This week released our 11th payment study since May, 2018. Like the other payment studies covering Q2 and Q3 of 2020, the theme continues: payments are getting better. The timing of payments are coming in earlier, the underpayment amounts are getting smaller, and the number of companies that have never…
The recent lockdowns have pushed various economic sectors to the edge. But online content consumption across major social and digital platforms are at an all-time high. Given that, it’s easy to assume that online advertisers are raking it in. Unfortunately, the pandemic seems to have had the opposite impact on…
Internally we’ve seen CPMs carve out a bottom ahead of the year’s biggest week for ad spend. According to eMarketer, an estimated $39B will be spent between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. The frenzy from Black Friday and Small Business Saturday spills over into Sunday too, culminating in peak spend by…
Online advertisers have relied on third-party cookies for over 30 years now. They use cookies to gain insights into their audience, to help them refine their targeting. This once irreplaceable technology is the lifeblood of internet marketing, and for good reason. But not for long, as the advanced TV advertising…
Late digital media payments have fallen to their lowest level in 2.5 years, since we began tracking the data in April, 2018. Each quarter, OAREX publishes its Digital Media Payments Study, which is a comprehensive report about the status of payments in the industry. Our report includes payment performance from…
According to Moore’s Law, computer processing speed doubles every 18 months. That’s exponential growth. As of 2020, there are nearly 50 billion smart devices collecting, analyzing and sharing data. Most save data in the cloud, and the number of ads served across these devices is infinite. Despite the technological advances,…
With Q4 right around the corner, it’s time to grow. As you know, most ad spend happens in Q4. Especially this year, with so many ad budgets put on hold in the spring. You see, when brands quit spending in Q2, they stock piled ad dollars. But ad budgets are…
In analyzing the data for our quarterly Digital Media Payments Study, we noticed that the emergency SBA loans had a very positive impact on payments. Historically we track early payments, late payments and by how many days early or late. One metric we focus intently on is the percentage of…
In a bold and ironic move, TikTok is advertising up to $2,000 in advertising credit on Instagram, to gain market share during Facebook’s vulnerability amid the Facebook boycott. When looking for new traffic sources, it’s important to find the right channel. The right channel means you have the right audience…
If you’ve noticed recently there has been a boom in organic dog food companies. And the clever advertising that they’re deploying. I was having a conversation with a friend about it one night. Just a few hours later, I logged into Instagram to be hit with an ad for subscription…
