Native Advertising

Today’s Daily AdTech Round-up covers latest in Native and Programmatic Advertising, Technology, TV Advertising, Audience Data announcements Merkle, Firefly, Fishbat, Perion Network Ltd, SQAD, Atmosphere, Digital Remedy, SOPHOLA, Inc, DoubleVerify and MediaMath. Merkle Releases Q4 2019 Digital Marketing Report, Showcasing Impressive Growth for Amazon and Varying Trends for Google Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, has released its Q4 2019 Digital Marketing Report (DMR), a…

"Marketing Automation is critical to defining the funnel and building a communication plan for each of the customer touchpoints, as well as post-analysis." Tell us about your journey into Marketing Technology and how you started at Anzu.io? I have been involved with Anzu since the company’s early days. Having worked in the AdTech space before, I was inspired by Anzu’s mission to make advertising better, and could see the potential impact I could have as a marketer. I am super proud of the team and what we’ve accomplished…

Organic growth in digital media consumption is driving budget allocation towards associated advertising, with digital investment expected to grow almost 13% year-on-year, reaching around half of the total APAC ad spend. But, as we enter a new decade, marketers must carefully consider where those budgets are spent. Tempting as it may be to go for attention-grabbing techniques and quick wins, these will only result in ad fatigue and avoidance, as well as damage to brand reputation. Instead, marketers should take a…

Curb Taxi Media, the leading provider of mobility-centric media in the United States, launched the largest network of programmatic 'smart' taxi tops in New York City. Curb's new programmatic network is available through technology partner Vistar Media and allows agencies and brands to launch large-scale digital out-of-home (DOOH) campaigns atop the city's iconic yellow taxis. By bringing programmatic capabilities to digital taxi tops, Curb is providing agencies, brands, and programmatic buyers with the tools and…

Today’s Daily AdTech Round-up covers latest in Native and Programmatic Advertising, Technology, TV Advertising, Audience Data announcements FreeWheel, Innovid, Comscore, fishbat. Majority of Advertisers Used Advanced TV Solutions in 2019, New Survey Finds FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, announced that according to a new survey of over 300 marketers and agencies, advanced TV is being used by the majority of advertisers to reach their target audiences. Among these solutions, OTT/CTV was purchased by the highest percentage…

Outbrain, the world’s leading discovery and native advertising feed for the open web, announced that Nathan Jackson has been appointed as the organization’s new Head of Sales for the APAC region. This latest addition to the region's leadership marks a further step towards Outbrain's strategy of strengthening the group's presence in the region. “Advertisers, publishers and technology platforms must work together to create a high quality and innovative online experience. I am confident that the combined experience and talent…

The mobile advertising market is booming – it’s expected to account for 43% of all media ad spend next year – and brands are actively trying to reach consumers engaging in daily mobile activities, from payments and bookings to communication and entertainment. This year, time spent on mobile devices will exceed the time spent watching TV and will reach an average of 3 hours 43 minutes per day, explaining the high demand for mobile advertising. As mobile continues to grow, advertisers can further develop techniques to…

General Assembly Leverages Brainly Native Ad Units to Increase Awareness and Drive Student Engagement Brainly, the world's largest peer-to-peer learning community for students, parents and teachers, has announced the launch of a new native advertising capability on its platform. Brainly native ad units provide advertisers a unique opportunity to reach and engage on a deeper and more meaningful level with more than 10 million Generation Z (Gen Z) users in the United States. Native ads are available for both mobile and…

Adthena’s 2019 Survey of CMOs Uncovered Marketing Executives’ Perceptions Towards Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and the Opportunities They May Be Overlooking Today’s CMOs are spending millions of dollars a year on SEM. In fact, this channel now makes up the largest Digital Marketing budget line for CMOs and accounts for nearly half of Digital Advertising spend globally. Yet despite the continued investment in SEM, CMOs have conflicting views on how this channel should be used and its value as a Digital Marketing function.…

Studies Show That Just 3 Percent of Marketers Are Truly Familiar with Native Advertising DesignRush.com, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with agencies researched exactly how to execute successful native advertising content that fosters business growth. The top 5 native advertising tips that drive results in 2019 include: 1. Properly Label Native Ads Businesses should not mislead consumers by engaging in native ads but not identifying them as such. Instead, they need to build trust by honestly labeling native ads as…

Digital Advertising exists to reach the right person with the right message at the right time. The first step is understanding that person. To do this, we AdTech execs like creating labels. People are Healthy Eaters, Baby Boomers, Shoe Shoppers, Cord Cutters, or Millennial Moms. Race, gender, income, marital status, shopping habits, etc. all factor in. As if that weren’t enough, we look at location, behavior, day parting, social activity, Web viewing, political affiliation, even the weather. Just take a look at Facebook’s…

RevJet Simplifies Building, Updating and Managing Digital Ads for Use Across Facebook, Twitter, Taboola, Outbrain, Verizon Media and More RevJet, the only platform that simplifies digital ad experience management for Fortune 500 marketers, announced the launch of their new Creative Builder for Social and Native advertising platforms. RevJet's Creative Builder enables marketers to build once and deliver into numerous top platforms, saving valuable time and resources. RevJet has made it simple to maintain consistency in…

Tell us about your role and journey into Marketing Technology. What inspired you to join MGID?  As Chief Marketing Officer at MGID, I was thrilled to become part of the team and begin shaping our product and communications in the US, APAC, and European markets. It’s very exciting to be a part of MGID’s global expansion process. For me, MarTech is more than just technology – in today’s information age, Marketing is a key element of our economy and, therefore, is impossible without MarTech. What is MGID and how does it…

"As our industry has gotten more automated, we’ve actually seen creativity being sacrificed rather than enhanced — and that’s not the direction this should be going." Tell us about your role and journey into ad technology. I got one of the first Apple IIGS computers along with a modem when I was 11 years old. I haven't stopped tinkering since. In 1998, after graduating from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, I co-founded Cie Digital Labs (CDL), a corporate innovation partner that creates enterprise apps and…

ADYOULIKE has been verified to the JICWEBS Digital Trading Standards Group (DTSG) Good Practice Principles by independent industry body ABC.  The aim of the Good Practice Principles is to enhance transparency in the UK digital display advertising market, ultimately giving brands greater confidence that their advertising will reach the right audience and will not be associated with content that could jeopardise brand reputation. ADYOULIKE, the global leader in Native Advertising provides AI-driven Native Advertising…

There’s no denying the power of native advertising. According to a recent Collective Bias survey, a third of millennials have made purchases as a direct result of sponsored content. Another study shows that consumers will interact with native ads 53 percent more frequently than traditional display ads. Yet despite its benefits, the growth of native advertising has flattened. Here are the challenges that must be met for native advertising to reach its full potential: Native Isn’t Easily Scalable Scale has long been the…

With ad.apt Bloomberg has Simplified Advertising as it Requires very Basic Assets from Advertisers Bloomberg Media Group recently launched ad.apt, a new display ad format that introduces innovative ad solutions in display advertising. ad.apt leverages Bloomberg’s unique data, content and design footprint, enabling the company to convert a simple set of brand elements into a host of high-impact, natively designed formats. ad.apt allows advertisers to submit a headline, subhead, logo, brand images, video and a call to…

B2B Marketing Strategist Erin Mccallion Joins the World’s Leading Native Advertising Platform Outbrain, the world's leading native advertising platform, announced that Erin McCallion is joining the company as Vice President for US Marketing. This is a new role at the company as it enters a period of growth and transformation. “Erin is joining Outbrain at a pivotal time as we focus on innovating and transforming our platform to personalize the Web for every user and offer increased brand safety to brands and publishers,”…

After Attending Cannes Lions 2018, Jeff Lucas of Oath Spoke to Us About the Key Takeaways from the Global Event for Digital Advertising Cannes Lions 2018 remains the most followed event at MarTech Series. We chose to talk more this time with industry leaders at Cannes Lions and dive deeper into the realm of digital advertising. We spoke to Oath’s new Head of Americas Sales & Global Teams, Jeff Lucas, who was there. He talks extensively about brand safety, “XR” ads and native. Brand safety still the topic du jour …

Lee Walsh Regional Managing Director, NewBase Programmatic advertising is a fascinating technology. Each geography is growing at its own 'sweet' pace. Asia, in particular, is more diverse and complex compared to the markets in the Americas and Europe. Lee Walsh, Regional Managing Director, NewBase, gives us an inside view of the Asian advertising ecosystem and helps us to understand the nature of the American and European digital advertising markets.Tell us about your role at NewBase and the team/technology you handle.…