Maybe the title of the post is hyperbolic but at least this idea could put a big dent in their agency revenues.Note: these are my thoughts, not necessarily reflected of my employer.We talk about agencies having a digital backbone. Yet, for the most part, the technologies are licensed. For today’s…
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It's only a couple of days left now. I'm always excited about going to the Admonster's Publisher Forum and this year is no exception. In-fact, this year I'm extra excited.Beyond the fact that the Publisher Forum is always a really nice event to be at, and that it's this year…
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Editor's Note: As your business evolves and changes so should your revenue and operations tools. You may find it makes sense to upgrade or switch your tools. This will lead to the dreaded ad server migration. Neil Rigby, Head of Operations at Associated Newspapers Ltd. recently compiled some tips on…
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Recently, an Ad Operations colleague at a publisher contacted me about ad discrepancies. They started preparing for end of month billing: pulling their primary ad server campaign delivery reports pulling 3rd party ad server campaign delivery reports compressing the data from ad serving sources, and sending it all off to…
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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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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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With this blog post, I’d like to begin a series of posts on the technology and data-science that power modern display advertising (especially at Turn, where we’ve always been at the cutting-edge of innovation in this area). We will explore why the advances we’re making in the new field of computational advertising matter…
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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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The AdMonsters community is comprised of the top Ad Operations professionals in the industry. In a new feature for our site, we'll highlight members and ask them about what they are working on as well as their thoughts on a variety of topics.This week we feature Robert Deichert Jr., Senior…
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