Mobile ads have been a hot topic of discussion in the ad tech space for a while now, but with little consensus on how they should be monetized. Banner ads are simply not getting the job done, causing the industry to rethink their approach to mobile and find creative ways…
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You might have read yesterday that Facebook is set to make a lot of money in mobile. The company is further along when it comes to monetizing mobile than it was believed, and this boosted confidence in Facebook stock (which rose to close at $19.88 yesterday). With all the…
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Media buying is about information superiority. Superior information allows parties of a bilateral transaction to quantify the value of the asset being bought and sold.Consider the television upfronts taking place in coming weeks — they are all about information superiority. Unfortunately, value is based on the amount of increase (or…
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We’ve got way more than 99 problems in digital advertising, and unfortunately, the .gif is still one. You’ve seen them: the lackluster, unanimated .gifs that crop up in place of shiny, fancy rich media (Flash) creative on your finicky, non-flash enabled devices. As these devices – let’s be honest, most…
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Fall is the time of year when brands invest in targeting students and families online. For one, advertisers have started to analyze the effectiveness of their back-to-school campaigns, especially when online shopping activity is on the upswing. In addition, smart brands are using the results of back-to-school campaigns to modify…
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AdMonsters Connect Program Launches With Major Ad Technology Partners The Media Trust, RocketFuel, OpenX and Google’s DoubleClickThe Connect content program is designed to help advertising technology and monetization vendors reach their content marketing goals by sponsorship of original, objective, top-quality content created by the AdMonsters editorial team. The Connect program…
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Making Big Money in Mobile With nearly 110 million mobile smartphone subscribers and 30 million tablet users in the US, consumers are accessing content anytime, anywhere. As this trend continues, every publisher invested in mobile needs a monetization strategy for their mobile initiatives. Learn how you can convert your mobile…
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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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