Brands can save lives during the coronavirus crisis by running advertisements alongside news coverage of the outbreak (via IAB President David Cohen)
, a trade group for more than 650 leading media companies, brands, and the technology firms. He previously was president of Interpublic Group's Magna, where he executed large global transactions for the ad holding company giant and its clients, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Spotify, Twitter, and Verizon Media.
He says it's time for brands and agency executives to allow news and COVID-19 related information to run alongside all content. Most brands don't want to run campaigns beside bad news, but during a crisis, increasing viewer access to information is crucial.There is one simple, critical thing every brand and agency executive can — and must — do in the face of the coronavirus crisis. We ask all brands, agencies, ad verification firms, and other companies in the digital advertising supply chain not to block the news. This is not about politics — lives are at stake. All major brands and agencies have the ability to decide for themselves the 10, 20, 50, or 100 news organizations they deem legitimate and critical to our health, safety, and economy. Don't block them. Don't block them at all.Please immediately instruct your brand and agency teams to update your programmatic and all other media buying to enable advertising surrounded by topics you would have previously avoided, including "crisis," "COVID-19," "coronavirus," etc. The faster you do this, the more lives you will save. As Dr. Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at Harvard University put it, "In a pandemic, good info saves lives." Having spent the last 20 years working closely with marketers on the agency side of the business, I know all the arguments about this first-hand. Brands want to keep their ads and logo away from inappropriate content. No airline wants to run an ad next to a news story about an airline crash.But there's nothing normal about today's current global health crisis. Solid, fact-based reporting educates, informs, and saves lives.Brand safety must begin with consumer safety. Healthy consumers and a healthy economy are essential to healthy brands. Every dollar you spend on credible news sites helps save lives through the following: It ensures that credible news organizations can afford the staff required to provide critically vital information. It ensures that reckless disinformation efforts will be blunted by news that is accurate, fact-checked, and reliable.This is not only a wise thing to do. It is not only kind. It is absolutely necessary. It's hard to calculate the precise economic impact of blacklisting coronavirus content, but it will unquestionably be significant. Anof UK premium news sites by Adyoulike showed a 40% decline in homepage targeting in ads transacted in the open market for the first 15 days of March. You need healthy consumers and a healthy economy. Supporting credible news is the best way to maximize both. What's more, news organizations are showing significant audience growth. Audiences are paying attention. Open the floodgates of advertising dollars to support credible news sources. Don't debate. Don't delay. Do it now. continue to support your brands and your business with advertising.instruct your brand and agency teams to immediately update your programmatic buying immediately to enable advertising on topics you would have previously avoided, including "crisis" "COVID-19," "coronavirus," etc.encourage your colleagues to take immediate action; tweet, post on LinkedIn, shout it from the rooftops.
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