Trends in Advertising Internationally
August 21st, 2006 | Melissa Marron
As we grow our media to cater even more to the international audience, I have begun to see trends in how specific cultures react to different types of online media. From a consumer standpoint, the UK has seen a significant jump in online advertising consumption overall. According to the UK Office of Communications, online is now worth three times the radio advertising market. From a B2B standpoint, clients have shared with me that UK users are drawn to podcasts. Have you seen the same trends?
September 14th, 2006 at 10:45 am
[…] Recently, Melissa discussed the increase in online consumption in the UK. In its most recent global online spending outlook, Merrill Lynch predicts that global online ad spending will reach $11.6 Billion in 2006, an increase of 35% over 2005. Internationally, online spending growth rate is set to match consumption in the UK at 46%, but the highest growth rate by far is expected to be in China at 50%. Leveraging this growth can sometimes come at a price for online publishers and marketers alike. As businesses flock to leverage the tremendous potential in this market, marketers should be aware of challenges as well as the many localized factors that need to be taken into consideration before marketing in China. MarketingSherpa outlines a few here. […]