Advertisement research has been quite interesting, I noticed when I’m checking Instagram there’s quite a few food sponsored posts and I’ve also seen musician sponsored post from other accounts. I also see some cosmetic and fashion sponsored ads. YouTube ads include a number of different ad brands and companies. The YouTube ads often seem to be random it feels while Instagram ads seem to be more targeted toward the user. I do find that the YouTube advertisements are quite bothering because some ads include the 5-10 second non-skippable ads. I’m not super familiar with Facebook ads because it’s not a platform I use super often, but I find it very interesting how relevant Instagram ads are. During scrolling you can be thinking or talking about a product or restaurant and the advertisement or sponsored post appears, certain companies have definitely mastered the Instagram algorithm. I also find that the Instagram ads normally have good photography, sometimes they even make you click and head to the Instagram pages.
Next, it’s time to compare different types of advertisements for example newspaper, magazine, billboards, radio and tv which are more traditional ad sources. Based on the media that I often see, it mostly contains social media and tv. I rarely look at newspapers and magazines and I feel that billboards are not often paid attention. For example a billboard that I would personally read is one in downtown LA or San Diego that show special events or big concerts. I would say that social media like Instagram and YouTube ads may reach more people sooner and faster because so much of the population in developed countries own smartphones and laptops. I also think that social media ads can also target audiences more effectively than TV, the television commercials won’t reach people without cable and I find that tv commercials can be quite overplayed and become bothersome as well. I think that Instagram advertisement is very efficient, I’ve also been able to get some good results from them.
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