CAPI integrations have moved from a nice-to-have to a necessity for anyone operating within walled garden environments. Now they’re laying the groundwork for an outcomes-driven ad ecosystem.
Broadcasters and brands love the idea of applying digital targeting to CTV ad campaigns. But there are still roadblocks stopping CTV advertisers from fully embracing programmatic, including price and transparency (or the lack thereof).
Ever since MeritDirect partnered with private equity firm Mountaingate Capital in 2019, it’s aggressively expanded its data and service offerings in the B2B space. In November, the Rye Brooke, NY-based company purchased 180byTwo – terms were undisclosed – marking its second acquisition deal this year; it bought Compass Marketing Solutions in January. “Putting these companies […]
Device manufacturer Lenovo wants its advertising to start contextually relevant conversations with its consumers, rather than blast them with one-way messages about its brand. “Sometimes, brands go wrong [by] looking at digital media in very a traditional way, like spending TV media online or taking ads and looking for display space,” said David Roman, chief […]
The target audience for Lenovo’s Data Center Group is the definition of niche: chief information officers at Fortune 500 companies who are in the market for complex storage, networking and server solutions. To reach that niche, Lenovo has increasingly turned to targeted digital and social ads. “We’re not interested in big, general blasts of information […]
The relationship between Lenovo and its agency partners is not what it used to be – in a good way. “That’s not to say that there isn’t a role for the traditional agency, like we have with our creative agency, Ogilvy, to drive the brand framework – we need that,” Lenovo SVP and CMO David Roman told […]
Video demand-side platform (DSP) TubeMogul will manage computer-manufacturer Lenovo’s global programmatic activity, an expansion of an existing partnership that reflects both cost-savings from automated ad sales and a greater interest in audience buying. For Lenovo, this increased focused on online video comes after two years of digital marketing expansion that remains largely concentrated on search […]
