29 Jun Owned media is at the centre of marketing’s major challenges
The marketing services industrial complex (to paraphrase US President Eisenhower) is adept at creating challenges to distract marketers....
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10 Dec The media auditing $120bn black hole
Advertiser auditing of paid media channels is both a contentious and widely accepted practice in the $15bn media business but it hardly exists in the sometimes “murky world” of brand-owned media assets – loyalty programs, social channels, websites, email, POS and apps included....
09 Jul Why businesses are the new media moguls
This article originally appeared in Smart Company and can be viewed here: https://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/mogulmediaowned-media-business/ Trying to explain the value of owned media can be difficult, but Russel Howcroft from ABC TV’s The Gruen Transfer and PwC nailed it when he said Chemist Warehouse is already making millions...
09 Jul CMOs, it’s time to stop squandering customer attention
Businesses continue to highly value the attention they buy through paid media, yet at the same time, many continue to disregard and under-value opportunities to connect with customers using their owned media. Every dollar invested in paid media is scrutinised by CMOs for ROI, reach and...
18 Dec The most effective way for marketers to get into the boardroom
Posted at 16:53h
in Blog, Finance, Grocery, Grow, Loyalty, Marketing, New revenue, Travel, Utilities
For decades marketers have been trying to shake the “colouring-in department” image and become integral to the business they are part of. However, it is fair to say they have had mixed success. Whilst in some progressive businesses we have seen Marketing titles replaced with...
28 Sep Paid vs owned media – has the pendulum swung too far?
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12 Apr How audiences are being redefined
Posted at 14:21h
in Blog, Business, Connect, Finance, Grocery, Loyalty, Marketing, Travel, Utilities
The way we define a media owner is changing rapidly and so too is the way we define an audience. Customers, we would argue, are a more valuable audience than “viewers” or “listeners” or “readers” of typical paid media channels. This is because customers are...
30 Nov Sonder discusses the FY’24 owned media market
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