It’s a frenzied IPO season in the ad tech space. Despite the tepid reaction of investors to public offerings by Tremor and YuMe, companies like Rocket Fuel aren’t showing signs of cold feet. True, it helps to have a set of impressive financials, which Rocket Fuel submitted to the SEC last week. The Redwood City, […]
There’s no doubt that every new smartphone app is up against some tough competition—whether it’s competing against thousands of other apps or vying for attention once it’s been downloaded. When it comes to marketing mobile phone apps, certain strategies, like in-app advertising, generally encourage more app downloads, according to new data from mobile media company […]
Interpublic Group is making good on recent pledge to automate 50% of its cross-channel buying activity by 2016. The holding company’s Mediabrands division has signed up a group of broadcast partners to install an automated media buying system that will span TV, radio, and digital out-of-home ads. The list of the IPG Mediabrands’ initial partners […]
Google is ramping up its focus on online gaming by bringing its video ad-skipping tool TrueView to the space. In doing so, Google is making good on a promise Susan Wojcicki, SVP of advertising, made back in February at the IAB Annual Meeting to expand the use of TrueView, which the company sees as 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 Nishat Mehta, executive vice president of global partnerships at dunnhumby. In all the talk about big data, we have largely ignored the most valuable source of that data: the consumer. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. CRMomentum CRM agency/consulting firm Merkle has tapped the “momentum release” format and delivered, well, some revenue momentum numbers yesterday. “In the first half of 2013, Merkle’s net revenue was 20% higher than the same period in 2012, with corresponding EBITDA growth of 76%. The […]
Fees remain the most common way for marketers to compensate advertising agencies, according to the 2013 Trends in Agency Compensation survey released by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). Out of 98 client-side marketers, 81% indicated that they continue to use some type of fee compensation for various agency types and services. Labor-based fees, which […]
Groupon’s launch today of a global affiliate marketing Groupon Partner Network (GPN) illustrates the company’s plans to own a lion’s share of the local ad market. It also puts more distance between Groupon and its daily deals heritage. The Partner Network is part of Groupon’s goal “to provide a comprehensive, effective and large-scale marketing platform for […]
Media agencies have more influence than ever, thanks to the runaway train of audience fragmentation and the infrastructure/manpower needed to address it. This trend is nicely articulated by Publicis Groupe’s acquisition of digital agency Engauge Marketing – not because Engauge is a digital media agency (it’s not) but rather because it’s a creative and content-centric […]
With 12 years experience in digital, Jeff Burkett has seen his share of sell-side ad tech at The Washington Post. His latest role, senior director of sales operations, is perhaps a sign of the times for the publishing world in general, as Burkett is now building his reach to the print side of “ops” while […]
It all comes down to who owns the digital identity and the addressability that follows. Late this spring when Amazon launched the Login with Amazon service, it gave access to 200 million-plus active Amazon users to app developers and site owners. “Login with Amazon is the latest offering in an array of services that make […]
Links may be the workhorses of a publisher’s marketing strategy, but to Pete Sheinbaum, former CEO of the online newsletter Daily Candy, they represent a multitude of opportunities. After the publisher was acquired by Comcast in 2008, Sheinbaum founded LinkSmart, which offers tools to help publishers manage and monetize their links. AdExchanger sat down with […]
“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 Joel Nierman, global marketing and media director at Critical Mass. Advertising has always carried a survivorship bias — the logical trap of concentrating on people or things that “survived” some […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Display Advertising IPO Demand-side, display ad tech and services company Rocket Fuel has decided to throw its hat into the Initial Public Offering (IPO) ring as the company filed its S-1 statement. With financials laid bare, the company says “For the six months […]
DG’s decision to sell its linear TV ad delivery business to video ad management company Extreme Reach for $485 million (with a possible $40 million equity investment in ER by DG) reflects a view that the real opportunity in video convergence comes from the digital side, not the traditional one. It’s a pretty big gamble. […]
In a sign that programmatic video buying is becoming more essential, IPG’s Magna Global has chosen video ad marketplace operator Adap.tv as its preferred partner. The deal comes a day after cereal marketer Kellogg turned to BrightRoll to help spearhead its programmatic video plans. Magna, which is the research and buying arm for the IPG […]
A new Google patent for a wearable “gaze tracking” technology (US patent #8,510,166) has fantastical implications for how advertising could evolve in a world full of head-mounted interfaces such as, oh, Google Glass. The possibilities include far-out concepts such as billboard viewability reporting and “pay-per-gaze” billing for ads. In its patent claim, Google describes a […]
PopSugar, the online media platform blending everything from celebrity content covering Prince Williams’ new baby to a hand-selected beauty and fashion subscription service, is in the process of creating a full-scale digital outfit to bring content and commerce to a new level. Colette Dill-Lerner, who recently joined PopSugar as EVP of Performance Marketing, spent close […]
“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 Khurrum Malik, chief marketing officer at eXelate. Despite all the attention paid to the consumer data available to Facebook and Google, they’re not the only players in the space […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Weather Targeting A Wall Street Journal article identifies a number of “weather sentiment” products the Weather Company is working on. The WSJ’s Katherine Rossman writes, “Weather has always influenced the retail economy, and the Weather Co. has long sold forecasts to airlines and energy […]
With the mobile app market growing more competitive every day, app developers are under increasing pressure to find people who will not only download their games, but remain engaged players. Advertising and mobile analytics firm Apsalar is trying to address this need in a number of ways. In addition to offering a mobile analytics platform […]
In the wake of Millennial Media’s agreement to buy Jumptap, AdExchanger spoke with Mollie Spilman, EVP of global sales and marketing at Millennial, who shed some light on the company’s plans and its approach to mobile advertising. Spilman was previously CMO at Yahoo. AdExchanger: How will Millennial be able to stay “best in class” while trying […]
GroupM has lowered its global ad spending forecast for the second year running. The media investment arm of WPP cited Eurozone weakness as the main reason why it expects 2013 ad growth of 3.4%, instead of the 4.5% it previously predicted. Argentine currency volatility, a wobbly Japan and Egypt’s chaos were secondary reasons. The five […]
Somehwhere there may be a business school class enjoying this. It’s a pretty simple construct – when commoditization occurs, the increased competition leads to eroding margins for an entire swath of companies. And then the games begin. Business case in point is today’s nexus of media and ad tech businesses – whether it’s Omnicom-Publicis, Tremor […]
“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 Jay Seideman, US director of the targeting and exchange team at Microsoft. At the end of every year, publishers enjoy many wild debates about budgeting, forecasting and sales compensation. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The CFO + Momentum Release Continuing a recent trend in ad technology, location data ad-tech and services company PlaceIQ has decided it’s time for a chief financial officer, as the 3-year-old startup follows CFO announcements by Triggit and RapLeaf progeny LiveRamp. PlaceIQ also said […]
Following its spring acquisition of recommendations engine Avail, ecommerce personalization and shopping media company RichRelevance has acquired the assets of data analytics startup Precog, for an undisclosed sum. Founded by former Amazon exec David Selinger in 2006, San Francisco-based RichRelevance currently has close to 200 customers including Walmart, Target and Marks & Spencer. Precog CEO […]
Tying mobile ad impressions to in-store visits is critical for advertisers looking to measure the value of their ads. Location analytics company Placed is approaching the challenge with a new product called Placed Attribution, that provides metrics around the number of people who saw an ad on their smartphone and then visited the advertiser’s store. […]
The evolution of commerce has made data the new “MVP” of retail marketing. A common theme at this week’s eTail East conference in Philadelphia, a gathering of 1,150 retail minds, was delivering personalized offers at scale. To do so, marketers are looking for ways to harness data across a range of sources ranging from loyalty marketing […]
