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Current Events

Amazon Prime: New Advertising Opportunities and Price Increase for Subscribers

Early in 2024, Amazon’s Prime Video will introduce advertisements on its platform. This change requires subscribers to pay an additional $3 per month if they wish to continue enjoying an ad-free viewing experience. Before this subscriber pricing development, Amazon Prime [...]

Warning to Marketers: Here’s What’s Happening with Political Ad Buys That Will Decrease Your Response and Increase Your Media Costs—Here are 10 Things You Should Know

Your marketing budget needs to adjust as the presidential election cycle nears— Costs are already going up in key primary and “swing” states, and just as bad response rates are going down because of so much advertising clutter and distraction. [...]

By |2025-04-04T07:13:12-06:00October 12, 2023|Current Events, Election Marketing, Political Marketing|

Marketing and Advertising in an Economic Recession or Inflation or Stagflation? Strategy for Surviving, Growing and Dominating Your Market

What should an advertiser or marketer do in a recession… or inflation… or stagflation? Having navigated my clients through 5 recessions/stagflation and the historic Jimmy Carter 14% inflation rates… and 20% interest rates… I have some perspective. I even had [...]

By |2023-06-06T09:42:10-06:00June 6, 2023|Advertising & Marketing, Current Events, Recession/Inflation|

Audience Stunned At My Shocking Statement: Why Advertising Budgets Are The First To Be Cut During An Economic Downturn Or Recession – 6 Things You Should Know

During times of economic uncertainty, businesses often make poor choices but seem logical at the time. Cutting marketing budgets has been proven to be the wrong cure for the problem. Just like raising taxes in a recession causes a greater [...]

By |2023-03-17T07:25:52-06:00March 17, 2023|Advertising & Marketing, Current Events, Recession/Inflation|
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