“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 Josh McFarland, CEO of TellApart, an ecommerce data and ads platform. Dear retargeting advertiser — We all agree online advertising needs a more comprehensive metric than the click. […]
In addition to joining its board, Jeff Pullen has been hired as President and COO of AudienceScience, the company announced. Read the release. Pullen discussed his new role and recent experience in the online advertising economy. AdExchanger.com: Where do you begin when putting together a company’s strategic roadmap? In regards to creating AudienceScience’s roadmap, where […]
Zvika Netter is CEO of Innovid, an online video technology platform. AdExchanger.com: How has the company pivoted its strategy since its inception? What have been some of the external factors at work? A year ago, we entered the market with an interactive video platform capable of turning any video into an engaging interactive experience. Towards […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Meeker Means More Mobile In an update to her Internet Report from late last year where she said 2010 would be the year of mobile, Mary Meeker spoke at an event at Google yesterday and delivered an “Internet Trends” report. Fear not, mobile is […]
Ad technology company, Resonate Networks, announced today that in its own study, attitudinal targeting showed up to a 4x lift when compared to demographic targeting. Read the release. Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert discussed the finer points of attitudinal targeting. Where does attitudinal targeting fit within psychographic targeting (PeerSet, Mindset Media) and behavioral targeting? Attitudinal […]
Continuing our look at “Transparency and Exchanges” (see post), Yahoo! Right Media‘s Senior Director of Professional Services, Megan Pagliuca, discussed her company’s view in answer to the following question: Regarding the recent dust-up between an ad network and several publishers as highlighted in Mediaweek, is more transparency needed from exchanges, for example? Or should this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Network And Publishers In Mediaweek Following last week’s article in which Mediaweek reporter Mike Shields identified several publishers who claimed that ad network, InterCLICK, had misrepresented their inventory, this week, each is given the Mediaweek microphone to state their case. Read more. InterCLICK […]
“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 Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO at LucidMedia. Since I run a venture-backed company, I spend more time with venture capitalists than any sane person should. Of late, one topic keeps […]
Following up Merkle’s presentation at the NexTargeting event hosted by [x+1] in March, demand-side platform, [x+1]. announced a broad partnership with customer relationship marketing agency, Merkle, as “the two companies will provide marketers with a truly integrated, analytics-based multichannel approach to customer acquisition.” Read the release. John Nardone, Chairman and CEO of [x+1], discussed the […]
Walter Knapp is COO of Lijit Networks, a search tool proving analytics to publishers and audience targeting to advertisers. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Lijit solving? It appears to be a couple of problems potentially. WK: You’re right there are really two problems that Lijit solves. The first is for publishers. If you think about it, […]
Greg Rogers is CEO of Pictela, a brand content distribution platform. AdExchanger.com: How is your Tacoda experience relevant to what you’re doing today with Pictela? GR: At Tacoda we developed a sophisticated targeting engine. Now that the industry can effectively reach the right people, the next step is to build an advanced messaging platform that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Selling And Exchanges Mediaweek’s Mike Shields says that several financial website publishers – such as Bloomberg, TheStreet.com and WSJ.com – dispute ad network InterCLICK’s assertions that it can re-sell their inventory. interCLICK president, Michael Katz, told Shields that his company had done nothing wrong […]
IPG Mediabrands’ agency trading desk, Cadreon, recently announced plans to track and verify audience in addition to integrating ad verification vendor technology. Read more on MediaPost. Cadreon’s VP of Media Technology Michael Brunick discussed the latest developments in the holding company’s trading desk strategies. AdExchanger.com: Regarding new audience verification strategy, Cadreon will use “various Research […]
OpenX announced a major expansion of its exchange strategy and infrastructure as it will partner with Orange-France Telecom Group to create the Orange Ad Market. According to a release, “The initial launch will take place in the second quarter of 2010 in the UK and France with planned launches following elsewhere in Orange’s European footprint.” […]
“Networking” is written by members of the online advertising network community. Today’s column is written by Jeff Hirsch, President and CEO, AudienceScience. A publisher that invests heavily in developing quality, valuable content correspondingly creates two primary assets that advertisers demand. The one we have grown most familiar with is space, or inventory. The one that […]
Doug Burke is General Manager of FatTail, an online advertising technology company. AdExhchanger.com: How did FatTail begin? DB: FatTail formed in 2001 to apply the tools and technologies of financial trading systems to the data rich world of online advertising. The founding team, which continues to lead the market’s innovations, had extensive experience in advanced […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Online Video Ad Upfront The Upfront, as it has been known, is a time of year where marketers and broadcast media companies lock down big deals for the year. Mediaweek’s Mike Shields says that online video ad networks are out to “steal” a share […]
“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Tyler Moebius, CEO of Adconion, an online advertising network. Traditionally, ad networks have been perceived as enablers, as tools advertisers and agencies can use to increase campaign efficiency, extend their reach and add scale. An agency […]
XA.net (formerly CPM Advisors) announced the results of a recent campaign results using eXelate data and XA.net’s platform, CPMatic.com. According to to the release, “A computer retailer accessing eXelate data on CPMatic.com using multi-day variable frequency caps saw a 92% ROI lift on the targeted campaign vs. a single-frequency-cap no-data control on the same site […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Better Advertising And The “i” Scott Meyer’s Better Advertising will be enabling the “i” as IPG Mediabrands’ Cadreon will use the new privacy icon initiative in an upcoming Microsoft campaign according to Wendy Davis of MediaPost. “The icon — an ‘i’ in a circle […]
Today, Google announced that it is enabling Google AdWords advertisers to remarket to its users by letting them cookie their users, and then buy display ad inventory that match those user cookies on the Google Content Network. Read the announcement by Google Product Manager Aitan Weinberg on the AdWords blog. Hello? Anyone there? This is […]
Jeff Wood is CEO of aiMatch, a publisher selling solution for direct and unsold inventory. AdExchanger.com: Looking back at your aQuantive/Accipiter experiences, what key learnings will you bring forward to aiMatch? JW: First, our greatest achievements in our past experience(s) came from being laser-focused on providing value to our customers. We have to continue to […]
Ben Kartzman is CEO of Spongecell, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: You have pivoted the company on occasion to find new opportunity. Can you talk about what you learned with each pivot and how it informs what you’re doing today? BK: At Spongecell we have a culture of being agile and iterative – whether it’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Fox Audience Network For Sale? Rafat Ali of PaidContent says that his publication has confirmed News Corp’s consideration of selling the Fox Audience Network (FAN). Has Rupert Murdoch tired of the audience buying (and selling) platform? Pay walls for all? Ali writes that current […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Display Strategy Localized Forbes’ Laurie Burkitt says that Yahoo! aims to maintain its lead as the top seller of online display advertising and will make local advertising a key component of its display strategy. Looking at areas of potential growth, Yahoo’s VP of […]
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 […]
Search retargeting technology company, Magnetic, announced the company’s launch and $1.25 million in funding which includes a roster of investors such as NYC Seed and IA Capital Partners. Read the release. Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO of Magnetic, discussed the new funding and the company’s strategy. Magnetic (originally Domdex) has been stealth for a while now. Why? […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. More Legislation Machinations MediaWeek’s Mike Shields looks at pending financial reform legislation that could provide enhanced powers to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) around the use of data. Also Rep Rick Boucher is set to introduce legislation in the next few weeks but […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Addressing TV Addressable TV is coming. (Hopefully, people won’t say that 10 years from now.) Google has partnered with kissin’ tech cousins Intel and Sony. The Times tells us: “Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV […]
Marketers and media buyers are gradually getting more comfortable talking about ad campaigns they’re testing on large-language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
In Connected TV Ad Land, proving performance is the priority for video advertisers. To drive more demonstrable reach and results, publishers are trying to expand their reach while wringing more data and AI features into their offerings.
Nowadays, programmatic vendors, and SSPs in particular, are carving new paths of differentiation based on their type of adoption of cloud infrastructure.
As performance takes center-stage in more advertising discussions, demands to solve fragmentation and cruddy measurement are reaching a fever pitch.
A word of caution to digital advertising companies, as they go all in on AI algorithms: They need to build these solutions with ownership, governance and accountability from the start – or AI could sink them with a single mistake.
To squeeze the most juice out of their live sports campaigns, many marketers are adopting programmatic buying and marketing mix modeling, both of which are also drawing more advertisers to the digital live sports cornucopia.
