Writing on his own weblog, Underscore Marketing President Tom Hespos outlines the many benefits an advertiser can realize by using weblogs as an advertising medium. Including recent client weblog advertising results, advice for media buyers on how to approach the exploration of weblogs and advice to weblog publishers on how best to position one's weblog to advertisers, Hespos shares both his experience and excitement for this growing ad medium.
For those interested in the medium, a recently completed weblog readership study was conducted by BlogAds and is covered here.
Internet Marketing company AdSypre has announced the beta launch of its MidADdle keyword targeted ad system. The system, similar to Claria and WhenU, works once a user has downloaded and opted into the system. The system tracks online behavior matching user keywords in user-entered URLs, web page forms, search forms and click-through destinations which are then mapped against advertiser keywords generating targeted ad delivery. The ad appears as a between-page unit and is presented to the user upon identification by system as they progress from one page to the next. The user can choose to click on the ad, view it for ten seconds or skip it. If the ad is clicked, the user is delivered to the advertiser's site.
MidADdle joins a growing list of companies pushing privacy barriers but maximizing advertiser return by matching advertiser messages with user behavior. MidADdle taps a database of five million users who have downloaded game/utility software and opted into the system. While MidADdle may achieve effective behavioral/demographic database targeting without pop ups, it may still face privacy challenges both from users and from sites who may view the between-page style ad delivery similar to legally-challenged pop ups.
UPDATE I: Steer very clear of this software. See the comment section for the hovoc it has caused for many people.
UPDATE II: An apparent solution from Comments: 'i finly got rid of this thing all you have to do is use add/remove programs to uninstall it but the trick is to make sure you eather are disconected from the internet or are running a strict firewall because when uninstalling the program it seems to try to contact the sight to reinstall itself'
Strategiy.com has launched as a web site to serve the marketing and advertising needs of the Middle Eastern region. The portal plans to offer industry professionals news, discussion forums, agency databases, ad campaign reviews, interviews, features and an events calendar.
Explaining the site's name, Strategiy CEO Farhat Rana said, "One cannot go far by merely copying others. To make a mark in business, you have to put individualism into your strategy. In other words, to excel in your profession, you have to put the 'I' in your strategy." Sounds like he missed the whole e-whatever dot com fiasco.
Pontiac and GMC announced plans to launch a dedicated Hispanic ad campaign. Pontiac will develop a Hispanic television ad for Hispanic and general market placement. GMC will launch its largest Hispanic print campaign to date. Accentmarketing in Miami is the agency.
Beginning this summer New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will appear in a campaign promoting Sirius' NFL Sunday Drive. Sirius will broadcast every NFL game during the 2004 season. Brady was signed by Sirius soon after the new President of Entertainment and Sports was recruited. The campaign will consist of television, radio, print and point of sale.
To combat what appears to be rampant sex between men and young old girls - 219 births among 13 and 14 years old girls from men over 18 in 1999 and 2000, the Virginia Department of Health has launched a statewide billboard campaign telling men to keep it in their pants. With headlines, "Isn't She A Little Young?" and "Sex With A Minor, Don't Go There" the campaign also appears on posters, coasters and napkins in bars - the likely hangout for these sexaholic men who seem to be incapable of getting it on with women their own age.
If anyone has pictures of the actual billboards, you simply must send them to tips at adrants dot com. Images courtesy of Jamie Rubin.
In an effort to increases its awareness to black consumers, P&G has signed a marketing deal with REACH Media Inc., owner of the Tom Joyner Morning Show which reaches 8 million listeners in 115 markets. Under the agreement, Joyner will endorse some P&G products, P&G will sponsor portions of the show as well as events hosted by Joyner. The agreement will also include the completion of a study to determine the effectiveness urban radio has on increasing sales.
After expanding its media base from B2B to B2C and re-launching its website just 3 months ago, MediaBuys has more than doubled its media buyer membership from 150 to 325 members who have generated just over $7 million in new estimate ad space requests.
The online media buying discount club buys ad space in bulk on behalf of its membership and passes on the savings when members submit media plans. Members can gain up to 40% savings on full ad campaigns including Cable and Spot Television, Regional & National Radio, Magazines, Newspapers, Newsletters, Online, Interactive and Out-Of-Home.
The growing number of MediaBuys' buying members are making media sources stand up and take notice. "Buying members have not been our only visitors. Media sources have also been approaching us to represent everything from syndicated broadcast shows and golf cart signage to International ad buys", said Daniel Kruger, MediaBuys president. "We're reprogramming our media source area as fast as we can to accommodate new media space."
MediaBuys has been executing a combination of search engine, email, direct mail and telemarketing strategies to build its brand over the past few months. New members signing up for free accounts include ad agencies, media buying companies and corporate in-house marketing departments whom represent some 1600 advertisers.
If the thought of seeing another lame summer blockbuster has you gouging your eyes out, wait until you see what Samsung is promoting. The mobile phone manufacturer is running an ad campaign that shows the ease with which one can use their camera phone to capture every minute little detail of their life and turn it into a movie. As part of it's "Show Your World" campaign, Samsung apparently wants us all to walk around staring into our mobile phone screens framing shots no one will ever see instead of actually living life. See this and more at Ad Ages' TV Spots of the Week.
Contrary to popular belief and no proven by a study, webloggers and those who read then are not all teenage girls whining about their boyfriends. A recent study by BlogAds (in which Adrants participated) of 17,159 blog site visitors found 61 percent are over the age of 30 and 40 percent have households incomes of $90K or above. Clearly not an audience advertisers should ignore.
BlogAds Founder Henry Copeland says, "The impression has been that the typical blog reader is a college student with an entry-level job, and therefore not an incredibly desirable demographic unless you're trying to sell beer." This study counters that line of thinking and will perhaps wake up big advertisers to the world of weblogs as a viable advertising medium.
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