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August 15, 2016

5 Predictions for Online Advertising

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“Social” and “Mobile” get a lot of lip service, we’ll see smart publishers and brands embrace mobile and social technologies to an extent they haven’t in the past. And, when it comes to social, it’s referring to all forms of online communication – not just Twitter and Facebook. While quality “content” has long been the key differentiator for publishers, these companies will begin to leverage their content and data in new ways to attract and keep readers. Many publishers and advertisers will rejoice in the fact that the poorly conceived Do Not Track campaign of the past two years about to come to an end. Here are some predictions:

1. Companies will begin to leverage “dark social” to drive sales.

– Today, there is widespread confusion regarding social media’s impact on online sales. IBM, for one, recently stated that less than 1% of black Friday e-commerce sales were driven by traffic form social. This powerful form of word-of-mouth marketing – might be more accurately defined as “dark social” – remains a major blind spot for publishers, brands, and commerce companies, inhibiting their ability to measure a key driver of sales. In the coming year, brands will become far more equipped at detecting and accounting for this viral feedback loop: link sharing, site traffic, and ultimately, purchase.

2. Brands will get serious about social

– While every major brand is embracing social advertising, 2013 will be the year in which marketers will gain a significant more in – depth and sophisticated understanding of how their customers communicate with each other online. For instance, brands will begin working harder to understand the types of channels and devices through which consumers are sharing information, and when and how these cumulatively affect sales. Given that mobile is expected to grow significantly in 2013, this laser focus on unlocking the social/mobile combination will separate those brands that succeed from failures.

3. The multi-channel advertiser will prevail

– The explosion in the number of consumers engaging with brands on mobile and tablets will force advertisers to become significantly more “mobile aware.” The success of advertisers will no longer be only predicated on creating the right ad and targeting the best audience. Rather, advertisers will need to think more strategically about usage patterns and multiscreen activity. For instance, advertisers will need to closely examine how users increasingly navigate and consume branded content on smartphones and tablets, versus the desktop.

4. Content marketing will hit its stride

-it has long been said that “content is king.” And, yet, online brands – publishers and advertisers – are just scratching the surface in terms of leveraging content to attract new readers. In the coming year, content creators will increasingly lean on data to gain a much keener understanding of who is sharing their content, what they’re sharing, and even why. These editorial insights and analytics will allow publishersto, in turn; encourage greater distribution of their content by readers, leading to more traffic from every channel, and ultimately, revenue.

5. “Do not track” will die a final death.

– Over the past year, a number of privacy hawks and academics – through the W3C’s TPWG working group – have tried to force a “do not track” policy that would effectively kill online advertising, and consequently, end the free Internet. In 2013, however, it will be the TPWG that will meet its maker. Consumers have made their choice clear: they want relevant advertising, they want relevant deals, and they want to continue to enjoy a free, ad-supported, Internet.

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