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The Podcast Audience is Growing, But Advertiser Focus Should be Sharpening
41% of U.S. podcast listeners are non-White, which makes the podcast audience more diverse than the country’s total population.
Podcasting Today
While the growth in podcast listeners in the U.S. over the past decade has been dramatic, audience diversity is following a similar path as our national population, as non-White podcast audiences have grown faster than White audiences.
It’s Time For Your Media Planning To Focus On People
With change coming more quickly than ever, planning and optimizing might seem like a dizzying prospect. It absolutely doesn’t have to be. Importantly, brands need to re-focus their efforts on people—the north star for any marketing message, advertisement or campaign.
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Home is Where the Connectivity Is
Given that connectivity affords millions of Americans the ability to work from home and provides countless children across the country access to virtual schooling, it’s fair to say that virtual is the new IRL.
The Power of Effective Outcomes Measurement in the New Normal
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to constrain budgets, there is no room for waste or inefficiency. So marketers urgently need to measure real outcomes to maximize ROI.
The Future of Video Gaming Is Bright—Even as Real Experiences Return
Branded crossover events, virtual concerts and celebrity influencer participations all fueled a video game groundswell that shows no signs of receding—even as the COVID-19 vaccine promises to allow people to once again be with each other IRL.
How CPG Marketers Can Adapt Amid Digital Disruption
Given the scope of change this year, the adjustments that brands and retailers need to make are widespread, spanning everything from communication methods to marketing messaging to varied product assortment—even the best times to communicate with consumers.
Daytime Video Usage is the New Norm Among Working Professionals
After living in a pandemic for nine months, daytime has become a second primetime for total TV consumption among many former office professionals and managers.
Host-Read Podcast Ads Pack a Brand Recall Punch
Listeners’ affinity for podcast show hosts is just as important from an ad perspective as it is for show content. That’s because the ads that hosts read drive more brand recall than non-host-read ads.
The Power of the Black Community: From Moment to Movement
2020 has been a year of life-changing moments. The COVID-19 pandemic, politics and racial injustice have affected every single American. For African Americans, the reckoning has extended beyond any single moment, becoming a matter of life and death.