As the sunset of the third-party tracking cookie approaches, one of the most promising options—enabling publishers to monetize their audiences and advertisers to address audiences with confidence—is identity or people-based marketing. This playbook, created in partnership with Lotame, dives into identity as a concept and explains the wealth of advantages…
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While ad spend is down across the board, the IAB Coronavirus Ad Spend Impact: Buy-Side Report reveals an interesting trend: brands are actually increasing their mission-based marketing efforts by 42% and cause-related campaigns by 41%. This pivot in spend is working favorably for brands. Recent research shows that consumers still want…
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In the midst of a pandemic, it’s not like ad operations can just come to a complete halt—even if ad spend continues its downward spiral. Publishers still have to be prepared for the future, because one day—somewhere in the not-so-far-away future—business will once again ramp up. We spoke with MediaMint’s…
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The mobile web has long been viewed as providing a terrible UX with slow-loading pages and poorly positioned and obtrusive ads. So we can’t even begin to talk about mobile web monetization without highlighting the importance of providing a quality UX that enables optimum user engagement. Together—Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)…
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Powered by: April 21, 2020 The Less Grim Side of Pandemic Ad Spend Google Does Struggling News Partners a Solid It’s Raining Super-Engaged Users Hard Out Here for a Duopoly Can CTV be Trusted? Always Look on the Less Grim Side of Pandemic Ad Spend Source: IAB Coronavirus Ad…
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"When we think about who is vulnerable in #adtech, I'd turn the question on its head and say, 'Who's not?'" I've been impressed by Richard Kramer, Founder of Arete Research, since I saw him spar with tech-opinion-maker-at-large Scott Galloway and suggest big tech like Google and Facebook were never going…
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It’s hard to believe it’s only been four weeks of Work From Home (WFH). The good news is that at many companies, this ‘Plan B’ for daily operations is working well. At least that's true at Digital Trends. The publisher is still producing content, delivering advertisers' KPIs, and productivity remains…
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April 14, 2020 Private Equity Looms Over Local Media DSP Defaults Insurance Consumers Prefer Do-Gooder Brands Gaming Is Media’s Bright Spot Twitter Strips Away Privacy Controls CCPA Enforcement Extension Unlikely Private Equity Looms Over Local Media’s Sickbed Photo by Davide Baraldi from Pexels As local news publishers get beat down…
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At the 50th Publisher Forum in Santa Monica, Next Management Partners CEO Jimmy Hutcheson—also now the CEO of SPIN—had a candid conversation with AdMonsters Editorial Director, Gavin Dunaway, about private equity and digital media—the attraction to the space, what revenue channels appear most lucrative, and why some private equity relationships…
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"More often than not, my role on a panel is that of moderator and it’s my job to ask the questions and create the narrative," says AdMonsters Chairman, Rob Beeler. A couple of weeks ago, however, I got invited to be on a panel hosted by Admiral and the Local…
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