“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 Marcus Pratt, director of insights and technology at Mediasmith. Digital media provides massive amounts of data against which to plan, optimize and buy. Smart marketers have learned to turn this data […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Pandora’s Ad Network Issues In Digiday, Josh McDermott reports that there’s been some shady mobile ad network business happening through the ad network connections of music service Pandora. McDermott explains, “Thousands of Pandora users recently opted in to a push notification asking them to […]
LinkedIn delved deeper into marketing with its launch Tuesday of Showcase Pages, through which companies can feature specific products within their branded pages. Designed as an extension of LinkedIn’s Company Pages, users that follow Showcase Pages will receive updates on products, events or other content. “We tell marketers, ‘Yes, we’re a professional network, but people […]
Enterprise platform technology company Salesforce.com launched its new core platform, Salesforce1, Tuesday at its Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Salesforce1 is the company’s attempt to build what it has positioned as a “mobile-first” one-stop shop for developers and partner software companies, marketers, salespeople, customer service reps and customers. Salesforce.com built a new platform — with […]
After General Motors yanked all its paid media spend from Facebook in mid-2012, GM’s chief marketing officer at the time, Joel Ewanick, suggested in a Wall Street Journal interview that Facebook is simply not a great place to advertise cars. But GM eventually returned and Facebook has since doubled down on the auto category. In […]
There’s still money to be made in Facebook’s vendor ecosystem. Ampush, a preferred marketing developer that supports data-driven advertising focused on Facebook’s News Feed, says its 2013 media revenue will grow to $70 million, up from $15 million last year. Headcount has more than doubled since December 2012, to 90. Ampush is an example of […]
Over the past year, MediaMath has just about doubled its staff to 306, as the company works to broaden its identity from being a demand-side platform to being viewed as an end-to-end enterprise solution. The company also created a new role—the “chief commercial officer”—in which it hired former McKinsey & Co. executive Michael Lamb. As […]
“Marketer’s Note” is a weekly column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving, digital marketing technology ecosystem. It is written by Joanna O’Connell, Director of Research, AdExchanger Research. I just read another study – this one from business analytics firm Domo – highlighting marketers’ challenges and frustrations when it comes to accessing and making sense of […]
“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 Kogan, CEO at Headway Digital. Emerging markets represent a bright opportunity for brands seeking to expand their market share. Nearly 80% of the world’s population lives in a region […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic Video Upswing Programmatic video is growing, but it’s not likely to overtake traditional buying for a couple of years, Magna Global North America President Kristi Argyilan told Ad Age. “Programmatic direct or private marketplaces, they have definitely crossed the chasm. We’re seeing it […]
As throngs of conference-goers flocked to downtown San Francisco for this week’s Dreamforce show, enterprise platform company Salesforce.com posted its Q3 earnings, citing 36% growth year-over-year to $1.08 billion in revenue. Of that total, $81 million was attributed to the Salesforce.com ExactTarget Marketing Cloud, according to Salesforce.com CFO Graham Smith, a figure that was “stronger” […]
Dallas-based marketing technology startup HipLogiq has raised $7 million in Series B funding, led by Hadron Global Partners. It will use the money to bolster sales and marketing staff. This latest cash injection follows a $5 million Series A round last May, also led by Hadron. While the Series A round was largely applied to […]
Google has agreed to pay $17 million to settle charges it dropped cookies on Safari Web browsers in defiance of the browser’s privacy settings. According to the settlement, from mid-2011 to early 2012, Google rejiggered DoubleClick coding to get around Apple’s default blocking of third-party cookies in Safari. When the charges were first publicized last […]
While location-based ad delivery was once limited strictly to geofencing, the ability to combine device identifiers, geographic coordinates, and customer history data has added sophistication to location targeting. PlaceIQ is one of the latest companies attempting to introduce more value into location advertising via two product roll-outs last Friday. PIQ Analytics and PreVisit are designed […]
Today, we’re excited to unveil the agenda for our inaugural front-of-the-year conference, Industry Preview 2014, taking place this Jan. 21 and 22 at The TimesCenter in New York City. Tracking the evolution of “ad tech” into digital marketing technology, Industry Preview will bring the best and brightest together to look at the year ahead — […]
Real-time bidding has gained appeal with major brands, but the idea of using exchange buys for awareness campaigns often spurs the question: How do we measure this? Videocentric demand-side platform Dennoo is getting some attention for the guarantees it offers buyers for its time-based “cost-per-view” pricing model as an alternative to bidding on CPMs. “In […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hlavacek, vice president for programmatic at The Weather Company. No one likes being on the defensive. It’s naturally uncomfortable. When faced with a challenge or critique, taking a defensive approach can often make things […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic’s Hot Stock Jim Cramer invited Rocket Fuel CEO George John to his CNBC “Mad Money” TV show on Friday. In the process, Cramer offers his take on why ad network 2.0 Rocket Fuel has been successful in the public markets: “Programmatic online advertising […]
The Media Rating Council (MRC) is likely to lift its Viewable Impression Advisory early next year, giving marketers a green light to buy digital media on viewable metrics. This move has also caused vendors to scramble to position their solutions in anticipation of a demand spike for measurement tools. Assessing ad viewability has traditionally been […]
Latin America marks great opportunity for media buyers and brands looking to monetize and scale their reach in emerging markets. In Mexico alone, eMarketer estimates total media ad spend was $5.2 billion in 2012. Yet understanding the cultural nuances of each Latin American country is as important as the financial and operational intricacies of the […]
BrightTag’s Asia-Pacific expansion plans are brighter now that the company has added an additional $27 million in financing from investor and partner Yahoo Japan. Existing investors, including Baird Capital, EPIC Ventures, I2A Fund, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and TomorrowVentures also participated in the round; BrightTag raised $15 million in April 2012 and has more than […]
“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 Dina Zelikson, senior marketing manager at Intuit. Programmatically traded media continues its impressive growth, with 2013 spending projected to hit $7.5 billion in the US and $12 billion worldwide, […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Pinterest API Pinterest has been driving retail referrals like crazy, and is now offering an API allowing websites to display their most popular pins. According to a blog post, the API has been offered to BuzzFeed, ModCloth, Target, Whole Foods, and others. Read the […]
As marketers and advertisers struggle to access the right data to deliver customer experiences that are timely, relevant, and engaging, a growing number are turning to data management platforms (DMPs) for help. While the specific features vary, a DMP essentially collects data from first- and third-party data sources, and organizes and distributes the information to […]
In its first earnings disclosure since going public, French retargeter Criteo cited vertical expansion beyond its heritage of retail and travel retargeting client base. CEO Jean-Baptiste “JB” Rudelle noted “major” US client wins in the financial and auto verticals helped the company post revenue growth of 57.8%, increasing from 72.1 million euros in the third […]
“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 Tom Manvydas, vice president of advertising strategy and solutions at Experian Marketing Services. The online advertising industry is booming, becoming more sophisticated as it grows. Today’s online ecosystem evolved to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Native Time Inc. Time Inc. is going to start serving native ads to more of its sites courtesy of Sharethrough technology, according to Ad Age’s Michael Sebastian. Content is assigned a quality score, based on how much interaction it gets, so that higher scoring […]
Millennial Media reported Q3 earnings after business close today, including updates on its acquisition of competitor Jumptap, its new mobile ad exchange, and Omni Measurement tools. The mobile ad network’s new exchange product, Millennial Media Exchange (MMX), was created through a partnership with AppNexus. More than two dozen buyers including DSPs, agency trading desks and […]
Omnicom is going “all in” with a singular Data Management Platform offering that will support audience segmentation and ad optimization across its two key media agencies, OMD and PHD. Driving the platform consolidation is a deal with Aggregate Knowledge, a DMP recently acquired by Neustar for $119 million. Like many agencies, Omnicom already supported DMP functionality, but […]
