Mobile gaming company Gameloft removed all ad networks from its apps last year and hired a direct sales team. The company sees its future in advertising revenue, not from users making in-app purchases. And that means taking control of what will be its primary source of revenue. Gameloft is one of the biggies in the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Mike Peralta, CEO at AudienceScience. Online publishers rely on Facebook and other social sharing channels to extend the distribution of their content. Social is essential for driving traffic, building exposure and incremental revenue. But […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Abderrezak Kamel, chief technology officer at Technorati. One of the largest inefficiencies about the current ad tech setup is the industry’s rapid-fire approach toward data pixels. In addition to being offensively inefficient, the approach […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Matt Maroon, a targeting and programmatic sales specialist at Microsoft. After my freshman year of college, I took a short leave from school and moved to Central America. I had taken Spanish courses for […]
Since The Enthusiast Network (TEN), which owns 60 automotive and outdoor sports publications, hired Dana Caputo as its director of programmatic in December, it’s gotten its programmatic house in order. “I came on board to do yield optimization and also empower the sales team to sell programmatic,” Caputo said. Before hiring Caputo, TEN didn’t have […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hlavacek, vice president of programmatic at The Weather Company. Why aren’t more marketers moving budgets to mobile? Two recent articles caught my attention because they resonated personally and professionally, illustrating that we have […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, vice president of strategic partnerships at MediaMath. The announcement last week that Microsoft is effectively selling off its display advertising business to AOL made me a bit nostalgic. I was recruited by […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris O’Hara, vice president of strategic accounts at Krux. It’s been a long time since publishers have truly been in control of their inventory. But that’s changing, with new trends that are steadily giving […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by James Murphy, vice president of programmatic at RhythmOne. The only way programmatic will ever truly take off is if premium publishers come to the table with their entire video media inventory available for monetization. […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Dave Smith, vice president of monetization and yield at Pandora. There has been a lot of talk about programmatic audio lately. But where’s the beef? What is the publisher value proposition that’s going to […]
