Communicus Weighs in on Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness on CBS MoneyWatch
With the Super Bowl typically scoring as the country’s most watched event of the year, the broadcast has no problem attracting some of America’s biggest advertisers. Yet squeezed in among returning stalwarts such as Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser are often several newbies, brands that are ponying up $4 million or more to make their Super Bowl debuts. This year, the game will include several fresh faces during the commercial breaks,...
Communicus Weighs in on Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness on BrandChannel
A lot has been made of NBC’s late closing of inventory for Super Bowl ad spots. But really, you can just blame it all on automakers: At least a half-dozen car brands that have been reliable Big Game advertisers during the last few years have decided, this year at least, to bow out. Audi is the latest to join the Big Game holdouts. Confirming what both auto and branding observers suspected for a while, the company said today that...
Few Automotive Brands Win With Their Super Bowl Ad Buy
The most noteworthy trend in Super Bowl advertising is the sharp decline in automobile brands that have bought airtime for the 2015 game. Historically, the automotive category has been the most represented, with 11 brands present in 2014. Only four automotive brands have signed on so far this year, and five recent advertisers have RSVP’d “no.” It’s likely that much of the reason for the decline is that less than one in five auto...
Does Super Bowl Advertising Really Pay Off?
As anticipation for the 2015 Super Bowl begins to build, marketers and sports fans alike are awaiting Sunday, Feb. 1. Advertisers who are investing $4 million or more in a Super Bowl commercial are busy plotting their creative strategies and public relations programs while the rest of us wait to be entertained. But marketers everywhere should take pause and examine past insights that have emerged from previous Super Bowl ad...
Super Bowl 2015: Brands Rev Up Ads, Engagement as Countdown Begins
With less than a month until Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, brands are preparing their campaigns to woo the millions of fans worldwide who will be watching. Currently, the ad inventory for the game on NBC—up to $4.5 million per 30-second slot—is virtually sold out as half of the anticipated top-40 brands already have skin in the game. Click HERE for more.