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Adknowledge Acquires AdParlor’s Facebook Ad Management Platform

Written on
November 1st 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Long-tail-focused performance marketing network Adknowledge is upping its play in the social sector with the purchase of Facebook ad management platform AdParlor, which grabbed some attention earlier when big-time group-buying site Groupon tapped it as the exclusive platform for its Facebook ad spend. Reportedly the largest vendor with a Facebook Ads [...] more...

Life in a Transparent World

Written on
October 21st 2011
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL – Every industry has its secrets, its tricks of the trade, those skills, places, or people of which some people have knowledge and others don’t. These trade secrets have played a particularly large role in the success of many in the performance marketing space. Having a head start has [...] more...

How Important Is Ad Position?

Written on
August 29th 2011
Author
Anuj Sharma

MARIN SOFTWARE – Do we need to choose a target position for our Google keyword set? Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, doesn’t think so. Recently Google decided to retire the Position Preference in Adwords. The reasons cited were: Low adoption Existing alternatives for this feature Low adoption? Really? Well, only Google would know [...] more...

Social for Acquisition Marketers: Turning the Funnel Into an Accordion

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August 23rd 2011
Author
Shaun Rosenstein

ADOTAS – The traditional digital acquisition funnel is difficult to navigate, filled with multiple opportunities for traffic drop-off. When successfully completed, it ends abruptly for users. Marketers invest countless hours honing in on their target demographic using psychographic profiling, behavioral data, contextual placement and innumerable analytics to get in front [...] more...

Got Funds? $12.1 Million for Acquisio

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August 16th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Agency-focused performance-marketing platform Acquisio closed a $12.1 million equity financing round led by private growth capital fund Tandem Expansion. The Montreal-based company plans to use the investment to make “massive” increases in its sales and account management staff, as well as open new offices around the globe. Acquisio gives [...] more...

Boosting Campaign Performance With Ad Networks

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July 28th 2011
Author
Jon Carmen

ADOTAS – Navigating the ins and outs of the ad network world can be a large and daunting task. We all wish we could simply launch a campaign and then sit back and watch it triumph effortlessly. Unfortunately, we all know that it’s just not that easy, and that there [...] more...

Revenue Versus Profit: Why Running a CPA Network Is Hard

Written on
July 22nd 2011
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL – Earlier this week, we met with a long-time veteran of the performance-marketing space. Today, he runs a CPA network, although he is the first to point out that the network piece of the business is not the emphasis. For most companies, the network is their business. It is [...] more...

Affiliate Summit Confidential With Missy Ward

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July 18th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Beware, New Yorkers — the affiliates are coming, and they’re coming in droves. From August 21 to 23, around 4,000 representatives of the performance marketing industry are expected to descend upon the New York Hilton for Affiliate Summit East (register here), the 18th affiliate conference hosted by founders Missy [...] more...

How the Affiliate Tax Will Hurt CPA Networks

Written on
June 30th 2011
Author
Pace Lattin

ADOTAS – There has been a great deal of discussion of all the Affiliate Tax laws being passed in the media. Unfortunately, thanks to a great spin campaign by companies such as Walmart, the discussion has been focused on how these new Nexus Tax laws will affect large companies like [...] more...

DigitalMoses: 10 Questions With Wicks Walker

Written on
June 27th 2011
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL: DIGITALMOSES: Wicks, we saw the news of your debt financing deal. We thought it would be a good chance to catch-up with you and hear more about what the company has been up to. Mostly everyone knows W4, but why not take us through the story? WALKER: I can tell [...] more...



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