1. The Rising Can't see nothin' in front of me Can't see nothin' coming up behind I make my way through this darkness I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me… …On my back's a sixty pound stone On my shoulder a half mile line Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine. — Bruce Springsteen
4. Media Spending Growth in the US First Half 2008 -1.6% 0.7% 1.6% Oct. 2008 ZenithOptimedia -0.8% -0.8% Oct. 2008 Wachovia -4.0% -1.3% Oct. 2008 Myers Publishing 3.1% 2.0% July 2008 MAGNA -6.0% 2.5% Oct. 2008 UBS 0.0% 2.0% Sept. 2008 Jeffries & Company 1.1% 1.9% Aug. 2008 eMarketer 3.1% 2.1% Aug. 2008 Carat Insight 1.9% 1.8% July 2008 BMO Capital 3.6% 3.7% Aug. 2008 Bernstein Research -5.5% -3.6% Oct. 2008 Barclays Capital 2009 2008 Date
5. 53% of US marketers expect reduced ad budgets over the next 6 months (July/Aug ’08) Source: Association of National Advertisers, July/August 2008; among 100 ANA-member marketers Epsilon (Summer ’08): 65% MarketingSherpa (Sept ’08): 70% MarketingProfs (Oct ’08): 31% say they’ve already cut!
6. What are marketers seeing for their traditional media budgets? 48 % will cut — MarketingSherpa, Sept. 2008 (n = 400 large companies) 59 % will cut — Epsilon, Sept. 2008 (n = 175 CMOs and senior marketers) 85 % will cut — MarketingProfs, Oct. 2008 (n = 600 marketers) “ Where’s the growth?!?”
7. US online ad spending growth for 2008 Source: eMarketer, Nov. 2008 15.2% growth in 1st Half, per IAB 15.0% growth for Microsoft in Q3 22.0% growth for Google in Q3 Double-Digit Gains
8. US online ad spending growth for 2009 Source: eMarketer, Nov. 2008 ??? ???
9. US online ad spending growth for 2009 Source: eMarketer, Nov. 2008 Double-Digit Gains
10. % of marketers planning to increase their online ad budget – despite the recession *63% of (175) CMOs said they had increased their online budgets in the past year N = 333 N = 1,811 N = 400 N = 175 N = 600 55% of global marketing execs plan to cut spending on traditional media in order to fund increased online efforts (June 2008) Over 70% of global marketing executives today believe online will determine how major campaigns are planned and executed Over the past 18 months, ROI for online has surpassed that of broadcast!
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Bruce Springsteen wrote this song, The Rising, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. He wrote it as a message of survival and hope. But we can apply this same message of hope and determination to our situation right now… as we face the challenge of our current economy.
