Content Marketing Bulletin, February 24, 2016

Virtual reality. Emojis. And more on how bad mobile ads are.

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by Peter Coish

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But wait, there’s more. How about emoticons, or emojis, as a content form? According to BI Intelligence, brands are jumping on them in a big way. At least 250 brands — including big ones like Dominos, Dove, and Toyota — created emoji campaigns in 2015.  Then there’s Diesel, who recently partnered with Pornhub to create (ahem) very specific emojis. According to Diesel’s creative director, “emojis have become the new Esperanto, a universal language which is understood by millions”.

And finally today, let’s take a moment to crap (once again) on mobile banner ads.  At a discussion at that same mobile congress, a high powered (and highly paid) panel concluded that “though marketers are prioritizing mobile marketing and increasing their budgets, they are failing to establish good connections with consumers”.  In other words, stuffing hard-to-avoid-and-easy-to-accidentally-click banner ads onto smart phone screens is pissing mobile users off.  Even worse, increasingly popular (with advertisers) video banner ads eat up data allowances, which just breeds more contempt.

Is it any wonder why ad blocking is on the rise? And why content marketing might be the best way to reach the mobile consumer?