AdWords, search, display, the Play Store, YouTube, AdMob, the Google Display Network… App advertisers used to have to run six or more campaigns at once with Google to try and achieve a single objective. But, as of November, there’s been only one way to promote apps across all Google properties: Universal App Campaigns. Google first […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alessandro De Zanche, an independent audience strategy consultant. With each passing quarter, the share of marketer budgets allocated to data grows, and with that growth comes greater scrutiny – rightly so. And yet this […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Judy Shapiro, founder and CEO at engageSimply. I don’t believe it’s an overstatement to suggest we are witnessing the first real rightsizing of digital media impressions since ad tech became […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Telecom At Me, Bro Comcast is planning a $31 billion bid to purchase all of UK broadcaster Sky – though Comcast CEO Brian Roberts told the The Wall Street Journal it would also accept a majority stake. Fox’s 39% stake in Sky was a […]
Did Facebook’s algorithm force the Clinton campaign to pay more for ads than the Trump outfit during the 2016 US presidential election? That’s fake news, said Facebook, which provided a rare public statement on the dynamics of its ads auction on Tuesday after claims of discriminatory pricing. Senior Facebook exec Andrew Bosworth disclosed on Twitter […]
Each year, Delta deploys a campaign to thank its SkyMiles Medallion loyalty program members. Past campaigns used emails sent to top Medallion members. In 2016, Delta began leveraging its members’ travel habits to personalize the campaign, showing each member stats about their year with Delta, said Julieta McCurry, managing director of US marketing communications and […]
The world’s largest consumer product brands are struggling to grow their US businesses. While some of the challenges are macro-economic, like increased transportation costs, the biggest factor is the growth of retail private-label brands, which can’t be acquired or stamped out like startup competitors. Large CPGs are also adjusting to new direct-to-consumer and ad-heavy startup […]
AdRoll reorganized on Tuesday by splitting its business into two parts: a new unit called RollWorks focused solely on B2B, and the legacy AdRoll business that services small to mid-size ecommerce companies. Each business division has its own P&L and sits under the newly formed parent holding company AdRoll Group. Toby Gabriner, current CEO of […]
With additional reporting by Alison Weissbrot. Sizable brands and top-tier publishers can use their clout to pressure media platforms into sharing more measurement data – but what are advertisers actually getting? Just enough to keep them spending, said Chris Kane, founder of programmatic consultancy Jounce Media. “Walled gardens will do the minimum acceptable thing so […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Social Backlash Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said she would support legislation fining social media companies that don’t weed out political bot accounts. “These are the most sophisticated companies in America. … I believe that they’ve […]
Although athletic apparel manufacturer New Balance makes more than $4 billion in annual revenue in 130-odd markets, it doesn’t share the same name recognition as competitors like Nike, Adidas or Under Armour. “We found through market research that in most of our markets globally, consumers are aware of us, but they weren’t considering us because […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Maor Sadra, managing director and chief revenue officer at AppLift. Digital advertisers say they want transparency, but I’m not sure many would know what to do with it once they […]
by Sarah Sluis and Alison Weissbrot Even the most sophisticated marketers need assistance crossing the Lumascape – or just figuring out what the heck to do with all their data. Since AdExchanger wrote its initial Guide to Ad Tech Consultants three years ago, new companies have emerged and those previously featured have added new areas […]
Jelli is taking the old-school medium of broadcast radio into the 21st century. The programmatic radio platform launched in 2014 to automate and target traditional radio buys. Now, it has a demand-side platform as well as ad servers installed at 2,300 radio stations across the country. It also powers radio’s two major programmatic exchanges: Expressway […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris Peterson, managing partner at R2C Group. Telling people you work in TV advertising can be exasperating. The response typically goes something like this: “Do people even watch TV anymore? I don’t.” At least, that’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Valley Pally Snap is giving away more free ads, this time to startups associated with tech incubators like Y Combinator, Rough Draft Ventures and Dorm Room Fund, Recode reports. Startups or former startups from these programs will get hundreds of dollars in free inventory, […]
The majority of snowboarding gold medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics were won by competitors in head-to-toe Burton gear, so why do the sports outfitter’s social media pages seem oblivious to the company’s biggest brand event of this half-decade? It’s because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) goes to unmatched lengths to preserve the Olympic’s official […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. In the past, if you mentioned personally identifiable information (PII) to someone in the […]
Product-related content is an editorial anchor at GQ, Condé Nast’s men’s lifestyle pub. People who read about brands on GQ’s site spend twice as much time with its content overall – around 14 minutes – and are nearly 10% more likely to return, according to research commissioned from Skimlinks and Parse.ly. That level of engagement validates Condé’s […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Daniel Meehan, CEO at PadSquad. On Feb. 15, Chrome began blocking disruptive ad formats in compliance with standards set by the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA). While attention has largely focused on poor ad […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snip Snip P&G will cut $400 million more dollars in agency and production fees before the end of its fiscal year on June 30. That’s in addition to the $750 million the CPG giant has already cut in agency fees since mid-2015, bringing its […]
Advertisers spent $1.55 billion on The Trade Desk’s platform in 2017, helping the DSP grow its annual revenue 52% to $308 million, the company disclosed in its Q4 2017 earnings report Thursday. Shares increased more than 10% during after-hours trading. The Trade Desk also cleared another milestone, with mobile surpassing desktop display last year for […]
This week on AdExchanger Talks, we bring you a lively discussion with Joanna O’Connell, VP and principal analyst with Forrester Research and a singular personality in the marketing industry. Joanna will present a session titled “Omnichannel Buying Remains More Promise Than Reality” at AdExchanger’s upcoming Programmatic IO San Francisco conference on April 10-11. Many fans […]
Facebook is doing some early spring cleaning in Ads Manager, the tool advertisers use to create, manage and track campaigns. Starting Thursday, it will begin labeling whether metrics are estimated and start marking metrics that are still being tested. The goal is to give advertisers more insight into how metrics are calculated. Knowing when metrics […]
Major brands like AT&T and Bayer are on a crusade to bring transparency back to the digital media supply chain – and are hoping the blockchain-based solutions they’re testing can be an answer. “Who specifically are those tech providers [in the supply chain] and how much of a fee are they assessing to my working […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Marc Kiven, founder and chief strategy officer of Signal. CEOs know that the most valuable customers are those they already have. Unfortunately, most marketing campaigns are still oriented toward acquiring new customers […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Field Garthwaite, CEO and co-founder at IRIS TV. In addition to Facebook’s latest changes to the news feed, the important changes taking place in Google Chrome, the world’s most popular browser, are forcing […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. OTT Hypergrowth Roku’s ad business is growing fast, representing about three-quarters of its total platform revenue in 2017. In its Q4 earnings, the company said 2017 platform revenue grew 115% to $225 million, meaning Roku made roughly $168 million in ad revenue last year. […]
NBCUniversal is deepening its bench of data-driven executives, revealing on Wednesday that it had hired its first SVP of advertising technology, Ed Kozek. Kozek was previously SVP of ad product and engineering for The Weather Co., where he worked on the audience and data platform WeatherFX. Now he will manage NBCU’s proprietary ad products. NBCU […]
