by Kim Burgett | Oct 26, 2021 | News
The value of the global entertainment and media market continues to grow, and with a projected revenue of $2.1 trillion in 2021, it is no surprise that businesses from newspaper publishers to television broadcasters are falling victim to ransomware attacks. Sinclair...
by Michelle Evans | Oct 6, 2021 | Digital Marketing, News
It’s been a busy week for our friends at Facebook with their longest outage since 2008. This affected not only Facebook but also Instagram and What’s App. Billions of users across the globe voiced frustrations, and advertisers failed to deliver critical...
by Michelle Evans | Feb 10, 2021 | News, Televison
With more consumers spending more time at home amid winter storms and Corona quarantines, the NFL hopes to see a reverse in declining ratings. As statisticians, we think even the changes in the world due to Covid won’t be enough to drive major gains in SuperBowl...
by Michelle Evans | Nov 25, 2020 | News, Televison
As everyone plans more intimate Holiday celebrations, we expect more people will be spending time in front of their televisions. This year is going to look a little different than past years with modified football schedules, a new approach to the Annual...
by Watauga Group | Nov 16, 2020 | Media Planning, Media Strategy, News
In 2020 fierce competition among election candidates on the local, state, and national levels has led to the highest political ad spends in history, up a whopping 145%. The dramatic influx of political ads, in turn, drove a sharp spike in CPMs from August to early...
by Michelle Evans | Sep 24, 2020 | Digital Marketing, Mobile Advertising
For installment three of our e-commerce series, learn a little more about ad placements on Snapchat below: Snapchat Dynamic Ads Snapchat is a great platform to reach Gen Z & Millennials… more than 75% of those 13-34 in the US are active on the app....
by Michelle Evans | Sep 10, 2020 | Digital Marketing, Media Planning, Social Media Marketing
Google is a very important part of your brand’s approach to advertising, however, its only one part. Today, in installment 2 of our e-comm and lead series, we are going to give you a deep dive into changes to Facebook and Instagram. Facebook Catalog Ads | Ecommerce...
by Lauren Castriota | Sep 3, 2020 | Digital Marketing, Media Strategy
In the past few months, media companies have expanded placement options for advertisers. We are seeing trends among Google, Facebook & Snapchat focusing on new ecommerce and lead generation opportunities. We took a dive into these new product offerings and will...
by Michelle Evans | Aug 25, 2020 | News
Each year, the Orlando Business Journal compiles a list of advertising agencies and digital firms in the Central Florida Area and ranks based on billings. In 2019, Watauga Group ranked FIRST in capitalized billings, a huge feat for an agency that specializes in only...
by Michelle Evans | May 14, 2020 | Media Planning
Consumer boredom is driving changes in media habits. TV and video streaming declines Total hours of TV viewing surged when shelter in place orders took effect. But the average number of hours households watching television is now dipping in most markets. Since we saw...
