What the 2022 HFSS Ban means for Media Buying
The recently announced ban for food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) before 9pm watershed on TV and all paid media online has caused upset in the marketing industry. According to research undertaken by the NHS, 1 in 3 children leave school…
HOW PAID SOCIAL ADVERTS CAN SAVE THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY DURING A PANDEMIC
This year’s holiday season fell under the COVID -19 pandemic. We all need something to look forward to amongst the isolation and missing family. We all love a holiday. Many of us count on it as a time to destress and escape normal life, even…
3 Things You Can Do Now To Prepare For A Future Without 3rd Party Cookies
The most talked about thing in the industry press right now is the depreciation of 3rd party cookies. Here at Tug, we’ve been preparing for this since the announcement last year and you can read our handy guide to the changes here. The most challenging…
How to Use YouTube’s New Audio Ad Formats
Last week, YouTube announced the launch of new audio advertising formats as part of their slate of audio investments in 2020. Other announcements have included new sales capabilities in AdsManager and better optimisation opportunities in DV360. With more than 50% of logged-in users listening to…
Programmatic Audio – What’s New and What’s Next
Nielsen has reported an overall 9.4% increase in total audio activity for H1 2020 compared to the previous year, with on-demand audio streaming seeing the biggest rise of 16.2%. It has also been projected that 46% of marketers would use ‘Digital Audio’ as a media…
Three Weeks Into A Global Pandemic: Planning for The Future
It’s been three weeks since W.H.O. declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic and a lot has changed. We don’t want to repeat the details of everything that has happened, but instead help you plan for the future. Consumer Behaviour Changes by Channel PPC: Search demands (and…
Bing Intent Ads
Whenever you’re performing an online search, Bing is often overlooked next to its juggernaut rival, Google. We all know the latter is the world’s number one search engine, but Bing Ads with 918 million monthly searches, a market share of 25.1%, and ads appearing on…
For the AdWords geeks
You may not have heard it through all the fake news, but rejoice, for this week the new AdWords interface is now available to all advertisers! They say a good worker never blames his tools. Although undeniably, with better tools you can do a better…
What Makes a Standout Programmatic Campaign?
With our session on how to use inspired creative across programmatic campaigns to really engage with audiences fast approaching, what better time to discuss my favourite campaign of all time. The rollout for Narcos Season 3 is the one campaign that really stands out for…
New IAB rules signal lean times for bad ads
The IAB’s New Ad Portfolio guidelines, released at the end of the July, aren’t intended for consumer reading, with their talk of ad sizes, subloads, render-blocking elements and gzip utilities. But buried in the detail are two new recommendations that would surely raise a cheer…