US Music Industry Sales Trends in 2015
Source: Nielsen [download page] Notes: Overall album consumption – measured as all albums + track equivalent albums + streaming equivalent albums – grew by 15.2% last year to 549.4 million units,...
View ArticleData-Driven Marketing and Advertising: Spending and Performance in 2015
Source: Winterberry Group / GlobalDMA [download page] Notes: Data is critical to current marketing and advertising efforts, say almost 6 in 10 marketers, advertisers, service providers, technologists...
View ArticleMarketers, Agencies Differ on Spending Changes in 2016
More than 6 in 10 senior-level marketers in the US and Canada anticipate their marketing spending to increase either somewhat (53.5%) or significantly (8.2%) this year, reports RSW/US in its latest...
View ArticleWhat Prompts Smartphone Users to Download Apps – and Why Do They Delete Them?
Roughly one-third of smartphone users aged 13-64 replace apps on their device at least a few times a week, and around half (52%) do so at least once a month, according to a new report from Yahoo. The...
View ArticleAdults’ Weekly Media Use, by Race/Ethnicity
Source: Nielsen [download page] Notes: Black adults watch almost three times more TV on a weekly basis than Asian-American adults, says Nielsen in its latest Comparable Metrics report covering Q3 data....
View ArticleFriday Research Wrap, 1/15/16
Advertising, marketing and media executives around the world are bullish on the prospects for mobile marketing spending this year, with almost half (45%) expecting buying and spending growth of at...
View ArticleAmazon Tops US Brand Buzz Rankings Yet Again; Netflix Leads Among Millennials
YouGov has released its US Buzz Rankings list for 2015, showing that Amazon enjoyed the best public perception for the third consecutive year. The study, which measures consumer perceptions of brands,...
View ArticleMarketers, Creating More Content, Say Time Is Now Their Biggest Challenge
Almost three-quarters (73%) of marketers surveyed in late 2015 reported creating more content than in the previous year, reports Contently [download page] in a new study. With most content appearing to...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Social Networking Websites & Forums – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Multimedia Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Mobile-Phone Entertainment Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform TV Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Print Media Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleWhich Retailer Marketing Initiatives Do Consumers Believe Will Drive Them...
Source: TimeTrade [download page] Notes: Special promotions on retailer websites (55%) represent the top marketing initiative (of 7 listed) that consumers believe are most likely to draw them in-store,...
View ArticleEmail Marketers on the Elements Affecting Campaign Response Rates
Source: Phrasee [download page] Notes: Data quality, segment selection and subject line are the elements that have the largest effect on email campaign response rates, according to a survey of 304...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Broadcast Media Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Real Estate Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Travel Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Multi-Platform Health & Medical Information Websites – December 2015
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleEnterprise Marketers Confident in Their Effectiveness Telling Brand Stories
Almost three-quarters of enterprise marketers feel that their marketing team is extremely (34%) or very (39%) effective at telling their brand story, reports Skyword in a recent study [download page]....
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