Thursday, October 17, 2013

New Media and Advertising: New Opportunities

New media and technology offers an array opportunities for advertisers to get creative and interactive with their target markets. The technology landscape has exponentially grown and the way people consume their media has changed. With the advent of social media, consumers spend more time on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.

Companies like Facebook and Twitter are constantly looking for new ways to monetize their business and offer promoted and paid content on their websites. Facebook for example has an array of data that you can enter from geographic location, interests, and gender/age range. This data allows advertisers to drill down to reach their specific/niche target market.

Companies like SayMedia are advertising agencies that use creative ways to place interactive ads. Here are examples of things that they do.




These ad frames use interactive elements within the spot to engage their target audience to participate.


What are some creative advertisements that you’ve seen? Whether in the form of a tweet, or an embedded interactive spot? Comment below.



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