Over the last ten years, digital advertising has come a very long way. At the turn of 2010, we were only beginning to see the very early potential of video ads, we weren’t quite aware of the impact that social media would have on the industry and mobile phones were soon to introduce a new wave of digital advertising. Since then, we’ve seen digital ads and the technologies that power them continue to mature, as consumers become ever more conscious of not only being bombarded by flurries of irrelevant content, but also of…

It’s Saturday morning. You have just brewed your first (or second, or even third, no judgments here) cup of coffee, and now you’re lounging on the sofa, checking the local news on your phone. You encounter an ad on the page and suddenly, through no action of your own, you are forcefully redirected through a series of websites at rapid-fire speed, finally landing on a page offering you a $1,000 Amazon gift voucher, as long as you provide them some details, of course. Alternatively, you may have just arrived at your…

Digital Advertising needs a shakeup. The only way to rebuild, to effect big, bold change, is to do the work from the outside in and rewrite the rules for Digital Advertising. The industry simply must come together around an end-to-end rules-based platform for Marketing that connects brands and agencies through tech to media and consumers with accountability and transparency at each point across the media supply chain. What does it mean to be a “rules-based” platform? In basic terms, the goal is to adopt high standards…

GoZone WiFi (GoZone), the leading US-based venue intelligence and guest engagement company, has released an advanced WiFi advertising solution which allows venues to further monetize guest WiFi networks. The company’s newest feature release includes interactive campaigns on captive portal and landing pages that enables venues to increase revenue from third-party sponsorships, drive app downloads, and promote branded content. GoZone’s WiFi advertising solution allows enterprise retailers, large public venues, and smart…

As we approach the “visionary” year of 2020, we took a look at what the New Year has in store for the Digital Advertising industry. Here are key things to watch out for as you plan ahead and finalize your Marketing budgets. 1. Amazon Hits Its Stride 2019 was a phenomenal year for Amazon, supported by a record-breaking Prime Day and a highly successful back-to-school season. Brands have begun to understand the power of advertising on Amazon and the unique opportunity it offers to capture people at the beginning of their…

Web and App-Based Tools Will Provide CCPA Opt-Out Mechanisms Giving Users Cross-Industry Control Over Sale of Personal Information The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) announced cross-industry tools for publishers, brands, agencies and adtech in the digital advertising supply chain to provide consumers a clear and recognizable mechanism to opt out under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The DAA guidance calls for web and app publishers to display a CCPA-mandated text link and a unique icon to California…

New Technology Uses Multi-Touch Attribution to Predict and Maximize Conversions G5, the leader in real estate marketing optimization, is launching Cross-Channel Spend Optimizer that improves digital advertising performance up to 25% and reduces cost-per-click by as much as 15%. An integral part of G5 Smart Digital Advertising, Cross-Channel Spend Optimizer uses advanced multi-touch attribution (MTA) to predict best advertising outcomes and automatically allocate daily ad investments across the campaigns, networks and…

Nine months ago, 5G was set to take the mobile and digital world by storm. Depending on who you ask, 5G could be a major boon for digital media, or the latest in a long line of tech developments hyped up way too soon (VR anybody?). 5G, the network that mobile data passes through, doesn’t have a set definition nor standards and tech specifications. But it’s generally agreed that 5G will make data uploads and downloads on mobile devices a whole lot faster. We’re talking about downloading a 3-hour movie via your wireless…

2019 Is the First Time Digital Advertising Spending in the Us Will Overtake Traditional Advertising CloudCommerce, Inc. (CLWD), a leading provider of digital marketing solutions, commented that it is benefiting from the dramatic transition in the US from traditional advertising to digital advertising. According to eMarketer’s latest forecast, this year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising. For the first time, digital advertising spending in the US will be greater than traditional advertising spending. By…

Ad Tech startup tribeOS innovates digital advertising solutions to best combat brand safety risks  Digital threats to brands represent a powder keg of risk with a short, burning fuse that can explode at any moment, costing brands thousands -- maybe even millions of dollars. First, ad fraud theft can steal anywhere from 5% to nearly 50% of an advertiser's total ad spend. Next, pile on brand safety risks that can damage a brand's reputation, sales and future marketplace presence. Welcome to today's problematic reality…

Nearly 69% of Consumers Would Stop Doing Business with a Brand If Data Usage Became Too Invasive New global research released by Accenture Interactive offers guidance to chief marketing officers (CMOs) on strategies to use data respectfully and responsibly at a time when a majority of consumers (69%) would not do business with a brand if their data usage was invasive. As the industry celebrates the 25th anniversary of what has been celebrated as one of the first digital banner advertisements and as digital advertising…

Launching September 26, the new course will empower participants to create paid social cash flow, find new profitable customers, and scale e-commerce businesses MuteSix, an iProspect Company and a full-funnel digital and creative agency, has announced its Facebook Ads Masterclass, launching on September 26, 2019. Geared towards e-commerce professionals, business owners, and marketers, the online class looks to highlight advanced strategies to create affordable and ROI-positive ads. The exclusive creative-focused course…

B2B Marketing can now reach exclusive SMB audiences with breakthrough targeting solution LiveRamp, the trusted platform for accessible and meaningful data, announced a jointly developed solution with Bombora, providing business-to-business (B2B) marketers with a data solution to more accurately connect with small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), an audience that is notoriously hard to identify and target. Leveraging account-based marketing strategies, Bombora and LiveRamp have developed tools to define and target SMB…

This July, IAB Europe published the latest edition of its AdEx Benchmark report, which provides facts and figures about the health of the region’s Digital Advertising market in 2018. Since 2008, the study has mapped a trend of sustained double-digit growth. However, as 2018 got underway it was far from certain this trend would continue. Indeed, for the first half of the year, the market showed all the signs of a slowdown. At that point, based on local market signals, we were forecasting that total growth for the year…

AdTheorent Becomes the First Company to Be Four-Time Recipient of Frost & Sullivan's North American Growth Excellence Leadership Award Based on its recent analysis of the North American digital advertising market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes AdTheorent, Inc. with the 2019 North American Growth Excellence Leadership Award for driving the next-generation of digital advertising strategies.  AdTheorent's innovative platform and technology-enabled services, including its unprecedented data science-as-service…

Mi9 Retail, the leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for retailers, wholesalers and brands, announces a strategic partnership with CitrusAd, the world’s leading retail media platform. Major retailers globally are deploying the CitrusAd platform to grab a greater share of the online advertising revenue dominated by US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook. By partnering with CitrusAd, Mi9 will equip its retailers with the ability to better monetize their digital real estate akin to the…

Impact of CTV's Surging Popularity Includes Highest-Ever Completion Rate and Longer Ad Length With impressions increasing nearly 60 percent year over year, connected TV (CTV) advertising now accounts for nearly half of impressions served, reveals the latest Video Benchmark Report from Extreme Reach (ER), the complete creative asset management solution for the ad industry. Based on Q1 2019 performance metrics from the company's platform, AdBridge, and specifically its proprietary video ad server, the report highlights the…

Impact of CTV's surging popularity includes highest-ever completion rate and longer ad length With impressions increasing nearly 60 percent year over year, connected TV (CTV) advertising now accounts for nearly half of impressions served, reveals the latest Video Benchmark Report from Extreme Reach (ER), the complete creative asset management solution for the ad industry. Based on Q1 2019 performance metrics from the company's platform, AdBridgeTM, and specifically its proprietary video ad server, the report highlights the…

IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital advertising ecosystem, announced at its annual Interact conference in Warsaw that digital advertising grew 13.9 percent in 2018 to €55.1,  billion driven by strong growth in video, mobile and social spend. This is the fastest growth since 2011 and has seen the market more than double in size since 2012. The AdEx Benchmark study is the definitive guide to the state of the European digital advertising market, covering 28 markets, and is now in…

Pattern89, which offers an artificial intelligence platform to improve paid social advertising results, has announced that their platform is expanding to include Google advertising. Throughout 2019, the Pattern89 software will include successive releases to analyze and predict performance across Google Display, YouTube and Search. The expansion will enable marketers to drive improved multi-channel results across more than 58% of the digital advertising ecosystem according to eMarketer. @pattern89 expands successful AI…