The Makegood, the website that provides an inside look into the media advertising industry, and AdMonsters, the global leader in strategic insights on digital media and advertising strategy through its conferences, website, research and consulting services, today announced a marketing partnership where the two organizations will work together to produce…
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Training my new colleague Josh included an intense hour-long powwow where I tried to explain the inner workings of the industry at a relatively high level. Afterward his eyes were as wide as dinner plates and his jaw trembled slightly – I could tell I’d completely overloaded his mind.I hope…
Read MoreStarting the Year in Full GearIt’s been another exciting week for the AdMonsters team. The year’s first Publisher Forum in Sonoma is officially sold out. And, with around 150 confirmed participants landing in Northern California March 3 – March 6, Sonoma is sure to kick off this year’s schedule of…
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In this week's Monster In the Mirror, we feature ad ops industry leader and OPS Markets 2013 speaker Mitchell Weinstein, senior vice president of ad operations at UM. In between working through the "chaos" that is the ad operations industry, Weinstein keeps a fairly tidy workspace. And, as for work…
Read MoreAs publishing platforms and connected devices continue to multiply, remaining competitive comes into question for every video stakeholder. It’s puzzling that monolithic platform companies, such as Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, are competing for the same buyers, yet all of their platforms have apps for the competitor available in their…
Read MoreAt the tail end of last year, the IAB Ad Ops Summit held a 3MS Town Hall Discussion around the implications of viewable impressions. The 3MS defines itself as “a cross-industry coalition committed to developing brand-building digital metrics and cross-platform measurement solutions.” Their major initiative at the moment is viewability,…
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“The world is getting smaller and more global, and more companies from small to large are doing business across borders,” says Jay Lauf, Publisher of The Atlantic’s new mobile-specific news site Quartz. “Global business professionals, almost by definition, are very mobile, very tech savvy, and very connected. They need things…
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Getting Ready for SonomaThere's tons going on over here at AdMonsters, including a major update -- we've filled all our seats for our Sonoma Publisher Forum. We're truly excited to have industry leaders from some great companies including the Washington Post Company, NBC Universal, BuzzFeed, and more, joining us in…
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The debate over viewability rages on; and, if you've been around AdMonsters lately, you know there are quite a few views on viewable impressions. Our U.S. Editor, Gavin Dunaway, dove into the viewability fray at a viewability panel discussion at Digital Brand Forum in New York a couple weeks ago, where metrics and standardization…
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The Weather Outside is Frightful, but Sonoma Is So DelightfulAnd we’ll be letting it flow rather than letting it snow! The cold temperatures of Silicon Alley have much of the AdMonsters team huddled against our SAD lamps, dreaming of the greener pastures to come when we head to Sonoma for…
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