It was the final presentation at the Association of National Advertisers Masters of Marketing annual conference last Saturday, and maybe it was the most relevant if you’re a fan of data-driven, digital marketing. After all, anybody that announces, “My company will buy 20 BILLON display impressions in the fourth quarter of 2010,” as Intuit VP […]
Omar Tawakol is CEO of BlueKai, an online data exchange. Tawakol recently discussed his company’ strategic direction with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Looking at the new website, it seems BlueKai’s business is evolving? Can you touch on how? OT: BlueKai’s business is constantly evolving to respond to new demands that we see in the industry but we […]
Mediabank announced yesterday that it has launched a demand-side platform: “M|Buy DSP will be a central console through which national advertisers can order buys on local TV, print, radio, out-of-home, digital, and other advertising.” Read more. CEO Bill Wise discussed his company’s DSP and its features. Please discuss why M|Buy exists and its strategic importance […]
LucidMedia is providing its contextual ClickSense technology “to enable enhanced contextualization services within ValueClick’s online advertising platforms.” Read the release. LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed the ValueClick deal. AdExchanger.com: Does this deal represent a strategic shift for LucidMedia? Are you moving away from the DSP model you announced earlier in the year? AS: No, our […]
Magnetic CEO Josh Shatkin-Margolis discussed the company’s $4 million in Series A funding led by Charles River Ventures, Ron Conway and NYC Investment Fund bringing total investment to-date to $5.25 million. According to the release, existing investors Founder Collective and IA Capital Partners also participated. Link to release coming. How will Magnetic use the $4 […]
Art Muldoon and Matt Greitzer are Co-Founders of Accordant Media, a media buying and optimization company for agencies and in-house marketers. AdExchanger.com: Please share a bit of background. Where did you come up with the idea for Accordant Media? Matt: The idea behind Accordant is that we integrate strategy, technology and execution to provide a […]
AdExchanger.com surveyed executives from the digital ad world regarding their opinion on the recent acquisition of Invite Media by Google which was announced yesterday. What are your thoughts about Google’s acquisition of Invite Media? Any concerns? Matt Spiegel, CEO, Omnicom Media Group Will Margiloff, co-CEO, Innovation Interactive Bill Demas, CEO, Turn Tim Ogilvie, CEO, AdBuyer.com […]
AdExchanger.com spoke to Kurt Unkel, SVP of Publicis’ VivaKi Nerve Center, about recent events at the company as well as the integration of Razorfish and Atom Systems, Razorfish’s media trading unit. AdExchanger.com: What’s the difference between Vivaki, the VivaKi Nerve Center, and Audience On Demand? KU: Vivaki is the strategic entity created by Publicis Groupe […]
“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by Amiad Solomon, Founder & President, Peer39. From the inception of the internet, online advertisers have been continuously experimenting with methods of targeting ads, in search of a technology that delivers a brand’s ideal audience, […]
Chris Mejia is President and CEO of ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group, makers of SureSafe. AdExchanger.com: First, a bit of background, how are ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group connected? How did the company begin overall? CM: Yes, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion in the market about this connection, so I’m happy […]
Valassis, a direct-mail and newspaper coupon marketer, said late last week that it has signed a deal with Yahoo! to provide SMBs an expanded digital marketing toolkit as “clients will gain access to Yahoo!’s premium online display advertising inventory and industry-leading behavioral and geographic targeting solutions.” Read the release. John Lieblang, President of Digital 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. […]
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 […]
Representatives Rick Boucher (Democrat, Virginia) and Cliff Stearns, (Republican, Florida) released their “discussion draft of legislation to assure the privacy of information about individuals both on the Internet and offline.” (Given the initial language from the release, it would seem that there is much more broader scope such as the offline direct marketing (catalogs etc.) […]
“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by: Ed Zimmerman, Mark Kesslen, and Matthew Savare, Lowenstein Sandler, a law firm. (See bios.) Let’s say you’re surfing the web, planning your next vacation with the family. You visit several travel sites, book your […]
MediaMath announced its acquisition of Adroit Interactive, an advertising technology company specializing in multi-variate creative, also known as dynamic ads. Read the release. MediaMath CEO Joe Zawadzki discussed the acquisition and Adroit’s technology. AdExchanger.com: For the creatives – such as those at creative agencies-, how do you make the case for Adroit’s technology being additive […]
“The Video Audience” is a column written by members of the media community and focused on the evolving world of online video advertising. Today’s column is written by Teg Grenager, Founder and VP of Product at adap.tv. Online video advertising spending continues to grow rapidly, and it’s easy to see why. It’s practically the perfect […]
Alex Willcock is Founder and CEO of Imagini Holdings Limited, an advertising technology company and makers of VisualDNA. AdExchanger.com: Please give us a bit of history about VisualDNA. A new company? Or pivoting for new opportunity? AW: I founded the business because I saw an opportunity to change the relationship between commerce and consumers – […]
Jeremy Helfand, EVP and Chief Sales Officer, at United Online, discussed the company’s new audience-buying platform – Adcurate – which enables audience buying of United Online properties. AdExchanger.com: How will United Online differentiate from competitors such as Fox Audience Network with the Adcurate™ platform? JH: Adcurate is intensely focused on audiences – who they are, […]
Michael Walrath is the former CEO of Yahoo!’s Right Media. I recently argued that the dramatic rise in demand side services is a step toward a next generation marketing services model. Or said another way, the agency of the future is going to look very different than today’s version. If this is the case, it […]
“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 Pascal Bensoussan, VP of Products at Aggregate Knowledge, a buy-side optimization platform. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series. In Part 1, I will make the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google To Reveal Its Display Future From the center stage of the official Google blog, Susan Wojcicki, VP of Product Management, reviews recent developments in Google and DoubleClick ad technologies over the past two years. More importantly, Wojcicki writes, “This is the first in […]
“Now Serving Mobile” is a column focused on the audience-buying opportunity in mobile advertising. Today’s column is written by Devkumar Gandhi, Founder & CEO of Nexage. “Mobile is the next big thing… and it always will be.” How many times have we laughed and cried at the humor and reality of that quip? The reality […]
Matt Nichols is a Principal at Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm. AdExchanger.com: Highland Capital Partners has a rich history of venture investment in the ad tech space. What sets it apart from other VC firms in the space? MN: Highland has been a long-time investor in the ad tech space from the early […]
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 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! On Q1 2010 Barron’s Eric Savitz provides a bulleted list from the remarks made by Hilary Schneider, EVP of Yahoo! North America, at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference in San Francisco. According to Savitz, Schneider said that the “rebound in brand advertising the […]
Amir Ashkenazi is CEO of adap.tv, an online video advertising marketplace. AdExchanger.com: Let’s start with a bit of background. Has adap.tv always been a video ad exchange or marketplace? You’ve been around for a while, correct? AA: Yes. We developed Adap.tv OneSource, ad serving and management platform, that is being used currently by hundreds […]
Carnet Williams is CEO and Co-Founder of Sprout, a brand engagement ad platform. AdExchanger.com: Let’s start with the name – how does “Sprout” mesh with what you’re doing today? And, what problem is Sprout solving and how does this play out with your announcement about Disney? CW: The display advertising business is still incredibly young. […]
WildTangent, with an online games ad network of over 100+ million unique users according to the company, announced a “unique advertising platform, BrandBoost™, which provides brand marketers the opportunity to reward gamers with complimentary game play and virtual items in return for brand engagement.” Read the release (PDF). WildTangent’s EVP of Business Development and Marketing, […]
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