Possibly the biggest reason header bidding is such a game-changer is because it gives demand sources insight into more—if not all—of a publisher’s inventory. This enables buyers to better evaluate inventory and bid more acutely in real-time buying environments. (If you feel a need to revisit the horrors of the waterfall, read here.) This advancement […]| AdMonsters
Read Part I here and Part II here. So you want to set up a PMP. The conversation typically goes like this: 1. The Advertiser reaches out to a supply partner and says it wants to set up a PMP. Advertisers find supply partners in a variety of different ways—some use comScore, some use an […]| AdMonsters
Read Part I of this series here. There’s an old saying: If you take someone’s money, you have to do what they say. The big five agency holding companies control a significant portion of the world’s media spend, and if someone on the sell side wants to make money in the ad business, chances are […]| AdMonsters
The fact that publisher revenues are under siege from a number of sources isn’t exactly news. Users are abandoning desktop in droves, continuing the progression from print dollars to digital dimes to mobile pennies. Remaining desktop users are blocking ads with increasing regularity. Companies like Facebook, the dominant source of publisher traffic, is gently prodding […]| AdMonsters
If you’re working on executing a preferred deal in the programmatic market, there’s a pretty strong chance a Deal ID will play a big part in making it happen. Without Deal IDs, it’s hard to imagine private marketplaces being able to scale the way they have. With a PMP, you know who’s allowed in the […]| AdMonsters
Following the Publisher Forum in Huntington Beach, we take a look at where the digital media industry is with advanced programmatic issues.| AdMonsters
A private marketplace is an invite-only programmatic auction. A publisher sets aside certain inventory, or a group of publishers pool inventory they’ve set aside, and grants approval to certain buyers who can bid on it. In theory, PMPs were created to combine the most appealing elements of direct sales and the programmatic marketplace. The promise […]| AdMonsters