Future of programmatic, native advertising in OTT
No one quite knows what’s coming next as the cable and ad industries evolve, but most experts agree that the 30-second spot is showing its age. “The very nature of the format of a 30-second spot is part of the problem. You could design a beautiful, relevant, emotionally impactful 30-second TV ad, but the fact that that interrupted something that the consumer really wanted to watch, that poses...
Why content still matters in the ad tech sphere
Marketers aren’t giving it as much attention as it needs Understanding your audience has always been vital to media planning and buying. Today, data-driven insights allow marketers to go beyond standard demographics and deploy much richer targeting. And with the predominance of programmatic, audience-driven planning and buying is more than at the fore. It has become standard operating...
Four ways that view duration changes digital advertising
Adtech doesn’t stand still for a second. From the serving of the first impression in the 90s, to the rise of programmatic in the late 00s, the industry has been pursuing the holy grail of advertising: how to get people’s attention, tell them riveting stories, and change the way they see our brands. 2018 is a big year in that quest. Technologies are now in market which allow brands to plan and...
Is third-party data targeting more effective than contextual targeting?
A new report from performance marketing agency Roast and ad platform Teads tested whether the costs of user data targeting and of complying with GDPR are worth it. Can contextual ad targeting work as well as interest- or occupation-based targeting? That question has become very relevant these days, in light of the consent requirements and other limitations surrounding personal and third-party...
Why programmatic needs to become a branding machine
In this opinion piece, Phil Murrell (pictured below), country manager for Australia and New Zealand at Sizmek, argues that programmatic ad spend needs to move up the branding funnel. When I started in digital advertising way back in 2004, we got our media insertion orders via the fax machine. We relied on that machine to run our ad buying business, and I remember those days with great...
How advertisers are reorganizing around programmatic
Now that more than 80% of digital display ads are being bought programmatically, some media companies are eliminating the silos between their direct and automated advertising departments. Chris Wexler, executive director of media and analytics at ad agency Cramer-Krasselt, spoke with eMarketer’s Ross Benes about how the growth in automated advertising is leading companies to reorganize...
Research: B2B marketers embracing programmatic media In 2018
New research from Adweek BrandShare and Dun & Bradstreet has revealed that 63% of B2B marketers indicated they currently buy or sell advertising programmatically. The report titled: The 2018 B2B Advertising & Marketing Outlook aims to provide readers info on how B2B marketers are adopting programmatic advertising, their use of other data-driven marketing tactics, and the challenges...
Programmatic Ads and how to improve the CTR
Using software to purchase digital advertising (online display, social media advertising, mobile and video campaigns etc.) isn’t new, though many companies are still learning the nuances of how to make this advertising approach pay off. Very often, even when an audience is very precisely defined, programmatic campaigns do not always play out as advertisers expect. Properly setting expectations...