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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At many publishers there is a distinct line between the Product team and Ad Operations team. Product is focused on developing cutting edge, revenue generating formats that are desirable by agencies and advertisers, while AdOps is focused on executing timely, high quality campaigns. While the skill sets required of these…
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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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Jennifer Witt, Director of North American Ad Operations for Adconion Media Group, will be leading a session at the US Network Operations Forum on third party data providers. In advance of the conference we asked her a few questions about data collection and verification.Q: Please tell us a little bit…
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There has been a lot of buzz lately about ad verification in the digital space. The media is writing about it, publishers and agencies are arguing about it, clients are asking questions about it, and providers are pushing it. The IAB even recently hosted a half-day conference to address this…
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NPR was one of a few publishers to have a customized iPad application available at the product launch. The iPad app was a result of five weeks of intense development, but also, six months of learning through a successful app on the iPhone platform. Here are some things to consider…
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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…
Read MoreHamburg, GermanyLe Meridien - an der AlsterNovember 23, 2010In partnership with OPS Germany is now SOLD OUT. Wenn Sie eine spezielle Einladung bzw eine Freikarte bekommen haben, und sich mit einem Discount Code registrieren, bitte setzen sie Ihre Registrierung fort. Falls nein, Sie aber trotzdem Interesse haben, können Sie sich…
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I hope everyone who attended the US Leadership Forum in New York this past week found it enjoyable and valuable. As always I was in awe of being surrounded by so many smart people. Events such as the Leadership Forum are such a great way to not only learn from…
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