Brand marketing has different metrics to online sales marketing. Brand recall and engagement measure the first, sales conversion rates measure the second. New web2.0 web sites, social networks and video sites, are notorious for low conversion rates. New surveys are, however, showing excellent brand marketing results.
A cross-media study, by Experian Research Services, found that viewers are 25% more engaged in the content of TV shows that they watch online than on a TV. John Fetto, product manager at Experian, said that TV ads online are especially effective at reaching consumers.
“Web sites that are extensions of properties that exist in other media channels have great potential to funnel audiences that are highly engaged in the first place,”
he said
The Simmons study was based on 74,996 interviews with U.S. adults about the TV programs, magazines and Web sites that they watch, read and visit. The survey was conducted online and via telephone between October 2006 and September 2007.
[Via Meadiapost Publications]
[Disclosure: Yes, we are invested in a video and a social networking site. My views may be biased.]