At its 2013 Digital Marketing Summit in Salt Lake City, Adobe Systems announced an upgrade to its digital advertising and analytics platform. And it debuted a new, socially enhanced user interface and mobile capabilities for the Adobe Marketing Cloud. The company’s Media Optimizer, a cross-channel ad management platform, will be available in two versions: standard […]
Two trends dominated the paid search space during the holiday season of 2012: mobile impressions and spend, and Google’s new Product Listing Ads. Google transitioned its Google Shopping search from a free model to a paid one. The new PLAs work more like AdWords, with retailers and merchants providing Google with information about a product, […]
“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 by Sid Shah, Director of Business Analytics for Advertising Solutions, Adobe. A combination of established trends and new technology innovations will cause 2013 to be an eventful year for digital marketing. Here […]
It’s been three years since Adobe embarked on the digital acquisition spree that would bring it a major analytics platform (Omniture), a DMP (Demdex) and a media buying platform (Efficient Frontier). How to measure its success to date? Financial results tell one story. In Q3 2012 the digital marketing suite delivered 40% growth in revenue, […]
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 […]
Yesterday, Adobe announced that acquisition of video monetization platform Auditude as Adobe said in a release that it was looking to provide an “end-to-end video offering (…) with the goal of helping customers build long-term businesses through the delivery of quality video content and superior viewing experience across all IP-enabled devices.” No terms were announced […]
Adobe recently announced its enterprise content management system, known as Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform (ADEP), which offers a series of integrated solutions (Customer Experience Solutions) across digital channels. Read the release. Loni Kao, Group Manager of Solution Marketing, Digital Enterprise, Adobe, discussed the announcement and its implications. AdExchanger.com: Do you see a fit between the […]
Yesterday, Adobe announced the acquisition of data solutions provider Demdex, which will be added to Adobe’s Omniture unit and folded into its Online Marketing Suite. Read the interview with Adobe Omniture VP John Mellor. AdExchanger.com reached out to members of the ad ecosystem to get their thoughts on the following question: “What does the Adobe […]
Today, Adobe announced that it has acquired data management solutions provider, Demdex. Financials were not disclosed. Read the release. In a conversation with AdExchanger.com, Adobe Omniture’s vp of marketing, John Mellor, offered insights on the transaction and where Adobe’s Omniture unit plans to go with Demdex as it joins the Company’s Online Marketing Suite. Demdex […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Aegis Announces Its DSP In an article in New Media Age, agency holding company, Aegis, announced that it’s entering the agency demand-side platform/trading desk fray and its DSP will be ready in a “few months.” Carat MD Rob Horler tells NMA, “We’re building it […]
