The past two weeks’ Olympic triumphs and tragedies have driven home to me the importance of publishers’ need to use technology to monetize dramatic spikes in traffic. Ok, you wonder how I can make the leap from sports spectaculars to advertising inventory monetization.London 2012 is an amazing – actually a…
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It seems quite appropriate that we’re holding this summer’s US Publisher Forum in Boston, where the spirit of baseball streams through the streets and gutters. Accordingly, the best metaphor to describe the theme of this event is “stepping up to the plate” – as Hill Holiday’s Adam Cahill will explain…
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Now we’ve explained the possibilities of "audience efficiency" to drive the highest lift for any target reach (read parts 1, 2 and 3), we ought to explain its limitations. They are borne out of the methodology that has to be used to identify the anonymous interests and intentions shared by…
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Now that the dust has settled after AdMonsters Singapore we reflect back on some of the learnings that came from the event and where we as an industry need to get to in order to make the progress we all know we’re capable of.We sat down with AdMonsters Singapore keynote…
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Bain and Co. is getting a bad rap. There it is, I’ve said it. Might not be the coolest thing to say these days, but if you’re in the digital marketing, commerce or measurement business, you’re in a business that Bain has very positively affected. It’s time for the media…
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The world is glued to the Summer Olympics action in London, gazing in wonder as competitors put the human body and spirit to the test. Of course, while these athletes have poured hellacious amounts of blood, sweat and tears into training for this moment – but could they meet the…
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In previous posts here on AdMonsters I introduced the notion of "audience efficiency’ in targeting and shared some key findings about third-party data from more than 200 client studies. But what does it mean directly for advertisers and their first-party data? Does efficiency vary between industries and between advertisers in…
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When I first heard about second screen companion app Squawka I could barely contain my excitement. As a football (ahem soccer) enthusiast I've always been keen on the stat side of the game and Squawka looks set to be a stat monkey's dream. I sat down with the CEO & co-founder to…
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"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." – George Bernard Shaw Stand back and look at the advancements in online display ads and it’s…
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Interviewing Ernesto Schmitt of Zeebox for the previous Screen Grab, I was struck by what he said about media buying becoming more complicated, because of the need to identify the multiple user journeys on the second screen. What made me pause was not the idea of multiple user journeys themselves,…
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