U.S. digital ad revenues topped $100 billion for the first time last year, reaching at $107.5 billion in 2018, a growth rate of 22% from $88.3 billion in 2017, according to the IAB’s annual Internet Advertising Revenue Report released Tuesday. Trends driving growth Digital ad giants. Large-scale ad companies are steering a large bulk of […]
Google is planning to announce new tools for Chrome that offer users more control over third party tracking cookies, according to the Wall Street Journal. The controls and default settings would be somewhat less “severe” than the anti-cookie tracking moves made by Safari and Firefox, which adopted default tracking protection. Browser announcement to come at
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Salesforce is launching Pardot Business Units, a new feature for digital marketers looking to segment audiences across different areas of an enterprise. The solution, announced Monday, aims to provide agile functionality and analytics to global marketing teams for account-based marketing efforts. The tool leverages Pardot Einstein, Salesforce’s AI, seeking to help sales and marketing teams
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Financial losses from ad fraud are finally hitting a slowdown, according to a report released Monday by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in collaboration with cybersecurity company White Ops. The report anticipates ad fraud losses to total $5.8 billion globally in 2019 – an almost 11 percent drop from the $6.5 billion global
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Quora’s Google Tag Manager integration. Pinterest and Quora are now approved Google Tag Manager vendors, making it easy for marketers to manage their Pinterest and Quora Pixels via Google’s platform. Why we should care The native integrations for Quora and Pinterest makes it much easier to set up those pixels in Google Tag Manager (GTM)
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Shopify is giving Facebook and Snapchat advertisers new ways to purchase ads through its e-commerce platform. On Monday the company announced its users will be able to create, manage and launch Facebook dynamic ad campaigns through its e-commerce solution. Shopify is also launching new integrations with Snapchat, making it possible for clients to create Story
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Vimeo rolled out Showcase on Wednesday, giving content creators and marketers a new way to display and distribute their videos. The new Showcase feature will replace Vimeo’s “Albums” format, adding a refreshed design and new tools, including the ability to create a channel on Roku and Amazon Fire. Why we should care Vimeo’s Showcase gives
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Spotify has announced a new integration with Oracle Data Cloud, aimed at helping auto brands connect with listeners through its proprietary audience data. Advertisers on the platform can build “audiences of potential car buyers across every vehicle segment and stage of the car buying cycle” using audience segments such as Polk Audiences and streaming intelligent
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Artist Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) used iOS Airdrop at Coachella to surprise random festival-goers with a photo of shoes he created in collaboration with Adidas. Those who accepted the Airdrop received a free pair of the sneakers – with terms and conditions, of course. The lucky recipients had to sign a contract stating they
Waze announced Wednesday that its zero-speed takeover ad unit is now available programmatically via Google’s Display & Video 360 (DV360) DSP. The Google-owned navigation app also said it will integrate with Google Campaign Manager to provide deeper measurement, allowing brands to compare Waze campaign performance against other media buys. Why you should care The DV360
