Q: Doug, in your role as your role of founder and CEO of the Upstream Group, you work with a lot of media sellers. Have you seen over time the need for media sellers to understand more of the operational side of the business? Is this ultimately a good thing?…
Read MoreRecently I had the good fortune and privilege to give the keynote presentation at the AdMonsters Publisher Forum in San Diego. The topic of the presentation, “What’s So Funny About Innovation?”, focused on the parallels between stand-up comedy and the difficulties of innovating within a data-driven business culture. Full…
Read MoreI’ve been threatening on twitter (@MarkMcEachran) to write a book on the things publishers need to know about Real-Time Bidding (RTB). At the Rubicon Project, we like to talk about ‘RTB Done Right’ and how to help publishers understand what’s really going on. With a full-time day job I don’t…
Read MorePart 1 of 3: Importance of targeting smaller advertisersA majority of online publishers primarily focus their ad sales efforts on agencies and large brand advertisers via their direct sales force. The cost of operation for this sales channel often requires them to set a minimum ad buy per campaign. In conversations…
Read MoreEditor's note: Rob Beeler's blog post originally appeared on ClickZ.As part of my job, I do my best to keep an ear to the ground and keep track of what operations people are talking about. Amazingly enough, it's 2011 and issues like late creative and discrepancies still pop up. Being…
Read More"Private Exchange" is probably the only buzz word in the industry right now without a TLA. That’s almost a crime considering the huge potential they offer to both publishers and advertisers. Much has already been discussed about their proposed value prop for publishers—greater control over inventory prices and ability to…
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Before I get started, and in the interest of full disclosure, our company is in the business of providing a data management platform to publishers, advertisers, and just about anyone else that may benefit from one. Our product, Crowd Control, is a powerful online data management system that has served…
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I hope everyone enjoyed the AdMonsters Memphis Publisher Forum. I was in Memphis on Sunday night and then made my way to Chicago for a conference called DrupalCon. AdMonsters is a Drupal site and we were very pleased to participate in this event. I took away a LOT of knowledge…
Read MoreAnyone in their right mind who reads about, works towards or is rewarded because of the strong growth in online lead generation must surely wonder what loss of rational thought resulted in the commercialisation of "maximum scrub rates". Discuss. So, the first student to complete a BA in “The Beatles”…
Read MoreWe knew when developing the agenda for OPS that we couldn't just have operations people say that ops was sexy. We needed an icon in the industry to help drive that point home and end the day with everyone buzzing about all the great things operations is. We were extremely…
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