We 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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Editor's note: This is part one of a two part post.The expanding online advertising market presents publishers with substantial opportunities for dramatic revenue growth. It also presents significant challenges that will require publishers to transform their advertising operations in order to capture the full revenue potential. With the right strategy,…
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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What is the IES? It seems to continue to make more regular appearances at the industry's events, but few people seem to fully understand what it is, and how it will impact their operations. The IES stands for "Impression Exchange Solution" (or sometimes "Standard"), though I would argue as a…
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Editor's note: Reposted from the Krux Digital Blog[On November 9], Krux Digital released the findings of its 2010 Krux Cross-Industry Study. With this study, we have undertaken a comprehensive review of data collection activities across the industry, with attention to the phenomenon we have referred to as ‘data leakage’ in…
Read MoreI recently spoke to the Yieldex Summit about areas for return on investment within organizations and thought I'd share some of the take aways. Theres a lot of competition in the market, as our 'industry's favorite slide' keeps demonstrating. The dramatic evolution in the ad technology and systems space is…
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Yesterday at the IAB Ad Ops Summit I had a chance to speak with Mike Leo, CEO and President of Operative. Operative was the principle sponsor of the event and Mike had just given a presentation about how innovations create operational pain. In his talk he stated that it is…
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Advertising Operations is paramount in today’s online ad ecosystem, as overseeing the successful execution of a Web properties online advertising strategy is no small feat. While the history of OPS has been about trafficking and discrepancies, it is now vital to not only execute on, but strategically participate in, the…
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Edward Montes is EVP, Managing Director of Havas Digital US, the interactive network of Havas Media. He develops and leads Media Contacts US and Canada, managing MC staff in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto. Prior to Havas Digital, Edward worked at Yahoo! Inc. where he was Director…
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Publishers struggling to tell their ad networks from their ad exchanges and their DSPs from their agency trading desks have a new tool to help them keep pace with the sub-sectors of the online advertising world. In response to frequent customer requests, Improve Digital (the largest European sell side platform,…
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