ARCHIVE FOR:

Spanfeller Media Group

  • Thorns In Our Side: False Promises And Embellishments

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group. Without exception, every industry has its fair share of embellishments and untruths. In many ways, we as human beings cannot help ourselves. We simply want everything to […]

  • Can The ANA Save Digital Advertising?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group, The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) recently joined online fraud-detection firm White Ops for an effort called “The Marketers’ Coalition.” Together they will look into the issues of impression fraud […]

  • The State Of The Privacy Debates

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group, April was a banner month for the debate around privacy, ad tracking and government surveillance on the Web. There was the White House report on big data and […]

  • The Current, Current Thing

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group. At the end of the last century Michael Lewis penned the insightful and educational story of Jim Clark’s efforts to change the health industry. Clark’s efforts eventually led to […]

  • The Next Era In Media: Getting Personal

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group. About a year ago, I predicted the consolidation of ad tech and its move away from the main stage of the digital ecosystem. With all due notation of […]

  • It’s Time To Get Serious About Measurement

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group. Amazingly, the Internet — the most trackable medium ever due to its two-way and one-to-one connections — has always faced huge issues surrounding measurement. There are many good reasons […]

  • Content Or Data: Which Is The Better Proxy For Ad Targeting?

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group, Many argue in this age of deep and big data that content is not nearly as good of a proxy for ad targeting as data. Having both aligned, they’ll […]

  • At What Price Safety? At What Price Targeted Advertising?

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO of Spanfeller Media Group, a new-age media company. As the news about the U.S. government’s Prism program attracts full-blown global attention, raising questions about our privacy and our safety, I think it’s […]

  • The Key To Web Traffic? It’s The Content, Stupid!

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. There have been some recent musings on BuzzFeed about what would happen to publisher traffic if Facebook went the way of MySpace. Unlikely as this is […]

  • Firefox Cookie-Block Is The First Step Toward A Better Tomorrow

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. Mozilla recently announced that the next version of Firefox, one of the most popular web browsers in the world, would come with a default setting that […]

  • The Myth of Unlimited Inventory

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. It has often been said that due to nearly “unlimited inventory”, pricing on digital advertising will continue to decline.  This is a thought that has been […]

  • Environment: Whither Goest Thou

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. It was a long-held belief in media buying circles that environment mattered greatly in the final efficacy of a media plan.  That getting in front of […]

  • The News Of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated! -The Banner

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. There has been much talk lately about the demise of the banner as an effective communications tool. These conversations can be self-centered, pointless, naïve, or all […]

  • What Is The True Value of Big Data In Advertising?

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. Today’s media buyers and sellers are playing on a whole new field, where preying on consumer behavior is the norm and big data is the apparent […]