After we published our article about Black-owned publishers’ concerns about being designated MFA sites, we spoke to some industry experts to understand how they define them, how to distinguish a bad site from a benign one, and to see if the industry’s standards label Black-owned publishers as MFA sites unfairly.
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Too many brands have only cast their focus inward when it comes to sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and purpose. And that's a massive missed opportunity. Purpose-driven organizations grow three times faster, on average, than non-purpose-driven ones, and 82 percent of consumers are making purchase decisions with purpose in mind. Today, tying…
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Digital audio advertising has evolved from a niche space into a booming marketplace. And yet, it remains an underutilized channel for marketers, ripe with opportunities to reach engaged audiences in an almost unlimited range of environments. As digital audio matures, stakeholders proactively address risks, making it a vital choice for brands…
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I’ve read the hype; ChatGPT is supposed to be better than Google Search, right? Why go through the bother of searching, clicking on a bunch of articles, comparing multiple sources, and synthesizing what I read when ChatGPT can do that for me in one simple step? It has been a…
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The industry coined the term "ad spend slowdown" to highlight how advertising spend has decreased YOY due to the ad recession. While some may do this to help mitigate revenue, research shows that cutting back on advertising is a major mistake. Karla Jo Helms, CEO and Founder of JOTO PR Disruptors,…
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When Mark D. Walker, Co-Founder and CEO, Direct Digital Holdings, started in the media business in the 90s, he heard murmurings that the consumer landscape was evolving to become more ethnically diverse. Black Americans drove culture and wielded immense spending power, birth rates for Hispanic Americans were rising, and LGBTQIA+…
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Like many people in ad tech, Louis Jones fell into the ad tech industry by chance. Advertising was his third career. From starting his first job in the field at J. Walter Thompson to rising as one of the most prolific executives in the digital ecosystem, he proves that the…
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In her session, “Doing Some Good: Purpose as a Business Strategy,” at Publisher Forum Nashville, Lior Shvo from Primis highlighted how defining a greater purpose for your brand is an essential component of not only doing good for your customers and society, but also for creating and sustaining a successful…
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There’s a dark cloud hanging over the in-app advertising ecosystem: poor ads that harm the user experience, prompt users to uninstall apps and leave bad reviews in the app stores and damage the brand’s reputation. And these concerns aren’t theoretical.
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Programmatic is often a blackbox; publishers have no idea which ads will appear on their sites ahead of time, often because the exchanges themselves don’t know which ads flow through their pipes. Without transparency and complete control, publishers will continue to contend with scams and other unwanted ads that don’t…
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