Rob Lenderman is Co-Founder, CIO-CMO of BoostCTR, a crowdsourced marketplace the optimization and testing of online ad creative. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea come for “BoostCTR”? RL: A few years ago I was working at a company that inherited an AdWords account for a multi-million dollar company. They had not had a single text ad […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Print As Loss Leader For Digital No more Jack Griffin? No problem. Time Inc has been able to iron out its problems with Apple and allow print subscribers free access to the iPad version according to The Wall Street Journal. Apple’s no fool here […]
John Bauschard is President of MediaBank Marketplaces and Tim Ogilvie is CEO of AdBuyer.com which was acquired by agency systems company, MediaBank, last week. Ogilvie becomes MediaBank’s new SVP of Product. Read the press release. The two discussed the acquisition and the strategy going-forward. Click below or scroll for more: Why MediaBank Is Buying AdBuyer […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Akamai Sees Seasonal Slowdown Q1 earnings didn’t disappoint but web infrastructure provider Akamai did indicate some slowing growth for Q2 2011 on Wednesday’s Q1 2011 earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Little was discussed about Akamai’s Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) business which was originally […]
CEO Bill Wise’s MediaBank announced today that it has acquired demand-side platform AdBuyer.com (Read AdExchanger.com Q&As from 2009 and 2010). According to the MediaBank press release: “MediaBank will make the AdBuyer platform available to MediaBank partners via the MediaBank O|X and A|V media management systems, and will expand AdBuyer’s cross-channel capabilities across all major media—creating […]
Alicia Navarro is CEO of Skimlinks, an affiliate links ad network. AdExchanger.com: Where did the name and idea come from? AN: When I originally started the company, it was completely different. ‘Skimbit’ was a social decision-making app, named because it ‘skimmed the best bits’ from sites you liked. We eventually built our own monetization technology […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. eBay Makin’ Money eBay reported its first quarter 2011 revenue results and things are looking good at the world’s largest digital garage sale as revenue “increased 16% to $2.5 billion, compared to the same period of 2010. The company recorded first quarter net income […]
Safeguard Scientifics, an investor in demand-side platform MediaMath, provided a little bit more insight on MediaMath financials as part of Safeguard’s latest regulatory filings. Among the details, MediaMath grew revenues 150% from 2009 to 2010 and “Safeguard provided $9 million in follow-on funding, in part, to expand MediaMath global sales and marketing initiatives, and to […]
Manu Mathew is CEO of Visual IQ, a channel marketing intelligence software company. AdExchanger.com: Let’s start with the name Visual IQ – what’s the idea there? MM: The name Visual IQ represents the two high-level concepts behind the hosted software products that comprise our IQ Intelligence Suite – the first being the world’s most accurate […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Amazon Reports Q1, Build-Out Amazon reported its Q1 2011 earnings yesterday and missed Wall Street analyst earnings projections as “Net income decreased 33% to $201 million in the first quarter, or $0.44 per diluted share, compared with net income of $299 million, or $0.66 […]
At the recent AppNexus Summit, in addition to an announcement by AppNexus regarding new APIs which will allow partners to build their own tools on top of the company’s real-time ad platform, Microsoft outlined its plans for roll-out of its owned-and-operated display inventory through its exchange (see the new product page), which is powered by […]
Duncan McCall is CEO & Co-Founder of PlaceIQ, a location-based data provider. AdExchanger.com: Can you talk a little about how your experience “fed” the idea for PlaceIQ? DM: I have always had a passion for the location space. I have travelled to many interesting places and many years ago went through the experience of downloading […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Media Adding Online Commerce The Travel Channel announced that it has invested $7.5 million in Oyster.com – described by The New York Times as a “start-up that employs professionals to review hotels and takes a cut of all the room reservations it helps to […]
ValueClick has officially acquired mobile ad network Greystripe in a deal value at $70 million. According to a ValueClick press release, some revenue numbers on Greystripe: “For the remainder of 2011, Greystripe is expected to contribute to ValueClick’s consolidated results approximately $24-$26 million in revenue and $2-$3 million in adjusted-EBITDA.” Read more. Referencing this morning’s […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by David Soloff, CEO, Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. Around the time he was busy founding a retail bank, my good friend Josh Reich offered the insight that […]
AdExchanger.com asked ad industry executives: “What’s your take on Google announcing yesterday that it is now selling guaranteed ‘premium’ inventory from publishers on the Google Display Network?” Cathleen Ryan is Chief Results Officer, MEA | DIGITAL, partner of Arkitektive. Google has been trying to figure out how the get their hands in the brand dollar […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ValueClick Buys Greystripe ValueClick has taken a reported $75 million plunge into the mobile advertising business with the acquisition of mobile ad network Greystripe according to TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington. He writes, “Greystripe has raised $18.1 million in funding to date over four rounds. They […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Cloud Goes Down Are you affected? An outage of Amazon’s EC2 cloud hosting services, which powers serving for such companies as Foursquare and Quora, is leaving consumers and customers alike S.O.L. The Next Web provides coverage and says, “[Amazon’s EC2] status dashboard currently […]
This past week, IPG Mediabrands agency, Universal McCann (UM), announced it’s data and analytics “Media 3.0” strategy calling it the agency’s “new operating platform [which] bolsters UM’s proposition as a strategy and analytics-led organization, centered on business outcomes,” according to a press release. The new strategy includes integration of data and analytics capabilities from Nielsen. […]
“the creative” is a column focused on the creative side of digital marketing. Tom Moran is Executive Creative Director of Seattle-based digital shop POP. If you work at an advertising agency today, you are likely moving at warp speed in several different directions while staying as synchronized as possible. With so many new platforms, new […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. isocket Launches Marketplace, DFP Plug-In From its company blog, isocket CEO John Ramey announced a new marketplace for display ads called BuyAds.com, which leverages the company’s plug and play ad serving system for publishers selling guaranteed display advertising inventory. Read more here on the […]
WhiteWave Foods and agency Horizon Media recently launched an International Delight “CoffeeHouse Inspirations Skinny” campaign which the companies said drove a 34.4% increase in brand lift with the help of Vizu technology. Read the release. Aaron Simpson, Associate Marketing Director at WhiteWave Foods, who worked on the International Delight “Skinny” launch, shared some of his […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Michael Zimbalist is VP, Research & Development Operations for the New York Times Co. He also co-founded the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and serves as a member of its executive committee. In the years since Terry Kawaja first published his famous […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Retargeter Reports Is an IPO far away for personalized ad retargeter Criteo? They’re already reporting quarterly results like a public company – well… public companies must report all their revenues. According to a press release, among Criteo highlights in Q1 2011 in comparison […]
Though Yahoo! reported declining revenues of $1.06 billion from a year ago (-6%), the company still met Wall Street expectations earning $190 million for the quarter. Read the earnings release (PDF). And, get the slides (PDF). The company went on to say that revenue is continuing to take a hit from the search partnership with […]
AdExchanger.com asked ad industry executives: “What’s your take on Google announcing yesterday that it is now selling guaranteed ‘premium’ inventory from publishers on the Google Display Network?” John Montgomery is COO, North America of GroupM Interaction, a WPP Company. “This is a beta program running across a few verticals. Google appears to be pursuing the […]
AdExchanger.com asked ad industry executives: “What’s your take on Google announcing yesterday that it is now selling guaranteed ‘premium’ inventory from publishers on the Google Display Network?” Curt Hecht, CEO of VivaKi Nerve Center, a Publicis company “VivaKi has been advocating a reserved marketplace with Google dating back to our original partnership announcement in 2008. […]
AdExchanger.com asked ad industry executives: “What’s your take on Google announcing yesterday that it is now selling guaranteed ‘premium’ inventory from publishers on the Google Display Network?” Elizabeth Blair, CEO, Brand.net “My take is it is fantastic and about time. Brand advertisers’ needs haven’t changed. Their requests for brand-focused online advertising technology and services haven’t […]
