Content promotion startup inPowered said Wednesday it has rebuilt its platform so marketers pay for engagement, not clicks, because the company believes optimizing for clicks encourages clickbait. “For native advertising to work for all, it needs to focus on the end consumer,” CEO and co-founder Peyman Nilforoush said. “Otherwise it will go the way of […]
If your KPI is LTV, then you need to pay attention to more than just CPA. And now in English: If an advertiser is looking to acquire users with high lifetime value, quantity without quality is money down the drain. “Advertisers are willing to pay high prices to retain good users – it’s actually amazing […]
“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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. With holiday shopping following close on the heels of the fall release of the iPhone 6 with Apple Pay, I expect shopping […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Daren Trousdell, CEO at OneUp Sports. Some of the most innovative publishers can be found in premium digital media verticals, especially within the sports and entertainment categories. These verticals have historically given brands a platform […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Viewability And Beyond Responding to Google’s benchmark viewability data, Dentsu Aegis UK chief executive Tracy de Groose says advertisers are focused on accountability more than viewability. “The shift is not in the viewability of ads; it’s increasingly about being able to pay for results, […]
Marketing software and media services provider Integrate raised $5 million on Tuesday, led by Trinity Capital Investment, bringing its total raised funds to $40 million. Integrate, which started in 2010, provides an integration pipeline to enable lead-gen automation. For example, a client looking to acquire customers within a particular demographic would use Integrate to find […]
App-install ads are where the mobile cash is – at least for now – and Yahoo is starting to capitalize. The company said Tuesday that it’s making app-install ads available through Gemini, Yahoo’s self-serve marketplace for native and mobile search ads. Advertisers will be able to promote their apps to roughly 550 million monthly mobile users […]
Casale Media’s Index Exchange has hooked up with place-based content and shopper media network PlaceWise Media on a new private exchange connecting advertisers with intent-based shoppers. PlaceWise, a publisher of retail destination sites for 3,000 grocers and 600 shopping and lifestyle centers nationally, reaches close to 16 million monthly visitors across its online network. A […]
The results are in – and they’re not pretty. “I’ve had my eyes opened and it’s frightening,” said Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), which released the fruits of its anti-fraud study on Tuesday. The work was conducted in conjunction with online ad security firm White Ops as part […]
“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 by Megan Pagliuca, vice president and general manager for digital media at Merkle Inc. The marketers that are truly taking digital media in-house are few and far between. Those that are successful […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AdBlock Battle Two French publishers, GESTE and the French IAB, are considering suing Eyeo GmbH, creators of AdBlock Plus, on the grounds that the software poses a threat to the advertising ecosystem. The legal proceedings are still in the consulting stage, with a formal […]
Goodreads’ 30 million members save books to their “want to read” shelves, write reviews and share recommendations with friends. Started as a place to help readers find books through real-life friends, it’s since become a social destination for people connecting with online and offline friends, attracting 45 million unique visitors a month. The trove of […]
Facebook’s declining organic reach has plagued small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) since it tweaked its algorithm about eight months ago. A study by analytics platform SumAll, released in October, highlights exactly what that fallout looks like for smaller advertisers on Facebook. Because Facebook’s algorithm change reduces the reach of Facebook posts, it has made it […]
A new report from Interpublic Group’s MAGNA Global media research and buying arm reinforces earlier predictions that consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands would invest as much as $7 billion in digital advertising by 2018. According to MAGNA’s 2015 Global Advertising Revenue Forecast, released Monday, verticals like CPG and pharmaceuticals, which once invested more heavily in […]
“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 John Donahue, CEO at White Lightning + The Judge’s Son The promise that marketers have been making for the last 15 years – that data will transform advertising by increasing […]
When real estate franchise Coldwell Banker conducted a consumer satisfaction survey last year, the company was presented with a few home truths. The most jarring finding was that 87% of respondents felt like there was room for improvement in the home-buying and selling process. Add to that the fact that 64% of those surveyed said […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Deepest Darkest Social Alexis Madrigal, who coined the term “dark social” in reference to untraceable web traffic on social sites, issued an update on the phenomenon in a piece for Fusion. According to data from Chartbeat, Madrigal says most of that traffic is percolating […]
Spotify is getting into the local ad game, courting brands with a platform that helps advertisers geotarget audiences in the US. The music streaming service will debut its Spot Radio Platform for brands on Jan. 1. The tool is backboned by Triton Digital, a marketing service to the media industry and a tech provider whose […]
Answers.com, a knowledge resource site, has evolved from a basic wiki to a publisher and marketing tech provider. “We’ve made a lot of positive changes to the site,” said David Karandish, CEO of Answers.com, “have added support for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter for [gated] logins (Answers.com now has over 180 million registered users) and turned […]
Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, the latest patch – alongside marketing, sales and customer service – in the tech giant’s in the tech giant’s quilt of survey companies bodes poorly for the future of the other content here and such
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Heather Menery, vice president of emerging solutions at PubMatic. There are many debates today surrounding mobile and display: Are they now one and the same? Should we still have dedicated, separate budgets or simply […]
“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 Bob Lord, CEO at AOL Platforms. While the term “disruption” has become a bit of a cliché, there’s no denying that technology is radically reshaping the ad industry. Investments in […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Agency Shops Commerce Interpublic’s MRM//McCann snatched up Optaros on Thursday for an undisclosed sum, The Wall Street Journal reports. Optaros helps clients like Macy’s, Nestle and Rue La La build and manage ecommerce offerings. “We see a pretty dynamic marketplace in terms of what’s […]
FOX Television Stations partnered with Facebook’s video platform LiveRail on Thursday. The deal enables advertisers to buy inventory alongside local news video footage across 28 stations in 17 markets, including sites like myfoxny.com and myfoxla.com. “We know there is more demand for premium video,” said Joe Oulvey, EVP of Fox Station Sales, noting that video […]
Nexage is the cherry on top of Millennial Media’s multiscoop technology sundae. Millennial’s acquisition of Nexage, first announced in September, officially closed on Thursday evening. “Not to sound like Jerry Maguire, but the Nexage deal completes us,” said Matt Gillis, president of platforms at Millennial Media. Millennial has been actively acquiring tech since early last […]
Intel dove deep into content marketing to connect with millennials. For two and a half years, it’s used the IQ website to reach consumers through articles connecting technology to everyday life. In addition to using homegrown pieces, Intel places articles on sites like BuzzFeed and Mashable. All receive extra pushes to drive traffic. That’s where […]
“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 Mahi de Silva, CEO at Opera Mediaworks. For the better part of the last 50 years, brands’ ad spending focused on the living room, which included TV, radio, newspapers and […]
App developers are engaged in an eternal struggle to acquire users, keep them, and understand what the heck they’re doing. But it’s the “who” and the “why” that are the most compelling questions. On Thursday, app analytics company App Annie released an expansion of its mobile intelligence product line designed to help advertisers and app publishers […]
Programmatic television isn’t yet a reality, but integrations between a number of linear TV inventory providers and the video demand-side platform TubeMogul may help move that needle. On Thursday, TubeMogul rolled out Programmatic TV (PTV), a software-buying system designed to streamline the complex TV-buying process. PTV hooks into linear supply-side platforms AudienceXpress, clypd, FreeWheel, place […]
