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2020 In the Year View Mirror

January 11, 2024

December 27, 2020

Written By:

Pasquale "Pocky" Marranzino

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up”

Vince Lombardi

This quote pretty much sums up 2020 for the advertising industry. Many, many businesses, not surprisingly, cut their advertising budgets. In the heat of the battle, Karsh Hagan continued to be agile and flexible for clients. We also got more creative with media buys, ad production, and meetings utilizing the latest technology pumping out creative content quickly. In the early days of Covid, much of the messaging for our clients focused on safety. Thanks to Zoom, Google and Microsoft we remained very productive and we are proud of our staff for meeting the Covid challenge head-on. Now, businesses are planning for the future in the hopes of a rebound.

It looks like the first half of 2021 will look a lot like 2020….flex schedules, restrictions, more Zoom meetings. With vaccines now being delivered, there is light at the end of the tunnel. We are grateful to our clients and to our industry partners for hanging in there with us to weather this storm. As eternal optimists, we know that things will slowly get better and we expect an explosion of pent-up demand around mid-year. We will be locked and loaded in anticipation.

It is not surprising that digital media surpassed traditional media in 2020 and is now over 50% of all ad spending. Television did relatively well given that, according to Ad Age, over $8.5 billion was spent on political ads during this election cycle. Out-of-home continues a pretty good run although slowed by Covid. When movie theaters hopefully reopen, this will be good for the industry too. And, let’s not forget the Tokyo Olympics coming up next summer…. a significant driver for advertisers.

A return to normal is within sight.

Wishing all a happy, healthy, prosperous and Covid-free 2021!

Pocky Marranzino, Co-CEO

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If you could be anyone you wanted to be, who would you be? How exciting is it to think that you could start a new chapter in your life in a whole new world? Without the limitations of the physical world and human constructs that have been created around you?

Well that’s where the Metaverse comes in. There are whole new worlds being created out there that will remove the physical limitations of life and allow you to chase your dreams and be who you want to be.

Sounds pretty exciting right? Let’s dig in a little more to understand what this might look like.

SO, WHAT IS THE METAVERSE?

Simply put, the Metaverse is the convergence of all the digital things you do online into one virtual experience.

In a sense, it already exists. We sit on Zoom calls, research on the web, talk on social media, buy things on Amazon, watch streaming events and online video, and play games. The Metaverse is already here.

But think of tying all of it together and removing some of the limitations that still exist in your physical life when you access the web.

But how is this all of the sudden now possible?

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