Strong LeadershipWhen I was first hired to be a traffic manager in 1998, founding the ad ops department for Mail.com, in the interview my hiring manager said, "We don't want a 'yes' man." What did she mean by that? Ad Operations workers are generally analytical and technical people, and most…
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Maybe the title of the post is hyperbolic but at least this idea could put a big dent in their agency revenues.Note: these are my thoughts, not necessarily reflected of my employer.We talk about agencies having a digital backbone. Yet, for the most part, the technologies are licensed. For today’s…
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Jennifer Witt, Director of North American Ad Operations for Adconion Media Group, will be leading a session at the US Network Operations Forum on third party data providers. In advance of the conference we asked her a few questions about data collection and verification.Q: Please tell us a little bit…
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On Wednesday I attended the Brightcove Video Monetization Summit. After a brief geeky starstruck moment - seeing Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire (formerly of Allaire and Macromedia) in person and resisting the urge to scream "I LOVE COLDFUSION" at him - I settled in for a long day of video learning.…
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The only thing that is constant in our business is change. Whether you’ve worked for a start up, or an established publisher, chances are you’ve been at one end of a merger or acquisition. If you’re lucky, the powers that be will have conducted a complete due diligence which would…
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Last week, AdMonsters hosted our second EU Network Ad Ops Forum. This event is quite unique with it's focus specifically on the ad operations issues for those who manage networks. It's a new event but the attendees showed themselves to be true "monsters" diving into the discussions, sharing best practices,…
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The end of the year brings with it a ton of online advertising industry events. I looked forward to this year's crop with the goal of finding something that ad operations professionals from publishers could use to bring value to their companies. It seems to me that the majority of…
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If small budget advertisers are complaining about the number of clicks reported by your ad server not matching with their Referring Sites report in Google Analytics, it can be addressed by one of two ways: change the CTU (Click Through URL) and advise the client of what to look for…
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Many publishers work with both local and national agencies and advertisers and they both provide unique challenges. Our presentation in Portland offered some insight into how we approach these challenges:Be a Consultant to Sales. The knowledge you have about your site and its products goes a long way in helping…
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No one will argue that the Display marketplace is an incredibly fragmented and inefficient system. Try as they might this advertiser driven ecosystem has created a few problems long hidden by overinflated CPMs. First are the serious issues in the market’s ability to scale. Second, is the arbitrage and optimization…
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