Randy Smith is President of ClearSaleing, an advertising analytics and attribution management platform company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Smith to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of ClearSaleing today. Click below or scroll down for more: On Being […]
Today, social media marketing company Buddy Media announced the acquisition of Spinback, a social commerce analytics and technology company. On Buddy Media’s company blog, Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow explains how attribution was at the center of the reason for buying Spinback: “By combining sharing and conversion tracking into one elegant technology solution, Spinback shows […]
Manu Mathew is CEO of Visual IQ, a channel marketing intelligence software company. AdExchanger.com: Let’s start with the name Visual IQ – what’s the idea there? MM: The name Visual IQ represents the two high-level concepts behind the hosted software products that comprise our IQ Intelligence Suite – the first being the world’s most accurate […]
Steve Latham is CEO of Encore Media Metrics, an attribution technology company. AdExchanger.com: So, you started the company through selling your agency, correct? SL: Yes, we are using proceeds from the sale of my agency, Spur Interactive, to fund the launch and growth of Encore Media Metrics. While we don’t need to raise additional capital, […]
Often, a question doesn’t have an easy answer in the digital advertising business. This is a column devoted to an answer to a single question – and providing a bit of space for it. Today’s participant is David Skinner, SVP Client Solutions / Account Management at [x+1], an online targeting platform. He recently answered the […]
On Tuesday, tag management firm TagMan announced that it had closed $2+ million in Series A investment led by venture capital firm Greycroft Partners. TagMan founder and CEO Paul Cook said in the release, “We will put the new funding to immediate use in releasing version 3 of our technology, building out our infrastructure to […]
Below is a sample of industry reaction to yesterday’s acquisition of attribution analytics company ClearSaleing by e-Commerce infrastructure and services company GSI Commerce. Read the release. Justin Evans, SVP Audience Insights, Collective GSI’s move into the advertising analytics arena emphasizes the trend among advertisers to take advantage of increasingly sophisticated ROI metrics. As data sources […]
Petsky Prunier provided investment banking services in today’s announced acquisition of ClearSaleing by GSI Commerce. Sanjay Chadda, Partner & Managing Director at Petsky Prunier discussed the transaction. AdExchanger.com: How long was the deal in the making? What’s your view on M&A momentum currently? SC: As a high profile company and given its #1 ranking in […]
GSI Commerce announced today that its Global Marketing Services division has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based, attribution analytics firm ClearSaleing. From the GSI Commerce release: “The acquisition of ClearSaleing broadens and deepens the division’s portfolio of marketing services offerings and overall market position. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.” Read more. Chris Saridakis, CEO, GSI Global […]
