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The Ad Revenue Waterfall
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — In a perfect world, you get what you pay for. For online advertisers, that is especially true. Typically, ad inventory is sold through multiple outlets in the marketplace. My company calls this publisher ad inventory monetization structure the “Ad Revenue Waterfall.” Successful media properties generally have a sales structure [...] more...
8 Steps to Affiliate Marketing Success
ADOTAS — Now that you have created your landing page and set up the legal registration of your new affiliate marketing company, you are ready for the money to come flooding in. Think again: there are steps that need to be followed first. In the article, I’ll present you with [...] more...
Has NebuAd Ruined Behavioral Targeting?
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Online privacy issues around behavioral targeting (BT) for display advertising are causing chagrin among advertisers, leading some to look elsewhere. Yet with the uncertain economy and crowded theater for customer mindshare, they need more than ever to reach their audiences, engage them effectively, and drive additional return [...] more...
The Fatal Flaw of Pay for Performance
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — The Harvard Business Review, however interesting, is not always at the top of my reading list for a seven-hour flight to the U.K. I’m more of an Esquire kind of guy, but I recently relented and forked over the cash for good old HBR (I still bought [...] more...
Marketing to Women Is So 2007
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Are you hard at work perfecting that marketing to women pitch for your next online campaign? Are you preparing your 2009 budget for the “must attend” conferences and webinars you’ve been gathering info on for months now, in order to meet your marketing to women online goals? How [...] more...
Can SMS Get McCain Elected?
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — John McCain is out of touch …with the American public. At a time when nearly 60% of Americans use text messaging, how does the McCain campaign not have a text messaging element? Text messaging today is as important to the American public as the fireside chats of the FDR [...] more...
Four Steps To Lead Generation Success
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — I come across companies all the time that are eager to start brokering leads and co-registration data instead of just sending traffic from their affiliates to their merchant’s Web sites. Many of these companies are looking for a technology solution and consulting to get them started. In [...] more...
People: The 5th P Will Bring Highest ROI
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — As a CMO my most important role is that of a mentor. Marketing departments seem to be perpetual training grounds for employees who have arrived from sales, services, and product development in search of a new career path: hence the importance of being a mentor. For years the memorable, [...] more...
Se Habla Search?
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Not everyone online in the U.S. speaks English as a first language – but almost everyone online uses search. In fact, millions of searches are performed in foreign languages every day. Advertisers that aren’t buying non-English keywords, writing search ad creative in other languages and optimizing landing [...] more...
No Recession For Online Advertising, Promise
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – There are a lot of numbers to follow, so resist the urge to let your eyes glaze over — these are important figures to note when taking stock of your future in Internet marketing. I continually hear and read in the news that the U.S. economy is tumbling [...] more...
Spotlight
Turn VP: Ad Network Shakeout “Inevitable”ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – Turn bills itself as the world’s first Smart Market for online advertising. Turn’s VP of product and [...] more...
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