Every year our Perception Analyzer dials, and Perception Analyzer Online and Slidermetrix sliders, are used to rate some pretty cool stuff and 2014 was no exception. Here are the top 5 things our dials and sliders got moving on this year: Consumer Electronics Show Keynote (CES) Portland techies give Yahoo […]
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Slidermetrix Presents… Holiday Commercial Faceoff: Funny vs. Feel-good
Last week, CinemaBlend, an entertainment site that reports on movies, television, video games, and pop culture, posted 7 Great Holiday Commercials You Need to Watch Right Now. We watched them. We loved them. We laughed. We cried. Well, I wasn’t crying (I think maybe I just got something in my […]
Can Apple sell the new iPhone 6 like the old Mac? Tell us what you think with Slidermetrix
We’re all familiar with that classic dilemma, “What do you get the guy who’s got everything?” Well, the question certainly comes to mind when viewing the latest round of iPhone commercials. I mean how do you market something that’s already selling at a record pace (6 million sold in the […]
Why Google and EA Sports are turning fall into GIF giving season
Those magic seconds… whether it’s reaching your audience with the right message at just the right time or understanding what he or she is thinking in the moment, in advertising, as in advertising research, we know those magic seconds are what matters most. That’s why it was so intriguing to […]
Hey Online Advertisers… Better Make Those First Two Seconds Count
(photo courtesy of Facebook.com) Interesting AdWeek article discussing the new online video advertising viewability metrics announced by the Media Ratings Council over the past few weeks. While online advertisers acknowledge the need for a standard, the new metrics have ruffled some feathers because advertisers will now be paying for ad […]
Bloomberg: World Cup Brands Booting TV Ads for Web
Top image courtesy of Nike. Bottom image courtesy of Adidas. It seems like every day there is another article published about how online advertising and video content is rapidly growing, which we find to be very exciting at Dialsmith. Brands are re-focusing their marketing efforts on social media, and […]
Everything You Need to Know About Our Super Bowl Ad Ratings in 10 Bullets!
There’s probably a few of you who are interested enough and have the time to read through pages of reporting and watch a multitude of videos with analysis of the results from our Super Bowl ad ratings (if this is you, please feel free to skip down to the last […]
Ad Research Panel Analyzes Super Bowl Ads
Looking for what advertising researchers think about the Super Bowl ads? Dialsmith’s David Paull joined a panel of ad research experts in a two-part online discussion breaking down the impact and effectiveness of the Super Bowl ads and what metrics researchers look for to measure the winners and losers. The […]
Dialsmith Hits the Airwaves to Talk Super Bowl Ad Ratings
As part of our efforts to support the Super Bowl ad ratings work we’re doing in partnership with KGW NewsChannel 8 and their partner stations across the country, we filmed this news segment with KGW Business Reporter Joe Smith. David and I did our best to provide some background on […]
Watch and Rate the Early Super Bowl Ads Now
Remember when the Super Bowl ads could only be seen during the Super Bowl? Yeah, not the case anymore. Super Bowl Advertisers are releasing their ads to the public earlier every year, which means you have the first crack at viewing and rating these early birds and letting the advertisers […]
