Blizzards, polar vortexes (vortices?) – simply minor obstacles when it comes to bringing ad ops professionals together for deliberation and… Well, what’s deliberation without a little drinking? Even in a place like DC, where two inches of snow shuts down the federal government faster than a budget dispute. (As a friend…
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Riddle me this – what if desktop display ads were more like TV commercials?You hit up your favorite website and a banner ad appears at the top of the screen. As you spend 20 seconds perusing headlines or reading some quick summaries, a new banner appears. Some of you may…
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AdMonsters partners up with Rubicon Project to take its Meetup series to San Francisco, bringing together buyer and seller digital revenue specialists to hobnob as well as deliberate on one of the biggest challenges facing the digital ad space – cross-channel marketing.
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“What’s up with my fill rate? Why are the video ads loading so slow?”Those are the two questions publishers really don’t want to be asking themselves when it comes to digital video – especially if they’re dabbling in programmatic waters.High-value video inventory is the moneymaker of the moment for publishers…
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I was honored to head a panel at the Street Fight Summit a few weeks ago, and I’m not finding it too awkward to watch myself on the video now. The topic was a doozy – basically how do you use measurement to justify the value of location-based digital marketing?…
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The Latest AdMonsters Digital Media Leadership Award WinnersSunday evening during the opening reception of our Publisher Forum conference in Scottsdale, we announced the latest recipients of the Digital Media Leadership Award.As you may recall, we created the Digital Media Leadership Awards earlier this year. Winners are chosen based on their…
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We're officially live from sunny Scottsdale, where the air is dry, the palmtrees are towering and, most importantly, where it's 2,000 miles from the impending Arctic front heading for the Northeast. But, don't fret if you couldn't join us in sunsoaked Arizona, we'll be coming at you live over the…
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Some premium publishers are likely reading the latest batch of hysterical articles describing the scourge of botnet traffic on digital advertising and thinking, "Tough cookies."Which isn't a bad way to put it – media buyers' obsession with chasing cookies and buying the cheapest inventory available through RTB-powered exchanges has created…
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When I was invited to attend the amazing MaiTai event in Cabarete, Dominican Republic (serious #humblebrag going on right there), the organizers of the event established that Voxer would be the communication platform of choice for all the attendees. Very quickly the group started “voxing,” illuminating the potential of this…
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Marketers don’t want just branding or performance - they want both and it’s up to publishers to serve both needs. This often requires pubs to bridge the gap between their direct sales efforts and their programmatic channels. Federated Media's Walter Knapp, COO, and Chris Eberle, SVP and GM, Business Operations,…
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