Marketing

Advertising’s Chronic illness – And The AI Cure

Advertising agencies are hurting. Agency leaders cite inefficient processes as the biggest challenge currently facing their organizations, ahead of all other pain points, according to a recent survey. Clunky planning workflows, scattered data sources, bloated tech stacks and siloed platforms are just a few of the symptoms. More concerning, agencies are largely nonplussed about how

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Publishers Now Have A Window Into How Buyers Score Their Data Practices

Like kids at Christmas time, digital publishers dread ending up on the naughty list. Publishers can be flagged for any number of issues, including media quality, brand safety and keyword blocklisting. And vendors sell lists of made-for-advertising (MFA) sites or other sub-par domains based on factors like poor data hygiene or overlapping, constantly refreshing ad

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Google’s “Other” Problem: The Hidden Costs Of Ad Opacity

“Other” is the natural enemy of any marketer pursuing a unified standard of transparency across premium video advertising. On every major video platform, the media seller knows the full details of an ad buy. When they choose to label any significant portion of that activity as “other,” it’s a deliberate decision to withhold information for

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We Need Moar On-Site Retail Media, Stat; YouTube’s Porcelain Anniversary

Criteo’s Videos Criteo is pitching retail media networks on video ads, in addition to the more typical sponsored listings, Adweek reports. It’s a logical step. Videos are worth more, after all. And there’s video-esque retail media inventory already, including shoppable social ads or digital out-of-home placements in and around stores, such as gas pumps. Criteo’s

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