OUR THOUGHTS
Wingman Media’s Our Thoughts blog offers insights for planning successful media campaigns while covering the latest trends in media buying, advertising, and marketing.

Paid Social Media Advertising Is More Important than Ever

7 Signs You Found the Right Media Planning Agency

Media Buying Power: The True Cost Of Advertising

How Apple iOS14 Privacy Updates Impact Digital Advertising

The Facebook Meta Rebrand and it’s Impact on Paid Social Advertising

Marketer’s Guide to Programmatic Advertising

Programmatic Video Advertising

Programmatic Audio Advertising

Programmatic Paid Social

Programmatic Connected TV

Programmatic Display Advertising: How to Boost Your Banner Ads

Programmatic Native Advertising

This Year’s Digital Media Trends

Post-Pandemic Advertising Trends

5 Reasons to Hire a Media Planning & Buying Agency

Does Podcast Advertising Work?

How Digital Media is Moving Beyond Web Cookies

A Simple Guide to CCPA Compliance

A Simple Guide to CCPA Compliance

How to Save Big on Advertising with a Winning Remnant Media Strategy

Signs You Might Need a New Ad Agency

People Hate Commercials So We Made Them Longer: The Two-Minute Radio Advertorial

The Three Secrets to Celebrity Endorsement Success

Why Data Match Rates Matter (and How to Improve Them)

Beginner’s Guide to People-Based Marketing

How to Select the Right Data Management Tools for Omni-Channel Marketing

How to Build an Omni-Channel Customer Experience for Retail Success
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How to Build an Omni-Channel Customer Experience for Retail Success
Learn why building an omni-channel customer experience i(CX) is necessary for retailers who wish...
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Is Your Ad Agency Digging Deep Enough to Discover Creative Gold?
When it comes to the creative process, we dig deep to find nuggets of advertising gold that most...
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The Cheater’s Secret to Writing Radio Spots That Convert: Talk to the Salespeople
The Cheater’s Secret to Writing Radio Spots That Convert: Talk to the SalespeopleFor every new...
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What Motivates the Consumer to Make a Considered Purchase?
Considered Purchase Marketing - It's All about Getting Back to BasicsCross-device buying patterns?...
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What All Home Improvement Companies Need to Know About Marketing to Hispanics
Marketing to Hispanics: How We Got It Right With Sit ‘n Sleep With home improvement spending on...
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Social Proof Matters. Here’s How to Get It.
Most advertisers need to establish credibility to succeed. Using a social proof strategy is one...
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Remnant advertising: the secret to buying media for pennies on the dollar
Learn how unsold media inventory or “remnant advertising” can be found at deep...
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From the Mall to Multichannel: How Consumers Are Shopping Today
While the local mall used to be the main destination for getting your retail on, today's...
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Is Online Furniture Really the Perfect Storm?
You can order up just about anything online these days -- from books to clothing to food to toys...
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Is Big Sleep Poised for Big Change? The “One Size Fits All” Mattress Trend
The mattress industry has become surprisingly polarized of late thank to the emergence of two...
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Is Your Ad Agency Working For You on Performance?
While most advertising agencies avoid talking about one particular topic, it’s our favorite...
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Are Your Advertising Strategies Election-Proof?
With political TV ad spending predicted to soar to $4.4 billion during this year’s federal races,...
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Are you Throwing Money out the Window with an Inferior 800 Number? Volume 2
We recently share our thoughts regarding the power of 800 numbers and -- more specifically --...
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Five Reasons Home Improvement Advertisers Need to Tune in to TV
Sure, television’s good for vegging out to The Walking Dead and Fuller House marathons, but does...
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The Evolution of Direct Response Advertising
New Game, New Rules Calls-to-action like “while supplies last” and “for a limited time only” with...
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A Peek Inside the Millennial Mind: What’s Ahead in Home Improvement
You may not know much about the Millennials, but know this: they’re coming for you. Well, more...
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Are Free Trials Worth Your While?
Between a fiercely competitive marketplace and dialed-in consumers, today’s home improvement...
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Screen time: what’s hot in home entertainment
Nearly three-quarters of Americans aged 12 and up report that they actively consume movies and...
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Move Over, Millennials: Baby Boomers Still Driving the Home Improvement Bus
While non-stop talk about Millennials may make Baby Boomers feel like having a few “Marcia,...
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Is your home improvement company missing out on the Airbnb effect?
The Airbnb revolution is underway turning homeowners with space to spare into entrepreneurs...
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Goodbye Tailgating, Hello “Homegating”
Home improvement experts agree: the outdoors are in for 2016. While we touched on the subject in...
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Seeing Green: Selling Consumers on Eco-Friendly Home Improvements
Today’s savvy homeowners have access to more information than ever before. However, are they using...
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The CEO: Your In-House DR Secret Weapon
After years A/B tests, Wingman Advertising continually proves its theory that having a company's...
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Why Your Customer’s Lawn is the Key to Our Ad Copy (Really)
"If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing...
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Behind the Business with Sit ‘N Sleep’s Larry Miller
BEHIND THE BUSINESS WITH SIT 'N SLEEP'S LARRY MILLERWe interview a client that's been with us...
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Vacation Home Purchases Are Booming: What Does it Mean For Advertisers?
Did you know vacation home purchases were up 54% year over year for 2014 and that vacation home...
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Considered Purchases For the Home News & Insights
Marketing Considered Purchases isn't easy, but it's what we do best. To that end, we're constantly...
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This Week in Big Data: Stories for the Interested Browser
It’s a buzzword. It’s a powerful tool. It’s misunderstood. The technology moves at an...
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Wingman’s Top 5 Game Day Ads
In Los Angeles, we have no NFL football team, so when the Super Bowl comes around, we root for our...
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Using Social Media Reviews for Social Proof Marketing
Social proof is a major asset when selling a considered purchase for the home. When uncertain...
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Knowing When to Kill a Commercial
After 30 years of selling, writing, and placing commercials on radio and TV, there is one...
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Is Mattress Shopping Easy? “Dream On” Says The New York Times
In the October 8, 2014 issue of The New York Times, Home and Garden reporter, Steven Kuruntz,...
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Programmatic Advertising Demystified
In a digital marketing landscape filled with jargon, programmatic advertising continues to claim...
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How to Choose the Right Celebrity Spokeperson
Here at Wingman, we’ve had a long history of success with celebrity spokespersons. We’ve learned a...
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Considered Purchases Branding: Homeowner as Hero
The teenage boy pops a piece of Blast chewing gum in a crowded hallway at his high school....
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Wearable Tech – Because Smart Phones Are Now Passe
If mobile and big data are still the current marketer obsessions du jour, it's not hard to see...
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