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Keeping you abreast of the latest exchange news… In the New York Times, Stephanie Clifford wrote a piece entitled, “Put Ad on Web. Count Clicks. Revise” featuring the ad exchange model’s data-intensive environment with real world examples. Of note: according to NYTimes.com today – two days later – this article is still among the top […]

Don Mathis is CEO of Epic Advertising, an online performance marketing company AdExchanger.com: How has Epic Advertising fared during the economic downturn?   Please share any strengths or weaknesses you’re seeing. What types of client campaigns are thriving – or not?  How is creative evolving? DM: Epic Advertising has fared well due to our fundamental performance-based […]

Yes, it’s that time again. More ad exchange-related news! Kevin Lee sings the praises of search retargeting on ClickZ and encourages everyone to take advantage of Yahoo!’s offering. We could not agree more that this type of retargeting hold great promise as a killer behavioral targeting solution – especially if Google can unleash its enormous […]

Scott Symonds is General Manager of AKQA Media, Search & Analytics. AdExchanger.com: Are ad exchanges a part of digital media buying strategy at AKQA? Do you have plans for a media buying platform either in-house or outsourced? SS: We are not using ad exchanges currently but would like to as we build our performance media […]

Mike Seiman is CEO and Founder of global online ad network, CPX Interactive. AdExchanger.com: How’s CPX Interactive‘s display ad business? Any trends that you can share? MS: Our display business is strong, we are continually seeing growth not only in terms of revenue but in terms of impressions served. Obviously, seeing revenue growth in this […]

Bill Morrison and Robert Coolbrith are equity analysts at ThinkEquity Partners and recently authored a report entitled, “The Opportunity In Non-Premium Display Advertising.” AdExchanger.com: Are data exchanges the key to unlocking value in social media? Who’s getting it right in the data exchange space? BM and RB: We’ll defer the second part of your question […]

The digital “torch” is ablaze, yet it remains unclaimed. Will it be you or your company that grabs it? If you’re willing to champion the idea that opportunity for brands has arrived in the digital space, grab the torch now and run. Whether the ultimate winners end up being agencies, ad networks or a hybrid […]

Elizabeth Blair is CEO of Brand.net. AdExchanger.com: Can you give us a sense of business momentum currently at Brand.net? Any surprises? EB: We’ve been trafficking campaigns for 12 months. Our target market is the Ad Age 100 and to date we’re right on target, with the majority of our revenue coming from that group. On […]

it’s time for more ad exchange-related news! Frank Lee posted a good summary from a recent search roundtable discussion at MediaPost’s Search Insider Summit. Panelists included Craig Danuloff, ClickEquations’ President, and Matt Greitzer, VP, Search Marketing, Razorfish. “Display: consensus is that search and display are handled by different teams/agencies because with display who you know […]

Rajeev Goel is CEO of PubMatic. AdExchanger.com: What will demand‐side optimization provide for the advertiser/agency? Can you quantify performance improvements an advertiser might see in comparison to futures or reserved bidding/buying? Real time demand‐side optimization will provide advertisers and agencies with the ability to better target individual web users with the most relevant and timely […]