YouTube Campaign Video Length [CHART]

How Amazon’s Kindle Fire Tablet Can Compete With The iPad

via marketingcharts.com While 33% of the most-engaging YouTube campaigns run under 30 seconds, only 11% of campaigns by volume run that length, per findings from a Yesmail Interactive study [download page] released in June 2012. And although YouTube campaigns rose sharply over the 3-month study period – by about 38% to 80 across all brands…

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Online Sources For Political Information, By Generation [CHART]

via emarketer.com Overall, news websites were the most commonly tapped resource for those looking for political information online; 47.7% of likely voters used them. But news sites were especially important among those ages 55 or older, with 53% of respondents from this group relying on them. Voters ages 18 to 34, no surprise, were significantly…

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Online Video Advertising Effectiveness [CHART]

via marketingcharts.com Digital video advertising can be equally or more effective than TV, say 64% of advertisers responding to a BrightRoll survey released in June 2012. An even greater proportion see digital video as equally or more effective than display (87%) and social media (69%). Digital video’s effectiveness appears to be driven by its targeting…

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Actions Prompted by Mobile Finance Ads [CHART]

via emarketer.com In analyzing its clickthrough data on finance-related mobile ads, Millennial Media found that 54% of secondary actions prompted by finance ads consisted of enrolling, joining or subscribing, making it the most popular post-click action. Fifty-one percent of ads prompted mobile finance consumers to follow up on a click by placing a call, while…

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Mainstream & Niche Marketing Tactics [TABLE]

via emarketer.com In a March 2012 online survey of US marketing professionals, trade publication Chief Marketer found that the most popular tool in digital campaigns was tried-and-true email marketing, which 78% of respondents said they used. Email newsletters were the No. 2 tactic (59%), followed closely by a social network presence (58%). This year, for…

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Change In Content Marketing By Format [CHART]

via emarketer.com A good portion (35%) of North American companies planned to invest more in website content this year, with an even larger percentage (54%) expecting to do so with video. Email appears to remain a tried-and-true content marketing tactic, and most marketers are already comfortable with their level of investment: just 15% plan to…

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