Digital marketing has expanded well beyond the realm of paid media, yet the old label “ad tech” persists as a blanket descriptor of this maturing industry. Are we good with this? We asked a handful of execs to answer the question: If the phrase “ad tech” did not exist, what would you call the space […]
Adobe has integrated two of its core digital marketing products – SiteCatalyst and AdLens (formerly Efficient Frontier). The integration will let advertisers take granular data out of SiteCatalyst and plug it into AdLens for use in search, social, and display ad campaign optimization. Data such as shopping cart abandonment and time on site can be […]
Several months after Adobe acquired media buying services and platform company Efficient Frontier (and Context Optional, the Facebook ad optimizer it arrived with), the company has unveiled its full slate of ad analytics for earned media in the form of Adobe Social. Adobe Social promises to track every campaign and determine whether commenting and other […]
The Summer Olympics is still primarily a major broadcast event and is expected to draw some $3 billion in related ad spending — $1 billion of which could go directly to NBC Universal, which has the TV rights to the global games. But the viewers will have unlimited amounts of live viewing options through mobile […]
After two weeks of intense M&A in social CRM (see AdExchanger stories on Oracle/Vitrue and Salesforce/Buddy), it’s helpful to keep in mind that Adobe is still arguably the only enterprise software company to bring social CRM, analytics, and search-plus-display optimization under one roof. Efficient Frontier – acquired six months ago – is a key piece […]
At Adobe’s 2012 Digital Marketing Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, SVP and GM of Digital Marketing, Brad Rencher discussed his company’s digital marketing initiatives (read Adobe’s Summit blog for new product announcements), the data-driven ad ecosystem and more with AdExchanger. AdExchanger: At a macro level, why do you think there are 4,000 people gathered […]
On Wednesday, Adobe Systems announced the acquisition of media buying platform and services company Efficient Frontier. In an interview with AdExchanger.com, Adobe’s John Mellor said in regards to the acquisition, “We are answering the call of customers to give them more capability in how they spend those dollars, how they understand performance, and how that […]
John Mellor is VP of strategy and business development for Adobe‘s Digital Marketing Business. He discussed yesterday’s acquisition of media buying services and platform company Efficient Frontier by Adobe (read the release) and its implications. AdExchanger.com: What would you say Adobe was looking for? And then we can get into why the Efficient Frontier offers… […]
Brad Rencher is SVP and GM, Omniture Business Unit, Adobe. On Tuesday, he discussed his company’s acquisition of Auditude, data-driven marketing, and the Adobe strategy ahead. Click below or scoll for more: Why Buy Auditude? Other Acquisition Possibilities On Merging The Creative Of Adobe, Data Of Omniture Ad Networks And Exchanges AdExchanger.com: What were some […]
