The Best Adverts Of Super Bowl 2017

The Super Bowl is one of the biggest sporting events in the world with over 160,000,000 people tuning in to watch the final. With such a strong audience, it is no wonder that it’s one of the advertising’s biggest day of the year.

Below we have selected our top 5 adverts that aired last night during the Super Bowl.

 

Honda, Yearbooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=f06ng5cII8o

 

Mr. Clean, Cleaner of Your Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDzMxlw2Fgo

 

Audi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6u10YPk_34

 

T-Mobile’s #UnlimitedMoves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_4tX4XwI8

 

Lifewtr’s Inspiration Drops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_GEgNchRY

 

Marketing strategies to consider for 2017

Personalized & segmented content

Looking at your existing clients and potential clients as one and lumping them together in one advertising strategy will soon to be ill advised… brands are beginning to realise that breaking their audience down into segments and targeting as such will reap better rewards by delivering content that will resonate better. Research and use of data will aid this segmentation and ultimately find the content that each audience will find most engaging.
Targeted messaging can be achieved through different email lists, in-app messaging, different content for different social networks i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn.
Traditional advertising mediums can utilize different messages aimed to separate audiences, changing the copy and content to engage the correct audience.

Increasing multimedia content

Content has become increasingly visual over the years. The power of video has been evident on Facebook in the last two years, with 500 million people now watching a Facebook video every day.

Pokemon Go showed us the possibilities with augmented reality. Several virtual reality sets have gone on sale this year. Facebook has rolled out 360-degree photo publishing and more recently Facebook Live.  Brands will be early adopters and experiment with these new forms of getting their message heard.

The rise of paid promotion and the decline of organic reach

The change over from Facebook and Instagram publishing chronologically to algorithm based feeds means that they control more of what you see…this has led to brands being seen less organically from 15% to 2 %,  and forcing them to start investing. Ultimately 2017 is likely to see social media advertising options increase and the advertising spend with it.

Mobile first, second and third

Mobile traffic now outstrips desktop.

Google has introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, a light version of a web page that will load ultra-fast on mobile.

Brands will need to continue to put mobile first and think about the handheld experience when creating content and advertising.

The changing face of influencers

Brands are starting to realize that their budgets might be better spent recruiting 20 micro-influencers who have a genuine relevance to the brand, rather than using one mega-influencer. These individuals allow brands to get in front of a relevant audience that is likely to be more engaged. As a bonus, the influence comes across as more authentic.

Influencer marketing will continue to mature, as the struggles with reaching people organically, and the rise of adblockers means brands will need to use influencers as part of their distribution strategy.

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UK Adspend looking positive despite Brexit gloom

Adspend in the UK is forecast to grow for the eighth successive year in 2017, with predicted growth up from 5.8% to 7.2%, according to the latest figures from the WPP media agency group.

Upgraded growth forecasted for Group M this year – up from 6.3% to 7.2% for 2016.

Traditional media advertising spend is predicted to fall from -1.1% to -2.6% for 2016 and from +0.5% to -1.4% in 2017

TV ad spend is expected to be down 0.1% this year and up 1.0% in 2017.

A growth in cinema advertising is expected by 1% in 2016 and by 3.4% in 2017 following a huge increase of 21.5% in 2015.

Pure-play digital ad market share has risen to 52% this year and is predicted to grow up to 55% next year.

A 15% rise in digital display demand is likely for next year, with paid search accelerating and remaining the largest driver of growth.

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