Attention someone chose to give is worth more than attention you made them give
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Attention someone chose to give is worth more than attention you made them give
The reason voluntary attention pays is agency: a viewer who keeps watching a skippable ad is choosing to give it attention. dentsu argues this voluntary attention lives in the same space as earned attention, and that this is where brand equity actually gets built.
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The Brand Reset: Capturing Sales and Brand Equity from Attention - dentsu, in partnership with Kantar and Lumen (2026)
dentsu with Kantar, Lumen and TVision; methodology and analysis Dan White, advisor Les Binet; foreword Will Swayne
p19, The Brand Reset, dentsu with Kantar and Lumen, April 2026
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