Quick update: although Flash-based creatives are greyed out on Firefox, they are still registering as impressions. Also, some agencies are asking advertisers to disinclude Firefox browsers from their campaigns. According to NetMarketShare, Firefox has a12% share of desktop browsers. Facebook head of security Alex Stamos grabbed a lot of attention this…
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Go in-depth and learn from those in the know when it comes to new metrics and Viewable Impressions at this year’s only European AdMonsters Publisher Forum. As the digital marketing industry continues to grow the discussion around the metrics we use and deliver to clients have come under the microscope…
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Especially in this economy, it’s clear that there are pressures on everyone in the advertising ecosystem to do more with less. This leads to advertisers (or their downstream reps, ad buying agencies) trying to figure how to allocate resources in the most effective way possible. But some of the thinking…
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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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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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Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Mike On Ads.So much of our time these days is spent talking about all the new features & capabilities that people are building into their adserving platforms. One component often neglected in these conversations is scalability.A hypothetical ad startupHere’s a pretty typical story.…
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Editor's Note: This blog article originally appeared on the Unicast Blog.Our clients are always in search of the next big thing, the out-of-the-box solution that will make a big impact. I’ve seen some great out-of-the-box executions both from our internal clients and out there on the web as a regular…
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The advertising world rejoiced today with the announcement that the complexity of buying and selling online advertising had been solved. The company X, formerly known as The Doubleyieldmeldmatictail Project, has been working secretly for months with a select group of agencies and publishers to beta test their products, BUD (Buy…
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Last week the AdMonsters descended on the land of Bon Jovi and Springsteen ready to "embrace their inner jersey" as well as, you know, talk about topics important to ad operations. And believe me - there is a lot to talk about. Let's get down to business and recap some…
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Editor's note: Originally posted on the Operative Blog.That seems to be the latest measurement buzz word. Now…let me ask in a different way. Can your Ad Sales and Ad Ops teams scale to achieve the NEW technical demands of media buyers?In 2010, digital publishers in the US and Europe that are…
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