- Buying Time
There will still be commercials every 12 minutes or so for a long time to come. But the agencies buying spots are beginning to think the television advertising model is a waste of time and money. "They're beginning to lose confidence in the medium," confides Ray Warren, managing director of ......
- U.S. Ad Spending Reports.
Zenith Media's recently released biannual report, Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, predicts soft growth for the advertising industry. U.S. ad spending growth peaked in 1999 at 8.9 percent, while dotcom momentum kept growth up to 8.1 percent in 2000. The report forecasts 2001 growth no higher than 4.6 percent, but the setback ......
- Large-agency media specialists' opinions on
newspaper advertising for national accounts.
Exploring advertising practitioners' opinions about newspapers as an advertising medium for national accounts is important for the newspaper industry. For most American newspapers, advertising is the main source of financial support. Advertising is estimated to provide about 70% of newspaper revenues (Picard 1988, 1989). However, since the mid-twentieth century, newspapers ......
- Cable Trailing Three in Ad-Spending Rise
Finishing fourth among the various sectors in terms of growth rate, cable-television advertising expenditures rose 16.1% in the first nine months of 2004, easily outpacing media spending as a whole. In chalking up the healthy double-digit advance, cable recorded $10.49 billion in ad dollars through the end of September, according ......
- Pinpointing Promising Markets
Successful printing company managers know that analyzing, monitoring, and understanding the dynamics of the industries served by their customers and prospects is a basic business tool and a powerful competitive weapon. Taking the time to research an industry segment—learning about its size, structure, performance, growth potential, and market characteristics—aids in ......
- Made for Television: Spot Runner Offers Affordable TV Advertising for Small Businesses
High prices and hassle have typically left TV advertising a less than viable marketing plan for small retailers; but Los Angeles, Calif.-based Spot Runner Inc. (www.spotrunner.com) has revolutionized old ideas in the advertising industry. After jointly founding and selling PeoplePC Inc. and Firefly Network Inc., Nick Grouf and David Waxman ......
- Differences between American and British television
advertising: explanations and implications.
Introduction Americans watching British television commercials must be aware that the British approach to television advertising is different from that generally found in the United States. Recent research has drawn attention specifically to differences in the amount of information carried by commercials in the two countries, in the creative approaches ......