As the growth of programmatic transactions has reached nearly 50% of all inventory bought and sold, there has been a global proliferation of ad marketplaces for publishers to consider when developing and evolving their indirect monetization strategies. While Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange and AppNexus may dominate the conversation, there’s no…
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An attendee asked why I didn’t throw ad blocking in my recent top themes of the Charleston Publisher Forum. Truth be told, I thought ad blocking needed a dedicated #OPSPOV, especially considering the fallout from Apple’s launch of iOS9 today. As all the Apple fanboys rub their palms together in…
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Digital media has lost a great talent with the passing of Curt Hecht, Global Chief Revenue Officer at The Weather Company, at the age of 47. A programmatic advertising pioneer, Hecht spent 24 years in a variety of roles Publicis Groupe before hopping the fence to the supply side. Before leaving…
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Call me a borrower, a copycat or even a thief. Many years ago, Adrian D’Souza led the first AdMonsters session that had a large impact on me, and the outline of his operational process at CNET became the model for building out my department at Advance Digital. To this day…
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Sept. 29 at Mansueto Venture's Headquarters – 7 World Trade Center, NYC. Tagless technology has taken the industry by storm, offering publishers impressive bumps in revenue. But there's still a great deal of mystery around it: how does it work, how do I integrate the tech, and why is it…
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Location, location, location is not just the mantra of real estate agents anymore. The ability to reach your audience where you want to reach them – and hopefully when they want to be reached – has long been a top perk for advertising on mobile. Of course, hyper-localized targeting sounds…
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Believe it or not, the AdMonsters content team has been fretting about whether we have too much viewability in our OPS agenda. What? How is that possible? There is no such thing as too much viewability! Please – there sure is. Yes, viewability is the topic du jour (du année? du decáde?), and…
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Why would a company in the digital advertising space decide to build their own tech solutions when the market offers so many options? Then again, why wouldn't a company want to build something that allows them to differentiate from everyone else? Join us at Yelp's San Francisco offices to debate…
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During this Meetup, publishers will discuss all the elements of stack strategy: arrangement of the various tools; optimizing and experimenting with multiple demand sources; allowing channels (such as direct sold and private exchanges) compete; and more. In addition, they’ll opine on best practices regarding team roles and structure; sales approach;…
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Last week at the BrightRoll Video Summit during Advertising Week, I heard Ben Jankowski (Group Head of Global Media at MasterCard) say, "If you've figured out programmatic, you're either a genius or an idiot." I feel confident saying I haven't figured out programmatic, and I hope this improves my odds on…
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