Although seven of ten men 18-34 are going online more than ever before, they consider television a better advertising medium, according to Maxim’s annual Man Study, conducted by Hall & Partners to evaluate media usage of US men, reports MediaPost.
Some findings from the study:
- 71% of men age 18-34 spend more time online now than a year ago.
- 83% said they watch less than 5 hours of TV per day.
- If they were to create an ad themselves”¦
- 74% said putting that ad on TV would be the “most effective” way to have it be seen by their demo.
- 56% would use ads in magazines, 55% would use the web, 17% would use radio.
- 48% of Maxim readers said they would use female models to target men.
- 35% would attempt humor in the ad.
- However, nearly 40% said they would simply “focus on the product.”
- 30% said they “enjoyed using social networking sites.”
- 26% said they regularly “forwarded content to [their] friends online.”