable conversations later in the year (or project) when perspectives diverge. But sometimes overlooked is the effect a good scope has across the broader organization.

While many advertisers have quickly adapted to meet viewers on a range of screen types, the TV industry has taken arguably longer to catch up — especially when it comes to currency and, more broadly, measurement. Even though incumbent panel-based approaches have held on, scrutiny continues to swell as buyers and sellers reckon with the incumbents' inability to keep pace in the heavily fragmented TV landscape.

Better visibility of digital advertising can provide real-time insights that help organizations cut campaigns with low return on investment (ROI) and focus ad spend on the channels with the highest returns. Reducing waste and rooting out fraud will only increase savings.

Through a series of online, members-only events, the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has explored radio’s benefits to more than 18 categories of business, including health care, automotive, retail, and restaurants, among others. Here’s a look at just a few industry verticals where radio drives ROI.

Census data from 2020 shows U.S. population growth is led by multicultural groups, which means brands that haven’t gotten up to speed on shifts in U.S. culture or that don’t understand how these consumers live and shop could be missing the mark.

Two forces that affect digital advertising are on a collision course: walled gardens and new privacy regulations. Thankfully, there are new and emerging technologies that can help marketers deal with the fallout and continue targeting digital ads while maintaining privacy protections.