
5 fundamentals of digital advertising every marketer should know
When Facebook last month admitted to exaggerating ad video views, it underscored for many marketers the dubious metrics and efficacy of...

Study: Full-page interstitials alienate users, send them racing for the X-it
Various studies appear to show that people don’t like interstitial ads. Google wants to ban most interstitials following a search click....

Viewability is a big part of the journey, but it’s not the destination
As at any major consumer brand at the time, those of us on the digital team wanted a bigger slice of the marketing budget pie. “More...

The evolution of the programmatic superchannel
Six of one, half a dozen of the other? If you can’t distinguish between multichannel and omnichannel, don’t be embarrassed. A lot of...

Google unveils new look for AdSense interface
Update 11/17/16: Google has announced the old interface will be deactivated “by early 2017”. Google is going to be rolling out a new...

The ins, outs and industry effects of Apple’s Limit Ad Tracking changes
Apple’s iOS 10 update was a huge shot across the bow in the mobile advertising world. Apple rolled out search ads in the iOS App Store to...

Keep it simple: 10 digital brand metrics that matter
Spoiled for choice Don’t get me wrong. I love data as much as the next digital media and advertising guy, but I am growing increasingly...

AdSense tweaks the look for text ads again
Google is testing a new look for text and link ads for AdSense publishers. In a post, Google said, “The new look introduces a minimalist...

Google (finally) launches cross-device retargeting
ouh_desire / Shutterstock.com Soon advertisers will be able to reach users across devices with Google remarketing campaigns. This is a...

Are you losing money to ad fraud? 3 ways to protect yourself
report in 2015 to demystify the world of fraudulent advertising online. They listed 16 versions of ad fraud including: non-browser user...

Large marketers are winning in programmatic (Here’s what you can do to stop them)
I hope to keep you learning, thinking and improving so you can hit marketing home runs and get the raises and promotions you deserve. So...

Google, Facebook, IAB & major brands form Coalition for Better Ads
As ad blocking has become a bigger threat to the digital advertising industry and the publishers that rely on it, there has been talk...

Learn the 8 habits of highly successful ad networks
This white paper from Tune explains: how to differentiate yourself and stand out to publishers; what a fraud score it and why it’s...

AdBlock Plus announces new ad exchange; Not with our ads, say Google & AppNexus
This week, Adblock Plus threw its hat in the ad tech ring. That is, the ring that makes money from serving, not blocking, digital...

6 secrets of digital storytelling
Humans are programmed to find a story in everything we see. Every picture, word or sentence, no matter how simplistic, is imbued with...

Report: 32 percent of global page views now impacted by ad blocking
While some in the industry are alarmed by ad blocking others dismiss it as overblown, it continues to grow. The latest evidence comes...

All-you-can-eat data deal coming to a programmatic market near you
adopt personal marketing. I define personal marketing as the ability within a programmatic media-buying context to customize audience...

Bing Ads Editor now supports separate ads for search and MSN.com native ads
The latest version of Bing Ads Editor supports custom ads development for native. Instead of creating one ad to be served in both search...

Google removes AdSense 3-ads-per-page limit, focuses on content-to-ad balance
Google has removed the policy of limiting AdSense ads to three ads per page. The move can largely be seen as a response to mobile, on...
























