“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Christy Belden is VP Media+Marketing at LeapFrog Interactive, a digital marketing agency. We live in a myriad of systems, which interact and work with another on a continuous basis. A great example of this is ants. Ants have the ability to […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Peter Randazzo is Chief Technology Officer of iCrossing, a global, digital marketing agency The above headline contains an acronym long enough to strain its credibility as a time saver. TANSTAAFL stands for “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch“, […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Chris Tuleya, vp of Direct Response at Underscore Marketing, a boutique, digital marketing agency Who am I to criticize a multi-billion dollar company? On the other hand, criticism is the back-bone of the internet, specifically Facebook, so why not… Facebook has […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Alastair Cole, Head of Creative Services of Essence Digital, a global digital marketing agency based in London and New York. Do you like to be challenged? You should: problem-solving is human nature and our brains have evolved to reward us when […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Chris Tuleya, vp of Direct Response at Underscore Marketing, a boutique, digital marketing agency. Everyone who works in our industry has been in this situation before; you get a call from the client/agency/boss that they want your big ideas. And let […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Chris Tuleya, vp of Direct Response at Underscore Marketing, a boutique, digital marketing agency. In order for audience-based buying to move forward, digital advertisers need to break free from the offline media shackles that come with demographic buying. Audience-based buying is […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Peter Randazzo is Chief Technology Officer of iCrossing, a global, digital marketing agency. Perhaps no single technology has as much potential to disrupt the advertising ecosystem of online publishing as Real Time Bidding (RTB). For an imperfect but simple 30 second […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Joseph Leon, Managing Director EMEA of Essence Digital, a global, digital marketing agency based in London and New York. In 2011, the biggest hype, the loudest buzz and the best conversation starter in digital media was without doubt RTB – (Real […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Daniel Davies is Director, US Ad Operations at agency trading desk Adnetik. For eons (at least as measured in online advertising years), the traditional roles of agency buyers and publisher ad ops have been carried out in a very segregated fashion. […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side – and those servicing it – of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based, demand-side trading, specialist firm, Infectious Media Ltd. There’s a huge change going on at the moment. It’s an exciting time, but I was really struck by […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Adam Cahill is SVP, Director of Digital Media at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Last week I gave the presentation embedded below on DSPs and exchanges at ad:tech in NY. The premise of the presentation was that information is hard […]
“Ad Agents” is a column focused on the agency-side of the digital media community. Matt Greitzer is the Co-Founder of Accordant Media, a media buying and optimization company. “What do agencies do, anyway?” In my twelve years in the agency business I never heard this phrase posed to me directly (though I often felt it […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Greg Hills is platform manager of media trading agency, Varick Media Management. My work focuses on the economics of advertising, but recently I’ve been thinking about the political economy of advertising. After all, advertising dollars don’t have a mind of their […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Greg Hills is platform manager of media trading agency, Varick Media Management. As our industry continues to rationalize the way brands buy advertising, we’ve seen plenty of new companies and products pop up. Some provide solutions to old advertising problems, like […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. At times I feel like the least skilled person at my company, in fact if I hired some management consultants to come in and take a look the […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Adam Cahill is SVP, Director of Digital Media at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Ad exchanges were undoubtedly the digital world’s Rookie of the Year in 2009, but in terms of buzz, the industry has moved on (it’s all “mobile, […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. One of the most exciting changes that the exchange era has promised for the industry is data liquidity. This is a concept that was brought to me in […]
“Ad Agents” is a new column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Greg Hills is platform analyst of media trading agency, Varick Media Management. Digital media has caused huge shifts in the advertising industry, including the rise of the Digital-Driven Media Agency — media shops that have identified digital media as the […]
“Ad Agents” is a new column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. On a recent trip to New York, Infectious Media met with Adexchanger.com amongst others to chat about the exchange space. The sector is growing rapidly in the […]
