Tag: apac

  • APAC Social and Mobile Usage to Surge in 2015

    APAC Social and Mobile Usage to Surge in 2015

    2015 promises to be an exciting year for digital marketing across APAC. In ever timely fashion, the comprehensive We Are Social Annual Report confirms this potential, highlighting robust growth for social, digital and mobile in the region over the coming 12 months. As we saw in 2014, rising mobile adoption is increasingly THE dominant regional consumer trend.…

  • 2015 in Preview: Top 10 APAC Digital Trends 2015

    2015 in Preview: Top 10 APAC Digital Trends 2015

    2015 promises to be an exciting year for Digital Marketing and Media in Asia. The core metrics won’t feel that different from 2014, but there will be increased focus in a number of areas, alongside raised expectations as Asia expands and matures from a Digital perspective. Here are the ten trends that, in DIA’s view, will change…

  • MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd’s recently launched supply side platform, MicroAd COMPASS, aims to provide a groundbreaking solution for APAC publishers . Kentaro Watanabe, MicroAd CEO, reveals that their new SSP will support increasing demands in the growing RTB market and optimize publisher revenue. See his full interview with Digital in Asia below.

  • APAC Digital Ad spend to grow almost 20% in 2014

    APAC Digital Ad spend to grow almost 20% in 2014

    Digital advertising investment across Asia-Pacific is projected to increase 17.9% to $41.07 billion this year, according to eMarketer’s latest estimates of global digital ad spending.

  • Digital Marketing and Consumer Trends Summary 2014

    Digital Marketing and Consumer Trends Summary 2014

    It’s that time of year again, as the industry gets out the crystal ball, and places bets for the next 12 months in Digital. Then of course waits to be proved wrong, as it doesn’t turn into the fabled “Year of Mobile”… yet again! (Disclaimer: It will probably actually be the “Year of Mobile” this year.) With…

  • Consumer Electronics Path to Purchase in Asia Pacific

    Consumer Electronics Path to Purchase in Asia Pacific

    Two in every three Asian shoppers has already researched and made a decision regarding which brand of consumer electronics product they will buy before they approach point-of-sale, online or offline, according to Text100’s Digital Index: APAC Consumer Electronics Study. The research looks at how different information sources vary in importance at each stage of the…

  • ASEAN Consumer Insight Report

    ASEAN Consumer Insight Report

    In 2015, The ASEAN Economic Community, or AEC, will come into effect, creating a single market that encompasses 600 million people across 10 countries. Brands in the region have a historic opportunity to connect with consumers as ASEAN enters a new growth phase.

  • Mobile Marketing in Asia

    Mobile Marketing in Asia

    Vserv in partnership with the MMA have compiled a series of presentations covering key mobile consumer stats for many of the Asian markets. These provide comprehensive summaries of the mobile landscape in each market, covering apps, ads and social amongst other topics.

  • Asia a Digital Hot Spot, Hottest for Mobile

    Asia a Digital Hot Spot, Hottest for Mobile

    A new report from World Newsmedia Network looking at global Digital hot spots, highlights again the impact of mobile in Asia. With large parts of the region having higher mobile than desktop penetration, mobile internet is currently leading broadband and desktop and will do so for the foreseeable future.

  • The Rise of the Social Media Hashtag

    The Rise of the Social Media Hashtag

    In just a few years the hashtag has gone from a humble and obscure symbol, also known as the pound sign, to a powerful online tool. The # initially gained prominence on Twitter, but has spread to use across a plethora of other online social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.