Ad Tech
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Marketers
DoubleVerify Won 70% Of The Former Moat Advertisers It Courted
Moat, ya basic. Well, ya were basic, at least according to DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski. “One thing we did note is that Moat had a pretty basic product,” Zagorski said on Wednesday during the company’s Q3 earnings call in response to an investor asking for more detail on the Oracle opportunity. In September, Oracle shut […]
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Marketers
Why Old-School CPGs Are Getting Back To Basics
This is a challenging time for grocery-store brands. For example, last month, McKinsey published a report on 18 “arenas of competition” that will define the growth of the economy: It encompasses “Digital advertising,” “Ecommerce,” “Electric vehicles,” “Space,” “Video games” and 13 others. Everything except the manufacture of food, drinks and snacks or household goods. (“Drugs […]
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The Big Story
The Role Of Ad Dollars In The 2024 Presidential Election
Trump won the 2024 election. To discuss how paid media played a role (and didn’t) in his victory, we bring on guest Jordan Lieberman, CEO of Power Interactive. The programmatic buying company handled more than 1,000 digital campaigns across the political spectrum this election cycle.
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Marketers
How Dewar’s Uses Social Media – And Golf – To Target A New Generation Of Scotch Drinkers
With signal loss on the rise, many advertisers are giving first-party data more of a shot. Not scotch whisky brand Dewar’s, though.
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Data-Driven Thinking
From Banners To Generative AI: How Two Digital Revolutions Redefined The Future Of Marketing
On October 27, 1994, I watched history unfold as the first-ever digital banner ads ran on HotWired.com. Roughly a dozen ads went live that day, catapulting the world of advertising into a new era. As we mark the 30th anniversary of that monumental milestone, I can’t help but draw parallels between that moment and the […]
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Marketers
How Kenvue Avoided $3 Million In Wasted Media Spend
When advertisers see their ad verification partners blocking lots of impressions, they often think, “Okay, good – that’s proof the technology is working.” But negative blocking isn’t the healthiest – or the most efficient – way to approach brand safety, said Mark Proulx, global director of media quality and responsibility at Kenvue, the consumer health care company that […]
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The Big Story
The Culture Clash Underneath Creative Ad Tech
To explain Forrester’s latest creative ad tech wave, we bring on author, Senior Analyst Nikhil Lai. Then, the untold story of how Prebid.org became an independent industry organization.
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CTV Roundup
Exploring The Trenches Of CTV Buying – It’s Still Messy In There – With A 20-Year Agency Vet
Shelby Nichols was doing CTV before it was cool. And while CTV buying is a more complicated process than ever, it’s becoming easier for consumers to access more types of content – like live sports, for example.
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Online Advertising
Based On Its Q3 Earnings, Maybe AIphabet Should Just Change Its Name To AI-phabet
Alphabet, which reported its third quarter earnings on Tuesday, generated more than $88 billion in Q3 total revenue, up 15% from a year ago. Meanwhile, YouTube’s combined advertising and subscription businesses surpassed $50 billion over the past year. This is the first time YouTube has ever hit that milestone. Impressive numbers. But investors seemed to […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Balancing Accuracy, Richness And Scale For Effective Audience Targeting
Digital advertisers should be able to agree that there are about 345 million people in the US, making up about 133 million households. But, historically, media buying has been all about scale, even if it meant outrageously false population counts on audience segments. More recently, advertisers have started to accept that there is a correlation […]
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