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AdExchanger Talks

  • The Outcomes Era Is Dead. Long Live The Quality Era

    The digital ad industry is obsessed with outcomes – to its detriment. That’s the case made by Erez Levin, principal at media consultancy Emet Advisory, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. Levin has often pushed back against the industry hype machine touting its “Outcomes Era” and the promise of advanced ad targeting and optimization […]

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  • How Ecommerce Brands Are Finding Customers During A Tempest Of Headwinds

    Americans are dealing with tumultuous change. For an ecommerce ad agency, that means navigating the same tariff craziness, Temu advertisements being pulled from the US market, the Meta ad platform going haywire and platform AI solutions all looking to replace human agency services.

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  • Straight Talk With Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise

    In 2017, Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise predicted the demise of supply-side platforms. The category survived, but he’s sticking to his theory that pureplay SSPs are a thing of the past. Plus: An update on Mediaocean’s $550 million Innovid acquisition and Wise’s counterpoint to recent criticisms of The Trade Desk.

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  • AI Isn’t Something To Fear – Or Rush Into

    AI isn’t something a marketer “does.” It’s not a singular action or task, and there is no AI easy button. And so AI researcher and consultant Cecilia Dones tries to “get underneath” the reasons behind why marketers want to integrate AI into their businesses.

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  • ‘Real-Time Creativity,’ With Brandtech CEO David Jones

    To say that David Jones, CEO and founder of The Brandtech Group, is bullish on generative AI would be an understatement. “Every single facet of marketing can be done better, faster and cheaper using technology and AI,” Jones says. “I’d rather have a fast, efficient machine than a slow, grumpy creative with a big ego.”

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  • Bob Lord Is A Holdco Skeptic

    Bob Lord is back in Agency Land and he’s in the mood to poke a few bears. “Bigger is not always better,” he says on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks, referencing the megamerger between Omnicom and IPG. It’s an interesting perspective for someone who worked at an agency holding company for more than a […]

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  • Rob Wilk Is All Charged Up About Yahoo’s O&O

    Microsoft ad sales vet Rob Wilk joined Yahoo last year to lead revenue for the company’s advertising business with one main goal in mind: to evangelize Yahoo’s owned-and-operated properties. Most advertisers just aren’t aware of the inventory Yahoo has to offer – and that’s on Yahoo.

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  • Teads On The Brain

    Now that Teads and Outbrain are one, the vision, explained CEO David Kostman when the deal was first announced, is to become an “end-to-end, full-funnel platform for the open internet.” But what does that mean in plain English?

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  • What It Means To Measure ‘True ROI’

    What does it take to serve midsize brand clients? How is AI transforming media buying? And why, for the love of god, is measurement still so messed up? Mediastruction CEO and Founding Partner Marilois Snowman has a few thoughts.

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  • How Publishers Can Place Safe Bets In A Rigged Programmatic Game

    For publishers, digital advertising is a lot like playing craps, says Aditude’s Justin Wohl. It’s all about tuning out the noise while placing safe bets that work for your monetization strategy.

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