Marketers already put the most money behind their most interesting consumer advertising
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The good news is that marketers can tell when they have made something interesting and back it accordingly. In both markets the Non-Dull quartile attracts the highest media spend: $21.2bn of $66.1bn in the US (32%) and £1.61bn of £5.11bn in the UK (31.5%). The Extremely Dull quartile attracts the least.
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Another Dull Whitepaper: The Extraordinary Cost of Dull - launched at Cannes Lions 2024 (2024)
Jon Evans (System1), Adam Morgan (eatbigfish) and Peter Field
p. 15-16, The Extraordinary Cost of Dull (2024)
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