Aaron Finn is CEO of AdReady, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Can you update us on current revenue and client momentum? Has the economy affected your business? Any surprises or trends you can share? AF: We keep growing our client base and increasing revenue, and we’re still hiring to keep up with demand. The biggest […]
The digital “torch” is ablaze, yet it remains unclaimed. Will it be you or your company that grabs it? If you’re willing to champion the idea that opportunity for brands has arrived in the digital space, grab the torch now and run. Whether the ultimate winners end up being agencies, ad networks or a hybrid […]
it’s time for more ad exchange-related news! Frank Lee posted a good summary from a recent search roundtable discussion at MediaPost’s Search Insider Summit. Panelists included Craig Danuloff, ClickEquations’ President, and Matt Greitzer, VP, Search Marketing, Razorfish. “Display: consensus is that search and display are handled by different teams/agencies because with display who you know […]
Henry Wong is Chief Executive Officer of Adgregate Markets, a transactional performance ad network. AdExchanger.com: Given you and your team’s experience (AdECN), how important is your familiarity with ad exchanges in the success of Adgregate Markets? HW: Given the experience of the management team with AdECN, we understand the value that ad exchanges can bring […]
Nathaniel Turner is Co-Founder, President & COO of Invite Media. AdExchanger.com: What is Invite Media and how did it begin? NT: Invite has built what we call a “universal buying platform,” Bid Manager. In one sentence, Bid Manager allows an agency, ad network or media buyer to automatically buy and manage display media across multiple […]
Ken Barbieri is Vice-President of Business Development at LucidMedia Networks, Inc. and is responsible for developing and growing strategic partnerships with online publishers, advertising networks and advertising exchanges at LucidMedia. AdExchanger.com: How’s business for LucidMedia? Any momentum you can report? KB: At LucidMedia we are having a record year for revenue growth and client acquisition. […]
If you can’t get the consumer to the store, bring the store to the consumer. That’s what Adgregate Markets – which calls itself the “world’s leading transactional ad network” – is doing for Google’s DoubleClick and a slew of others. And it’s run by former AdECN-ers. Already a TechCrunch 50 member, Adgregate has received quite […]
Considering the glacial migration towards premium AND remnant inventory exchanges by the online ad industry, the attributes of social media and ad exchanges have a lot in common these days aside from the fact that social media display ad inventory is unloaded through exchanges. Whether we want to admit it or not, both mediums prominent […]
For the ad exchange model, liquidity and scale are factors in determining price for media. And, of course, so is data. Today, behavioral impressions are bought and sold, contextual impressions are bought and sold, etc. In the future, among several ways to trade advertising, including online display advertising, we suggest the “media profile” value. The […]
Google is interested in your interests. The Google monolith announced today that its next option for advertisers will include behavioral targeting, and Miguel Helft of the NY Times wisely posits that the acquisition of DoubleClick and its technology is becoming more visible in Google strategy. From “Google’s Official Blog,” Susan Wojcicki, VP, Product Management, writes: […]
