In a bid to capitalize on digital ad growth in China, AdRoll has recruited a new adviser with lots of experience in the country and is developing a go-to-market strategy. Peter Cheng is Tencent’s former GM for ad platforms and products, as well as the former COO of AdChina (which sold to Alibaba in January […]
Sometimes good marketing means less marketing, according to Belkin CMO Kieran Hannon. “Wherever we’re able to provide a superior experience backed by data, we do,” said Kieran Hannon, CMO for Belkin. “Otherwise, we’re more about minimizing our interaction with people so they can get on with what they need to do.” Each of Belkin’s three […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. The New York Times generated quite a buzz last week with the announcement that it’s doubling down on its Flex Frame initiative, which could […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Opting Out The trade orgs aren’t happy about the FCC’s new privacy proposal, which wants users to explicitly opt in to all “sensitive data” collected and shared by ISPs, including web behavior and app usage, The Hill reports. The ANA and IAB say the rule would […]
“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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. “You would think that the digital advertising industry has found religion given all the talk about the legendary ‘holy grail’ these days.” So […]
InStyle fans tuning into Facebook Live earlier this year watched a La Mer expert conduct a skin consultation with an InStyle editor. The editorial video with brand integration became one of the first examples of Time Inc.’s Social Now ad product. “We are providing very authentic and transparent ways for advertisers to play [with Facebook […]
Democrat Karen Jacobs isn’t running any TV ads while campaigning for a state House seat in Texas. Even cheaper regional and local broadcast inventory is expensive because her squiggly district northeast of Dallas – known as one of the nation’s most gerrymandered – must hit multiple markets. The district skews heavily Republican so any TV spending would […]
Welcome to episode No. 3 of AdExchanger Talks, a new podcast on data-driven marketing. Let us know if you like it, and please subscribe via your preferred channel. Use the player below to listen now. Brian Adams is one of a relatively small cast of characters underpinning the modern ad tech business. He was CTO and co-founder of […]
Virtual reality may have a way to go before it hits mass scale, but it’s just had a big week. Last Tuesday, Google unveiled Daydream View, its lightweight, low-cost answer to Oculus Rift, and announced its Daydream View-compatible Pixel smartphone. And on Thursday, Facebook followed with its own series of announcements at the Oculus Connect […]
App distribution platform ironSource launched a solution Tuesday to give mobile carriers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers an alternative to pre-installed apps – sometimes called “bloatware” by consumers. Dubbed Aura, the platform aims to revamp the onboarding process for users when they buy a new Android or Windows phone by presenting recommended content to […]
Casie Attardi will speak at AdExchanger’s PROGRAMMATIC I/O Conference in New York on October 26. Native inventory became a significant part of the digital marketing mix before industry stakeholders had the time to develop a sense of comfort and familiarity with native advertising. “Native, especially for in-app programmatic, evolved over a very short period of time,” said […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Tracking Ramirez FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez tells MIT Technology Review, “Tracking is taking place not only across websites but also across apps, and increasingly across devices.” OK, so what do appropriate notice and consent look like in that complex environment? She sees an opportunity for technology […]
“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 Jaclyn Stewart, senior director of publisher services at The 614 Group. Whenever you ask people who manage digital operations teams about training programs for their staff, they almost unanimously roll […]
Local advertising is undergoing dramatic change. Because this presidential election has relied on earned media instead of TV, revenue for local broadcasters who aren’t in swing states has gone down. And it’s not an anomaly. This pattern has “forever changed political advertising,” said Gordon Borrell, CEO of Borrell Associates. Facebook is making a play for […]
Cross-device identity match rates have shot up in recent years, but brands and agencies remain skeptical of the results. “We were consistently disappointed with cross-device identity matches,” said David Kohl, CEO of the digital media advisory firm Morgan Digital Ventures. “There’s a gap in understanding of what’s possible between vendors and the buy side, [which […]
The ANA’s recent media transparency probe alleged certain opaque practices and pricing models among holding company trading desks that didn’t always align with the best interest of clients. Programmatic Mechanics thinks it’s in a good position to change some of those perceptions, given its independent status. “We don’t have to be concerned about hitting corporate sales targets […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Hew Bruce-Gardyne, co-founder at TVSquared. It’s an advertiser’s dream to deliver targeted content via programmatic, and the industry is certainly making progress. However, legislative, inventory-level and operational obstacles need to be overcome to seamlessly […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Amazon’s Secrets Evidence of Amazon’s ad tech platform designs bubble up to the surface in quiet ways, like the company’s constantly brimming Ad Platforms job board or anonymous, NDA-bound partners signaling big things happening in the background. “Still, little is known about Amazon’s longer term ambitions. […]
On Thursday – amid strengthening rumors of an IPO – Snapchat finally released its anticipated ads API to enable better automation, targeting and measurement. It is running with nine partners. Advertisers can buy Snap Ads – full-screen, sound-on, vertical video ad units – programmatically on the platform. “Advertisers [can now] glean insights and better optimize […]
Coming during a week of intense ad tech M&A, you could be forgiven for overlooking iPerceptions’ acquisition of ad tech provider Datacratic for an undisclosed sum (press release). But while the deal pales compared to Salesforce snapping up Krux for $700 million or Criteo snagging HookLogic for $250 million, it’s a nice example of the […]
The Marketing Cloud keynote address at Dreamforce included a phrase never before uttered publicly by a Salesforce exec: “You can’t be a marketing cloud without a DMP.” That was SVP and chief product officer Bryan Wade, speaking to around 3,200 Marketing Cloud partners and clients about Salesforce’s intent to acquire Krux. “Think of us as […]
Segmentation for retargeting is often a very manual process that relies heavily on what someone’s done in the past. App marketing platform Jampp wants to help advertisers craft predictive segments that anticipate what someone will likely do in the future. Jampp’s predictive segments technology, which exited beta on Thursday, uses machine learning to analyze around […]
Now that Salesforce has agreed to buy Krux for an estimated $700 million, which standalone data management platforms are left? And is there still a market for independent DMPs, given the trend toward integrated marketing tech stacks and the high cost of maintaining data infrastructure? To answer those questions, it’s important first to define terms, […]
“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 Nico Neumann, senior research analyst for programmatic strategy and analytics at the University of South Australia. Last month, Dentsu admitted that 111 clients had been overcharged in more than 600 “suspicious […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Kane, founder at Jounce Media. Publishers are right to be worried about data leakage. Selling through RTB pipes exposes a wealth of publisher data that rogue buyers can exploit for audience insights, modeling […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Beefing Up Snapchat has expanded its ads API with better targeting, measurement and reporting, Ad Age reports. In addition to email matching and interest-based targeting released back in June, Snapchat now supports A/B testing of creative and new measurement features. CEO Evan Spiegel remains steadfast in […]
Forget ecom platform Demandware and data management platform Krux. Investors only want to know why in the world Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has any interest in Twitter. The pounding Salesforce’s stock has taken since Benioff expressed interest certainly reflects their skepticism. So while the little blue bird hasn’t been an explicit presence in this year’s annual […]
Media agency Horizon Media worked with Placed, a location analytics and attribution firm, on both companies’ first attempt to measure the impact of digital advertising on movie ticket sales. Horizon Media is the longstanding media buyer for the production studio STX Entertainment. It has worked with Placed for other advertisers, “and we started having conversations […]
Cheetah Mobile’s been on the prowl for ad tech since 2015, when it paid $58 million for French mobile performance marketing company MobPartner. The MobPartner acquisition is the cornerstone of Cheetah’s plan to transform itself from utility app publisher into a mobile ad vendor with global chops. Cheetah’s vision became clearer when it took the […]
