When I last spoke with Craig Leshen, President of OAO, he was helping explain that programmatic isn’t automatic – there’s still a lot of manual work that goes into these new systems. While they have helped to simplify certain functions, in many ways these systems have added to the complexity…
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Digital media itself may be a major disruption, but it is also an opportunity to explore new business models. Media agencies are constantly finding themselves in search of the next best media idea, strategy, or product. So how do they become better at working with digital or simply better digital…
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Why would a company in the digital advertising space decide to build their own tech solutions when the market offers so many options? Then again, why wouldn't a company want to build something that allows them to differentiate from everyone else? Join us at Yelp's San Francisco offices to debate…
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Upfront season seems like it never ends. From late February to May, buzzed buyers are carted from garish affair to ostentatious event, plied at each with swag and booze (but of course!) while networks and broadcasters (and don’t forget web-based content providers) roll out celebrities and musical acts to ornament…
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At the beginning of 2015, 90% of U.S. households boasted three or more Internet-connected devices according to Ericsson, with an average of 5.2 devices per house. These are households we’re talking about, not specific people with their own devices. However, Cisco predicts that by 2017 the majority of U.S. individuals…
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Consolidation in the digital ad technology industry has started a new trend: going full stack. For some time, publishers have had to choose between one unified tech stack (ahem, DoubleClick) or piecemeal point and multi-point solutions connected by duct tape (aka, integrations). But full stacks appear to be on the rise,…
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“The good thing is that we are on a vendor stack,” commented Ricardo Collison, VP of Revenue Platforms for CBSi. “The bad thing is that we are on a vendor stack.”A digital totem pole built out of a mishmash of mismatched pieces, the revenue tech stack stands in the center…
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Join AdMonsters as we descend on the nation's capital. We're bringing our third AdMonsters Mashup to the Washington Post's offices in Downtown D.C. for an evening of publisher talk, networking and drinks.
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During this Meetup, publishers will discuss all the elements of stack strategy: arrangement of the various tools; optimizing and experimenting with multiple demand sources; allowing channels (such as direct sold and private exchanges) compete; and more. In addition, they’ll opine on best practices regarding team roles and structure; sales approach;…
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In the past, the acronym CPA had a simple connotation for publishers: low payout. Particularly in the post-bubble digital advertising world, CPA campaigns seemed a desperate alternative when CPMs had hit rock bottom. But more than a decade later, Epom Head of Sales Andrew Lebowski argues that in the age…
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