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EIAA Marketers’ Internet
Ad Barometer
September 2005
Agenda
Background
The Research
What the Industry does well
Barriers to Advertising Online
Online’s Role within Marketing Strategy
Online Advertising Expenditure
Key Takeouts
European Online Advertising
Jupiter predict that the European advertising market will be worth over
€80bn by end 2005
Online adspend will be worth almost €3bn, almost 4% in share
The EIAA predict that online will account for 7% by 2008
The Research
Objective
To understand the role online advertising plays and attitudes
towards the internet amongst key advertisers across Europe
Methodology
Enders Analysis commissioned to run research
Telephone interviews with over 50 leading brand advertisers
Focus on FMCG, Entertainment, and Automotive sectors
Companies selected according to level of offline ad spend with top 20
advertisers by spend in each sector targeted
Mix of marketing decision-makers with national and European
responsibilities
Participating Advertisers
What the Industry does well
Shattering the myth….
1. Brand advertising doesn’t work
89% DISAGREE that brand advertising
online is a waste of money
Shattering the myth….
2. Online advertising is an add-on to
mainstream marketing strategy
81% think that online advertising is a
vital component of their advertising
strategy
Shattering the myth….
3. The internet only has a niche
audience
88% of those questioned agreed that
increasing broadband penetration is
making the internet more attractive as a
branding medium
Shattering the myth….
4. Online advertising can’t do both
branding and direct
Advertisers have similar broad
marketing objectives when using online
as with other media
Strengths
Audience reach topped the list of
unprompted strengths mentioned with
58% highlighting its benefit. Other
unprompted strengths mentioned were
accountability, the interactive nature of
the medium and the ability to innovate
Strengths by Market & Country
FMCG
Reach/targeting perceived most important strength
Followed by interactivity & ability to innovate
Entertainment
Reach/targeting perceived biggest strength
Accountability more of a strength for UK
Automotive
Accountability biggest strength in UK
Followed by ability to innovate and interactivity
Barriers to advertising online
Research & Measurement
Unsophisticated research tools mentioned in highest frequency
FMCG in UK also mentioned difficulty in comparing to other media in
a large amount
Only 3 out of 16 advertisers include internet in brand or media
influence studies
Many advertisers struggle to link online advertising to key marketing
and business metrics
Online Planning
Insufficient standardisation of formats
Insufficient dedicated staff and resources internally
Labour intensive nature of campaigns
Support
Lack of enthusiasm from ad agencies cited as top barrier to using
online
Lack of internal senior management support one of top internal
barriers
Senior marketers interviewed keen to build relationships “at the right
level”
Role within
Marketing Strategy
Branding Vs Direct Response
pan-European
UK
100%
78%
69%
61%
61%
53%
39%
47%
39%
31%
23%
Branding
FMCG
DR
Branding
DR
Branding
DR
Branding Vs Direct Response
pan-European
UK
100%
78%
69%
61%
61%
53%
39%
47%
39%
31%
23%
Branding
FMCG
DR
Branding
DR
Entertainment
Branding
DR
Branding Vs Direct Response
pan-European
UK
100%
78%
69%
61%
61%
53%
47%
39%
39%
31%
23%
Branding
FMCG
DR
Branding
DR
Entertainment
Branding
DR
Automotive
European Marketing Objectives
FMCG
Influencing purchase decisions the strongest objective
Followed by changing brand perceptions
Entertainment
Influencing purchase decisions and generating sales
UK & Europe less focussed on delivering customer contacts
UK less focussed on increasing brand awareness
Automotive
UK – Increase brand awareness, change brand perceptions & generate
sales
Europe – Influence purchase decisions & generate sales
Measuring Objectives
Purchase decisions, branding, sales are most common objectives
Yet brand awareness, purchase intent and sales are least used
measures
Click-through & registration measured across the board
Although branding related objectives more prominent, measurement
is still relates to DR
Search
Many advertisers already spending a significant proportion on search
vs. display advertising
Pan Euro FMCG advertisers invest very little in search
UK advertisers intend to increase search spend
Online Advertising
Expenditure
FMCG: Share of Adspend
3.8%
pan-European
UK
2.8%
3.5%
2.9%
2.2%
2.0%
1.5%
1.7%
2004
2005
2006
2007
Entertainment: Share of Adspend
6.5%
pan-European
UK
5.4%
5.2%
4.6%
3.5%
3.8%
4.0%
2.8%
2004
2005
2006
2007
Automotive: Share of Adspend
pan-European
8.7%
UK
7.5%
5.4%
5.8%
4.8%
4.2%
3.9%
2.7%
2004
2005
2006
2007
Reallocated media spend 2005
Majority of new spend coming out of traditional media budgets, particularly TV
UK
PanEuropean
Share of increase
from other media
All
TV
Print
DM
FMCG brand advertisers
57%
29%
14%
-
14%
Entertainment brand
advertisers
33%
33%
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-
-
Automotive brand advertisers
81%
-
41%
20%
20%
FMCG brand advertisers
83%
33%
-
33%
-
Entertainment brand
advertisers
50%
-
25%
25%
-
Automotive brand advertisers
50%
-
-
50%
-
European Online Adspend
FMCG predicting smallest share of spend in 2007, Automotive largest
Pan European advertisers predicting biggest growth in share of budgets
Exception with automotive where UK advertisers predicting biggest
growth in share
Advertisers predicting budget reallocated from TV and print to increase
online share
UK also intending to reallocate some DM budgets to online
Key Takeouts
Summary
Positive growth in spend predicted on all sectors
Online already and integral part of the marketing mix with objectives
following brand strategy and sales
Barriers derive from research/measurement, ease of use and
enthusiasm
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