(More) Trouble for traditional marketing.
Posted by David Wiggs under advertising
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Razorfish recently published their 2009 Digital Report. 180 pages of forward-looking (and forward-thinking) trends in the digital world. A few points that stood out:
1. Emerging technology will not kill advertising but it will change it forever.
2. For a growing number of brands the digital experience is becoming as important as the physical product.”
Then a look at the trades any day of the week and you see their points in action:
Not reading TV Guide: Mr. Askins said the Air Force will spend at least 85% of its enlistment marketing dollars online, because its target audience of 17- to 27-year-old males is “not reading TV Guide like they used to. They’re living online.”
Reckitt-Benckiser to Shift $20 Million to Web From TV: Decision Driven by Need for More-Efficient Ad Rates.”
In the immortal words of a great philosopher, Forsest Gump ”That’s all I have to say about that”.




