[vc_row gap=”35″ padding_top=”60px” padding_bottom=”30px”][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”MCKAY ADVERTISING + ACTIVATION” main_heading_color=”#da2524″ alignment=”left” spacer=”line_only” spacer_position=”middle” line_style=”dotted” line_height=”1″ line_color=”#efefef” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:30px;” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Fjalla One|font_call:Fjalla+One” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Fjalla One|font_call:Fjalla+One” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:45px;”]#ThursdayThoughts[/ultimate_heading][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1533946231179{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Every Thursday we look at the trends/updates/interesting articles found in the Digital Marketing + Advertising + Tech industry. Each submission is presented by a different MA+A employee and covers various topics applicable to our business. The following are professional opinions, summaries or both.
This week we’ll look at: Nielsen Studies Show ‘Light’ Listeners make Up Nearly Half Of Podcast Listeners, Snapchat Provides Insight Into The Effectiveness Of Snap Ads, How To Use Artificial Intelligence In Advertising Campaigns, Customer Lifetime Value: Retention vs Acquisition, and Microsoft Ads Launches New Tours & Activities Ad Format.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1533940315705{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”10250″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”DIGITAL AUDIO DATA” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9661″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Bob McKay
President + Founder[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Nielsen Studies Show ‘Light’ Listeners Maker Up Nearly Half Of Podcast Audience see article here
Never been a big fan of Nielsen and this study explains why data misinterpretation. They seem to be not correctly identifying a group as “light listeners” instead of “growth listeners”. This is a group that is moving away from terrestrial radio and getting their feet wet with podcasts. They will soon move from trial to frequent adoption and continue the demise of radio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”PAID SOCIAL ADVERTISING” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”12317″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Alex Andrews
Executive Director of Social Advertising[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Snapchat Provides Insight Into The Effectiveness Of Snap Ads see the article here
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”14032″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Deirdre Powell
Director of Brand Activation[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]How To Use Artificial Intelligence In Advertising Campaignsthe article here.
Artificial Intelligence is here and it’s changing the landscape. “As a marketer, you can start using artificial intelligence to dramatically improve your advertising performance today, even if you don’t know the first thing about AI”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9664″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Christian Bayne
Director of Content Strategy + Market Research[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Customer Lifetime Value: Retention vs Acquisition See the article here.
Are you focused on new customer acquisition or customer retention? Each can be powerful depending on which stage your business is at and how much bandwidth your workforce can withstand.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”MICROSOFT ADVERTISING BETA” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”h4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”9666″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/6″][vc_column_text]Matthew Giardino
Director of Performance Marketing + Analytics[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]Microsoft Advertising Launches New Tours & Activities Ad Format See the article here.
Microsoft ads is introducing a new ad format for Tour & Destination industries, that would allow for ads to appear in new places such as in Bing Maps when a user searches for a particular destination or when they search for things to do in a given location. In addition, these ads can also be seen as a carousel within Bing Travel Guides[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We hope you enjoyed these snippets of information that we chose to share. Look out for the upcoming #ThursdayThoughts post. (Yes, it’ll be on Thursday). See our previous post here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534123346814{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][ult_buttons btn_title=”CONTACT US” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fyjy.a6c.myftpupload.com%2Fcontact%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#da2425″ btn_bg_color_hover=”#efefef” btn_title_color_hover=”#da2425″ icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left” btn_font_family=”font_family:Noto Sans|font_call:Noto+Sans|variant:700″ btn_font_style=”font-weight:700;” btn_font_size=”desktop:18px;”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
