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  • The Rush Toward Viewability Is Killing Brand Impact

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Scott Gatz, CEO and founder at Q.Digital. As a publisher, I want my advertisers to succeed in reaching my audience. I want advertisers to have brand impact and drive sales and engagement. A successful customer […]

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  • For Publishers, Pennies Don’t Build Empires

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Christian Baesler, president at Bauer Xcel Media. Nobody cares about pennies. Just ask John Oliver, who famously called for the US to ditch this worthless currency. Yet in today’s digital advertising market, content publishers are […]

  • Do DMPs Make The Ideal Header Bidding Partner For Publishers?

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by James Curran, CEO and co-founder at STAQ. Many publishers work with a wide variety of RTB partners to get as many different demand sources to bid against their inventory as possible. The “waterfall” that many […]

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  • Soaring Traffic Growth Signal Of Bigger Changes At The Atlantic

    The Atlantic is in a good spot right now. The publisher had record traffic from September through November and it closed out the month with 31.5 million uniques and 75 million page views, according to its Adobe Analytics data. The growth spurt came from a few key changes. A redesign in the spring made mobile […]

  • A Lesson For Digital Advertisers And Publishers, Courtesy Of Taylor Swift

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Aryeh Lebeau, executive vice president of client operations at Remedy Health Media. A year ago, a track off of Taylor Swift’s “1989” album topped the Canadian music charts. That shouldn’t surprise anyone, but what made […]

  • If Marketers Think I'm Gay, That May Be A Problem For LGBTQs

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Scott Gatz, CEO and founder at Q.Digital. In just the last few years we’ve seen amazing progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights and more acceptance for the LGBTQ community in society […]

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  • Fear And Loathing In Pub Land

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hlavacek, vice president for programmatic at The Weather Company. Talk to some premium digital publishers these days and you will likely get a heavy dose of fear and loathing. You’ll hear how the business […]

  • To Grow And Engage Audience, AskMen Says Yes To Platforms

    AskMen is firmly in the pro-platform camp among publishers. The men’s website, born during the dot-com boom, now looks to platforms, not SEO, as a way to gain audience and increase recognition. The king of those platforms is Facebook, where video posts earn the publisher millions of views. AskMen, which is owned by Ziff Davis, […]

  • A Hybrid Approach Can Merge The Best Traits Of Programmatic And Direct Buys

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Laura Buchman, vice president of publisher platform sales at Tremor Video. Premium publishers know that buying impressions through direct buys works, in spite of limited targeting options. An audience that fits a basic demographic […]

  • A Publisher’s Advice For Ad Tech Vendors

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Tony Uphoff, CEO at Business.com. According to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, a new technology goes through five stages. The first, the Innovation Trigger, occurs when a disruptive technology is introduced, followed by […]

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