“The video should be about the viewer as well as the brand. So ask yourself – what is the viewer, the person, getting from watching your video?” We recently asked the IAB Social Media Council to comment on their future predictions for Social Media trends in 2016. We received extensive and valuable feedback from many […]
“There is still that underlying opinion that ‘social media was once free’ (It wasn’t) and ‘now it costs me money to reach people’ (you mean like every other digital media channel that offers value?) I would see paid as the best opportunity for any brand to provide real business results.” We asked IAB Social Media […]
The ASAI & IAB Ireland held a special briefing for IAB Ireland members in Dublin on the 20th of January. The purpose of the briefing was to outline the areas of the new ASAI advertising code for Ireland (7th Edition, which will come into effect on the 1st of March, 2016), with a particular emphasis […]
First published in the Sunday Independent on the 10th of January, 2016. View the original article by Steve Dempsey here. There’s a long list of reasons for the growth in native advertising, or ads that match the form of the site where they are featured. The explosion of ad blockers, the rise in mobile content […]
It’s been a good year for Digital Advertising and a busy one for IAB Ireland, according to its CEO, Suzanne McElligott – this article was originally published in the Digital Edition December 2015 of IMJ, the Irish Marketing Journal. After a strong 2015, 2016 is set to be another good year for IAB Ireland. IAB’s role as the trade […]
Our guest blogger is Hugh Curran – Head of Digital and Social @ Atomic, who discusses the importance of determining a persona/content calendar strategy for social communications. Atomic are a Creative Agency based in Dublin and are IAB Ireland Members. Atomic’s clients include Leinster Rugby, Audi Ireland and Life Style Sports. Hugh is a member of […]
This blog piece is the second part of two part post. Read the first post here. Cathy Cowan of Maximum Media and Sasha Kinch of INM.ie are our guest bloggers. Cathy is Marketing Manager at Maximum Media, the digital publishing powerhouse behind lifestyle brands JOE.ie, Her.ie, SportsJOE.ie, HerFamily.ie and JOE.co.uk. Cathy recently returned to Dublin from London […]
We have had very active councils this year with a variety of outputs across Display, Mobile, Native, Search, Social and Video Councils. Just a few of this year’s highlights have been: Display: Viewability Briefing (January 2015), HTML5 Briefing (October 2015) Mobile: IAB Mobile Connect, IAB Mobile Audit 2015 (Retail and Auto), Mobile Workshop Native: Launch […]
Cathy Cowan of Maximum Media and Sasha Kinch of INM.ie are our guest bloggers. Cathy is Marketing Manager at Maximum Media, the digital publishing powerhouse behind lifestyle brands JOE.ie, Her.ie, SportsJOE.ie, HerFamily.ie and JOE.co.uk. Cathy recently returned to Dublin from London where she worked as Marketing Manager at Yahoo UK leading regional and EMEA wide B2B […]
Our guest blogger this month is Matthew Mooney – Human Experience Strategist at Radical.ie, who gives his view on the recent overuse of the Hashtag. Radical are a Creative Digital Agency based in Dublin and are IAB Ireland Members, they have been awarded Social Media Agency of the Year 2013, 2014 and 2015. Matthew is a member of the IAB […]
