“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side – and those servicing it – of the digital media community. Aaron Reinitz is Supervisor, Brand Relations, VivaKi Nerve Center – part of Publicis Groupe. In display media, direct response tactics are gaining momentum toward the concept of audience buying. This approach, reliant on cookie-based targeting […]
Matt Spiegel is CEO of Annalect Marketplaces, a unit of Omnicom Media Group, the media services division of Omnicom Group. He discussed the evolution of Omnicom Media Group’s trading desk strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What are Accuen and Annalect? MS: Accuen is the name for our trading desk. As the industry knows, we operated as […]
Publicis’ Performics announced that Daina Middleton, CEO of Performics is the performance marketing agency’s U.S. CEO and discussed the agency’s strategy as well as expansion of its company’s products and services into 72 countries. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: What are your thoughts about using search retargeting with display? And, given growing momentum for integrated search […]
On January 4, Centro announced that it had raised $22.5 million from FTV Capital. In a release, the Company said, “This financing will fuel increased investment in Centro’s automated digital media buying software, Transis, as well as accelerate a significant expansion of Centro’s sales force targeting mid-tier advertisers and ad agencies.” Read the release. Shawn […]
One last prediction for 2011 from new Geomentum CEO Sean Finnegan who writes: “A serious shift of focus and funds towards the Utility aspect of Advertising as Brand Marketers place real emphasis on Engagement over Exposure. Brands will increasingly adopt accountable, functionality based media vehicles that a customer embraces and use for their personal benefit. […]
VivaKi Nerve Center CEO Curt Hecht discussed his company’s relationship with Google as well as Publicis/VivaKi’s strategy for pursuing this key relationship as it looks to provide audience-driven buying services to VivaKi member media agencies. Hecht also addressed a recent TechCrunch report that intimated rebates may be a part of VivaKi’s deal with Google. AdExchanger.com: […]
Publicis’ VivaKi Nerve Center CEO Curt Hecht recently discussed Vivaki Nerve Center (VNC) momentum and the renewal of VNC’s agreement with Google as reported by The New York Times here last week. AdExchanger.com: What exactly is the agreement VivaKi Nerve Center (VNC) which just renewed with Google? Are there guaranteed minimum spends by VNC, for […]
Publicis MediaVest svp, director of publisher investment and activation, Robin Steinberg, and Sarah Baehr, svp, director of digital publishing solutions, discussed transformation occurring at their agency which serves the magazine publisher world and how digital is impacting that strategy. Baehr was recently hired by MediaVest after spending six years at digital agency Razorfish as head […]
Martin Lawson of media agency Maxus Global – which is under WPP’s groupm umbrella – was recently appointed Maxus’ Global Data and Insights Director. Previously, he was Head of Insight at digital agency i-level. From the release, much of Lawson’s work for Maxus “will focus on strengthening Maxus’s ‘Relationship Media’ offering, a new media agency […]
Aaron Goldman is the founder and principal of Connectual, a digital marketing consulting firm. Goldman has written a new book called, “Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned From Google.” AdExchanger.com: Please share a little background on you and what inspired you to write this book. AG: I’ve been in a digital marketing guy for […]
