Publishers know that diversified revenue streams are the key to thriving in the current market—there's more to monetization than ads. Still, the prospect of paid subscriptions leaves many a publisher wary—many can't see themselves building and managing New York Times-style paywalls, let alone driving enough subscription revenue to justify the…
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Early on in my tenure reporting on the digital advertising space, I was fascinated by the concept of audience futures—enabling publishers to guarantee sales of audience segments that could be transacted programmatically. This seemed to be an evolution of both digital direct guaranteed sales and TV-buying, but unfortunately the market hasn't…
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Between a dusting-off of classical ad measurement techniques and some serious geeking out over first-party data, advertisers will find that, far from being the airless, suffocating hellscape they have been taught to fear, this new “cookieless” world will prove a hospitable and possibly verdant environment for measurement and attribution.
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“You can’t deny the impact of disruptive technologies in the advertising landscape,” says Jeremy Lockhorn, former Mobile Lead at Razorfish. “The Internet, the smart phone, social media, AR/VR/MR, artificial intelligence, and soon 5G. Each of these new technologies (among others) has fundamentally changed consumer behavior and offered an entirely new…
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There was a lot of talk at the recent Cannes Lions Festival about addressable TV advertising. What will this mean for decision makers and those entrusted with operations on both the buy and sell side of the business? First: Digesting Alphabet Soup As traditional ad-supported linear television morphs into a…
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At the recent AdMonsters Meetup: Electrifying Email Strategies, powered by Powerinbox, we dug deep into the weeds with Anthony Viglietti, COO & CFO, theSkimm; Leora Schachter, VP, Digital Products, Trusted Media Brands, Inc.; and Sasha Heroy, Senior Directory, Ad Platforms, The New York Times to learn all about their email…
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Consumer trust in social media is greatly waning thanks to the fake news outbreak. It only makes sense that audiences are now turning back to trusted publishers, but they’re doing it in an interesting way. Rather than visiting the home page of their favorite publishers, they’re subscribing to their email…
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In-housing—programmatic and creative—and social responsibility campaigns were the hottest brand issues at the 2019 Cannes Lions festival. Editorial Director Gavin Dunaway shares his discoveries in each category... While warning yacht-goers about rogue saxophonists.
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As the word “Addressable!” echoed from beach to yacht to luxury suite across La Croisette in Cannes, a solidly digital friend asked me, “What does that even mean?” I smirked and replied, “It’s a TV industry term for what digital people consider programmatic TV-buying, and it looks like digital is…
Read MoreAdMonsters June 27, 2019 Are Programmatic Demand Vendors Becoming An Endangered Species? Are programmatic demand vendors becoming an endangered species like the Sirocco Kakapo parrot? Well, if they're not careful they just might be. Many SSPs aren't giving publishers the data they need to optimize their programmatic yield and meet…
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