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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The past two weeks’ Olympic triumphs and tragedies have driven home to me the importance of publishers’ need to use technology to monetize dramatic spikes in traffic. Ok, you wonder how I can make the leap from sports spectaculars to advertising inventory monetization.London 2012 is an amazing – actually a…
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It seems quite appropriate that we’re holding this summer’s US Publisher Forum in Boston, where the spirit of baseball streams through the streets and gutters. Accordingly, the best metaphor to describe the theme of this event is “stepping up to the plate” – as Hill Holiday’s Adam Cahill will explain…
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Now we’ve explained the possibilities of "audience efficiency" to drive the highest lift for any target reach (read parts 1, 2 and 3), we ought to explain its limitations. They are borne out of the methodology that has to be used to identify the anonymous interests and intentions shared by…
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It’s a debate that will go on forever, one that I have with my musician friends every few months – who’s the greatest (rock) band that came out of Boston? The old-schoolers are quick to finger Aerosmith (particularly the first few albums) or perhaps the obviously named Boston (it’s more than…
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Bain and Co. is getting a bad rap. There it is, I’ve said it. Might not be the coolest thing to say these days, but if you’re in the digital marketing, commerce or measurement business, you’re in a business that Bain has very positively affected. It’s time for the media…
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The world is glued to the Summer Olympics action in London, gazing in wonder as competitors put the human body and spirit to the test. Of course, while these athletes have poured hellacious amounts of blood, sweat and tears into training for this moment – but could they meet the…
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In previous posts here on AdMonsters I introduced the notion of "audience efficiency’ in targeting and shared some key findings about third-party data from more than 200 client studies. But what does it mean directly for advertisers and their first-party data? Does efficiency vary between industries and between advertisers in…
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"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." – George Bernard Shaw Stand back and look at the advancements in online display ads and it’s…
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Welcome to the AdMonsters Daily Digest! We scour the news for digital advertising and operations news every day so you don’t have to – we’re nice like that. We’ll be updating this page throughout the day but have a peruse of all the news you can use (that’s right…
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