
Pump up the power of your display ads
As the web’s oldest form of advertising, display ads have long been a standby for brands. However, over the last several years, consumers...

Verizon Media adds 2 native mobile ad features aimed at e-commerce and gaming advertisers
Verizon Media (formerly Oath) has rolled out two new features as part of its Moments mobile native ad suite: Touchpoints and Playable...

Google Display ads have evolved: What’s next for display?
Do you remember that? It’s the infamous “punch the monkey” ad, and it’s one of the earliest examples of display advertising. Back then,...

In a world of facts, ideas are king
“Can you please come watch this commercial? We’ll take out the trash.” This is how consumer research generally started when I was an...

Best practices for a new era of brand safety
After years of breaking news, brand safety challenges continued to steal headlines in 2018. Despite improved dialogue between brands,...

The brand storytelling genius of the Coca-Cola Santa
Since 1995, Santa trades in his sleigh once a year for a Coca-Cola truck and tours the UK, sharing the soft drinks that have become...

Product pages are the new packaging: Think beyond lower prices to win online
When consumers actually walk into a store, there are a host of high-level expectations that have shifted over time but remain largely in...

The true impact of conversion rate optimization and why it matters to you
In a world with a dizzying number of acronyms and abbreviations, you might be tempted to think: “Do I really need to know about CRO?” I’m...

How long will the brand safety conversation continue?
Maybe there will never be an end to the talk about brand safety in the media industry – and that’s a good thing. I have spent the past...

Hooked on a feeling: The forgotten factor in online advertising
If there’s anything the recent past has reminded us, it’s that feelings still trump considered thought. This is also true for...

Tips for using the new Google Ads interface
Google is in the process of rolling out their new Google Ads interface. This is the second time Google has said they’d roll out the...

It takes a village: Story creation in the digital age
Most often when we think of stories we imagine singular self-contained narratives. The latest John Grisham novel or the romantic comedy...

Why you should embrace a full-funnel strategy for programmatic display
Lately, I’ve seen more and more claims that the marketing funnel is dead — including from Google itself. Of course, the consumer journey...

How marketers cope in an increasingly-skippable advertising environment
If you’ve not seen it, here’s a quick recap: In a not-too-distant future, advertisers charge people credits or “merits” to skip ads. They...

Exclusive: Survey shows social media poised to capture holiday ad spend
So how will marketers develop their approach? To understand how and when they plan to reach holiday shoppers, we surveyed over 260 owners...

4 lessons learned from 200,000 Amazon beauty, personal care product pages
This will come as no surprise to anyone watching or involved in the space. Increasingly, consumers have been opting for digital...

Here’s why you should crowdsource your programmatic creatives
It’s not often that marketers get to kick back and relax while customers do their job for them, but when you adopt user-generated content...

Improving the customer experience means getting search right
The role of search is expanding and diversifying at an accelerating pace. In the age of assistance, search is everywhere and embedded...

Winning the social media marketing game
Thousands of years ago, clans gathered around fires to share their day’s experiences and to tell stories that established group norms and...
























