There are two types of advertising campaigns to create impact: sales activation campaigns and brand building campaigns. What's the difference between the two?
In an exclusive creative study conducted in partnership with audio testing experts VERITONIC, we examine what is arguably the “best of the best” in the audio world by focusing on ads from the most prestigious advertising and creative award shows in the Audio Effectiveness 2018 Report for Creative Excellence Awards.
To understand the marketing effectiveness of direct-to-consumer firms and the state of their brand equity, Westwood One, America’s largest radio network, created the Direct-To-Consumer Media Attribution and Awareness Report. Here are the key findings.
As one of America’s most popular sporting events, nothing evokes passion like NCAA basketball and March Madness. Today’s consumers want to follow their favorite NCAA basketball teams, including when they are outside the home.
They say history is the best predictor of the future. If that’s true, can the growth trajectory of podcasting be predicted by historical adoption patterns of online audio streaming? Using Edison Research's Infinite Dial, we look at the possibilities.
Observers speculate what the name of the new SiriusXM and Pandora entity will be: SiriusAdora? Pandius? What does the proposed merger mean for advertisers?
To understand podcast revenue growth and advertiser sentiments, Westwood One commissioned Advertiser Perceptions to conduct our fourth annual study of brand and agency podcast spending sentiment. Here are the key findings.
“I’m advertising but revenues are flat. Why aren’t sales growing?” This is a question that haunts every advertiser. Fortunately there is a tool that sheds some light on this problem.
Should AM/FM radio ad copy be informational and make a factual case for brands? Or should ads employ storytelling that evokes consumer emotion? Different kinds of copy produce difference results. Here's how.
One would think the audience profile of an AM/FM radio station stream would be similar to the on-air audience. A recent analysis of the Westwood One Digital Streaming Network audience reveals some key differences in audience profile that are compelling for advertisers.
The impending T-Mobile and Sprint merger represents a big change for the companies and telecom landscape. The potential for growth is huge not just in size and sales but also in brand images and awareness. What are the implications?
For the first time, in partnership with Nielsen Catalina Solutions, Westwood One is unveiling results from a men’s personal care brand sales effect study. Here are the key findings.
The latest myth among pundits is that smart speakers are killing AM/FM radio. The claim is Amazon Alexa or Google Home owners spend less time with AM/FM radio. Here are the facts.
How many Pandora, Spotify, and AM/FM radio listeners hear ads? This was the simple question researcher Vision Critical/MARU posed to 2,617 consumers. Here are the results.
As one of the biggest names in retail, Amazon’s use of AM/FM radio shows a strong belief in its effectiveness driving sales. Here's why AM/FM radio makes sense for the retailer.
Whether you’re a local advertiser who buys local cable ads or a national advertiser buying network cable, media plans are gradually losing TV GRPs and reach. As 2018 media plans come together, how can advertisers replace lost cable TV audiences? AM/FM radio.