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Advice For an Ad-Ops Intern

For the first time in history, the UM Ad Ops team is getting a summer intern. Apparently, there are a lot of mundane and basic tasks associated with Operations (who knew!), and our team will be able to push those tasks onto the intern for the next 2 ½ months.…

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The Viewable Impression: An Agency Perspective

The Viewable Impression is all the rage lately.  It’s been blogged about, discussed in private industry meetings, debated on conference panels, and included in client planning decks.  The concept makes perfect sense: eliminate all the wasted impressions, and pay for only those that are in view of the user’s browser.…

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Digital Ad Operations: The Bigger Picture

Editor's note: The post originally appeared on the UM blog.The world of Digital Ad Operations has changed dramatically over the past year.  It was just over a year ago that we all started using acronyms like DSP, RTB, SSP, and DCO on a regular basis.  In fact, I remember having…

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Audience Verification – What’s the Deal?

There has been a lot of buzz lately about ad verification in the digital space.  The media is writing about it, publishers and agencies are arguing about it, clients are asking questions about it, and providers are pushing it.  The IAB even recently hosted a half-day conference to address this…

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