1.9 Million Australians Chasing Cheaper Energy as Winter Bills Arrive
For many Australians, the winter energy bill is one of the highest household expenses for the year. With three major retailers announcing energy price increases of up to 20% taking effect on 1 July 2017, Australian families are bracing themselves for an extra big hit on their household budget when...
Connection and Contrast: Marketing to Australian and New Zealand Consumers
Marketing teams strive to show how their smarts and silver deliver Return on Investment (ROI). Some global brands are looking for efficiencies by centralising marketing teams and exploring the merits of wider Pacific campaigns - so how alike are we to our Aussie neighbours and what are the...
Ad Spend from Cruise Ship Companies Set to Change Course
Australians are willing to take to the seas with more than half (55%) considering going on a cruise. Strong growth in advertising spend from cruise operators is driving consumer enthusiasm, but questions have been raised as to whether Sydney’s infrastructure can support demand. If tour operators...
Switching On: What Energy Retailers can Learn from the Changing New Zealand Landscape
Over the next decade, the New Zealand population will undergo some profound shifts. Larger households, ethnic diversity, ageing consumers, increased device usage and growing concern about the environment, will all need to be factored into future marketing and advertising planning for companies and...
Marketing to the Modern Woman: Tapping into the Multi-Screening, Multi-Tasking Australian Woman
Women know exactly how to harness technology and navigate the digital landscape to meet their needs and desires, and, women want brands to talk to them on their terms. Understanding patterns of behaviour and preferences for devices and platforms gives brands a better opportunity to reach, engage...
In with the New: Connected Aussies Embrace New Screens, New Video, New Retail
The rise of online media and its impact on the way Australians access information, entertainment, news, communications and transactional services has created a shift in consumer behaviour with wide reaching ramifications for the marketing and media landscape. While the Internet is no longer a...
Rugby, Racing, Reality: Twitter TV Ratings Reveals October’s Most Socially Engaged Programs
Social media is undoubtedly transforming the way viewers engage with TV as audiences share comments and opinions about their favourite shows in real time. The recent launch of Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings in Australia enables networks, agencies and advertisers to understand how audiences are reacting...
Let’s Talk TV: How Social Ambassadors can Drive Higher Levels of Program and Ad Engagement
‘Social TV’ is the term used to describe when a TV audience uses an online social platform to ‘converse’ about the content they are viewing on TV, or read others’ conversations or posts; in real time. Social TV – and its influential ‘ambassadors’ – is key to achieving higher...
The Best Bang for your Marketing Buck
Kiwis are expanding their engagement across different sized screens and media platforms; for marketers it's all about keeping up with - and in many cases, staying ahead of - these consumers. Ad spend remains one of the biggest and most strategic resource allocation decisions that the management of...
Apps on the Up as Engagement Soars
New research from Nielsen’s Application Market Intelligence solution shows that progressive companies who have responded to this mobile app opportunity, such as carsales.com.au, have captured incremental consumer touch-points for engagement.