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Smarter Advertising: How Small and Medium Businesses Can Harness the Potential of Programmatic Buying
According to Statista, in 2023, global spending on programmatic advertising reached $558 billion. By 2026, this number will likely grow to $700 billion. Also, the share of programmatic advertising in digital spending worldwide has increased since 2020.
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Publisher POV: Three Ways Marketing Agencies Can Capitalize on the Cookie Deprecation Delay
After continued challenges following the phase-out of third-party cookies for one percent of Chrome users in January, Google has once again delayed cookie deprecation plans. With the timeline pushed to early 2025, agencies now have more time to test targeting options to ensure that they’re prepared for the cookieless world.
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Capturing Attention, Not Space: Why Quality Ad Experiences Will Drive Publisher Revenue
Publishers don’t have it easy these days. Declining CPMs are forcing many to pack their websites and apps with ads to compensate for lost revenue. However, Greg Wester, SVP at Digital Turbine, believes publishers can break this cycle by focusing on fewer ads that capture higher levels of user attention.
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Retail Media Networks Are Poised to Dominate the Cookieless Landscape
Retail media networks were already becoming a powerful force, but Google finally following through on its cookie depreciation plan has made them even more desirable for advertisers. The ongoing cookie depreciation has broken a key connecting force in digital advertising. Many publishers and advertisers do not have enough first-party data to produce meaningful targeting in a post-cookie world. Retailers do not have this problem, having built up a massive database of opted-in first-party data.
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Samsung Ads Unveils AI Innovations: Elevating Ad Performance and Audience Engagement
Discover how Samsung is revolutionizing advertising with cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions. Hear from Michael Scott, Vice President, Head of Ad Sales, Revenue and Operations – North America at Samsung Ads, and Takashi Nakano, Senior Director of Business Development and Content Acquisitions at Samsung TV Plus, about the latest advancements and how they’re transforming ad strategies across platforms.
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New Study Reveals GSTV Dominates Ad Attention
A recent study unveiled by GSTV, the network that programs gas station screens, at the 2024 IAB NewFronts conference highlights GSTV’s prowess in capturing viewer attention, surpassing digital, CTV, and linear television platforms. In collaboration with Lumen Research, the study provides compelling evidence of GSTV’s effectiveness in engaging audiences and delivering value to advertisers.
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Innovating the Future of Marketing: A Conversation with Jay Friedman, CEO of Goodway Group
Discover how Goodway Group is pushing the boundaries of digital marketing with the launch of GRADIANT and G-Comm. CEO Jay Friedman shares the strategic vision, market needs, and future trends driving these innovative initiatives.
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Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Blitz.gg’s Eddie Lee on Breaking Stereotypes and Championing DEI
Like many of us in the ad tech industry, Eddie Lee, VP of revenue operations at Blitz.gg, didn’t study digital publishing in college. An Asian American friend working at an ad agency introduced him to the industry. In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AdMonsters spoke with Eddie Lee about the stereotypes he faced and why he loves digital advertising.
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Advertisers, Are You Ready for This Year’s Election Cycle?
Political advertisers are forecasted to spend over $12 billion across all channels during the 2024 election cycle, the most in United States history, according to the latest figures from eMarketer. Due to the broad nature of political messaging, a significant portion of that spend is predicted to be funneled into linear TV advertising, where audiences are wide and all-encompassing.
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Privacy Signals, AI in Advertising & the Democratic Dilemma
For reasons that completely baffle Søren H. Dinesen, co-founder and CEO of Digiseg, the digital advertising industry congratulates itself for taking steps to eliminate third-party tracking cookies from the ecosystem, while replacing them with something equally bad from a consumer privacy perspective: various private signals that allow for one-to-one targeting.
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