Trend in 2007

What trend to watch for in 2007....

*Online Ad Spending

*Some Money and Lots of Hype for Online Video Advertising

*Social Networks

*Downloadable Games Will Get Hotter

*Mobile TV Arrives

*US B2C E-Commerce

*The Retail Power of Word-of-Mouth*Broadband Services Will Matter as Much as Speed

*DVRs Pump Up TV Viewing

B2B Buyers Use Search Over eight in 10 US technology buyers begin their research for information on a major search engine, according to KnowledgeStorm and MarketingSherpa's "Connecting Through Content, Issue Two: Content Distribution — Where Information Intersects With Interest" report, fielded in April 2007. Over half of buyers scan three to five pages of search results on average. Only 11% stop at the first page. Over half of buyers read sponsored links "frequently" or "sometimes." Just over a third click on such links "frequently" or "sometimes." Some 14% of technology buyers said they frequently read sponsored links, and 6% frequently click on them. Nearly four in 10 technology buyers "sometimes" read the sponsored links, and 28% "sometimes" click on them. Nearly two-thirds of B2B marketers use a paid ad strategy to place their content on search results, and about the same proportion have a strategy for ensuring high organic/natural placement on search engines. Eight in 10 technology buyers said offline marketing, such as magazine ads or direct mail, "sometimes" or "frequently" leads them online to seek information.

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