Hard work makes art In Seattle last week I had the opportunity to meet a minor hero of mine: Jon Rimmerman, founder of Garagiste Wine. Jon's business is nothing short of amazing, but the main reason I wanted to meet him is simply because of his writing. Jon's offers (which, by the way,…
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TV Everywhere- the ability to watch any televised program at any time on any device- isn’t a matter of ‘if’ anymore but rather a question of 'when' once you consider the evolving viewing habits of US consumers and the changing dynamics of the pay television business. The ‘when’ for TV Everywhere becoming a mainstream…
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I have to admit I was surprised when I ventured over to USAToday.com following its massive redesign. You never quite know what to expect when you give a redesigned site a cold visit – I'm still haunted by my first time on the rebranded TechCrunch site (logo still gives me…
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The momentum behind multi-screen media is building. Consumers who interact with at least two screens at a time have now reached a majority, and that is seen by many as a tipping point for digital media strategy to shift accordingly. Advertisers are showing increased interest in executing campaigns across screens.Now,…
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There can be a tendency to confuse "standards" with over-simplification in advertising and media. Companies in the IAB Digital Video Committee (in which my company, OneScreen, participates) come together to create standards that reasonably accommodate the industry’s current needs based on their respective business and technical requirements. With standards adoption…
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I’ve been asked by several publishers what I think about viewable impressions. While there has been lots of press extolling its virtues and equal amounts of questions and concerns about the implications, there hasn’t been a realistic discussion of how to manage the pricing of viewable impressions (VI). A core selling…
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India is one of the global leaders in the overall services outsourcing market. This is a well-established fact and outsourcing has contributed significantly to the growth in key Indian cities such as Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad since late 90s. Everyone – right from the bigger Industry players such as Microsoft,…
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Often someone attending an AdMonsters event or just perusing the website is heard to ask: "What exactly does 'Membership' mean? Am I member? What do I get? One of those cool 'Members Only' jackets?"For years, we've referred to anyone who has attended a recent conference as a "Member" and granted…
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Let's face it – it isn't easy to adapt to every change in our rapidly evolving market – even for the best of companies. Seemingly every day we learn about new platforms, new devices, new consumer behaviors and expectations, new forms of monetization, etc. And with startups continuously being launched…
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Making the dive into programmatic buying can be daunting, but a lot less so when fortified policies are in place. Below is an amalgam of how aggressive Media Trust clients in particular address ad quality and data leakage issues, split into four quality segments. Ad Security Data Security Ad Quality…
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