It’s December and time to make bold predictions for the upcoming year. I have a mundane, but important, prediction for 2013: it will be the year the digital advertising industry finally adopts a standard electronic insertion order. Furthermore, the electronic IO will usher in a wave of innovation in “programmatic premium.” Digital advertising was born… Continue reading »
The publishing business is under siege by technology. The New York Times is blaming exchange-traded media for its most recent declines in online display ad revenue. Federated Media just gave up on direct sales in favor of exchange-traded media. Meanwhile, CNET just reported that “Google generated $20.8 billion in ad revenue in the first six months of 2012,… Continue reading »
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about “programmatic premium” - using machines to fully automate the purchase of premium advertising inventory. It seems like every conference lately has someone from Kellogg’s on a panel saying programmatic premium is GR-R-REAT with very impressive statistics to support their claims. The Ad Exchanges, DSPs, DMPs, SSPs, and various… Continue reading »
It’s the fall media planning season. It’s the time of the year when leaves fall and make a mess of all the yards in the neighborhood. It’s also the time of the year when RFPs fall and make a mess of all the desks and inboxes in the media world. In The Fiesta Nobody Loves, Doug… Continue reading »
Last year I wrote a column entitled “The RFP is Frustrating Mess.” The Request for Proposal is the bane of the existence of digital media buyers who must wade through thousands of emails and spreadsheets each year to assemble media plans for their clients. Media sellers are equally frustrated, especially when they diligently respond to… Continue reading »
“I remember to have heard of a notable Woman, who was thoroughly sensible of the intrinsick Value of Time: Her Husband was a Shoe-maker, and an excellent Crafts-man; but never minded how the Minutes passed. In vain did his Wife inculcate to him, That Time is Money: He had too much Wit to apprehend her;… Continue reading »