11/17/2020 4:20:59 PM The ROI Dilemma Marketers Face With Programmatic Advertising By Tim Hughes Interesting article that does not really promote the need for advertising. After all, the great blessing of digital is that you can...
7/22/2020 9:28:38 AM The Uncomfortable Truth About Fake Followers You Don't Share with Your CFO. By Stephen Sumner I don't know if your on Twitter, or Instaglam but if you are you will have seen all the spammy messages from all around the world with...
7/14/2020 10:25:22 AM The Visibility Problem Facing Every B2C & B2B Online Brand. By Stephen Sumner With revenues in the toilet, enforced redundancies looming, all manner of businesses having no option but to become fiscally tighter, so,...
6/29/2020 1:49:22 PM Why Going Cold Turkey with Your Paid Media Agency is Now Your Only Option. By Stephen Sumner So your in the publishing and content creation business and all your revenue eggs pre-Covid were sat in one basket which was...
6/29/2020 12:57:37 PM Why Your Media Agencies Cookies Are No More? By Stephen Sumner According to a recent survey from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, nearly a quarter of media buyers, planners and brands will not...
6/9/2020 9:19:48 AM Why The Marketing Bubble Has Burst & How to Fix It. By Stephen Sumner If you work in marketing you convince yourself that everyone is looking at your brand and company, yet the reality couldn't be further...
3/8/2020 11:17:13 AM Is Covid-19 Impacting Ad Spend - If so How? By Stephen Sumner When you think about watching stuff on the TV what comes to mind, do you think about the biggest screen in the house, or do you think...
3/1/2020 2:05:55 PM Covid-19 - It Seems Everyone's An Expert - Here's How. By Stephen Sumner We see lots of people who think being on Social Media is just about pumping out post, blogs, Vlogs, and then a few weeks in they start...
2/10/2020 11:40:10 AM Social Media is great for paid media - BullS#]t!! By Stephen Sumner Media agency review sessions for some can be weekly, but for most its a monthly retrospective session, the purpose is based on your media...
2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM We all know about annoying ads, but WTF’s a disruptive ad? By Stephen Sumner Not only are there now 1 in 4 people adopting ad blocking software, not only is their forecast to be circa $100 Billion in ad fraud by...
2/4/2020 11:05:51 AM 'Don't Do Evil' - Unless your Google!. By Stephen Sumner As marketers we now have access to our customers in every nook and cranny of their lives. But with more layers of technology between us,...
1/21/2020 11:28:35 AM GDPR isn’t for Google or the IAB - but it is for you! By Stephen Sumner Britain's data watchdog has been criticised for failing to punish companies involved in what has been described as the UK's largest...
1/21/2020 10:56:42 AM Google - penalties and non referring clicks - just how does your brand mitigate risk? By Stephen Sumner I recently saw some stats from 'Google' that evidences circa 50% of searches no longer end in a click to the source. Which on the surface...
12/9/2019 11:19:35 AM Does paid media stack up, and can brands still afford them? By Stephen Sumner For direct-to-consumer brands, the cost to acquire new customers has gone up, especially on Facebook and Instagram, in recent years. For...
12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM New Year Resolution? - In Retail Marketing, Here's an Idea. By Stephen Sumner Whilst your reflecting on the past 12 months over the festive period maybe it's time to consider a new resolution for 2020 and beyond? At...
11/10/2019 1:54:14 PM You're paying to get people to shop? - but they already were WTF? By Stephen Sumner Let's say you run a 'Pizza' place, and like other good fast food companies you need to get people through the door and order what it is...