Don Mathis is CEO of Epic Advertising, an online performance marketing company AdExchanger.com: How has Epic Advertising fared during the economic downturn? Please share any strengths or weaknesses you’re seeing. What types of client campaigns are thriving – or not? How is creative evolving? DM: Epic Advertising has fared well due to our fundamental performance-based […]
Scott Symonds is General Manager of AKQA Media, Search & Analytics. AdExchanger.com: Are ad exchanges a part of digital media buying strategy at AKQA? Do you have plans for a media buying platform either in-house or outsourced? SS: We are not using ad exchanges currently but would like to as we build our performance media […]
Mike Seiman is CEO and Founder of global online ad network, CPX Interactive. AdExchanger.com: How’s CPX Interactive‘s display ad business? Any trends that you can share? MS: Our display business is strong, we are continually seeing growth not only in terms of revenue but in terms of impressions served. Obviously, seeing revenue growth in this […]
Bill Morrison and Robert Coolbrith are equity analysts at ThinkEquity Partners and recently authored a report entitled, “The Opportunity In Non-Premium Display Advertising.” AdExchanger.com: Are data exchanges the key to unlocking value in social media? Who’s getting it right in the data exchange space? BM and RB: We’ll defer the second part of your question […]
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 […]
We have exchanges. We have trading. We have media. And, we have data. What are we missing? How about “Real-Time Bidding,” or RTB, for short? With RTB, exchange participants have a new feature coming for the buy side which should make agency business intelligence mucky-mucks and advertisers delirious after watching the development of yield management […]
Joe Zawadzki is CEO of MediaMath, a media trading solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: When “last we left” MediaMath, the New York Times had just featured you. What’s been happening over the past 9 months? Any updates you can share about traction, product line, etc.? JZ: We’ve been fortunate to continue our two-year consistent growth trajectory, despite […]
Darren Herman is the Founder and President of Varick Media Management, the audience and media platform backed by MDC Partners, one of the world’s leading advertising holding companies. AdExchanger.com: Varick Media Management appears to be gaining traction according to your press release in January. Any updates? DH: Our heads have been down at VMM focusing […]
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 […]
Michael Katz is President and Founder of InterClick. AdExchanger.com: Is it more difficult being a public company than private in the advertising industry? Does this give an advantage to your competitors? Good question, I get asked this a lot. There have been many advantages and disadvantages to being public. I think being public has provided […]
