Posts Tagged ‘social media affinities’
Political Audiences: Targeting the Open Mind
Persuadable open-minded voters are everywhere, and a campaign’s ability to accurately target them could solidify their candidate’s chances of victory. While campaigns have classically referred to voter lists and basic demographics for outreach efforts, a programmatic approach allows a deeper dive into data, providing new insight into how and where to reach open-minded voters and…
Read MoreRestaurants Need to Look Outside Current Customers
For years, restaurant marketers have looked inside to current customer data as a roadmap for future sales. First party data provided a perfect seed for look-alike modeling to then build scale. “I know my customer” was the mantra. And data science could build off of that seed a perfect mold to cast a repeatable customer…
Read MoreAchieving Audience Success in a Sea of Streaming Providers
As the streaming video landscape continues its rapid (and often confounding) evolution, both consumers and brands find themselves surveying a wide playing field of SVoD providers. Weeknights are no longer solely devoted to Netflix binging – new streaming services such as Apple TV+, NBCUniversal Peacock, and HBO Max will join Disney+, Hulu, and a large…
Read MoreAffinities Tell the Story Between Candidates and Issues
Since the Obama campaign of 2008, the world has come to realize the power of social media in politics. Politicians flock to social media to communicate policy, engage with constituents and to debate the issues with fellow candidates and pundits. For the last decade, Affinity Answers has been a leader in understanding the publicly available…
Read MoreAffinities Identify the Most Engaging Content and Personalities on YouTube
Channels with the highest brand affinity outperform channels based on genre and subscriber count AffinityAnswers is not just for tracking brands; advertisers can also find which YouTube channels – based on the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter behaviors of the channels’ fans – have high affinity for their brand. This level of insight was key for…
Read MoreSocial Affinities Serve as High-Performing Proxy Audiences for Product Launches
Affinity-based segments for related brands effectively extend audiences Social affinities are a great way to tap into your own fan base’s preferences to extend to other brand audiences that would be highly receptive to your content or messaging. Even during a time where social is at tremendous scale, not every brand will be equally represented,…
Read MoreBudweiser’s Social Affinity is Driven by Traditional Advertising
Increased TV ad spend moves the needle For Budweiser on ESPN One of the biggest misconceptions about using social affinity targeting is that it’s only effective on social. There is indeed value in having tools that provide efficiency and insight in the social sphere, but mutual social affinities are so much more. Social affinities represent…
Read MoreA Look Back at 2015
Another year has come and gone, and we at Affinity Answers could not be more excited to share the good times and prosperity awaiting us in 2016 with all of you. Just before the ball drops and 2015 is in the history books, we are taking a look back at a sample of the big…
Read MoreTop Music Artist Affinities of 2016 Presidential Frontrunners
Ben Carson is up, and Joe Biden is out. Presidential campaigns are long, rough-and-tumble marathons, and the 2016 cycle is no different. Another tradition of White House contests: politicians using music on the campaign trail. Whether it’s Katy Perry performing for Hillary Clinton’s campaign and taking over her Instagram or Steven Tyler asking Donald Trump…
Read MoreRadio Listening Influences Social Engagement
The effectiveness of radio as an advertising medium has long been established and championed. It continues to garner massive audiences and serves as a beacon of information and entertainment in local communities – a feat not easily duplicated by any of its counterparts. At Affinity Answers, we are constantly looking for ways to connect social…
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