Author Archives: Jonathan Beeston

There is a bargain to be had in mobile advertising

Mobile ad market: expected to be worth £1bn by 2015Keep it to yourself, but there’s a bargain to be had on mobile CPCs. Findings from Adobe’s Q2 Global Digital Advertising report show that ROI on mobile campaigns is as high as 160% compared to PC campaigns, yet CPC rates are 30% percent less.

But fill your Google and Bling boots while you can, because it won’t last forever.

Quarter-on-quarter growth in online advertising shows the industry is in rude health, yet despite this, it seems marketers are yet to properly cotton on to the fact that tablets aren’t really mobile devices, at least not in the sense that they are inferior to PCs for delivering compelling ad content. Read more »

Facebook changes means brands need to update their thinking

Facebook’s F8 conference threw up some interesting updates. While some of these in theory only apply to individuals rather than brand pages, if Facebook follows its usual form, they’ll be introduced to branded pages soon.

The most interesting (in my view) changes that brands should start thinking about sponsored stories and now apps are getting much more social. Read more »