Strong LeadershipWhen I was first hired to be a traffic manager in 1998, founding the ad ops department for Mail.com, in the interview my hiring manager said, "We don't want a 'yes' man." What did she mean by that? Ad Operations workers are generally analytical and technical people, and most…
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Ad Operations is the most widely used name for the department in a company that manages the advertising closed by account managers or sales reps.Fundamentally, Ad Operations is a team of ad traffic managers, although the overall team description is (or should be) more than just managing ads. These are…
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Matt Barash, Director of Publisher Development at Fox Audience Network, will be speaking at the US Network Ops Forum in San Francisco on June 17. In advance of his presentation we spoke with him about data and related techonologies.Q: Please give us a little information about your background in the…
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On Wednesday I attended the Brightcove Video Monetization Summit. After a brief geeky starstruck moment - seeing Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire (formerly of Allaire and Macromedia) in person and resisting the urge to scream "I LOVE COLDFUSION" at him - I settled in for a long day of video learning.…
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According to the Bain Study “Building Brands Online”, in the next 3 years, brand marketers will spend close to 40% of their budget on cross-platform campaigns (up from roughly 25%). That’s about $52,000,000,000 being spent on cross platform campaigns in the near future. Unless you start making changes in your…
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As we all know, display advertising can be operationally difficult across numerous elements. For advertisers, complexities arise in buying inventory, reaching the right users, and understanding the effectiveness of campaigns. With the proliferation of ad networks (over 600 globally), it’s not getting any easier. And the media industry continues to…
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If small budget advertisers are complaining about the number of clicks reported by your ad server not matching with their Referring Sites report in Google Analytics, it can be addressed by one of two ways: change the CTU (Click Through URL) and advise the client of what to look for…
Read Moresee also: technology — agenda Webcast - Preparing Operations for The Future of Video: VAST & VPAID will be held at 12pm EST/9am PST Click here to signup now! Preparing Operations for The Future of Video: VAST & VPAID It's no secret that online video advertising is seen by both…
Read Moreback to the AdMonsters Training home page Date: Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm registration opens at 8:30am; enjoy breakfast until 9:00am Location: () Fee: $ (includes course materials, lab fees, lunch and refreshments) Registration: Enroll online Course Description Dart for Publishers (DFP) is one of the most powerful and multi-faceted ad…
Read Moreback to the AdMonsters Training home page Date: Time: 9:00 to 5:00 registration opens at 8:30am; enjoy breakfast until 9:00am Location: () Fee: $ (includes course materials, lab fees, refreshments, lunch and a Happy Hour immediately following class) Registration: Enroll online Course Description This training session will aid ad operations…
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