New Medium, New Rules: Video Advertising in the Mobile Age

The article emphasizes that mobile advertising requires a new approach because smartphones are fundamentally different from TVs.
Users have full control and are selective, skipping content that doesn't immediately grab them.
Video ads are watched for only a few seconds on average, so traditional 30-second spots fail.
Successful strategies include building short-form, mobile-native creative, reorganizing teams for rapid testing and iteration, recognizing platform-specific behaviors, and measuring business outcomes rather than view time.
Advertisers must adapt to the mobile medium's unique characteristics of speed, choice, and relevance to earn people's attention and drive growth.