Twitter and TV in a Mutually Beneficial Relationship

Twitter and TV in a Mutually Beneficial Relationship

Ever since hashtags have been showing up on TV, we’ve been talking with every client that would listen about the synergy between social media and traditional media. Now, finally, we have credible research that verifies that we’re right. According to a new...

There’s Magic in the Local Media Mix

Recently I read an article about one topic that we talk with our clients about on a regular basis. A smart media mix! Here at Bob Abbate Marketing we promote a media mix that includes traditional media as well as social/digital media. Through this mix of media,...

Gallup: TV Still Main News Source

More than half (55%) of American adults still say they turn to TV for news about current events, with Fox News Channel as the leading source, according to a new poll by Gallup. Of those 55%, 26% simply said television or TV news while 8% said Fox News, 7% identified...

Value At The Core Of Advertising

Value At The Core Of Advertising I read an article in yesterday’s New York Times that make me stop and think. Have today’s packaged goods companies and their Madison Avenue agencies become so detached from the American consumer that they have forgotten...

“Dumb Ways To Die” Lives

I’m not big on advertising awards shows and competitions. So many of the ads that are entered seem to have been created purely to win awards. The ads we create are created to get results. Our budgets have no room for fluff. But this ad, this ad is different....