Interview

The last couple of years have seen a revolutionary change in online consumer behavior, with some brands needing to adapt quite radically. That, along with tighter privacy controls, has left agencies wondering what the future of advertising holds and how campaigns will look in 2022 and beyond.

For an answer, we asked Desmond Lawrence, Global Digital Activation Director at Havas Media Group, to set out the key trends he sees in consumer behavior and what that means for the brands and agencies targeting them in the years ahead.

Brand messaging is not an exact science – but still many campaigns fail to meet their objectives despite the presence of strong creatives.

For an expert perspective on the most important considerations when designing effective creatives we asked Valeriia Filonich, Digital and e-Commerce Manager at Sisley Paris to outline some of the processes that can be put in place to maximise the chances of success.

Attention-grabbing videos are helping brands across industries to cut through the noise and capture that coveted audience attention span. Such are the power of video ads that within seconds, a viewer learns almost everything you want them to know about your brand and your products. Video ads also have the potential to evoke strong emotions among viewers which improves brand awareness and engagement. To help brands better understand the power of video advertising and the role it plays in brand building, RTB House spoke to Łukasz Wójcik, Marketing & PR Director, Mitsubishi Motors Poland about his experience as both a consumer and a marketer.

Whether clients use self-service platforms or managed service providers, they must be able to recognize the benefits of marketing technology while keeping an open mind on which approach is best for them.

Using specialized technology vendors can help a smaller company optimize digital advertising campaigns and compete with bigger rivals.

‘Talent of the Year’ at the 2022 MWG Awards, Robert Heijmans is an energetic advocate of new, cutting-edge approaches to marketing and advertising. He embraces new technology, relishes the challenges of a cookieless future, inspires clients with his vision and is tuned in to the big shifts in the media landscape such as consumer-centric advertising and segmentation. In this interview, Heijmans reveals what future possibilities most excite him.