We often group advertisers into two buckets: the creative and the practical. But is one group really an extension of the other?Consider this analogy: if you went to the beach this summer, you probably spotted seashells and thought that the pattern on each shell was beautiful and unique – that…
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The RTB marketplace is not yet operating as a truly efficient market with equal benefit to both sides. This is due to basic economics: Supply exceeds demand, and auction-based pricing combined with low bid density results in a market rife with arbitrage.Buyers are accustomed to drawing from a large commoditized…
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The frustrations of the world of digital media operations are many, though assumptions about its preeminent position for highly qualitative and accountable messaging are rarely questioned. Yet if the digital world is so great with respect to accountable and qualitative measurement, why do we have so many issues compared to…
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Easel TV specialises in building apps for connected TVs, with clients including broadcasters, pay-TV operators, content producers and major consumer brands. I spoke to AdMonsters Screens speaker Bill Scott, COO of Easel, and asked him to explain the company’s proposition.BS: Our differentiator is that our apps feel much more like…
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It’s the time of year again! For seven years, AdMonsters has surveyed the publisher ad operations community to find out what people are getting paid. Many Monsters have found this an essential guide to make sure members of their departments (and themselves!) are getting fair compensation.This survey culled quite a…
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Location has been the talk of the mobile town lately, and we caught up with Kathy Leake, President of LocalResponse and one of the most powerful women in mobile advertising, according to Business Insider, to get her take on the strides the company has been taking and on the direction of…
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It's a gorgeous day on Boston's waterfront, and I'm going to have trouble keeping my eyes off the boats gliding across the harbor. After a night of cupcakes and cocktails at the World Trade Center, our attendees are trickling through the door, eager for Adam Cahill, EVP and Co-Media Director at…
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Yes, audience data is kind of a monster to most publishers, but it's a friendly one, kind of like the wiseacres in Monsters, Inc. Really, you can't be scared to embrace it. Before he explains the art of audience market navigation to the Boston PubForum audience, we caught up with DoubleClick…
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The term seemed to be omnipresent at Digiday Exchange last Thursday. “Programmatic premium” – The phrase came up in many sessions and was overheard in chatter during coffee breaks. If programmatic premium had a scent, it would have lingered throughout the great hall of the W Hotel all day long.During…
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On Wednesday, Boston PubForum sponsor and digital video specialist Visible Measures announced it had hauled in an impressive $21.5 million in funding. We caught up with Paul Botto, GM of Analytics & SVP of Business Development, to hear how the company has pushed beyond its video analytics roots, the value of…
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