Most of the 2 million couples who get married each year in the United States visit XO Group’s The Knot website when planning their big event. So how does a company that’s already cornered the wedding-planning market grow? XO Group wants to move from inspiring brides to helping them coordinate their weddings. It hopes to […]
Tom Edwards is different from most of the other people flowing through the halls of the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose at Facebook’s F8 developers conference this week. Because Edwards isn’t a developer. He’s the chief digital officer at marketing services firm Epsilon. “There aren’t a lot of agency folks here,” Edwards said. “I’m […]
“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 Doug Smith, senior director of product management, platform and user experience, at Turn. With all that’s been written about AI in ad tech, it’s time to check in on the […]
Scale gets digital publishers noticed by advertisers, but audiences increasingly want content addressing niche interests, not broad ones. Some digital pubs, like Vox Media, build out a portfolio of completely separate brands, while others develop sub-brands, like BuzzFeed’s food-focused Tasty. Mic, which raised $21 million in Series C funding in April to fuel expansion, launched […]
As the upfronts near, Nielsen is trying to prove the efficacy of its total audience measurement. The product, Nielsen’s framework for measuring viewership consumption across all screens, had a limited commercial release in early March. Nielsen has been criticized recently by networks like NBC, which claim total audience measurement is incomplete since it doesn’t consistently […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Oracle’s TV Plans Oracle’s Moat acquisition wasn’t its only significant move on Tuesday. At its Oracle Data Summit, the company entered a partnership with Charter allowing brands to target connected TV audiences. An advertiser matches its data with Charter’s in-app, streaming and smart-TV viewers, and then […]
Oracle will acquire digital measurement firm Moat extending its marketing and data clouds’ abilities to provide digital advertising analytics to advertising clients and publishers, the company revealed Tuesday. [Read the release]. Deal terms were not disclosed. Moat will join the Oracle Data Cloud, which houses its Datalogix and BlueKai acquisitions. “Moat has grown its attention […]
Sorry Snapchat, Facebook isn’t going to quit. At Facebook’s F8 developer conference in San Jose on Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Facebook is all-in on augmented reality. In fact, AR is a cornerstone of Facebook’s 10-year road map. But for AR to really go mainstream, it needs to evolve beyond selfie masks and rainbow vomit […]
Growth at Accuen was flat last quarter as more clients moved away from nondisclosed programmatic buying methods, where agencies procure inventory and resell it to clients with an unrevealed markup, said Omnicom CEO John Wren on the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. “A lot of clients have shifted to wanting these services on a […]
“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 Tony Blankemeyer, partnerships lead at 84.51°. Spring is in the air, and the Major League Baseball season is in full swing. In baseball, you can’t score a run for your […]
When it comes to third-party verification, the big digital platforms like Facebook and Google have reason to rush. They’re working on deadline. Marc Pritchard, P&G’s chief brand officer, has made it clear platforms need to implement Media Ratings Council-accredited third-party viewability measurement by the end of the year or risk losing the CPG giant’s business. […]
Marketing may be a trillion-dollar industry, but its supply chain needs a makeover, says Microsoft’s CMO. “What makes marketing such a unique case is that the labor component is much higher than any other industry,” said CMO Grad Conn. “I think there’s a lot of opportunity to optimize the way we’re working in marketing and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. At Your Self-Service Fresh off a $20 billion IPO and with Instagram breathing down its neck, Snap needs to make it easy for advertisers to spend. That’s why the messaging app is launching self-serve buying for Snap Ads, the vertical video units that run between users’ […]
When it comes to how buyers perceive the data management platform (DMP) market, it’s Oracle BlueKai’s game to lose, according to a new Advertiser Perceptions report. The research firm’s Programmatic Intelligence Report for Q1 2017 surveyed more than 1,000 decision-makers from agencies, advertisers, publishers and tech providers. Oracle BlueKai led the pack in brand recognition: […]
CPG brands are among the highest-spending advertisers, but are at the mercy of e-commerce and retail companies that own the data. Bazaarvoice, a hosted platform for ecommerce ratings and reviews, is now ramping up a data collection business to provide those insights-impoverished CPG brands with new ways to measure and target consumers. Bazaarvoice doesn’t sell […]
Dr. Martens, the iconic British boot maker popularized in ’80s and ’90s subculture, is adding a new sheen to its customer data strategy. Although each of Dr. Martens’ regional businesses in the UK, Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia is responsible for its own marketing, development and IP, the company’s digital efforts are converging as it eyes […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Patrick Hopf, founder and president at SourceKnowledge. Unless you have a hard conversion point on your website, measuring ad performance can be a tricky game. This is especially true for advertisers who run massive […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Back On The Block A group of computer science academics released a browser extension last week that blocks ads on Facebook and overrides publishers that deflect ad blockers. Facebook obscures its HTML code from ad blockers, but to show users the difference between an ad and […]
More than 4,000 app developers will descend on San Jose, Calif., on April 18 and 19 for Facebook’s F8 conference, where, if you believe the rumor mill, Mark Zuckerberg will regale them with splashy announcements about group chatbots for Messenger and possible hardware offerings from his secretive Building 8 Lab. But at its core, F8 […]
“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 Hagai Tal, CEO at Taptica. At the beginning of last year, ad tech saw a market correction. After several years of overvaluation, investors had finally sobered up. By late 2016, […]
Chocolate eggs are big business for Hershey’s, the company behind Reese’s peanut butter cups and Cadbury eggs. The candymaker generates $550 million in sales of Easter candies, making it the second-biggest holiday after Halloween. The beloved Reese’s Eggs fill up Easter baskets everywhere. But this year, the Easter candy market became more competitive as other […]
On the heels of Google’s ongoing brand safety headache, MediaMath is trying to add a few safety bumpers to the sharp edges of the digital ad ecosystem. The programmatic buying platform took the wraps off a product on Thursday that aims to help advertisers find addressable audiences on brand-safe sites at scale. MediaMath vets a […]
McDonald’s is on a “mass personalization” push to attract more millennials. Even though it markets to national audiences, many of its fast-food restaurants operate as local franchises. Thus, McDonald’s must create content that resonates at a community level in addition to its national assets. To pull off an operation at McDonald’s scale requires unity among […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Martellotti, co-founder at Wholetone Media. The way people understand the programmatic opportunity in the publishing business is beginning to change. Publishers used to hire sales leaders who understood the language of programmatic and […]
Black Angus Steakhouse operates 45 restaurants in six states. And it’s just hired its first chief marketing officer, Liz Geavaras, to bring a fresh approach to the 53-year-old restaurant group’s marketing. Geavaras will dial back Black Angus’ heavy print expenditures, replacing them with digital. She also plans to segment customers and customize messages to address […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Verizon’s Ad Tech Burrito Verizon Oath, consisting of its merged AOL–Yahoo group, may be a formidable contender to the Facebook–Google duopoly. But for now Oath is a messy cocktail of nonintegrated and overlapping ad tech acquisitions within the two legacy companies, reports Yuyu Chen at Digiday. […]
Burger King’s stunt to activate Google’s Home device with a 15-second TV spot is the first deliberate attempt by a brand to tie paid media with voice-activated search, raising questions about how brands should approach advertising on smart home devices. On Wednesday, the quick-serve restaurant ran a commercial in which an employee asks, “Okay, Google, […]
About 18 months ago, data services provider Experian Marketing Services sought a new line of business: agencies. Given Experian’s legacy in marketing data, that seems relatively recent. But Kevin Dean, president and GM of targeting at Experian, has an explanation: “The advent of programmatic and addressability has created an environment where brands are as interested […]
Publishers are learning to love influencer marketing as a way to grow broader advertising and sponsorship deals. “An advertiser might come with a traditional sponsorship package, and to complement that, they want a programmatic component,” said Rachel Parkin, SVP of strategy and sales at digital media company CafeMedia. CafeMedia owns a network of women’s interest […]
