Third-party data can be used to fill in the gaps of your first-party data, such as qualifying leads or modeling lookalike audiences. A combination of both data types helps you engage better with your current customers, and also get your message in front of new ones. But third-party data has…
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In the ad ops industry (aka “online ad operations," “online advertising operations," “ad operations,” “online ad ops," and “ops” in the trade)—things keep changing all the time. There’s a new regulation here, some new tech to learn about there and then a bunch of rejiggering the pipes to keep apace.…
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For digital media and advertising 2018 has been a really exciting, but often bumpy, roller coaster ride. As far as ad operations is concerned, blockchain, artificial intelligence, location services, and mobile-first everything are offering promising monetization alternatives and other opportunities that bring publishers and brands closer to audiences in more…
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Wed., Nov. 28, 5:30—8:00 pm at Meredith's Offices 225 Liberty Street, 2nd Level Meredith Lobby, NYC Fourth quarter may be raging, but there’s still time to reflect on three major topics in digital advertising that defined 2018 for publishers and are likely to set the tone for 2019. Join your ad…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 15, 2018 The Unsung Heroes of the Advertising and Media World Professor Bob Pearson, former Chief Innovation Officer at W2O Group and current Senior Advisor, kicked off the Publisher Forum in Austin last week with a comprehensive keynote detailing the concepts of Storytizing—moving beyond campaigns to true…
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Back when Google announced that the melding of DFP and AdX was complete and Google Ad Manager (GAM to those who know it best... Well, really still DFP) was born, we were skeptical that a new monster had arrived on the publisher-side monetization scene. Well, from what we heard at…
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On a recent panel I moderated with some pretty impressive ad tech representation (if I do say so myself), my panelists were oddly uniform in arguing that programmatic guaranteed for digital video—especially served on connected TV or OTT—is the most exciting emerging transactional platform. Why? Because it's easy, I argue...…
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Some seemingly grim news from Buzzfeed and Panoply threw a wet blanket on the excitement that's been building around the podcasting space. While there may be a content glut, the advertising is just starting to awaken its potential. Editorial Director Gavin Dunaway explores why podcast advertising—and the digital audio space…
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If you want to see veins pop in your mobile developer’s head, just tell him or her you’ve got five new SDKs to integrate stat. Many a programmatic mobile in-app deal has evaporated at the very mention of the dreaded SDK. But what if you could on-board a native demand…
Read MoreAdMonsters July 26, 2018 A Road Map For OMS Migrations We know some of you are still patting yourselves on the back for coming out the other end of the GDPR launch unscathed, but this is ad tech, folks—the next crisis is always coming sooner than you expect. The…
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