If you’d like to begin at the start of the 4-day, reaction series, click here. Click “read more” to read the participant’s answer to the AdExchanger.com reaction question on the decoupling of data and media: Dan Beltramo, CEO, Vizu: “A key issue for data providers who choose to sell media to consider is how or […]
Each day this week, AdExchanger.com will publish the thoughts of executives representing a cross-section of the digital advertising ecosystem in response to the following question: “Now that data and media are de-coupling, is it appropriate for a data company be selling media, too?” In other words, is there a conflict of interest? Click “read more” […]
AdReady announced recently a new $5.3 million round of funding from current investors Madrona Venture Group, Bain Capital and Khosla Ventures. Read the release. AdReady CEO Karl Siebrecht discussed the new funds and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: How will the company use the $5.3 million raised in this round? KS: This capital will be used […]
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 […]
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 […]
A new study released by The Ponemon Institute, and covered here by The New York Times, says that privacy concerns are impacting online ad spend. From the Times article: “Privacy issues have prompted marketers to use online behavioral advertising — based on tracking a user’s Web browsing habits — 75 percent less than they would […]
Mpire Corp.’s AdXpose, an ad verification technology and media company, announced that its verification technology has been certified by the popular advertiser ad serving platform, DART, which is owned by Google. Read more on MediaPost. President and CRO of AdXpose, Kirby Winfield, discussed the DART certification and what it means. AdExchanger.com: Can you discuss the […]
Yesterday in a release, performance marketing company MediaTrust announced that it had acquired Bardon Advisors, a “Los Angeles-based, CPC search & affiliate marketing platform for online advertisers and publishers.” In the process, it named Bardon Founder & CEO Keith Cohn as President of MediaTrust. Read more. Peter Bordes, CEO of MediaTrust, discussed the acquisition and […]
Last week, AOL, owners of the Advertising.com ad network, announced Ad Desk, the company’s new, self-service platform for ad buying across the Advertising.com network and AOL properties. Read the release. AdExchanger.com interviewed AOL execs Dave Jacobs (SVP, Publisher Services), Don Kennedy (SVP, Network Sales) and Jamie Fellows (VP, Product Management, AOL Advertising) in regards to […]
Last week, Anchor Intelligence announced its new “Clearmark For Keywords” product for search marketers, “a predictive, keyword bid optimization system.” Read the release. Ken Miller CEO of Anchor Intelligence discussed the new product and its implications. How does keyword valuation relate to a marketer’s propensity to target audience? KM: Keyword valuation is directly related to […]
FetchBack announced yesterday that it has launched a recommendation engine as part of its retargeting solution for advertisers. Read the release. FetchBack CEO Chad Little discussed the new product and recent developments in retargeting. AdExchanger.com: Please provide a “use case” on how FetchBack’s machine-learning technology works. The only use case we can provide now is […]
Will Margiloff, Chairman of Netmining and co-CEO of Innovation Interactive, discussed Netmining’s new SiteInsights product which provides audience insights for a marketer’s campaigns. Read more. AdExchanger.com: Given Netmining’s terminology around “scoring,” do you see the Netmining SiteInsights platform as a solution for lead generation marketers, in particular? WM: We are clearly focused on direct response […]
Adgregate Markets announced a new partnership with rich media advertising provider, PointRoll, which will embed Adgregate’s Shop Ads e-commerce technology within PointRoll ads. Read the release. Adgregate Markets CEO Henry Wong discussed the partnership and its attribution capabilities. How does the integration work of Adgregate Markets technology into PointRoll technology? Adgregate’s suite of APIs and […]
Ben Kartzman is CEO of Spongecell, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: You have pivoted the company on occasion to find new opportunity. Can you talk about what you learned with each pivot and how it informs what you’re doing today? BK: At Spongecell we have a culture of being agile and iterative – whether it’s […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is from Jerry Neumann, an angel investor in The Trade Desk, 33Across, Domdex, CPM Advisors and Flurry […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from Nathan Woodman is the Managing Director of Adnetik, Havas’ Digital Trading Network. […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is a publisher perspective from Michael Smith, President, Forbes.com. No, but all of the competition in the […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from Michael Brunick, VP, Media Technology Director at IPG’s Mediabrands Worldwide, and part […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from Scott Symonds, General Manager of AKQA Media, Search & Analytics. Answer: Too […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from Sean Kegelman, SVP, Partnerships & Ventures, Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi. The question of […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from MDC Partners’ Darren Herman, founder Varick Media Management & Chief Digital Media […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” Over the next several days, we will post their answers. The following contributions are from Google and Yahoo! which provide […]
Jim Ewel is CEO of Adometry, which provides verification and effectiveness metrics products for display advertising. AdExchanger.com: What gave the team the idea for Adometry? And, what problem is Adometry solving? JE: Our founders, John Dietz and Rob Perrier, had built a large-scale ad server for a major publisher. They understood that the kind of […]
DoubleVerify, an online advertising verification company, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series B financing from Institutional Venture Partners. Read the release. Oren Netzer, CEO of DoubleVerify, discussed the raise and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: What were the key characteristics you were searching for in a funding partner? ON: We wanted an […]
Netezza recently announced its Netezza TwinFin(i) Appliance which extends data warehousing capabilities and supports the company’s i-Class data analytics platform. (Read the release about i-Class.) The company’s products are gaining traction with digital advertising tech companies as requisite computational power rockets. Netezza’s Brad Terrell, VP and general manager of digital media, and Michele Chambers, director […]
Mpire announced a new API which provides “advanced reporting capabilities” from AdXpose, Mpire’s campaign verification and optimization technology, on such data points as domain verification, location on the page, geographic location of the user, user demographic and page or site context. Read the release. Mpire President and CRO Kirby Winfield shared his thoughts with AdExchanger.com […]
Jeff Zwelling is CEO and Co-Founder of Convertro, a marketing metrics attribution company. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Convertro trying to solve? JZ: Marketers today are in large part “flying blind” when it comes to properly allocating their marketing dollars among their various marketing channels. I say this because most advertisers are relying upon outdated tracking […]
OpenAmplify recently announced research which showed that by using the company’s semantic technology, it was able to discover engagement levels for certain brand ads – such as Audi ads after the Super Bowl, in this case. Read the release. Mark Redgrave, CEO of OpenAmplify, discussed the findings with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Are brands such as Audi […]
AdExchanger.com discussed TagMan‘s new funding announcement (See release.) and recent momentum with Jonathan Baron, co-founder and general manager of Tagman. AdExchanger.com: What attributes did you look for in a funding partner? How have you found the funding climate? JB: We sought partners that had an understanding of the online ad marketplace such that they could […]
James Beriker was named CEO of Dapper, an online advertising technology company. Beriker’s previous roles include CEO at Efficient Frontier, a search engine marketing firm. See the story. Beriker discussed Dapper and his experience with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: AdWeek quoted you as saying, “It’s [the] beginning days of display is a very powerful direct response channel.” […]
