In fact, the evidence suggests they are not cheap enough,” he said. “It is a false economy to spend a more limited budget on lower-attention media channels just because they are cheaper. The biggest winner will be effectiveness.”Ĭo-author Rob Brittain added: “Higher-attention media platforms may come at a cost, but given their greater effectiveness, you get what you pay for and then some. “For marketers, the winning formula is to develop high-attention creative and to serve it on high-attention platforms, engaging with attention metrics and using them to guide creative and media choices. This data now proves that poor platform choice can dramatically undermine the potential of great advertising,” said report co-author Peter Field. “Amplified Intelligence’s attention-tracking data is best known for powerfully demonstrating that brand advertising is better served on platforms that support stronger advertising attention.

In addition to the importance of high-attention media platforms boosting creative effectivess, the report also found that the business impact of marketing campaign investment increased by 65 per cent when strong creative was placed on high-attention media.Ĭampaigns rated as ‘highly effective’ at driving business returns in the ACA’s database drew 60 per cent more active attention than lower-rated campaigns.Įven compared to other highly effective campaigns, those with particularly strong creative held attention three times as long. It measured active and passive levels of attention gained by award-winning campaigns to determine the relationships between creative strength, attention, media choice, and marketing budget. Using human eye-tracking technology, a first for the marketing industry, the study analysed ads from 39 case studies in the Advertising Council of Australia’s Effectiveness Database. High-attention media platforms can boost the attention of strong creative campaigns by up to 75 per cent, according to a new study.

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