...One thing we do know is that users tend to have a higher expectation for advertising on their mobile devices, and rightfully so. For many of us, our phone or tablet is the first and last thing we engage with every day, making the connection to these gadgets increasingly personal. Because of this, unexpected experiences are not only unwelcome, but they can also seem exponentially more obtrusive and disruptive than they might otherwise.
Mobile content consumption is different from desktop browsing. Mobile is predominantly an entertainment medium versus the productivity mode the personal computer lends itself to. That being said, wouldn’t it follow that we should be looking for opportunities to present mobile users with entertaining experiences?
Yet the advertising industry has tried to make what first worked on the desktop work on mobile.
Consider the experience and functionality of the banner ad, developed almost 20 years ago for desktop display. Research has shown that consumers find display ads un-engaging; and .01% CTR numbers speak for themselves. Now consider the banner ad, fraught with challenges on desktop, within the mobile framework. With the device size, the banner ad creative is rendered nearly invisible in many instances; “fat thumb” syndrome causes users to accidentally click ads, taking them through a brand journey that often feels disruptive, not to mention the wrench this throws into attribution models.So how do marketers solve for the challenges we’re continually bumping up against in the mobile advertising ecosystem?...
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