Keith Pieper is Founder & CEO of Pretarget, a technology company focused on keyword search for display advertising. AdExchanger.com: You helped found IPG Mediabrands’ agency trading desk Cadreon. Can you talk a little about how and why Cadreon began? KP: In 2006, I was managing a team that serviced dozens of independent advertisers within one […]
Facebook’s list of approved ad networks for apps still doesn’t include Google’s AdSense. The news continues to swirl as apparently the list was finalized last week according to a post on Slashdot. This remains one, complicated story with huge stakes for both Facebook and Google. And, neither company is talking. Developers are pissed off and […]
Yesterday, media sales planning and management platform company INVISION announced new debt-structured financing that “will support INVISION’s development and launch this year of the DealMaker Crossroad (DMC) … as well as DealMaker Digital, a comprehensive digital ad sales planning and management system.” Read the release. INVISION CEO Lynda Clarizio, formerly head of Aol’s Platform-A, discussed […]
The Internet Advertising Bureau has posted a short video clip for its data-and-media “Great Debate” panel led by Federated Media’s John Battelle on Day 3 of the Ecosystem 2.0 conference in Palm Springs, California. Not included in the clip is Mediabrands’ agency exec Quentin George giving clear guidance to publishers with a dose of audience-based […]
At Monday’s session of the Internet Advertising Bureau Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Springs, California, Microsoft’s Rik van der Kooi presented his company’s view on the importance of the ad industry finding solutions for consumers and businesses when it comes to the use of data in online advertising. For video of his complete presentation, click […]
Analytics and fraud prevention company Click Forensics announced that it has acquired ad verification firm Adometry. Click Forensics is also assuming the Adometry name as the release states: “The moves are designed to support the continued expansion of the Click Forensics product line for the display advertising market.” Read the release. Paul Pellman, CEO of […]
Yeeha! Let’s give this a try. It’s the IAB annual meeting Day 1 Live blog! Direct links: New IAB chairman Bob Carrigan speaks Google CEO Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt audience Q&A Outgoing Chair David Moore accepts award; Rothenberg Roasted VIDEO: Bob Carrigan’s presentation courtesy of the IAB VIDEO: Eric Schmidt’s presentation courtesy of the IAB […]
Today, Donovan Data Systems and The Rubicon Project announced a new partnership which will target agency media buyers and “automate the display advertising transactions that are not executed through real time bidding (RTB).” Read the release. Rubicon Project CEO Frank Addante and JT Batson, President, DDS Digital at Donovan Data Systems, discussed the deal and […]
Jonathan Opdyke is CEO of HookLogic, an eCommerce media company. AdExchanger.com: Please share a bit of background on you. And, what inspired HookLogic? JO: The co-founders and I met during the dot-com boom at Beyond Interactive, one of the first digital advertising agencies, now part of Mediacom/WPP. As an Industrial Engineer with a strong background […]
David S. Kidder is co-founder and CEO of Clickable, a search networks and social advertising buying platform. Kidder provided an update on his company’s latest news and views since his last interview with AdExchanger.com in April of 2010. Regarding your latest announcement, what’s new in your ad platform – particularly the Facebook channel? We just […]
Russ Mann is Co-Founder and CEO of Covario, an interactive marketing analytics and agency services company. AdExchanger.com: Please share a bit of background on Covario. RM: Covario is one of the nation’s largest independent providers of search marketing software and services. We have smart digital marketing investors of whom we are very proud, including Voyager, […]
“Great people are hard to find.” Yes, they are. And the trouble is… great people usually have a job somewhere else where they are a key member of a team. If they have any “game” at all, they’re invested in their work (even if it is unpleasant) and the prospects of looking for or entertaining […]
David “Selly” Selinger is CEO of RichRelevance, an e-Commerce personalization technology company. AdExchanger.com: Why do you call RichRelevance “the intersection of e-Commerce and Madison Avenue”? DS: Large retail sites represent the last frontier for ultra-premium ad inventory that brand advertisers have historically not had access to. RichRelevance is empowering our enterprise-class retailer customers including Target […]
It’s not all about addressable, data-driven media in the world of the agency according to leaders from several top agencies gathered last Thursday for a panel at the DeSilva+Phillips Media Dealmakers conference. For agencies, it’s about social. So much so that two panelists – Jon Bond, CEO of Big Fuel, and David Jones, Global CEO […]
At yesterday’s AlwaysOn OnMedia NYC 2011 event at The Paley Center in New York City, ad technology companies gathered to talk ads, tech and business. One morning session, in particular, pricked up the ears of the data-driven digerati as reporter Emily Steel of The Wall Street Journal appeared to ably moderate a panel discussion comprised […]
Dennis Mortensen is CEO of Visual Revenue, a predictive analytics technology company. AdExchanger.com: When you are at Yahoo! could you see the “big data” opportunity coming? Has it happened as fast as you thought? DM: Yahoo was into big data long before we arrived as part of the May 2008 acquisition of IndexTools. Publishers in […]
Um. I missed a little detail in my retargeting/remarketing story published earlier this month. I forgot about my retargeting campaign’s “exclusions.” My apologies to Google, Larry and everyone else who wondered why I wasn’t getting that much reach with AdExchanger.com’s ongoing retargeting campaign through AdWords. Please allow me to explain. As many of you know, […]
Display advertising around email is no longer the bottom feeder of inventory I once envisioned. “Sure, it’s cheap, but it’s email inventory” used to be a common refrain. Times change. In fact, over the course of the past few months, numerous industry people have suggested to me that the display ad inventory wrapped around email […]
Hi Larry, Congrats on your new role over at Google. Thought I’d say hello and introduce myself. -Hey, by the way, I liked the shot of the three of you in the driverless car. Looks like you’re having fun over there already. Who can blame you considering the relatively balmy temps you all appear to […]
Oh leakage, leakage, leakage. Last week’s Adobe acquisition of Demdex made clear that many of those working hard on a broad software-as-a-service solution for the advertising industry, see the securing of inventory supply as the key lever. If you don’t have any supply, you won’t have any ad spend floating through your ad pipes and […]
Yesterday, Adobe announced the acquisition of data solutions provider Demdex, which will be added to Adobe’s Omniture unit and folded into its Online Marketing Suite. Read the interview with Adobe Omniture VP John Mellor. AdExchanger.com reached out to members of the ad ecosystem to get their thoughts on the following question: “What does the Adobe […]
Earlier this month, online advertising technology company AdKeeper announced new investment in the company totaling $35 million and led by Oak Investment Partners. From the release, “The funding will be used to grow one of the strongest online media startups in history, with the largest group of charter advertisers ever assembled by a new company […]
Today, Adobe announced that it has acquired data management solutions provider, Demdex. Financials were not disclosed. Read the release. In a conversation with AdExchanger.com, Adobe Omniture’s vp of marketing, John Mellor, offered insights on the transaction and where Adobe’s Omniture unit plans to go with Demdex as it joins the Company’s Online Marketing Suite. Demdex […]
The much ballyhooed search-and-display convergence has been lighting up the digital airwaves for over a year now as startup companies either enter the space looking to provide a solution, or media agencies, search engine marketers, ad networks and DSPs add the search-display channel to its offering. Yet, it remains early days for a publicly available, […]
Yesterday in an article by AdWeek’s Katy Bachman, behavioral ad self-regulation tech company Better Advertising announced that it is changing its name to Evidon and that Publicis’ VivaKi had signed on as a partner to utilize Evidon’s services to provide the “i” and privacy controls to consumers within display ads. Read more. Evidon’s CEO Scott […]
David Brussin is CEO of Monetate, a provider of testing, targeting, and personalization services for websites. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Monetate solving? DB: Monetate is helping companies realize some of the fundamental promises of eCommerce. For years, companies have been hearing about the great potential of agile, focused, one-to-one marketing on the Internet. Yet achieving […]
On Tuesday, tag management firm TagMan announced that it had closed $2+ million in Series A investment led by venture capital firm Greycroft Partners. TagMan founder and CEO Paul Cook said in the release, “We will put the new funding to immediate use in releasing version 3 of our technology, building out our infrastructure to […]
Below is a sample of industry reaction to yesterday’s acquisition of attribution analytics company ClearSaleing by e-Commerce infrastructure and services company GSI Commerce. Read the release. Justin Evans, SVP Audience Insights, Collective GSI’s move into the advertising analytics arena emphasizes the trend among advertisers to take advantage of increasingly sophisticated ROI metrics. As data sources […]
There appears to be good momentum in digital advertising for ad verification solutions, but where does it all end up? Can a “point solution” evolve into a sustainable, long-term business within the ad technology stack? I’d argue more “points” will need to be added – especially if these companies want to “exit.” But first, let […]
Wednesday, demand-side platform Turn announced the closing of a $20 million Series D round of funding led by Greenspring Associates and existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Trident Capital, Shasta Ventures and Focus Ventures. Read the release. Turn CEO Bill Demas discussed plans for the new funds and industry trends. AdExchanger.com: Do you identify Turn as […]
