Most customers want brands to take a side on political and social issues

Customers want brands to take a side, but advertisers don’t

June 16, 2020 John 0

Customers indicate that they appreciate it when brands take a side on controversial social and political issues, but doing so can alienate part of your audience. Advertisers are also showing extreme reluctance to promote themselves on content pages that address these controversies. What’s a publisher to do? Try doing what’s right, morally, instead of trying to turn every tragedy and controversy in to another opportunity to maximize revenues.