Recently, it seems as if more brands are opting to use 'real people' in their ad campaigns. Dove, for instance, has developed several “Real Beauty” campaigns that feature real, everyday women of all body types. Despite the rise of these “socially realistic” ads, flashy ads… 
Society is changing, and advertising is changing along with it. The U.K.’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has proposed a new set of rules that would ban any ad found guilty of perpetuating gender stereotypes. The ASA’s new rules seek to address gender… 
Before it was installed, Fearless Girl didn’t look like much — it was simply a bronze statue of a defiant looking young girl. But when the statue was placed facing the iconic Charging Bull on Wall Street on March 7, Fearless Girl broke out of… 
Google has announced that it will be launching a new product, Google Attribution, in a few months. Google Attribution will help marketers track and evaluate the influence of their marketing efforts across all devices and channels. Google’s free, easy-to-use and data-driven attribution tool will help… 2017 has already had its fair share of advertising triumphs and disasters (think Pepsi). The following five ads have racked up millions of views by comically incorporating pop culture or by commenting on some of today's biggest social issues. Domino’s Pizza - “Home For Pizza”… Circa 1994 - Barolin + Spencer designed a unique marketing event for its client Hella Lighting. On Halloween night, members of the media and key Hella Lighting customers were summoned to Las Vegas for a press conference, followed by a very special “treat.” Hella Lighting’s… 
Have you ever clicked through to a website on Google only to be greeted by an annoying ad that takes up your phone’s entire screen? Have you ever become so fed up with the difficulty of removing the ad that you decided to leave the… 
The digital ad industry is booming. According to IPG Mediabrands' Magna, digital advertising sales overtook television advertising sales in the U.S. for the first time in 2016. Digital ads accounted for $70 billion in ad revenue, while television ads only accounted for $67 billion. Industry… 
Both Google AdWords and DoubleClick Bid Manager are advertising platforms run by Google that allow advertisers to place display ads on third-party websites across the Internet using a variety of targeting options to reach users that are most likely to be interested in their products… While reviewing a clients analytics, we came across some usual referral urls. Strange websites like buttons\-for\-websites.com. How is this website linking to our site? It's not. The referral is a ghost referral spam in Google Analytics. Users don't actually visit our site from these spam…
