“Vanity metrics are dead.” I don’t think anyone would be surprised if I said this was heard on stage at a podcasting event. But in this case these words came out of the mouth of Sara Badler, Chief Advertising Officer, North America for The Guardian, at Branded Content Days NYC 2026. The event brought together […]
It’s table stakes to measure the outcome of an ad campaign. How did it shift awareness and perception of a brand? What actions, like a click or purchase, did it drive? But how do we isolate a campaign’s outcomes, with confidence? No attribution signal or metric is ever 100% deterministic. That is, while we can
Brand Lift Is the Incrementality Measure Brands Are Looking For Read More »
Advertising Week New York packed the house this year — especially inside the Podcast Zone, where Sounds Profitable hosted two full days of sessions that were, quite literally, standing-room only. Our observation from the panels, and from that leaning-in audience of buyers, planners, marketers and creators in the house, is that podcasting isn’t waiting for
When you’re producing a podcast wouldn’t you like to know… …who’s in the audience? Not just basic demographics, but the interesting facts and qualities that directly relate to your objectives? …what your audience really thinks about your show? Not just reviews and social media chatter, but also the thoughts from among the majority whom you
The Magic Formula: Podcast + Audience Research = Growth Read More »
In the panels, presentations, hallway discussions, and even over cocktails, a few recurring themes emerged during Podcast Movement 2025 that revealed an industry ready to mature beyond its adolescent phase and signal a shift in balancing podcasting as both an art and a business. Here are some takeaways we believe will help define success in
Balance and Momentum: Strategic Insights from Podcast Movement 2025 Read More »
Branded content in podcasting has been on my mind lately, and if it’s not on the mind of CMOs, brand marketers, content studios, podcasters and publishers – I think it should be! And here’s why… The just-released IAB / PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report for 2024 calls out four factors driving podcasting’s revenue growth of
Unique Opportunity: A Spectrum of Branded Content in Podcasting Read More »
At Signal Hill Insights we’re proud to have just released our second annual Benchmark Report: Branded Podcasts. It’s the only report of its kind, analyzing survey responses from more than 15,000 podcast listeners, offering their opinion on branded podcast episodes, as well as how the podcast shaped how they feel about the brands behind them.
The “Why” and “How” Behind Branded Podcast Performance Read More »
Podcasting in Canada is growing. This is something we talk about a lot in the industry, but it’s easy to lose perspective on what that growth really looks like when you’re focused on the year-over-year growth of monthly listening. We started tracking Canadian podcast listening in 2017 with The Canadian Podcast Listener, currently the longest-running
Five million new Canadian Adults have become Monthly podcast listeners since 2019 Read More »
Advertising Week NYC is in full effect, and I’m on the ground taking it all in as we publish. Going into this week I couldn’t miss Digiday’s “Guide to What’s In and Out” at the event, especially this proclamation: In Resurgence of brand building OutFocus on performance marketing That’s music to my ears, and prompts me
Podcast Advertising Trends: Branding is “In” Read More »
How can I grow a larger audience with my podcast? That’s the first question asked by virtually every podcaster, publisher, and brand that ever launched their own podcast. Truth is, there’s no easy answer. Some assume it’s all about marketing. While that is certainly one component, it’s not the whole picture. As Tom Webster points