New Study by MAGNA & Yahoo Urges Marketers to Pair Media Placement with Quality Creative in Order to Drive Stronger Ad Effectiveness

Study reveals creative quality drives 56% of impact on purchase intent, and is particularly important for increasing awareness & shaping consumer opinion NEW YORK, NY – April 18, 2023 – Media placement and creative work hand in hand when it comes to effective advertising strategies. A new study by MAGNA Media Trials and Yahoo set …

MAGNA STUDY EXPLORES LISTENING RITUALS AND HOW AUDIO ADVERTISERS CAN IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT AND PURCHASE INTENT BY COMPLEMENTING DAILY ROUTINES

Contextual Alignment, From Matching Brands with Programming Genres to Day Part Rituals, Improves Brand Favorability, Search and Purchase Intent NEW YORK – April 17, 2023 – Rituals, as routine as running errands and doing chores, are also key audio-consumption moments in people’s lives and create positive environments for advertisers, according to new research conducted by …

Better Together: New Study by MAGNA Media Trials and Spotify Advertising Shows Storytelling Ads Resonate Best For Co-Listeners

This Largely Untapped Audience Feels Three Times Happier Listening Together and Reports Stronger Advertiser Associations across Favorability, Search and Purchase Intent NEW YORK – March 30th, 2023 – To uncover what marketers need to know about co-listening (the act of sharing digital audio experiences with one or more people), MAGNA’s Media Trails unit partnered with …

U.S. ADVERTISING MARKET REMAINS RESILIENT THANKS TO MEDIA INNOVATION

KEY FINDINGS U.S. media owners advertising revenues grew by a decent +6% in 2022 (excluding cyclical ad spend) to reach $315bn. However, ad spend slowed down significantly through the second half, and fourth quarter ad sales were flat year-over-year. Looking at 2023, there are mixed economic signals (slow but continued GDP growth, receding inflation, resilient …

MAGNA Study Explores Ad-Filtering Users, How They Accept Some Advertising and Reward Those Advertisers with Better Recall, Positive Brand Associations

The Same Ad Yields Twice the Attention on Low-Clutter vs. High-Clutter Pages; Carbon Emissions Improve When Advertisers and Consumers Meet on Ad-Filtered Pages NEW YORK and COLOGNE, Germany – March 20, 2023 – If two assumptions can be made about advertising, consumers are attempting to filter out intrusive ads, while advertisers are striving to capture …