Advertising & Marketing

Justin Rosenberg, CEO and founder of honeygrow, speaks with eMarketer vice president of business development Marissa Coslov about flipping its dining-in model to 100% mobile app orders with the help of third-party delivery providers.

eMarketer senior analyst Bill Fisher hosts principal analyst Karin von Abrams, senior analyst Paul Briggs, and research analyst at Insider Intelligence Matteo Ceurvels to discuss which brands stood out in 2020. What were the most memorable collaborations, how did companies build brand goodwill for the future, and what were some not-so-great examples?

While so much is up in the air, the past year has all but guaranteed one thing: next year will be one of digital acceleration. Here are five key digital trends we’re predicting for 2021, adapted from our latest report.

The share of connected cars in the US and Europe will surpass 90% by 2035, presenting further opportunities for marketers.

Coca-Cola is launching a full review of its marketing practices and partnering agencies—global strategies and digital innovation will likely be top priorities.

eMarketer principal analysts at Insider Intelligence Mark Dolliver, Jeremy Goldman, Jillian Ryan, and Debra Aho Williamson discuss their expectations for the media world next year: federal privacy regulation, a retail media trio to challenge the duopoly, the next iteration of virtual events, social entertainment's staying power, and more.

Brand Marketing: A new minimovie starring Mario Lopez as KFC’s iconic Colonel Sanders is drawing attention across social in an enjoyable example of out-of-the box marketing from a legacy brand.

YouTube is the single biggest source of supply in US CTV advertising. The digital video platform’s outsize role in the US CTV space is particularly striking given that advertisers can’t access CTV inventory on YouTube on non-Google platforms (e.g., Roku).

The US programmatic digital display market started 2020 off strong, but everything changed in late March when the pandemic put many advertisers on pause. Freestar CEO Kurt Donnell joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss the publisher monetization partner's experience of pandemic volatility and the K-shaped recovery of ad spending.

Athletic apparel seller Vuori is dipping its toes in a new advertising realm with its first-ever TV commercials—an opportunity to spotlight its high-in-demand product category, as many consumers are gravitating toward activewear amid the pandemic.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom and principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin discuss what an advertising rebound will actually look like next year. They then talk about how to reach ad-free streamers, new podcast measurement guidelines, and whether WarnerMedia just killed the movies.

Advances in AI and predictive analytics are using consumer scores to automate business decisions to predict things like risk and fraud. But concern over fairness means companies need to make scores transparent to consumers.

While email may not be changing as rapidly as some other digital disciplines, it evolves nevertheless. Gone are the days when a best-in-class marketer could rely on batch-and-blast techniques, where 100% of a brand’s email distribution list received emails that were 100% identical. Opportunities abound particularly in the realms of personalization and testing.

FreeWheel will now lead ad decisioning across all NBCUniversal properties, removing limits placed by the fragmentation of platforms and ad technology.

GroupM estimates that digital will make up 51% of total US ad spend, a rare “bright spot” that has been a boon for Google, Facebook, and Amazon.