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This Just In . . . Online Advertising Works Better

Posted by Sean McMahon on 05.11.2009

dollar-sign-button2In a previous blog post last month titled ‘Online Sales – Making Sense (and Cents) in 2009′, I purported that promoting your brand through online channels, especially search engine marketing, continues to outperform all other forms of advertising today.  A new report released by TNS Media Intelligence in an article today titled ‘US Advertising Continues to Imitate a Stone‘ from eMarketer confirmed that this was if fact the case for during 2008, as well.

This new report reveals that of the six (6) major advertising channels (i.e., television, magazines, newspapers, online, radio, and outdoor media), only online advertising experienced growth in 2008.  As shown in the the eMarketer chart below, total online advertising increased an impressive seven percent (+7.0) in the fourth quarter of last year, and more than four percent (+4.6%) for the full year compared to 2007.

US Advertising Spending Growth, by Media, Q4 2008 & Full year 2008 (% change)

Once again, it is evident that, as more and more consumers choose to research and purchase more and more products and services online, today’s savvy marketers continue to shift a substantially greater portion of their advertising budget to interactive marketing.

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One Response to “This Just In . . . Online Advertising Works Better”

  • Sunny 05.16.2009 at 10:31 pm

    Interesting post!
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    Like your Web site – full of tips on Internet marketing – pretty useful for me, as I am trying to make money from my Web site.
    Lucky is the person who will get an intership in your firm!


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