Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. MySpace Simplifies Privacy In a battle of privacy policies, MySpace has simplified its privacy setting that enable users to control what is tracked and what isn’t of their online MySpace experience. The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel writes, “The new MySpace privacy controls, which […]
LucidMedia announced a new self-service version of its demand-side platform targeting agencies and advertisers. Read the release. Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO and Founder of LucidMedia, discussed the different facets of the announcement. Why do you think agencies want self-service? Aren’t they overwhelmed as it is and need full or at least “fuller” service? Yes, agency media […]
C. Eoin Townsend is CEO of MainStreetSocial, an online monetization platform for local governments, residents and advertisers. What problem is MainStreetSocial solving? CET: Right now, 90% of local governments are suffering serious budget shortfalls while spending 20 billion dollars a year on technology outsourcing in an attempt to increase communication and connect with their residents. […]
Google, Facebook and Apple are on a collision course as each company’s content and technology are merging into super-heated cauldrons of profit. So, how will these three compete in the data-driven, addressable future of tomorrow’s display media? It’s still not crystal clear but there are clues. And, it should be noted that this is the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Brand Marketer Invasion Ad Age’s Michael Learmonth reveals that brand marketers such as Unilever are invading Silicon Valley to keep track of the latest and greatest from technology companies that will impact their digital marketing mix. Unilever CMO Keith Weed tells Ad Age, “What […]
Nick Wilson, CTO, Break Media, a network of properties targeting young men. AdExchanger.com What problem is Break Media solving for advertisers today? NW: We offer clients the ability to reach a targeted audience of young men by producing, promoting, and distributing clients’ original videos and branded content across the Break Media Network of sites. Additionally, we […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ComScore: Big Numbers For Display ComScore put out a monster figure that Americans received 1 trillion display in the first quarter of 2010. Not billion, TRILLION. How many were teeth whitening ads? -Not sure, but the company estimated, “Total U.S. display ad spending in […]
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Though they aren’t big numbers in terms of the Internet’s hottest, three-word phrases, “demand-side platform” has come from nowhere to relative, online display advertising fame since January 1, 2010. Consider, if you will, the recent momentum for organic search traffic to AdExchanger.com when a phrase containing “demand side platform” is entered into a search engine […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising technology company. For anyone who has been watching the data space over the last year and a half, the explosion of […]
Andy Cocker, co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based, Infectious Media Ltd, a media agency, discussed the company’s momentum in the media trading space – and the company’s Impression Desk media buying platform – with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please define Infectious Media‘s value proposition. AC: We are a media buying services company, specializing in data driven display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Picard On DSPs And Display On Imedia Connection, Microsoft’s Eric Picard writes a think piece titled: “DSPs: What they really are and why you should care.” Picard references last week’s “A Few Good DSPs” video by GCA Savvian’s Terence Kawaja and says in regards […]
In a release last week, Permuto, a CPC, display ad retargeting company, announced that through its ad platform, the company had shown return-on-ad-spend results “within three percent of SEM” for e-tailer Heels.com. Read more. Shaukat Shamim, Co-Founder and CEO of Permuto, discussed the company’s services and shared observations about the e-commerce landscape. AdExchanger.com: When working […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot. “So far audience targeted media optimization has been a huge party that only the demand side has shown up for. The supply side […]
Satya Patel is a Partner at Battery Ventures, a venture capital and private equity investment firm. AdExchanger.com: Battery Ventures has been around since the ’80s as a venture and private equity firm. Looking at a high level, can you take us through some of the strategy pivots the firm has made in regards to digital […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Advocating For Transparency Standards Demand-side platform Turn’s CEO Bill Demas writes on ClickZ that publishers need to embrace RTB since it will help provide control by enabling “the means to create custom audience segments through direct sales teams” and more. Furthermore, Demas says, “As […]
Alan Pearlstein is CEO and President of Cross Pixel Media, a data-centric marketing services company. AdExchanger.com: How about a little background? How did you get where you are today? AP: I have always been a direct response marketer by training. The first business I started was a mail order catalog, and in 2002 I launched […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is Part II of a two-part column (Part I is here) written by Mike Afergan, CTO & SVP of Advertising Decision Solutions at Akamai. Mention ‘shopping data’ to an agency […]
At New York City’s Time Warner Center last Thursday, Collective sponsored its 2nd annual “Display Advertising Uncensored” event, which brought together a broad cross-section of display advertising players to discuss the growing momentum (and confusion!) in the display ad space. The panel was moderated by Randy Cohen of Advertiser Perceptions and included Lexi Reese of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publicis Buys Back From Dentsu Publicis bought back 7.5 million of its own shares from ad holding company rival and shareholder Dentsu. Back in 2003, according to the Wall Street Journal, both companies had entered into a stock-swap agreement which gave each roughly 10% […]
Audience management company, Demdex, announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A financing in a round led by Shasta Ventures and also inclusive of existing investors First Round Capital and Genacast Ventures. Read the release. CEO Randy Nicolau discussed the new financing and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: From your perspective, what is the […]
In a release last week, IPG’s Mediabrands announced that Brendan Moorcroft had been appointed CEO for Cadreon, Mediabrands online media buying platform which services Universal McCann (UM), Initiative, Mediabrands Ventures and their clients.”Read the release. Moorcroft discussed Cadreon’s development and his views on the competitive landscape. AdExchanger.com: When does Cadreon become available to all media […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Tim Ogilvie, CEO of AdBuyer.com, a demand-side optimization platform. Jonathan Mendez wrote a good post on his blog several months ago entitled “The True Media Value Delta”. In that post, he shared a highly profitable display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Looking At Ad Serving On Friday, content monitor Attributor released its most recent report on ad serving across the web. Among the data points, “Google and DoubleClick overwhelmingly dominate the market. Combined they account for more than 65% of the market share, which, compared […]
Ad network and technology platform, Collective, released its “2010 Collective Display Advertising Study” here (PDF). Among the findings, “About two-thirds (64 percent) percent continue to use click-thru rates (CTRs) to evaluate ad network performance. The study finds a disparity between senior- and lower-level agency decision makers, with the latter relying heavily on CTRs and the […]
Targeting brand marketers looking for better insights, Undertone Networks has combined products offered by research firm Dynamic Logic, Comscore and others to create its Undertone Qualified Insights program, a “customer learning programs for marketers investing in large or ongoing campaigns.” Read the release. Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer of Undertone Networks, discussed the program and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Eyeblaster Dwelling Eyeblaster has released a new study on dwell time – the time that a user is exposed to an ad on a web page. Among the findings, “High Dwell [Rate] triples brand-related search, increases traffIc by 69%.” Need more? Read the release. […]
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Online video ad marketplace, Adap.tv, announced on Wednesday that its marketplace was now real-time bidding-enabled. DSP partner [x+1], Publicis’ VivaKi and CineSport LLC each discussed its importance in the release here. The potential for marketers to track cookies across multiple supply sources as well as multiple channels presumably makes online advertising even more efficient than […]
