At this crossroads in online advertising and media, Nick Manning examines what went wrong, where we are now and where advertisers should turn to reprioritise quality messaging, effectiveness and creativity.

Can agencies really expect to recruit, retain and incentivise their people without a rise in baseline salaries, asks Nick Manning.

TV has even more potential in the internet age. But it can’t cover all the bases without some very significant investment.

It’s easy to get carried away by the popularity of streaming platforms but they are no match for our domestic broadcasters in appealing to UK audiences.

Progress is being made in programmatic reporting that should, ultimately, lead to progress in trading methods and thence to delivery and performance.

While it might not have the glitz of other channels, retail media is where the money is going

A raft of recent company earnings reports demonstrates that we have reached the end of an era where advertising supported the exponential growth in online channels.

There is a lot of discussion about ‘purpose’ in advertising, but less about the purpose of advertising. And that purpose is to be effective.

‘Truth decay’ is irreversible and we have to learn to deal with it. Advertisers, whose money funds the lion’s share of commercial media, can do a lot more. 

Chief media officer is a big job and somebody has to do it for advertisers, argues Nick Manning.