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Irvine, CA August 8, 2018

Battling the ‘Retail Apocalypse’ – Targeting the Right Store Trading Zone

The perceived story of declining traffic to brick and mortar retail stores has gone from bad to worse in the last few years. While online sales continue to show consistent growth, sales and foot traffic to many major store brand locations have been extremely variable, with customer traffic to high-profile brands and large malls declining. This is not a simple, one-size-fits-all story – that online sales is cannibalizing physical locations. Online sales as a percentage of total sales vary hugely from 2-3% of grocery to the vast majority of books, games and other easily-delivered items.

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Battling the ‘Retail Apocalypse’ – Targeting the Right Store Trading Zone

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Irvine, CA June 28, 2018

The Role of Digital Owned Assets in the Growth of Market Share

USIM’s Rob Jayson, in collaboration with Martin Paul Block from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism & Marketing have published two papers that detail the important role a brands owned assets (like website and Facebook page) play in increasing market share. The studies measure different brands share of their categories total traffic to those owned assets compared to those brands share of paid media in their category.

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The Role of Digital Owned Assets in the Growth of Market Share

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New York City, NY June 5, 2018

USIM Wins MediaPost Programmatic Agency of the Year

U.S. International (USIM) has been selected by MediaPost as the advertising community’s Programmatic Agency of the Year for 2015. Each year, the publication’s prestigious awards program recognizes the most successful agencies in eight different categories. USIM was recognized for its vision, innovation and leadership in the area of programmatic media services.

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USIM Wins MediaPost Programmatic Agency of the Year

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Irvine, CA June 4, 2018

USIM and Palace Entertainment Join Forces for a Habitat for Humanity Corporate Build Day

USIM and its client, Palace Entertainment, a leading leisure park operator throughout the U.S., joined forces on Wednesday, May 2, to support Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. The team put the finishing touches on two single-family homes in Fullerton, California, with USIM and Palace volunteers working together to install light fixtures, paint windowsills and baseboards, among other tasks. This is the second volunteer collaboration for USIM and Palace, having previously completed a corporate build day together in 2015.

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USIM and Palace Entertainment Join Forces for a Habitat for Humanity Corporate Build Day

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Los Angeles, CA June 4, 2018

Erbert & Gerbert’s Sandwich Shops: USIM Named Media Agency of Record

USIM today announced it has been selected by Erbert & Gerbert’s, a franchised, quick-service restaurant chain, as its agency of record. USIM will be responsible for all of the brand’s media efforts, with a primary focus on digital services, working across local co-operative franchise groups as well as system-wide.

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Erbert & Gerbert’s Sandwich Shops: USIM Named Media Agency of Record

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Irvine, CA May 23, 2018

The Future of Voice Search

It’s no secret that voice search is exploding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 2017 Internet trends report specifically called out voice search, saying: “Voice is beginning to replace typing in online queries. Twenty percent of mobile queries were made via voice in 2016, while accuracy is now about 95 percent.” (Recode, 2017) Here at USIM, we reviewed the current state and usage of voice search, including who uses it, how they use it and we’ll share some examples of how early adopter brands are already leveraging voice search.

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The Future of Voice Search

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Irvine, CA May 22, 2018

How Will Facebook’s Third Party Data Updates Impact Business?

Facebook has recently been under tremendous scrutiny due to data protection issues, culminating with Mark Zuckerberg testifying in front of Congress in April. The issues stemmed from a data-sharing scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm, which gained access to private information resulting in a data compromise of 87 million users.

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How Will Facebook’s Third Party Data Updates Impact Business?

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New York City, NY January 30, 2018

USIM Names Zenith’s Rob Jayson its Executive Vice President

USIM, the fastest growing independent, full-service media agency, has named Rob Jayson its Executive Vice President of Insights and Analytics. Jayson brings 20+ years of robust experience in marketing analytics, audience sciences, media strategy, media buying and research to USIM.

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USIM Names Zenith’s Rob Jayson its Executive Vice President

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New York City, NY January 30, 2018

USIM & Concept Farm Win Gold for Aruba Campaign

U.S. International Media (USIM), the fastest growing independent media services agency, in conjunction with ad agency Concept Farm, have once again been recognized as a leader in the industry for their progressive marketing efforts. The 2015 HSMAI Adrian Awards have awarded Gold for One Happy Selfie–Aruba’s outdoor advertising campaign. The Adrian’s are considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the travel and hospitality industry.

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USIM & Concept Farm Win Gold for Aruba Campaign

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Irvine, CA January 30, 2018

USIM and Palace Entertainment Partner to Give Back

U.S. International Media (USIM) and its client, Palace Entertainment, joined forces last Friday to help support Habitat for Humanity Orange County through financial support and employee involvement. The two homes the teams worked on were located in Santa Ana, CA. With USIM and Palace volunteers split into teams, they tackled painting, caulking, cutting and installing siding and digging holes. It was a great day filled with giving back to the community and team building. The Habitat homes are scheduled to be finished this October.

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USIM and Palace Entertainment Partner to Give Back

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Los Angeles, CA January 24, 2018

USIM Named a Finalist for Best Media Campaign in The 2017 Indie Awards

U.S. International Media (USIM), the fastest growing independent, full-service media agency, was named a finalist at The 2017 Indie Awards for Best Media Campaign for The Aruba Tourism Authority. The work was completed in collaboration with creative agency Concept Farm. The Indie Awards ceremony took place on June 14 and 15 during The Indie Summit, an industry event held exclusively for independent agencies.

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USIM Named a Finalist for Best Media Campaign in The 2017 Indie Awards

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January 24, 2018

USIM Announces Unification of Company Brand Identity

U.S. International Media, the fastest growing independent, full-service media agency, today announces its rebranding to USIM – a single, unified company name. It has also adopted a new visual identity and website (theusim.com). The company previously operated under two separate entities – U.S. International Media and US Interactive Media. The rebranding is designed to clearly communicate the company’s commitment to delivering an innovative and integrated media approach and service offerings to its clients and agency partners.

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USIM Announces Unification of Company Brand Identity