Pester power factor in mobile purchases
Dec18

Pester power factor in mobile purchases

In its study, The Mobile Device Path to Purchase: Parents & Children it found that for Apple, “child pestering” is the top predictor, being twice as important as social media, while for Samsung, it was the second predictor (first was positive word-of-mouth, by about 15%) in driving parental purchase intent. Jeri Smith, president and CEO, Communicus, said. “We found that ‘pester power’ can even outweigh a parent’s beliefs that a...

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College Football Playoffs – Who cares how teams succeed; how can brands succeed is the bigger question
Dec18

College Football Playoffs – Who cares how teams succeed; how can brands succeed is the bigger question

ESPN announced a line-up of 15 brand sponsors for the first-ever college football playoff series. Official sponsors range from food and beverage brands such as…

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Why ‘Popularity’ Doesn’t Equal Success in the Ad World
Nov20

Why ‘Popularity’ Doesn’t Equal Success in the Ad World

On the behavioral side, some of the most well liked campaigns and executions are actually less successful in changing behaviors than those that have more average liking.

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Mobile-reliant Hispanic market could be a key for Apple Competitors [INSIGHT]
Nov13

Mobile-reliant Hispanic market could be a key for Apple Competitors [INSIGHT]

Communicus has revealed Hispanic-specific findings from their research into how parents and children engage with and purchase mobile devices. Key findings from Communicus’ research include: · Hispanic children are 70% more likely than general market children to own a tablet. Hispanic pre-kindergarten aged youth are 45% more likely to ask their parents for a tablet. · Half of Hispanic parents are considering purchasing Samsung, Google,...

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Turning the Advertising Spigot to ‘Off’ – What Would Really Happen to Your Brand?
Oct14

Turning the Advertising Spigot to ‘Off’ – What Would Really Happen to Your Brand?

Conventional wisdom says you’d better not stop advertising – if you go dark for any significant period of time, your brand is sure to suffer. But is this really the case? Could your brand actually coast along just fine without advertising for up to a year or more? We quantify what happens when consumers don’t see a brand’s advertising. And mostly, brands do suffer without advertising, and the effects start to occur within a relatively...

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