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  • A Tricky Transition: Getting Digital Ad Sales Teams Ready For Programmatic

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Daren Trousdell, CEO at OneUp Sports. Most publishers that are embarking on a programmatic solution will quickly reach a fork in the road with their direct ad sales strategy. Depending on what direction they […]

  • Waterfalling: A New Hope

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. Why does waterfalling or “daisy chaining” exchanges produce additional yield for publishers? I received a lot of theories following my last dispatch, which examined this mysterious behavior of publishers trying […]

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  • Why Edmunds Decided To Share Its Data With Car Advertisers

    Edmunds used to keep its car shopper and owner data close to its chest. But at the beginning of this year, Edmunds opened its audience segments to its most valued car advertisers. The company used to sell inventory based on context, but now it’s shifting to an audience model, said Edmunds CEO Avi Steinlauf. This […]

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  • Viewability Is Good, But Engagement Is The Better Metric

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Grant Brown, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Rant. We’ve heard a lot about viewability lately, with the IAB, MRC, ANA and other industry leaders passing significant milestones last year to make viewability a reality. Viewability provides valuable […]

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  • Location-Based Advertising: What Role Can Publishers Play?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Samantha Price, director of ad products for The Weather Company. In 2001, the Sloan Management Review envisioned a bright future for “m-commerce” and a theoretical young consumer named Tommy. “His cell phone beeps: It’s […]

  • Publishers Must Set Private Marketplace Rules, Pursue Two-Way Transparency

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Brian Mikalis, senior vice president of monetization at Pandora. Publishers that want to retain their premium stature are executing programmatic deals through private exchanges or directly with advertisers as they jump in to figure […]

  • Publishers Vs. Technology: Where Should The Burden Of Standardization Fall?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Nikhil Sethi, co-founder and CEO at Adaptly. The multitude and impossible size of the Internet has led the ad tech industry to focus on scale and efficiency by pushing standardization upon publishers. By enforcing […]

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  • Direct Sales And Programmatic: A Happy Medium?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. There’s a lot of talk that programmatic advertising brings more money and less overhead cost to an organization, leading to publishers rapidly expanding their programmatic channels. By 2016, eMarketer […]

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  • The Barbell Strategy, Revisited

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Peter Spande, chief revenue officer at Business Insider. Two years ago, Tim Armstrong co-opted the expression “barbell strategy” to describe AOL’s approach to balancing programmatic with direct sales. On one side of the barbell […]

  • The Programmatic Waterfall Mystery

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. It may sound like the latest in young adult fiction, but this mystery is not dramatic or amusing, nor will it make your teenager ask you for money for […]

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