Sebastiaan Schepers is Chief Operating Officer of BannerConnect, an online display advertising network. AdExchanger.com: Please provide a bit of background on BannerConnect. And, how is it tied to TechConnect? Officially, we started in 2001 when TechConnect was an IT service provider with a small network of technology and gaming publishers. However, the roots go back […]
Earlier in the week, Travel Ad Network (TAN) announced a Series C round of funding led by StarVest Partners. TAN consists of “more than 36 million monthly unique visitors worldwide” through its ad network of travel-related websites. Read the release. Travel Ad Network CEO Brian Silver discussed the funding process and the vertical ad network […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FTC Recommending Self-Regulation According to MediaPost’s Wendy Davis, it looks like the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will recommend that the online advertising industry continue to move forward with new, perhaps improved, self-regulation efforts rather than recommending Congressional action and new laws. Quoting FTC member […]
“Now Serving Mobile” is a column focused on the audience-buying opportunity in mobile advertising. AdExchanger.com asked Michael Nevins, Senior Partner at Breakpoint Digital, a digital consultancy, to break down the mobile display advertising channel. This is the first in a series of columns devoted to mobile display and its parts. Mobile display is earning an […]
Earlier this week, ad network Specific Media acquired video ad network BBE. This appears to be another step toward the company’s ultimate goal as CEO Tim Vanderhook told ClickZ “that the firm will seek to raise capital through an IPO at some point in 2011 if the financial climate allows.” Read more. Specific Media COO/Co-Founder […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Announces Earnings On the earnings call, Yahoo! announced its “revenue was $1,601 million for the third quarter of 2010, a two percent increase from the third quarter of 2009. Income from operations for the third quarter of 2010 was $189 million, an increase […]
If you asked an attendee at last week’s Association of National Advertisers’ (ANA) “Masters of Marketing” conference, “What was the highlight for you?” the answer was almost always, “I really liked P&G’s presentation on purpose-driven marketing.” To equate it to the data-driven, digital advertising world, as buzz goes, purpose-driven marketing (PDM?) is the new demand-side […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matt Shanahan, SVP of Strategy for Scout Analytics. Engagement is the unit of monetization in the ad world, yet engagement is not what is bought and sold in online […]
John Manoogian III is Founder of 140 Proof, which offers targeted, social stream advertising. AdExchanger.com: How has your previous experience ie. your work as a Creative & Technical Director at Organic informed the development of 140 Proof? JM: A core part of what Organic did when I was there was try to combine smart creative […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RPM Shoot-out: Egg Recall Vs. Lindsay Lohan Perfect Market (AdExchanger.com Q&A) has released a new study which it says shows that raw page views are not necessarily the best revenue strategy. Looking at Revenue Per Thousand Pages (RPMs) across what is presumably its own […]
