When people talk about ‘interruptive advertising’, out-of-home and mobile is the most interruptive of them all, says The Media Native. It disrupts our flow when we’re on a journey and could easily become the equivalent of bad online display; constantly bombarding us with pop-ups and click-throughs. A marriage made in heaven? Perhaps…but it could also lead to a cycle of disillusion if brands fail to make it work for consumers.
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What people are interested in is content – not device – and advertisers want to reach those consumers regardless of the screen they use. It’s welcome news then that the new Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings provide advertisers with the window they need to finally optimise their spend at an impression level – and make sure that video messages are aligned and efficiently targeted. By Videology’s Rhys McLachlan.
A new handset-based service by Digitonic will allow high-street retail chains to send information and offers to customers as they pass shops via geolocation technology.
In his latest Mobile Fix, Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!, looks at the growing battle between Google and Amazon as they go head to head – despite such different business models – in both advertising and delivery.
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It has been speculated that ‘iRadio’ will feature audio and banner ads sold through Apple’s iAd mobile network – operating much like an online radio station – putting it in direct competition with existing services such as Spotify and Pandora.
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