Consumers are shifting to connected TV (CTV) in droves and CTV ad spend is skyrocketing in tandem. According to eMarketer, spending is set to reach $34.49 billion by 2025. But that doesn’t mean it’s been all smooth sailing for pubs. We spoke with Peter Ackerman, Director of Product Marketing at…
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As 2021 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the top trends that set the tone for digital media and ad tech throughout the year. From Chrome's on-again, off-again cookie cutoff to Apple's privacy updates to mass confusion surrounding developing solid first-party data and identity strategies to the…
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2021 brought a lot of change in digital media in advertising. But not everything was about the ill-fated third-party cookie. This year, our playbooks focused on data, identity, and privacy. But ad quality is still a troublesome thing, especially in mobile apps. And let's not forget the friction between different…
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Missed an AdMonsters Webinar in 2021 that you really wanted to tune into live? Don't worry, we got you covered. AdMonsters webinars are available on-demand, so you can view them any time, on your own schedule. 2021 webinars covered the most pressing issues facing the digital media and advertising industry,…
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As the ad tech ecosystem evolves and the need for an omnichannel approach becomes ever more pressing, both advertisers and publishers are becoming more thoughtful about which platforms they work with and how. Publishers, in particular, have been decreasing their number of SSP partners over the past few quarters. Findings…
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Friction is the enemy of growth — and today's publishers have to mitigate quite a bit of friction in order to breeze through revenue goals, quarter after quarter. There's the natural tension between fulfilling advertisers' (growing) demands and delivering a frictionless content experience for users. There's friction between different platforms…
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Supply Path Optimization (SPO), aka finding the most direct route to a publisher’s inventory, sounds like an activity that’s best left to the world’s DSPs. After all, they’re the ones with the AI-powered algorithms that focus on winning ad placements for advertisers. SPO actually requires teamwork amongst all parties, especially those…
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From third-party cookie deprecation, to ColoPA, CCPRA, Apple and the looming antitrust pressure on Google and Facebook, the business of digital publishing is being rebuilt right now ... pixel by pixel. And while there’s no such thing as a crystal ball, AdMonsters has partnered with Jeeng to come up with…
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The people have spoken: There are too many ads on the internet. So many, in fact, that it drives consumers to install ad-blocking software on their desktops and mobile devices. This often drives publishers to write off ad-blocking audiences as lost traffic. But provided with the right incentives, like less…
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In a cookieless, privacy-centric future, you need to focus on first-party data. But focusing on first-party data is a broad statement that can easily leave you asking what exactly does that mean we should do? There are 6 steps to making sure your organization is able not only to function…
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