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The world of media optimization and ad exchanges is taking off. Need proof? Even AdExchanger.com is getting in the news. From Cynopsis Digital, an industry newsletter that informs readers about the latest and greatest in the digital media world, comes the following: “Media buyers, planners and advertisers interested in the growing online ad exchange model […]

Chip Hall is SVP of Sales and Marketing at Teracent, an advertising creative solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: What trends have you seen at Teracent in 2009?  Can you characterize trends in revenue momentum, deal size, client verticals, consumer audience targets, etc.? CH: Teracent has seen very positive growth and revenue in 2009 and so far has […]

A new Comscore study sponsored by the OPA promotes the use of ad exchanges. No, we’re not joking. Of course, we’re pretty sure that wasn’t the OPA’s intention, but the new study says that display advertising drives interaction and conversion for brand campaigns. Thank you, OPA. Clearly, the OPA wants to promote the use of […]

Ken Miller is CEO of Anchor Intelligence, a traffic quality solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: You have an impressive list of client testimonials on your site. Can you discuss recent momentum at Anchor Intelligence? Any impact from the economy? KM: In the past two quarters, we’ve seen the number of inbound inquiries into Anchor Intelligence increase by […]

Trevor Wright is CEO of DogTime Media. AdExchanger.com: Does Adify still provide the technology “backbone” of Dogtime? How has that relationship evolved? DogTime leveraged Adify’s technology backbone to launch our vertical community, but quickly evolved beyond their capabilities and have been independent of Adify for more than a year. Are advertisers buying from DogTime Media […]

Collective Media hired former Yahoo! automotive category director, Brian Elliott, to lead its Detroit office. Which got us thinking… Isn’t the domestic U.S. auto industry on life support? Haven’t they had their marketing budgets reduced dramatically? What is Collective Media thinking? In response, Joe Apprendi, Collective CEO told AdExchanger.com, “Yes, the auto industry in aggregate, […]

David Smith is CEO of Mediasmith, a digital advertising media agency. AdExchanger.com: What trends can you share with us regarding the media buying you’re doing on behalf of clients today? DS: There is a lot of change happening in the area of digital media strategy, planning and message distribution. Please notice that we’ve walked away […]

David Koretz is CEO of BlueTie, Inc., an email and collaboration services provider and Adventive, Inc., an online ad solutions company. What media-related trends have you observed in 2009 at BlueTie and at Adventive? Vertical strengths/weaknesses, pricing pressure, etc.? At Adventive we are seeing large publishers put an increased emphasis on creating unique products for […]

Greg Smith is COO at Neo@Ogilvy, a full-service digital and direct media company and division of OgilvyOne Worldwide. AdExchanger.com: What trends are you seeing on the client-side in 2009? How will 2010 take shape in your opinion? GS: Clients are discovering ROI, metrics, data. 2010 will look more like 2008 than 2009. Does media deserve […]

Chad Little is CEO of FetchBack, a retargeting company. AdExchanger.com: From your blog, I see that you’ve delivered $64.5 million in revenue for your clients – is that in the past two years? Care to elaborate in terms of net revenues to FetchBack, average deal size, type of clients, etc.? No – that’s ($64.5 million) […]