Digital Ad Spending Poised for Exceptional Growth
With consumers flocking online during COVID-19, demand for digital ads should be strong in 2021 and beyond.
With consumers flocking online during COVID-19, demand for digital ads should be strong in 2021 and beyond.
While it has bounced back more quickly from the pandemic than we expected a few weeks ago, total ad spending is still likely to decline in 2020. We expect the market will return to solid growth next year, though, powered by the expansion of e-commerce and consumer time spent online that the pandemic has fueled, coupled with a return to economic growth. We believe higher digital ad spending on direct-response (or bottom-of-the-funnel) campaigns and the return of more upper-funnel brand marketing will drive advertising budgets higher through 2024, leaving traditional ad channels like television competing for a stagnant revenue pool.
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