In Madrona's last post at AdMonsters, we highlighted how you can set up Salesforce to forecast media sales. This article builds on that approach and adds a technique to blend data from the ad server to get a true all-up revenue forecast.Revenue Forecasting Is More Than Just Tracking SalesRevenue forecasting…
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The press has lately been wall to wall with revelations about the emergent ‘data economy.’ True, we have the means to collect a wide variety of data from a variety of consumers in every industry, but that alone isn’t enough to spurn a data ‘revolution.’ Numbers alone are just numbers.…
Read MoreAnyone who has been working in mobile advertising for any significant amount of time could easily count enough ‘revolutions,’ ‘Year(s) of Mobile,’ or 2.0 moments to need both hands. For the most part, these innovations and moments have resulted in stunning capabilities but very little ROI growth. This is because…
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Now more than ever before, connected devices represent a huge opportunity for brands to engage with consumers. The question for brands is: how they can harness the power of connected devices such as smartphones, tablets and PCs to do this more effectively? Understanding how these devices are being used, how…
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Interest-based remarketing has been available to the industry for years. Today, most marketers who’ve been using remarketing execute it wisely -- and with skill. As a single method, remarketing has practically become an industry standard.But, if you look closely, this approach appears to be a preferred performance marketing measure. At…
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I’ve been asked by several publishers what I think about viewable impressions. While there has been lots of press extolling its virtues and equal amounts of questions and concerns about the implications, there hasn’t been a realistic discussion of how to manage the pricing of viewable impressions (VI). A core selling…
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To energize the crowd at Adap.tv's inaugural Adapt Conference, CEO, cofounder and emcee Amir Ashkenazi asked all buy side representatives – be they agency, DSP or brand people – to stand up. After that group rose, he beckoned all supply siders in the room to get on their feet. With…
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Somehow on May 26, when the UK's version of the dreaded EU Cookie Directive came into force, the Internet did not crumble and burn to ashes. That could be partially credited to the last-minute (almost literally) addition of "implied consent" by the Information Commissioner, but many British publishers have had…
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We’ve spent some time establishing that "Audience Efficiency" (parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) is a new, more effective way to think about audience targeting campaign strategy. So, how about some proof?In essence, audience efficiency is targeting those audiences with online behaviors likely to show the highest lift in fit…
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Most CFOs and CEOs don’t like surprises. Wall Street doesn’t either.If you’re an online publisher, what’s likely got you scrambling now is the IAB/4A’s/ANA timeline for viewable impressions: starting Q1, parallel reporting begins. Not only will publishers be expected to report served impressions the same way as the past decade—publishers…
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