Nielsen describes the millennial generation as today’s “most coveted consumer demographic from a marketer engagement perspective,” and brands and agencies are investing millions in digital advertising to reach them. Not only are millennials on pace to become the nation’s largest living adult generation in 2019, but according to the latest projections they are also wielding…
Facebook advertisers promoting housing, employment or credit offers will no longer be able to target ads by age, gender or ZIP code. The new ad policy applies to advertisers targeting U.S. users on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The company said Tuesday that it will also launch a tool for users to search and view all…
Most marketers agree that if you can get your content in front of the eyes of journalists at mainstream online publishers, it has a good chance of being shared widely across the internet. Journalists hold the power of the press, but getting their attention is more competitive than ever, with a nearly 5:1 ratio of…
Boston-based Teikametrics announced the addition of an hourly bidding solution for Amazon advertisers using Teikametrics Flywheel campaign optimization platform Monday. Why you should care The company says the bidding algorithm is powered by machine learning and analyzes ad data, transaction data, and importantly, cost of goods sold data. The algorithm analyzes bids hourly to make…
Digital outdoor advertising has increased 35 percent since 2010 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, and is projected to overtake traditional outdoor ad spending by 2020. Perhaps even more surprising is that outdoor advertising was the only traditional media category to show growth last year, hitting an estimated $33.5 billion in revenue according to a global NAR forecast….
Brands around the globe face a common challenge: scaling their communication and providing enough engaging content to keep customers coming back. The bigger the brand gets, the more it runs the risk of creating distance – oft-times literal distance – from the customer. Achieving scale is hard and means putting systems in place that can…
Ask a digital marketer what their biggest challenges are tied to marketing technology, and it may change given the time of day (or your last conference call). But we’re asking you to help us compile the mother of all lists. The survey below should take just a few minutes. Just list the big challenges you…
For most marketers, analytics exists in a magic Pandora’s box, encompassing everything from CPCs to CTRs, from algorithms to artificial intelligence, from machine learning to quantum computing — with a bit of blockchain sprinkled in for good measure. Buzzwords aside, the barriers to incorporating analytics into your life aren’t as high as analytics behemoths may…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company’s chief product officer Chris Cox is leaving. Also leaving is WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels. With these executive departures, Will Cathcart, who previously led the Facebook app will now oversee WhatsApp, and Fidji Simo will move from her role overseeing Facebook’s video product to lead the…
IAB Tech Lab’s has released the final version of its app-ads.txt (Authorized Sellers for Apps) specifications. An extension of IAB Tech Lab’s ads.txt file, the app-ads.txt support apps distributed through mobile and OTT app stores. Why you should care The app-ads.txt enables apps to take advantage of ads.txt protocol by linking their app store listings…
