Judith is a former associate editor at AdExchanger where she covered the burgeoning world of mobile advertising. Prior to this, she wrote about marketing trends and business intelligence news at CRM magazine. Her work has appeared at the New York Daily News, TheStreet.com and Business Insider. She has an M.A. in journalism from New York University.
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Facebook’s Q3 Maintains Mobile Ad Growth, Sees Drop In Teen Users
Facebook reported its third quarter financials today, which included continuing growth in ad revenue, particularly its mobile ads. The company pulled in $2 billion in total revenue for the third quarter, a 60% increase from $1.3 billion in Q3 2012. Its ad revenue was $1.8 billion, a 66% increase from the same quarter last year. […]
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Why Twitter’s Reach Is Bigger Than You Think
A lot has been said lately about Twitter’s reach in terms of its monthly active users, but its ability to collect data through plugins like social sharing buttons has gone widely unmentioned. Many websites today include “buttons” on their pages that allow visitors to share content on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networks by […]
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Why (Most) Data Lockers Are An Uphill Battle As A Marketing Tool
Some businesses see opportunity in flipping the assumption that Internet users are passive recipients of targeted advertising. The idea that they should be able to control their data and decide which companies to share it with has given rise to “data lockers” — online accounts where people store their personal information and ideally provide more […]
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US Sen. Schumer Seeks Retailer Disclosures For Location Tracking
As online retailers face increasing pressure to inform consumers when their Web activities are being tracked, US Sen. Charles Schumer wants brick-and-mortar stores to do the same. Earlier this week, Schumer, D-NY, unveiled a code of conduct that would require retailers that collect consumers’ mobile data to post in-store signs letting shoppers know they are being […]
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VCs Talk Location-Based Services And Why It’s Hard To Invest In Hyperlocal Startups
Location-based startups that allow advertisers to personalize their offers and provide other customized services are quickly becoming a highly lucrative space. Google recently bought Waze, the geography-based navigation application, for approximately $1 billion and Foursquare is exploring an IPO. Panelists Matt Turck, managing director of First Mark Capital, and Ben Siscovick, a former partner of […]
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Microsoft Tries To Drum Up Interest In Windows Store Apps With New Ad ID
Microsoft has added a new unique identifier to Windows 8.1 to help app developers better monetize their apps, the company said today. “Specifically, in Windows 8.1 we include a unique identifier that can be used to improve the quality and relevance of advertisements displayed within Windows Store apps while providing other services such as analytics […]
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Facebook Rolls Out Custom Audiences For SMBs
Facebook is taking aim at small and medium-sized businesses with the latest update to its Custom Audiences database-matching program. In addition to the current setup, advertisers will be able to use Custom Audiences in a simplified way through the Ads Create tool. “To use Custom Audiences, advertisers had to use Power Editor or have access […]
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Akamai Stays In the Ad Game With Video Insertion Product
Content-distribution network Akamai sold its Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) business to Mediamath earlier this year. Many assumed the move marked the end of Akamai’s involvement in the ad business. Not so. Soon after it auctioned off its ADS assets, Akamai focused on video ads when it launched its Ad Integration Services in February. Part of […]
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Adfonic Founders Discuss Shift From Mobile Ad Net To DSP
UK-based Adfonic used to be known as a mobile ad network, but after launching its mobile demand-side platform, Madison, last year, it has focused development there. The company has worked with brands like NBC, Samsung, Tesco and eBay. AdExchanger spoke with Adfonic’s co-founders, Victor Malachard and Wesley Biggs, who are also the company’s CEO and […]
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Startup F# Delivers Music-Playing Rich Media Ads Through Ad Networks
From jingles to pop songs, music is one of the oldest advertising vehicles in a marketer’s tool kit. But while most brands use songs in a blanket approach, the New York City-based startup F# (pronounced F-sharp after the music note) is offering ways for brands to create song-infused ads that can be directed at specific […]
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HP Autonomy Tries To Claw Back After Lawsuits And Write-Down
HP Autonomy, the British software maker that Hewlett Packard acquired two years ago for $10.3 billion and wrote down in a multibillion-dollar loss, is hoping to erase some of that bad press with its new HP Digital Marketing Hub. The Marketing Hub is a cloud-based interface that lets marketers identify customer segments, build prescriptive models […]
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Report: Facebook Retail CPMs Have Tripled Since Q3 2012
Retailers are pouring more money into Facebook’s ad products and driving up CPM costs, according to a new report from Nanigans, an ad platform and Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer partner. The report is based on data from more than 100 online and brick-and-mortar retailers over the first nine months of 2013. CPMs of Facebook ads […]
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Mobclix Co-Founder Krishna Subramanian Quits Velti
Krishna Subramanian, the chief marketing officer of the mobile marketing agency Velti and co-founder of ad exchange Mobclix, which Velti acquired, has resigned from the troubled agency. In an email, Subramanian writes, “As many of you already know I have moved on from Velti. I am grateful to have co-founded Mobclix and humbled by the part […]
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OneSpot Turns Earned Media Into Targeted Ads
The chances of finding a company website that does not include a blog or other form of earned media is rare these days. While most companies understand the value of promoting their brand through earned media, many stumble when it comes to driving audiences to that content. The Texas-based startup OneSpot is tackling this issue […]
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Montreal’s Transport Society And SAP Team Up To Deliver Targeted Ads
Like their private counterparts, public organizations are experimenting with targeted offers delivered through apps. The Montreal Transport Society (STM) is one such organization. STM wanted to increase its ridership among younger customers, so it developed an app with SAP’s Precision Marketing division, which it dubbed STM Merci. Through partnerships with local vendors, the app delivers […]
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Retargeting Platform And FBX Partner AdRoll Reports $100 Million Run Rate
The retargeted advertising space is becoming highly lucrative, finds retargeting platform AdRoll, which announced today that it had passed a $100 million run rate, up from $50 million last year. The 6-year-old company claims to have more than 10,000 customers across 100 countries and was one of the first platforms to become a Facebook Exchange […]
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Real World Data Science: How eBay And Placed Put Theory Into Practice
Data science is the backbone of numerous ad-tech firms competing in an increasingly technology-driven environment. Explaining what data scientists do is difficult, however, given that their work is often described as a mix of art and science and varies with each company. AdExchanger asked data scientists from Decide.com, a price research firm acquired by eBay, […]
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Syncapse Founder Scissons Lands At Anheuser-Busch InBev As Entrepreneur In Residence
Michael Scissons, founder and former CEO of the recently shuttered Syncapse, has a new gig as entrepreneur in residence at the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewing company — a title often reserved for venture-capital and law firms. In his new role at AB InBev, Scissons told AdExchanger in an email that he will support the brewing giant […]
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Ad Targeting Firm Semcasting Rolls Out Tool To Connect Online And Offline Data
Moving between online and offline environments has become the norm for most consumers, but many marketers have yet to catch up. Semcasting, a MA-based multi-channel audience targeting provider, has launched a new self-service platform, the Semcasting Marketing Appliance, that promises to help marketers by connecting online and offline consumer touchpoints for targeted advertising. The Appliance […]
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Facebook Doubles Down On Mobile Measurement
In a summer interview, Facebook’s head of vertical measurement, Fred Leach, described the company’s measurement products and its partnership with Datalogix. In the below follow-up Q&A, Leach digs deeper into the company’s work on mobile measurement, attribution and the CPG category. AdExchanger: What are you working on in terms of mobile measurement? FRED LEACH: There are a couple ways […]
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Why Data Science Is Critical To Ad Agencies
There is no doubt that data-driven advertising has transformed the marketing landscape. Traditional advertising agencies are fighting a steep battle against data-heavy enterprises like Google and Facebook as well as more nimble startups. Roundarch Isobar — an Aegis Media-owned digital marketing agency — is striving to embrace big data and mobile advertising. Its clients include […]
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In-App Ads: The Stakes Keep Rising For Facebook
In-app ad supply keeps growing as people spend more time with their devices. Last year 80% of time spent on a smartphones and tablets took place in apps, versus a mobile website, according to comScore. Of course mobile developers remain a prime source of demand in the in-app ad space. There are more than 1.5 […]
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Understanding California's New Disclosure Law
California Gov. Jerry Brown set a precedent for privacy rights last week when he signed into law Assembly Bill 370. Under the bill, which amended a section of the California Business and Professions Code, websites that collect personally identifiable information (PII) about California residents must provide a privacy policy that identifies the type of PIIs […]
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A Prescription For Native Ads As WebMD's Audience Catches Mobile Bug
Keeping up with tech-savvy consumers who demand personalized experiences is a challenge for publishers and advertisers alike. Like other companies, health information provider WebMD realized it needed to revamp its advertising strategy with a greater focus on mobile devices and customizable features. Earlier this month, the company launched a new version of its app that […]
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Zenith: Mobile Ad Spend Growing At 7X Desktop Ads
Investments in mobile advertising continue to accelerate, but the growth rate could ease off next year, according to a new report from Publicis Groupe’s ad agency ZenithOptimedia. Global mobile advertising, which includes all online ads delivered to smartphones and tablets, whether display, classified or search, is growing seven times faster than desktop ads. ZenithOptimedia predicts mobile […]
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Baidu Sets Its Sights On The Global Market
Chinese search engine Baidu is one of Google’s biggest competitors. The company recently bought China’s largest Android app distributor, 91 Wireless, for $1.9 billion and launched its own smart TV. And it is reportedly developing a wearable computing product, a la Google Glass. Baidu reported $1.2 billion in revenues for this year’s second quarter, representing […]
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Take Two: Facebook Takes Another Look At Its Mobile Ad Network
Facebook is once again experimenting with a mobile ad network that would place ads on non-Facebook mobile apps and sites based on the social network’s data, the company confirmed. Business Insider first reported the news. “We’re currently running a second test to show Facebook ads off Facebook in mobile apps and on mobile sites. Our […]
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Rocket Fuel Panel Tackles Big Data Opportunity
Figuring out how to leverage the overwhelming amount of data they collect is a critical challenge for advertisers, and one that spans industries. To shed some light on big data issues, real-time ad platform Rocket Fuel invited Forrester Research analyst Mike Gualtieri, Visible Measures CEO Brian Shin, Morpheus CMO Shenan Reed, and Verizon marketing and […]
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JetBlue Voice-Activated Ad Teaches People To Speak ‘Pigeon’
JetBlue is taking a stab at voice-activated mobile ads with new rich media units that will launch next week. Through the mobile ad network Opera Mediaworks, JetBlue will serve a banner ad to customers with the icon of a microphone and the message, “Click here to learn how to speak pigeon.” When the user clicks […]
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Multi-Device Survey: 90% Use 3 Or More Gadgets To Complete A Task
As more people use multiple devices like a smartphone and tablet to carry out their activities, businesses need to adapt to new methods of engagement consumers increasingly expect, according to a new study from Forrester Research. Based on a survey of approximately 61,000 adults, 90% of the respondents who own multiple connected devices said they […]