It seems hard to believe that it was in 1994 when we saw the
first banner advert online that captured and monopolized our eyeballs... :)
By the late 1990’s, The dot coms flourished with venture capital cash, operated with a “money is no object” attitude and the hype knew no end.
By the late 1990’s, The dot coms flourished with venture capital cash, operated with a “money is no object” attitude and the hype knew no end.
When the dot com crash hit, it seemed that online
advertising was a lost cause.
Ad blockers killed the banner ads, and spam killed e-mail campaigns.
Users tuned out, and it seemed that marketers had killed the golden goose.
But a funny thing has happened between then and now.
Not only has online advertising and marketing endured, but it has emerged as an absolutely crucial part of today’s marketing mix.
Ad blockers killed the banner ads, and spam killed e-mail campaigns.
Users tuned out, and it seemed that marketers had killed the golden goose.
But a funny thing has happened between then and now.
Not only has online advertising and marketing endured, but it has emerged as an absolutely crucial part of today’s marketing mix.
Online marketing brings new levels of reach, targeting and
accountability, and has moved into the mainstream.
Online advertising has become the solution to marketing problems at a level that other media haven’t been able to do.
Online advertising has become the solution to marketing problems at a level that other media haven’t been able to do.
The numbers back this up as shown by IAB and
Pricewater house Coopers September report that online ad spending in the U.S. totaled
$2.37 billion in the second quarter, a 42.7% increase over the same quarter year Back.
This shows the seventh consecutive quarter of growth, and the market today is growing at more than 20% per year.
This shows the seventh consecutive quarter of growth, and the market today is growing at more than 20% per year.
Companies are spending at a level that is really pretty
interesting. Consider Ford Motor Company, Tom
Green the advertising manager of its truck division After a new season
of their marketing campaigns.
Mr. Green said, “we gave the digital as much thought and attention as any other medium.
Look at the numbers,” he says, “80% of people who buy a Ford vehicle go to our Web site first. Half of all truck customers use online shopping sites.
You’d be crazy as a marketer not to take this medium seriously.”
Mr. Green said, “we gave the digital as much thought and attention as any other medium.
Look at the numbers,” he says, “80% of people who buy a Ford vehicle go to our Web site first. Half of all truck customers use online shopping sites.
You’d be crazy as a marketer not to take this medium seriously.”
That much attention and spending is the fact that Internet
usage is now firmly in the mainstream and broadband usage has grown by leaps
and bounds.
According to Forrester Research then, 64% of U.S. households
are online, with nearly 20% or 23.1 million homes, using broadband.
Nielsen/Net Ratings, which measures individual users rather than households, reported that 51% of their users then, connected to the Internet by broadband vs. 49% by narrow band, an industry first.
Nielsen/Net Ratings, which measures individual users rather than households, reported that 51% of their users then, connected to the Internet by broadband vs. 49% by narrow band, an industry first.
Today the Internet is everywhere and when it’s not, people
notice and demand that it be even more available.
Online advertising has matured and it enables marketers to “target” consumers in a fine-tuned fashion creating highly personalized user experience.
It’s as effective in getting across a communications and branding message as any other medium.
Online advertising has matured and it enables marketers to “target” consumers in a fine-tuned fashion creating highly personalized user experience.
It’s as effective in getting across a communications and branding message as any other medium.
Online advertising also allows two-way interaction between
advertisers and their targets, providing a “real-time” feedback loop that’s
invaluable.
A marketer can establish and maintain a two-way dialogue with a consumer online, and no other form of advertising can do this as effectively.
A marketer can establish and maintain a two-way dialogue with a consumer online, and no other form of advertising can do this as effectively.
For large advertisers such as Procter & Gamble Co.,
online lets them interact with groups of consumers more directly than ever
before.
This is demonstrated by being able to engage with a million consumer database on a monthly basis through their Club Olay program.
This is demonstrated by being able to engage with a million consumer database on a monthly basis through their Club Olay program.
Online advertising supports an almost endless variety of
messaging formats, from banner ads and e-mail messages to more elaborate
interactive vehicles and microsites.
It‘s the capability to combine the motion and animated visuals of television with close-up and personal interaction.
It‘s the capability to combine the motion and animated visuals of television with close-up and personal interaction.
The results of online advertising campaigns can be measured
precisely, making publishers accountable for the promises they make and marketers
accountable to management for the success of their programs.
Yet even though online advertising has asserted its strengths, real-world marketers have made online just another medium in their standard marketing mix.
Yet even though online advertising has asserted its strengths, real-world marketers have made online just another medium in their standard marketing mix.
More than anything, what online provides mainstream
advertisers is “another point of contact with the consumer” at various stages
of the buying cycle.
So where is the evolution of online advertising today? It’s been crazy Slightly over 20 years now, but marketers say we’re closer to the “beginning” of learning how to take advantage of this new medium.
So where is the evolution of online advertising today? It’s been crazy Slightly over 20 years now, but marketers say we’re closer to the “beginning” of learning how to take advantage of this new medium.
Online ads will get better targeted, with new concepts
opening up new opportunities to marketers.
We should see online ads becoming richer and more evocative, with animation and streaming video.
If history is a guide, there will be ups and downs and the “hype” meter will spike at highs and lows, but the past has set the stage for future growth.
We should see online ads becoming richer and more evocative, with animation and streaming video.
If history is a guide, there will be ups and downs and the “hype” meter will spike at highs and lows, but the past has set the stage for future growth.
Marketers are on the cusp of a big trend now, made possible
by the familiarity and true use of the internet as an advertising medium.
This is the starting point, where the future growth in online advertising is just beginning to come into view.
Where will you go from here?
Think BIG .... Have A Great Day, ...Enjoy....
This is the starting point, where the future growth in online advertising is just beginning to come into view.
Where will you go from here?
Think BIG .... Have A Great Day, ...Enjoy....
